Mãe Por Acaso (1939)
"And a little child shall lead them"... into the most delightfully surprising complications you've seen on the screen!
Gênero : Comédia, Romance
Runtime : 1H 22M
Director : Garson Kanin
Escritor : Norman Krasna
Sinopse
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
A chronicle of an eccentric Italian-American family in New York City in the 1950's and 60's. Young Teresa dreams of joing the convent, over the objections of her family.
This sequel to 1986's Bedroom Eyes is the mixture as before, with Wings Hauser replacing the first film's star Kenneth Gilman. Once again, stockbroker Hauser begins succumbing to his chronic voyeurism. And also once again, his obsession gets him mixed up in a murder.
Empire is a movie about having fun riding your bike New York City. In the tradition of BMX and skate movies, Empire follows New York’s best fixed gear riders and a few special out-of-town guests in and out of traffic all over New York City. Inspired by MASH and Lucas Brunelle, Empire is the first full-length fixed gear action sports feature shot entirely with New York City.Featured riders include Tom Lamarche, WONKA, Dwaine, Yatika Starr Fields, Dagga, John Prolly, Kai Perez and surprise guests.
A young Irishwoman comes to the United States to live and work with her mother as a cleaning lady at Carnegie Hall. She becomes attached to the place as the people she meets there gradually shape her life. The film also includes a variety of performances from some of the foremost musical artists of the times: conductors Bruno Walter & Leopold Stokowski, solists Arthur Rubinstein & Jascha Haifetz, singers Lily Pons & Jan Peerce and bandleader Vaughn Monroe among many others.
Frances (Greta Gerwig) é a ambiciosa aprendiz de uma companhia de dança, que tem que se contentar com muito menos sucesso e reconhecimento do que ela gostaria. Mesmo assim, ela encara a vida de maneira leve e otimista. Esta fábula moderna explora temas como a juventude, a amizade, a luta de classes e o fracasso.
Kay Arnold is a gold digger who wanders from party to party with the intention of catching a rich suitor. Jerry Strong is a young man from a wealthy family who strives to succeed as an artist. What begins as a relationship of mutual convenience soon turns into something else.
A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. The role is played by a one year old girl, the rest of the cast are marionette puppets.
Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with Lord Priory. He meets her the next day at the riding path, but she quickly loses him. He searches all over for her, not knowing that his father's hopeful fiancée is her Aunt. As his caricature work suffers as he searches, he is fired from his paper. But he makes a comeback with the comics 'Rags to Riches' which is based upon the Pett's. But this upsets the Pett's so much that they go back to New York, and he follows, being careful not to let them know that he is the one who draws the strip that parodies them.
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.
Based on Gail Sheehy's book, this film chronicles how a reporter for a New York City magazine decided to investigate the city's prostitution industry to find out just who was making all the money. What she found out caused a firestorm of controversy--that many of the city's richest and most powerful families and corporations benefited directly and indirectly from the illegal sex business.
Depois de despedir-se de sua mulher e filha, dizendo que irá encontrá-las em breve no aeroporto, Chuck Brenner é assaltado e deixado inconsciente em uma loja. Quando volta a si, percebe que está trancado e o lugar é vigiado por cães especialmente treinados para matar.
Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old men and women they begin the set-up, but then Nick falls for the owner of a neighboring antique store and things get a little complicated.
To fulfill a dying mother's bequest for her daughter, the town pastor purchases the daughter a stylish hat, and gossip spreads through the town.
In the near future, instant DNA identification has created an information grid that makes crime extremely difficult, and anonymity impossible. But, suddenly, the same IDs start to appear in different locations. A pro-level and intelligent sci-fi piece about the genesis of a big brother state.
Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of the wife's inability to have children. She accepts but finds that knowing the parents, and developing a relationship with them for the entire pregnancy complicates the simple arrangement.
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?
Instead of coming to her own engagement party, Joanna throws herself into New Year's Eve partying. Her fiancé follows her lead.
Estudantes fazem manifestações em Lahore, e o jovem professor paquistanês Changez Khan fala do futuro brilhante que o espera. Porém, os ataques de 11 de setembro de 2001 mudam tudo. Atitudes mudam drasticamente, e seu próprio nome e rosto o tornam suspeito.
Parisian playboy plays father to an abandoned baby who interferes with his womanising.
O filme conta a história de Guy Holden, um célebre bailarino estadunidense, que está viajando pela Europa com seu amigo, o advogado Egbert. No meio do caminho para a Inglaterra, conhece Mimi Glossop, que viaja com sua tia. Em Londres, os dois se encontram casualmente e Guy se apaixona por Mimi, mas sem saber que se trata de uma mulher casada em processo de divórcio. Mimi e sua tia voltam a se encontrar num hotel e começam os equívocos.
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
Depois de milhares de solitários anos fazendo o que ele foi construído para fazer, o curioso e adorável WALL-E encontra uma nova razão para viver quando conhece uma robô de busca de alto design chamada EVA.
Na década de 50, a fuga de uma assassina leva o detetive Teddy Daniels e seu parceiro a investigarem o seu desaparecimento de um quarto trancado em um hospital psiquiátrico. Lá, uma rebelião se inicia e o agente terá que enfrentar seus próprios medos.