TWO FILM DVD: A THROW OF DICE (1929) + THE CHARLATAN (1929)

Directed by Franz Osten Written by W.A Burton Max Jungk Niranjan Pal (story) Produced by Nadine Luque Tim Pearce Himansu Rai Bruce Wolfe Starring Seeta Devi Himansu Rai Charu Roy Modhu Bose

TWO FILM DVD: ANGEL'S HOLIDAY (1937) + APPLAUSE (1929)

Directed by James Tinling Story by Frank Fenton Lynn Root Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Jane Withers as June 'Angel' Everett Joan Davis as Strivers Sally Blane as Pauline Kaye Robert Kent as Nick Moore Harold Huber as Bat Regan Frank Jenks as Butch Broder Ray Walker as Crandall John Qualen as Waldo Everett Lon Chaney, Jr. as Eddie Al Lydell as Gramp Hiram Seely Russell Hopton as Gus Paul Hurst as Sgt. Murphy John Kelly as Maxie George Taylor as Eddie Cy Kendall as Chief of Police Charles Arnt as Everett Directed by Rouben Mamoulian Written by Garrett Fort Beth Brown Produced by Monta Bell Walter Wanger (uncredited) Starring Helen Morgan Jack Cameron Joan Peers Helen Morgan as Kitty Darling Joan Peers (1909–1975) as April Darling Fuller Mellish Jr. (1898–1930) as Hitch Nelson Jack Cameron as Joe King Henry Wadsworth (1897–1974) as Tony Dorothy Cumming as Mother Superior Mack Gray as Slim's Brother David Holt as Jack Singer

TWO FILM DVD: CARDBOARD CAVALIER (1949) + BLIND ALIBI (1938)

Directed by Walter Forde Written by Noel Langley Produced by Walter Forde Culley Forde Sid Field as Sidcup Buttermeadow Margaret Lockwood as Nell Gwynne Jerry Desmonde as Colonel Lovelace Jack McNaughton as Uriah Group Brian Worth as Tom Pride Edmund Willard as Oliver Cromwell Mary Clare as Milady Doverhouse Alfie Dean as Murdercasket Anthony Hulme as Charles II Miles Malleson as Judge Gorebucket Irene Handl as the ghost of Lady Agnes Joan Young as Maggie Claude Hulbert as Sylvester Clutterbuck Michael Brennan as Brother Barebones Peter Bull as Mosspot Vincent Holman as Lord Doverhouse John Salew as Smug Directed by Lew Landers Screenplay by Lionel Houser Harry Segall Ron Ferguson Richard Dix as Paul Dover Whitney Bourne as Julia Fraser Eduardo Ciannelli as Mitch Frances Mercer as Ellen Paul Guilfoyle as Taggart Richard Lane as Bowers Vinton Hayworth as Dirk Walter Miller as Maitland Frank M. Thomas as Larson Solly Ward as Al George Irving as Curator Ace the Wonder Dog as Ace

CAPRICIOUS YOUNG MAN (Akanishi Kakita) (1936) * with switchable English subtitles *

Directed by Luigi Comencini Vittorio De Sica as Antonio Carotenuto Gina Lollobrigida as Maria De Ritis Marisa Merlini as Annarella Mirziano Virgilio Riento as Don Emidio Tina Pica as Caramella Maria-Pia Casilio as Paoletta Roberto Risso as Pietro Stelluti Memmo Carotenuto as Sirio Baiocchi Vittoria Crispo as Maria Antonia De Ritis Guglielmo Barnabò as Don Concezio

BREAD, LOVE, AND DREAMS (Pane, amore e fantasia) (1953) * with multiple switchable subtitles *

Directed by Luigi Comencini Vittorio De Sica as Antonio Carotenuto Gina Lollobrigida as Maria De Ritis Marisa Merlini as Annarella Mirziano Virgilio Riento as Don Emidio Tina Pica as Caramella Maria-Pia Casilio as Paoletta Roberto Risso as Pietro Stelluti Memmo Carotenuto as Sirio Baiocchi Vittoria Crispo as Maria Antonia De Ritis Guglielmo Barnabò as Don Concezio

