The Gilded Highway (1926)
ジャンル : ドラマ
上映時間 : 1時間 14分
演出 : J. Stuart Blackton
シノプシス
After inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last years, the Welbys become social-climbing snobs to the point of ignoring old friends and breaking off marriage engagements.
Having first lost his wife then his job as a tweed tailor, Alex Ponttin has devised a novel way to keep himself in touch with society. He admits himself into people's homes, by pretending to be a relative or an official, and persuading his victims to give him a night's free board: He finds at first a lunch at the horrible couple Dumont, where a thief follows him for a robbery. Alex spent an evening in front of TV at Marie, mother of seven children. He runs from Marie to find an evening and a new bed at the home of charming but shy lesbian Caroline and her funny lover Gloria. To save her inheritance, Caroline - accused for her homosexuality by her horrible sister Catherine - tells her aunt Amélie, that Gloria is her secretary and Alex her lover. So Alex has to present himself nude in Caroline's bed. He saves Carolines inheritance. The police officers investigating the case are so terminally stupid that Alex has little chance of being arrested.
Young Remi, a foundling, lives on the farm run by his impoverished foster parents. When their money runs out, unbeknown to his foster-mother, Rémi is sold by his hard-hearted foster father to an old street performer named Vitalis. Vitalis was once a famous opera singer, but became destitute after a tragic love affair.
When the daughter of the miserly cooper Grandet is up for marriage, both families Des Grassins and Cruchot want to marry their sons to her and her substantial dowry. But the girl shows more interest in the impoverished cousin, whom she entrusts her entire fortune to.
Principal Gottlieb Taft's twin brother Gotthold Taft partakes in the most recent prank by faking his death and promising a large inheritance to the Mommsen-Gymnasium and the principal. Of course, the inheritance is tied to many embarrassing conditions.
Action-comedy about a wealthy man who fakes suicide for the amusement of watching his family and creditors compete for his wealth. Many cameo appearances!
腕利きの離婚訴訟専門弁護士、マイルズ(ジョージ・クルーニー)は離婚して財産と自由を手にしようとするマリリン(キャサリン・ゼタ=ジョーンズ)に勝訴する。彼女がそのまま引き下がるはずはなく……。
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must contend with is the jealousy and suspicion that threatens to tear them apart.
古き良き時代のフランス、パリ。ダッチェスという名前の美しい雌ネコが、3匹の子ネコたちと暮らしていました。 飼い主の老婦人は猫たちをとてもかわいがり、莫大な遺産をネコに譲ろうとします。 ところが執事が遺産欲しさにネコたちを郊外に置き去りにしてしまいます。 途方に暮れるダッチェスたちの前に現れた野良ネコのオマリーに助けられ、みんなはパリを目指します。
玩具工場を軍需産業化しようと企む新社長の叔父に対し、平和主義者の前社長が奮闘するファンタジー。おもちゃを使っての代理戦争のばかばかしさが見もの。主演は名優ロビン・ウィリアムズ。
When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful owner.
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.
An aging doorman, after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious Hotel is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbours and society.
母親の不慮の死を克服できないある家族に、転がり込んできた突然の幸運。それは、音信不通だった大富豪の叔父・サイラスの遺産相続だった。だが、その裏にはある陰謀が。生前サイラスはある邪悪な野望を実現させるため、全米中の悪名高き悪霊たちをコレクションしていたのだ。そして一家が相続した豪邸には、その悪霊たちが封じ込められていた。彼らを待っていたのは心霊研究家ラフキン。一行は屋敷に足を踏み入れるが、悪霊たちが次々と襲いかかってきた!
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.
When his wealthy grandfather finally dies, Jason Stevens fully expects to benefit when it comes to the reading of the will. But instead of a sizable inheritance, Jason receives a test, a series of tasks he must complete before he can get any money.
Two New York hustlers (Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez) go to Palm Beach, Fla., and enroll in a charm school to please an heiress.
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.
Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandson, Dave, leading to infighting between Dave and his father.