Anna Karenina 1948  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hugh Dempster, Mary Kerridge, Niall MacGinnis, Michael Gough, Martita Hunt, Sally Ann Howes, Helen Haye
Vivien Leigh plays the title role as the wife of a Russian nobleman (Ralph Richardson) who forsakes everything in hopes of finding happiness with Count Vronsky (Kieron Moore) in this version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel.
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Deadlier Than the Male 1956 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Lucienne Bogaert, Daniele Delorme, Gerard Blain, Robert Arnoux, Robert Manuel, Germaine Kerjean, Gabrielle Fontan, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Aime Clariond
Catherine (Daniele Delorme) plans to marry her ex-stepfather Chatelin (Jean Gabin), kill him later for his money, and then live happily-ever-after with her lover, Gerard (Gerard Blain).
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Diabolically Yours 1967  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller / Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Alain Delon, Senta Berger, Sergio Fantoni, Peter Mosbacher, Claude Pieplu, Guy Stranger, Georges Montant, Renate Birgo
Three weeks after his car crash, Pierre (Alain Delon) awakens from his coma as an amnesiac who has been taken to his French estate and is being nursed by his wife Christiane (Senta Berger), family doctor Freddie (Sergio Fantoni), and Chinese servant Kim (Peter Mosbacher). As Pierre strives to regain his memory, his world becomes more and more confusing, and dangers lurk as his memory begins to clear.
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Flesh and Fantasy 1943  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley
This film consists of three intriguing stories–each connected through a supernatural theme.
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The Great Waltz 1938 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Minna Gombell, George Houston, Bert Roach, Greta Meyer, Herman Bing, Alma Kruger, Henry Hull, Sig Ruman
In this fictionalized biography of Austrian "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Fernand Gravey takes on the role of Strauss in a very good romantic musical. Luise Rainer plays Strauss' wife Poldie and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this film.
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The Heart of a Nation 1943 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Raimu, Louis Jouvet, Michele Morgan, Suzy Prim, Renee Devillers, Jean Mercanton, Georges Biscot, Colette Darfeuil, Rene Bergeron, Rene Genin, Fernand Ledoux, Charles Boyer
Events in the lives of Froment family members–throughout 70 years, from 1871 to 1940–are chronicled in this film, which was smuggled out of France and into the U.S. where it was dubbed and released in 1943. Narrated by Charles Boyer.
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La Bandera 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Escape from Yesterday
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Annabella, Robert Le Vigan, Raymond Aimos, Pierre Renoir, Gaston Modot, Margo Lion, Reine Paulet, Charles Granval, Viviane Romance
After committing a murder, Pierre (Jean Gabin) flees France, joins the Spanish Foreign Legion, and ends up in North Africa. Detective Fernando Lucas (Robert Le Vigan) follows. Both fall in love with beautiful Arab Aischa (Annabella) and must eventually join forces to fight off attacking Arabs.
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Pepe le Moko 1937  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Line Noro, Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Gridoux, Fernand Charpin, Saturnin Fabre, Marcel Dalio, Roger Legris, Gaston Modot, Gilbert Gil
Gentlemanly master criminal Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin) is safe in Algiers' Casbah, where he plies his trade while surrounded by his gang members. But, he yearns for his beloved Paris. Meanwhile, Police Inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux) bides his time while awaiting his opportunity to catch Pepe. The break comes when Pepe meets and falls in love with a tourist from Paris, Gaby (Mireille Balin). When she returns to Paris, Slimane knows that Pepe will follow and nabs his man. Excellent film with fine acting.
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Tales of Manhattan 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, J. Carrol Naish, Elsa Lanchester
This comedy/drama/mystery is the story of an expensive coat that appears cursed as it passes from one owner to another, and those who wear it suffer bad luck.
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| 1. Anna Karenina (1948)
2. Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
3. Diabolically Yours (1967)
4. Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
5. The Great Waltz (1938)
6. The Heart of a Nation (1943)
7. La Bandera (1935)
aka: Escape from Yesterday
8. Pepe le Moko (1937)
9. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
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