THE ARISTOCRATIC PEASANT GIRL (Lady into Lassie) (1995) * with switchable English subtitles *

Elena Korikova Elizaveta Muromskaya Dmitriy Shcherbina Alexey Berestov Yekaterina Rednikova Nastya Yelena Kotikhina Vasily Lanovoy Ivan Berestov Leonid Kuravlyov Grigoriy Muromsky Aleksei Shadkhin Lyudmila Artemyeva Miss Jackson Stanislav Duzhnikov Raisa Ryazanova Ariadna Shengelaya Svetlana Amanova Yevgeni Zharikov Roschin Natalya Gvozdikova Roschina Lev Polyakov Valentin Golubenko Inna Vykhodtseva Vadim Zakharchenko Vladimir Episkoposyan Galina Komarova Elena Kotikhina

BAILOUT AT 43,000 (1957)

Directed by Francis D. Lyon Screenplay by Paul Monash Produced by Howard Pine William C. Thomas John Payne as Major Paul Peterson Karen Steele as Carol Peterson Paul Kelly as Colonel Hughes Richard Eyer as Kit Peterson Constance Ford as Mrs. Frances Nolan Eddie Firestone as Captain Mike Cavallero Adam Kennedy as Lieutenant Ed Simmons Gregory Gaye as Dr. Franz Gruener Steven Ritch as Major Irv Goldman Richard Crane as Captain Jack Nolan

BAGDAD CAFE (1987)

Directed by Percy Adlon Written by Eleonore Adlon Marianne Sägebrecht as Jasmin Münchgstettner CCH Pounder as Brenda Jack Palance as Rudi Cox Christine Kaufmann as Debby Monica Calhoun as Phyllis Darron Flagg as Salomo George Aguilar as Cahuenga G. Smokey Campbell as Sal Hans Stadlbauer as Herr Münchgstettner Alan S. Craig as Eric Apesanahkwat as Sheriff Arnie

AU REVOIR, MON AMOUR (Ho yat gwan joi loi) (1991) * with switchable English subtitles *

Anita Mui Mui Ye Tony Leung Ka-fai Kenneth Tsang Mei-yi's Father Norman Chui Carrie Ng Mrs. Wu Hidekazu Akai Chikako Aoyama Woman at Japanese Embassy Jun Kunimura Sheren Tang William Wai-Lun Duen

APART FROM LIFE (Chi no Mure) (1970) * with switchable English subtitles *

Mizuho Suzuki as Unami Hiroko Kino as Noriko Fukuji Mugihito as Nobuo Tsuyama (as Makoto Terada) Sen Hara as Kaneyo, Nobuo's grandmother Tanie Kitabayashi as Matsuko Fukuji Noriko Matsumoto as Eiko, Unami's wife Tomoko Naraoka as Mitsuko Asao Sano as Yuji, Mitsuko's husband Jūkichi Uno as Shigeo Miyaji Directed by Kei Kumai Written by Mitsuharu Inoue Kei Kumai

AND I'LL RUN TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (A pobezim az na kraj sveta) (1979) * with switchable English subtitles *

Režie: Peter Solan Předloha: Mária Ďuríčková (kniha) Scénář: Dušan Mitana Kamera: Stanislav Szomolányi Hudba: Zdeněk Liška Hrají: Anetka Lakatošová, Ivan Mistrík, Hana Pastejříková, Oľga Adamčíková, Miriam Vránová, Martin Zatovič, Viera Strnisková, Samuel Adamčík, (více) (další profese)

AND A NIGHTINGALE SANG (1989)

Harry Herring Alistair Cooke Phyllis Logan Donald Mcbride Tom Watt Denise Welch John Moran Simon Stravocoufis Eric Nicholson Mike Mason Willie Ross Joan Plowright Pippa Hinchley Des Young Danny Dean Will Hay Phillip Knowles Patrick Healy Joe Ging Judi Eric Lyn Douglas John Woodvine Sammy Johnson Stephen Tompkinson Les Wilde Neville Wanless Bob Smeaton Art Davies Sharon Consterdine Val Mclane

