Louis Jourdan

A tour of the Exotic Locations of 'Octopussy'.

Um documentário sobre os 10 mais eletrizantes momentos da franquia James Bond 007 em seus 40 anos de história. Nesta obra, estão os mais desafiantes momentos do agente, seus sinistros vilões e maravilhosas mulheres. Há também entrevistas com elenco e críticos, lembrando seus momentos favoritos. Apresentação de Roger Moore.

Algumas das estrelas musicais da MGM revisam a história dos musicais dos estúdios. De 'The Hollywood Revue' de 1929 a ' A Lenda dos Beijos Perdidos' de 1954. Dos primeiros talkies musicais a Gene Kelly em 'Cantando na Chuva' de 1952.

Year of the Comet is a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film about the pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history. The title refers to the year it was bottled, 1811, which was known for the Great Comet of 1811, and also as one of the best years in history for European wine.

O Monstro do Pântano retorna para lutar contra o malvado Dr. Arcane, que tem um novo laboratório científico cheio de criaturas transformadas por mutação genética, e escolhe Heather Locklear como seu novo objeto de afeição.

Embora exilado na Espanha, líder árabe é ameaçado de morte pelo ditador de seu país. Há indícios que assassinos compraram bilhetes para Madrid. E o governo americano envia força-tarefa para defender seus interesses, ou melhor, o tal político.

Documentary - She came from a wealthy and competitive Philadelphia family, but the life of well-brought up society held little appeal for this acclaimed beauty. She left for New York City and worked hard as a model, stage actor and TV player. And then she was discovered by Hollywood. In less than four years she was acknowledged as one of movie's most sought after stars and an Academy-Award winner, playing opposite some of the greatest leading men of her time. Suddenly, like a modern-day fairy tale, Grace Kelly turned her back on it all - to become Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco.

A woman who hasn't seen her father in 18 years, learns of his death and goes to his estate in France to carry out his wishes. She then learns that her father was a thief who after getting caught and going to prison and upon his release was approached by an insurance company, who wanted him to use his talents in helping them recover some valuables that had been stolen, which became his new job. Now that he is gone, he wants her to continue his work.

A bordello catering to rich and wealthy clients, run by Lil Hutton experiences a series of crises as one girl ends up pregnant, and another dead. As a subplot, a young woman, Julie Taylor, makes a trip to LA to surprise a friend, but never finds her. Julie is mugged, and seeks help from Lil Hutton. She sees how much the prostitutes are making, and is tempted into the lifestyle. On her first "job" is hired by a rich father for his 18-year old virgin son as a birthday gift, and they fall in love. But the relationship comes to a quick end as soon as the son learns she is a "whore"; Julie breaks down and runs off after realizing prostitution is a cold and loveless occupation that cannot fulfill her emotional emptiness.

In this feature-length pilot, Dani Reynolds thinks that she has the perfect life, a perfect job, she's a renowned fashion photographer, and has a loving husband. But things change for her when her husband is killed. She learns that her husband wasn't the mild mannered person she thought he was. It seems that he was a government agent who works with no official government backing. She then recruits Mac Harper an ex-Green Beret to help her find out what happened to her husband.

Wealthy Peter Sterling and his younger wife Christine have an existence of little excitement so when a stranger comes into their lives, she is intrigued. An affair turns into much more and they are soon plotting to rob Peter of a precious gemstone.

Ao tentar solucionar quem assassinou o agente 009 (Andy Bradford), James Bond (Roger Moore) resolve seguir uma pista de uma jóia Fabergé roubada do Kremlin, que aparece em uma famosa casa de leilões de Londres. O agente 007 acredita que esta jóia pode ser a chave para solucionar o mistério, pois o agente morto foi encontrado com um Fabergé falso.

The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.

Dr. Alec Holland, escondido nas profundezas de um pântano tenebroso, está tentando criar uma nova espécie - uma combinação de animais e plantas capazes de se adaptar e prosperar nas condições mais adversas. Infelizmente, ele torna-se sujeito de sua própria criação e se transforma. Arcane, desesperado para a fórmula, tenta capturar o Monstro do Pântano. Uma perseguição explosiva se segue até que, finalmente, termina com um confronto entre Holland e um modificado Arcane...

Um clássico cult dos anos setenta, considerado uma das adaptações mais fiéis ao romance "Drácula" de Bram Stoker. Feito pela TV britânica, o milenar conto vampírico desenrola-se com Jonathan Harker visitando o conde da Transilvânia para ajudá-lo com os preparativos para ir a Inglaterra. No castelo do Conde (este interpretado magnificamente por Louis Jourdan), Jonathan torna-se um prisioneiro e aos poucos descobre a verdadeira natureza de seu sanguinário anfitrião...

