Charles Boyer
1) Love affair
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Golden-age Hollywood's humanist master Leo McCarey brings his graceful touch and relaxed naturalism to this sublime romance, one of cinema's most intoxicating tear-wringers. Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer are chic strangers who meet and fall in love aboard an ocean liner bound for New York. Though they are both involved with other people, they make a pact to reconnect six months later at the top of the Empire State Building, until the hand of fate...
2) Liliom
Publisher
Kino On Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Brash ne'er-do-well Liliom, played by Boyer with physical gusto and inner uncertainty, is a carnival barker until he encounters the ethereal Julie. Their spellbound union is based on her unwavering faith in him.
3) Mayerling
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
A young baron's daughter begins a tumultuous affair with an Archduke who is heir to the Austrian throne. Based on the true story of the tragic events surrounding the life of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera.
4) Love affair
Publisher
Alpha Video, distributor
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A man and a woman who are to marry other people meet on a ship, flirt, part, and discover that they are in love.
5) Gaslight
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Lights flicker and dim. Footsteps sound from a sealed-off attic. Mysterious events only vulnerable young Paula sees and hears make her fear she's losing her mind, exactly what treacherous spouse Gregory hopes.
Series
Criterion collection volume 445
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
The wife of a 19th century General sells the earrings her husband gave her on their wedding day to pay off debts, which sets off a chain reaction of deceit that includes her husband, his mistress, and her lover.
7) Gaslight
Series
Publisher
Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A susceptible young woman marries a suave, romantic man never suspecting that he is a murderous scoundrel, obsessed with finding the jewels hidden in her London home. She becomes the helpless victim as slowly, insidiously, he drives her to the brink of insanity.
8) Cluny Brown
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Set in England on the cusp of World War II, the final film by Ernst Lubitsch is a zany comedy of manners that sends up British class hierarchy with his famously light touch.
Publisher
Michael Todd Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an...