"Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach" (English translation: "The Virgin on the Roof") is a comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Carl Zuckmayer is a German language translation of the script for "The Moon is Blue" by F. Hugh Herbert, based on his 1951 play.
A comedy of manners, the film centers on virtuous actress Patty O'Neill, who meets playboy architec...
Maria Felix, the archetypical Mexican movie star, plays one of her bad/good girl roles, with elements of the characters played by Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck and even Marlene Dietrich. (she sings a song by her then husband, the famous composer,Augustine Lara). Arturo de Cordova's tortured lover is reminiscent of his role in Buuel's Exterminating Angel. There's some extraor...
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always pea...
Nickie Ferrante（加里·格兰特 Cary Grant 饰）是一个游手好闲的有钱人，在一艘游轮上邂逅了Terry McKay （黛博拉·蔻儿 Deborah Kerr饰）。两人相谈甚欢，Nickie更是船临时靠岸的时候带着Terry去了一个乡镇上看望了他的奶奶，Terry发现了Nickie在油画上的天赋。两人间情愫暗生。船到了终点站纽约，两人要分开了，约定半年后在纽约帝国大厦顶层重聚。半年后，Nickie独自一人在帝国大厦从白天等到天黑，未见Terry的踪影，失望而去。而另一边，Terry却在赶来的路上发生了车祸而无法到达。不能走路的Terry不愿再去寻找Nickie，却偶然在半年后的一场舞会上又见到了Nickie，此时的Nickie已经是小有名气的画家。Nickie费尽心思终于找到了Terry的住所，准备再次追求Terry的芳心。到底这...
Walter Neff（弗莱德·麦克莫瑞 Fred MacMurray 饰）是一个成功的保险代理人，他在夜里回到办公室，开始在一个录音机上诉说他的故事......
Neff为了取得Dietrichson先生的保险代理权，来到了他的家中，Dietrichson先生不在，Neff遇到了Dietrichson先生的新妻子Phyllis Dietrichson（芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰）。美丽的Phyllis让Neff感到不自然，而她也开始说起她的丈夫的诸多不好之处。在第二次拜访中，Neff终于控制不住自己的欲望，愿意参与Phyllis的杀夫计划。Neff计划在Dietrichson先生坐火车的时候制造他失足摔下的假象，以骗取“双重保险”。一切进行的非常顺利，Dietrichson先生死掉了，Neff和Phyllis两人的爱情和...
A pioneer of Spanish cinema, Ricardo de Banos was involved in the film industry almost from its beginnings. He directed his first film in 1904. He also photographed many of his own productions. Although he directed a fair number of films, he is generally regarded as more of an exceptionally notable cameraman than a director.
