The Charterhouse of Parma 1948   N/R, 170 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Christian-Jaque
Cast: Renee Faure, Gerard Philipe, Maria Casares, Louis Salou, Lucien Coedel, Tullio Carminati, Aldo Silvani, Maria Michi, Claudio Gora, Louis Seigner
Romance is more important to Archbishop Fabrice del Dongo (Gerard Philipe) than his church, and problems lie ahead for him and his lover, Duchess Gina de San Severina (Maria Casares).
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Children of Paradise 1945  N/R, 195 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Marcel Carne
Cast: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur, Gaston Modot, Maria Casares, Marcel Peres, Pierre Renoir, Louis Salou, Fabien Loris, Palau, Etienne Decroux, Jane Marken, Albert Remy, Marcelle Monthil, Louis Florencie
Three men–Baptiste (Jean-Louis Barrault), Frederick (Pierre Brasseur), and Count de Montray (Louis Salou)–are all in love with the beautiful actress, Garance (Arletty), in this excellent film about class-systems and the theater world of 1840s' France.
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The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne 1945  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Ladies of the Park
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Paul Bernard, Lucienne Bogaert, Yvette Etievant, Jean Marchat, Bernard La Jarrige, Lucy Lancy, Marguerite De Morlaye, Blanchette Brunoy
Helene (Maria Casares) recognizes that her lover, Jean (Paul Bernard), is losing interest in her and, to regain his interest, she suggests a breakup. She is shocked when he agrees, and now it's revenge time. Helene introduces him to a prostitute, Agnes (Elina Labourdette), not telling him about Agnes' "profession." The new lovers hit it off, and Helene, after the marriage, tells Jean about Agnes. The results are not what Helene wanted.
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 The Testament of Orpheus 1960 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Le Testament d'Orphee
Director: Jean Cocteau
Cast: Jean Cocteau, Edouard Dermithe, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Jean Marais, Francoise Christophe, Maria Casares, Francois Perier, Yul Brynner, Daniel Gelin, Brigitte Bardot
This is filmmaker, poet, painter, and sculptor Jean Cocteau's farewell, as he brings back memories of his films, stars, and friends. Cocteau plays a dying poet (Cocteau was actually dying) who is after immortality. Beautifully photographed and full of Cocteau's inventive scenes.
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| 1. The Charterhouse of Parma (1948)
2. Children of Paradise (1945)
3. The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne (1945)
aka: Ladies of the Park
4. The Testament of Orpheus (1960)
aka: Le Testament d'Orphee
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