David Raksin Movies

Climbing to fame, Irish-American composer Ernest R. Ball romances a showgirl, who catches the eye of an underworld character.

When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them.

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional...

An alcoholic captain sails a two-master through danger with a call girl and others on board.

The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.

El redentor (original title)

Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann explores the work of a composer who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors...

Documentary about Hollywood.

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she...

The first female doctor in New York City comes up against prejudice from male counterparts who feel threatened by her skills. Eventually, though,...

Story of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.

Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be...

A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy...

The film's plot centres around the libidinous sexual shenanigans of a middle-class Californian family, and deftly explores themes such as marital...

Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...