It (V.O. “It”) USA, 1927 Director: Clarence Badger and Josef von Sternberg (uncredited) Script: Hope Loring, Louis D. Lighton Main actors: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin Genre: Romantic comedy Plot Millionaire Cyrus Waltham runs a department store. His friend Monty visits him in his office and in a copy …
The wicked priest (V.O. Gokuaku Bozu) Japan, 1968 Director: Kiyoshi Saeki Genre: Action, Comedy, Gendai-geki Plot The colorful Buddhist monk Shinkai (Tomisaburo Wakayama) is an unusual religious man: drinker, womanizer, inveterate gambler… And also a seasoned martial artist. In the early years of the Meiji era (around 1870), when the …
Yesterday’s Guys Used No Arsenic – José A. Martínez Suárez, 1976 Argentina, 1976 Director: José A. Martínez Suárez Screenplay: Augusto Giustozzi Cast: Mecha Ortiz (Mara Ordaz), Arturo García Buhr (Pedro), Narciso Ibáñez Menta (Norberto) Genre: Black comedy Plot Mara Ordaz, a sixty-something retired actress, lives in a large country house …
