Caroline and the Rebels 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
Director: Jean Devaivre
Cast: Jean-Claude Pascal, Jacques Dacqmine, Sophie Desmarets, Georges Descrieres, Brigitte Bardot, Magali Noel, Daniel Ceccaldi, Robert Dalban, Jean Galland, Jean Debucourt
This romantic adventure follows Juan (Jean-Claude Pascal) in his sexual exploits across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars. Brigitte Bardot plays one of his conquests. Censored prior to U.S. release, this is the third film of a series that formerly had Caroline as the heroine, but now her son (Juan) carries on the adventures.
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Lola Montes 1955  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Oskar Werner, Paulette Dubost, Lise Delamare, Henri Guisol, Jean Galland
Lola Montes (Martine Carol) is a member of a circus troupe who, through flashbacks, remembers her more illustrious past when her fortunes were reversed. Ophuls' last, and perhaps best, film.
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Madame De... 1953  N/R, 171 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Earrings of Madame De...
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Charles Boyer, Vittorio De Sica, Mireille Perrey, Jean Debucourt, Serge Lecointe, Lia Di Leo, Jean Galland, Hubert Noel, Paul Azais, Josselin, Madeleine Barbulee, Gerard Buhr, Michel Salina, Colette Regis
Set in Paris during the early 19th century, the story begins when the wife, Comtesse Louise de... (Danielle Darrieux), of General Andre de... (Charles Boyer) sells her earrings to pay off a gambling debt and then tells her husband that she lost them. This sets off a series of events as the earrings are again bought and resold, revealing depth in the characters of the general and his wife. Good acting and directing.
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Princess Tam Tam 1935  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Edmond T. Greville
Cast: Josephine Baker, Albert Prejean, Robert Arnoux, Germaine Aussey, Georges Peclet, Viviane Romance, Jean Galland, Teddy Michaud, Henri Richard
French novelist Max de Mirecourt (Albert Prejean) fights with his wife (Germaine Aussey) and travels with his friend, Coton (Robert Arnoux), to North Africa to clear his head. In Africa, he meets a beautiful, talented Bedouin girl, Alwina (Josephine Baker). He educates her, writes a novel about her, and introduces her to Paris society as Princess Tam Tam. Meanwhile, his wife has made him believe that she is having an affair with a Black prince. The possibility of interracial affairs between the two couples caused this film to be banned in the United States at the time of its release.
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| 1. Caroline and the Rebels (1955)
2. Lola Montes (1955)
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
3. Madame De... (1953)
aka: The Earrings of Madame De...
4. Princess Tam Tam (1935)
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