THE MUMMY (Al Mummia) (1969) * with hard-encoded English subtitles *

Nadia Lutfi as Zeena Ahmed Marei as Wannis Ahmad Hegazi as Brother Ahmad Anan as Badawi Shafik Nour El Din as Ayoub Gaby Karraz as Maspero Mohamed Khairi as Kamal Mohamed Nabih as Murad Directed by Shadi Abdel Salam

MISTER GULLIBLE (Aghaye Halou) (1970) * with hard-encoded English subtitles *

Ali Nassirian Ezzatolah Entezami Fakhri Khorvash Mohamad Ali Keshavarz Enayat Bakhshi

ALL ABOUT AH LONG (1989) * with switchable English subtitles *

Chow Yun-fat as Yeung Ah-Long Sylvia Chang as Sylvia Poon/Por-Por Ng Man-tat as Dragon Ng Huang Kun-Hsuen as Porky Yeung Alan Ka-Lun Yu as Patrick Yu, Sylvia's new boyfriend Wong Tin-lam as TV Producer Joe Chu as Motorcycle racer Tam Siu-hung as Sylvia's mother Sze Kai-keung as Fat Man at tug-of-war Tsui Oi-sam as Fat woman at tug-of-war Lee Him-hung as Motorcycle racer Chan Kwok-keung as Motorcycle racer

HOTEL RESERVE (1944)

Directed by Lance Comfort Mutz Greenbaum Victor Hanbury Screenplay by John Davenport James Mason as Peter Vadassy Lucie Mannheim as Madame Suzanne Koch Raymond Lovell as Robert Duclos, a hotel guest given to exaggeration Julien Mitchell as Michel Beghin Herbert Lom as Andre Roux Martin Miller as Walter Vogel Clare Hamilton as Mary Skelton, a hotel guest who is attracted to Peter. A sister of Maureen O'Hara, her real name was Florrie Fitzsimons. This was her only film appearance. Frederick Valk as Emil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger Patricia Medina as Odette Roux Anthony Shaw as Major Anthony Chandon-Hartley, a guest Laurence Hanray as Police Commissioner (as Lawrence Hanray) David Ward as Henri Asticot, a guest Valentine Dyall as Warren Skelton Joseph Almas as Albert, the waiter (as Josef Almas) Patricia Hayes as Servant (waitress) Hella Kürty as Hilda Vogel Ivor Barnard as P. Molon, the pharmacist Ernst Ulman as Detective in Black Suit

POLICARPO (1959) * with switchable English subtitles *

Renato Rascel: Policarpo De' Tappetti Peppino De Filippo: Cesare Pancarano di Rondò Renato Salvatori: Mario Marchetti Luigi De Filippo: Gerolamo "Gegè" Pancarano di Rondò Carla Gravina: Celeste De' Tappetti Romolo Valli: Egidio Marsi Laurenzi Tony Soler: Eufemia De' Tappetti Checco Durante: padre di Mario Anita Durante: madre di Mario Lidia Martora: Amelia Pancarano di Rondò Ernesto Calindri: Ettore Tiburzi José Isbert: maresciallo Venanzio Frasca Trini Montero: Edelweiss, la ballerina Roberto Rey: signor Franquinet Massimo Pianforini: ministro Mario Riva: pompiere del teatro Memmo Carotenuto: gnaccino Maurizio Arena: fattorino dei fiori Vittorio De Sica: prestigiatore col piccione Ugo Tognazzi: professore, cliente della stireria Alberto Sordi: ambulante che vende ombrelli Amedeo Nazzari: carabiniere che ferma il cavallo Ignazio Balsamo: poliziotto

QUEEN KELLY (1929)

Directed by Erich von Stroheim Gloria Swanson - Kitty Kelly, aka Queen Kelly Walter Byron - Prince Wolfram Seena Owen - Queen Regina V Sylvia Ashton - Kelly's Aunt Wilson Benge - Prince Wolfram's Valet Sidney Bracey - Prince Wolfram's Lackey Florence Gibson - Kelly's Aunt Madge Hunt - Mother Superior Tully Marshall - Jan Vryheid Madame Sul-Te-Wan - Kali Sana, Aunt's Cook Wilhelm von Brincken - Prince Wolfram's adjutant Gordon Westcott - Lackey

