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The Ambassador's Daughter 1956 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Krasna
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Francis Lederer, Edward Arnold, Minor Watson

  Set amidst a dispute of American G.I.s' behavior while on R & R in Paris, the daughter of the American ambassador, Joan (Olivia de Havilland), falls in love with a U.S. soldier (John Forsythe).

The Bridge of San Luis Rey 1944 2 stars

    N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Lynn Bari, Alla Nazimova, Louis Calhern, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Blanche Yurka, Donald Woods, Minerva Urecal

  Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1927 novel, this is the story of the lives of five people who were killed when a rickety bridge in Peru collapsed and sent them to their deaths.

Captain Carey, U.S.A. 1950 3 stars

    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, Francis Lederer, Joseph Calleia, Frank Puglia, Luis Alberni, Roland Winters, Russ Tamblyn, Celia Lovsky, Angela Clarke

  Following World War II a former O.S.S. officer, Captain Webster Carey (Alan Ladd), returns to Italy to track down the traitor who was responsible for the death of villagers. An Academy Award was received for Best Song, "Mona Lisa."

The Curse of Dracula 1958 2 stars

    N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Return of Dracula

Director: Paul Landres
Cast: Francis Lederer, Ray Stricklyn, Norma Eberhardt, Jimmy Baird, Mel Allen, Hope Summers

  The story of Dracula is updated to the modern era and features an upscale Count (Francis Lederer) leaving the Balkans to resettle in California where he finds the dining delightful.

Diary of a Chambermaid 1946 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Hurd Hatfield, Francis Lederer, Burgess Meredith, Judith Anderson, Irene Ryan, Florence Bates, Reginald Owen, Almira Sessions

  A maid (Paulette Goddard) struggles to come to terms with both her household and her country.

Lisbon 1956 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Yvonne Furneaux, Francis Lederer, Percy Marmont, Jay Novello, Edward Chapman

  When Lloyd Merrill (Percy Marmont) is captured and held behind the Iron Curtain, his wife, Sylvia Merrill (Maureen O'Hara), hires a smuggler (Ray Milland) to perform the rescue mission.

The Lone Wolf in Paris 1938 2 stars

    N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Francis Lederer, Frances Drake, Walter Kingsford, Leona Maricle, Olaf Hytten, Albert Dekker, Bess Flowers, Eddie Fetherston, Dick Curtis

  Francis Lederer takes on the role of the jewel-thief-turned-sleuth in this second of the series, three years after the first entry. Weaker that the original, the Lone Wolf helps a Princess in retrieving the crown jewels from the dastardly Grand Duke.

Midnight 1939 3 stars

    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Francis Lederer, Hedda Hopper, Monty Woolley, Ferdinand Munier, Elaine Barrie, Armand Kaliz, Rex O'Malley, Eugene Borden, Paul Bryar, Gino Corrado, Bess Flowers

  While in Paris, American showgirl Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) is hired by aristocrat Georges Flammarion (John Barrymore) to take on the job of impersonating royalty to lure playboy Jacques Picot (Francis Lederer) away from Georges' wife Helene (Mary Astor). Eve goes to Georges' chateau in Versailles as Baroness Czemy, and the game begins. Meanwhile, cab driver Tibor (Don Ameche) has fallen in love with Eve, arrives on the scene to win back Eve, and poses as her husband the Baron Czemy.

Pandora's Box 1929 3 stars

      N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: G.W. Pabst
Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft Raschig, Alice Roberts, Gustav Diessl, Daisy D'Ora, Sig Arno

  In this film, which catapulted Louise Brooks to stardom, Brooks excels in her role of the tragic dancer and prostitute, Lulu, whose choices–marriage, manslaughter, escape from prison, and blackmail–result in bizarre consequences.    1 User Review

Surrender 1950 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Jane Darwell, Roy Barcroft, Paul Fix, Esther Dale, Maria Palmer

  Violet Barton (Vera Ralston) is an evil woman for whom bigamy followed by murder are the events that lead to the framing of Johnny Hale (William Ching) in this adult Western.

A Woman of Distinction 1950 3 stars

    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Ray Milland, Rosalind Russell, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Mary Jane Saunders, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland, Gale Gordon, Alex Gerry, Lucille Ball

  College dean Susan Middlecott (Rosalind Russell) is embarrassed when newspapers write about a visiting professor and former boyfriend, Alec Stevenson (Ray Milland), and announce that he is her lover.

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