THE GODDESS (Shen Nu) (1934)

Wu Yonggang Ruan Lingyu Zhang Zhizhi

SECRET PEOPLE (1952) * with switchable English subtitles *

Directed by Thorold Dickinson Written by Thorold Dickinson Wolfgang Wilhelm Joyce Cary Christianna Brand Produced by Sidney Cole Valentina Cortese as Maria Brentano Serge Reggiani as Louis Balan Audrey Hepburn as Nora Brentano Charles Goldner as Anselmo Michael Shepley as Manager of the British Pavilion Angela Fouldes as Nora (as a child) Megs Jenkins as Penny Irene Worth as Miss Jackson Reginald Tate as Inspector Eliot Norman Williams as Sergeant Newcombe Athene Seyler as Mrs Reginald Kellick Sydney Tafler as Syd Burnett Geoffrey Hibbert as Steenie John Ruddock as Daly Michael Allan as Rodd John Field as Fredor Luki Charlie Cairoll as themselves (clowns) Hugo Schuster as General Galborn Lionel Harris as Frack Rollo Gamble as Bentley John Penrose as Bill John Chandos as John Michael Ripper as Charlie Yvonne Coulette as Woman on London Committee Louis Mansi as Member of Paris Committee John Gabriel as Member of Paris Committee Olga Landiak as Member of Paris Committee Frederick Schiller as Galbern's Bodyguard Gaston Richer as Queval Derek Elphinstone as Plain Clothes Man Edward Evans as Plain Clothes Man Jack McNaughton as Postman Ingeborg von Kusserow as Shoe Shop Girl Bob Monkhouse as hairdresser Sam Kydd as Detective Sergeant

YOSHIWARA (1937) * with hard-encoded English subtitles * **IMPROVED VIDEO**

Directed by Max Ophüls Written by Maurice Dekobra Pierre Richard-Willm – Lieutenant Serge Polenoff Sessue Hayakawa – Ysamo, Kuli Michiko Tanaka – Kohana Roland Toutain – Pawlik Lucienne Le Marchand – Namo André Gabriello – Pô Camille Bert – Le commandant Foun-Sen – Geisha Philippe Richard – L'attaché russe Ky Duyen – L'agent secret Georges Saillard – Le médecin

A PHOTO TOUR OF SHTETL UKRAINE and BESSARABIA: LVIV AND THE WESTERN UKRAINE BORDER TOWNS (2022)

THE LAST TRAIN (Le Train) (1973) * with switchable English subtitles *

Jean-Louis Trintignant : Julien Maroyeur Romy Schneider : Anna Küpfer Maurice Biraud : Maurice Régine : Julie Nike Arrighi : Monique Maroyeur Serge Marquand : Le moustachu Franco Mazzieri : le maquignon Paul Amiot : François "Verdun" Jean Lescot : René Jean-Pierre Castaldi : The sergent Roger Ibáñez : L'étranger Anne Wiazemsky : La jeune mère au bébé Paul Le Person : Le commissaire Henri Attal : Le chauffeur Pierre Collet : Le maire Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre Written by Georges Simenon (novel) Pierre Granier-Deferre

THEODORA GOES WILD (1936) * with switchable English subtitles *

Directed by Richard Boleslawski Written by Mary McCarthy Sidney Buchman Produced by Everett Riskin Irene Dunne as Theodora Lynn / Caroline Adams Melvyn Douglas as Michael Grant Thomas Mitchell as Jed Waterbury Thurston Hall as Arthur Stevenson Rosalind Keith as Adelaide Perry Elisabeth Risdon as Mary Lynn Margaret McWade as Elsie Lynn Spring Byington as Rebecca Perry Nana Bryant as Ethel Stevenson Henry Kolker as Henry Grant Leona Maricle as Agnes Grant Robert Greig as John Lynn