Clássico de Alexandre Dumas sobre os irmãos gêmeos (um bom e o outro mau) herdeiros do trono francês: O homem prisioneiro sob uma máscara de ferro e seu afetado e elegante irmão gêmeo, o Rei Louis XIV. O homem fechado sob a máscara é Phillipe, considerado morto, irmão gêmeo do Rei, considerado herdeiro por direito ao trono, era mantido na obscuridade por motivos políticos. Seu destino é assumir o trono no lugar do irmão, Louis, que é manipulado por Fouquet. O capitão dos mosqueteiros, D´Artagnam, e Colbert, ministro do Rei para assuntos domésticos, planejam restaurar a desejada autonomia e prosperidade do reino ao substituir Phillipe pelo Rei. O plano tem sucesso e Phillipe assume o trono enquanto seu irmão é condenado na máscara de ferro.

Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he arrives, Fletcher finds that the bank, acquired by his associate Prince di Siracusa, consists of some shabby offices above a restaurant. To make up for this, the Prince suggests that Fletcher invests in a silver mine owned by Shireen and Agha Firdausi. This solves one problem, but the mine also attracts the attention of some of the most powerful people in the silver business. Fletcher must pull out all his wheeler-dealing skills in order to keep hold of everything he's worked for, in the process romancing a banker's discontented wife.

Edmond Dantes (Richard Chamberlain) é um marinheiro em Marselha que, apesar de não possuir riquezas e nem conhecimento como ler e escrever, é muito feliz ao lado de sua noiva Mercedes (Kate Nelligan), seu melhor amigo Mondego (Tony Curtis) e seu pai (Ralph Michael). Após ter arriscado a sua vida para salvar a de seu capitão, Edmond consegue ajuda médica de um líder de guerra francês que, este, pede em troca que entregue uma carta a um suposto amigo em Marselha. As autoridades da cidade descobrem a existência da carta e prendem Edmond acusando-o de traição. Edmond é condenado à prisão perpétua em Chateau D’If. Lá ele adquire um conhecimento que nunca imaginaria ter e planeja friamente sua vingança contra os que ali o aprisionam. Esta versão cinematográfica do livro de Alexandre Dumas possui a maravilhosa participação de Richard Chamberlain, bastante elogiado por sua desenvoltura no filme, transformando-o em uma das melhores versões do romance já produzidos.

Documentário que traça um panorama dos musicais no cinema desde a década de 20 até os anos 50, e traz entrevistas com algumas das estrelas do gênero.

The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of the five finalists.

A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.

A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.

A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a car accident, from the dead.

Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.

This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.

A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.

Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a delicate family situation caused by his daughter's adventure with a much older man, Lisa understands how much she is in love and how little she can expect from him.

A pretty fashion buyer visiting Paris on business is courted by a famous designer. Boris Sagal's 1966 romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Chad Everett, Edie Adams, John McGiver, Reta Shaw and Count Basie.

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

In this movie based upon Julian Green's novel, we follow Paul's downfall as he is torn between his love for Angele, a local prostitute, as he finds out too late, and Madame Grosgeorge's love for him.

Salvatori pays a visit to his old ma who is bedridden in a gloomy old people’s home. He promises her that pretty soon he’ll be rich and they’ll live together in their house. The young man is hired as a catering assistant in a desirable mansion, but the owner of the place is dying. The wife and the daughter are trying to regain the old man’s love and affection while the son is busy gathering his friends for a feast.

Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.

Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over hostages, including Clelia, the sexy leader of a clan of woman warriors. But before long, intrigue and betrayal unravel the fragile peace. Directors Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi helm this vintage sword-and-sandal epic.

Montmartre, 1896: o Can-Can, a dança em que as mulheres levantam suas saias, é proibida. Mesmo assim, Simone apresenta o Can-Can todos os dias em sua casa noturna. Suas funcionárias usam os encantos femininos para convencer os agentes da lei a fazerem vistas grossas – e até mesmo a assistirem aos shows.

Montmartre, 1896: o Can-Can, a dança em que as mulheres levantam suas saias, é proibida. Mesmo assim, Simone apresenta o Can-Can todos os dias em sua casa noturna. Suas funcionárias usam os encantos femininos para convencer os agentes da lei a fazerem vistas grossas – e até mesmo a assistirem aos shows.

An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.

Gaston Lachaille é o solteiro mais cobiçado de Paris, sendo rico, bonito, bem vestido e com vários criados ao seu dispor. Gigi é uma jovem irrequieta, que recebe aulas de sua tia Alicia para se tornar uma dama da aristocracia. Eles são amigos, até que Gaston começa a se sentir atraído por Gigi.

Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was popularly believed to have escaped from his French revolutionary captors.

Based on Cornell Woolrich's 1940 story, "Cinderella and the Mob"

A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine, and becomes a top model.

O comportamento de seu novo marido convence Julie Benton que seu ciúme é perigoso, e quando ele admite que matou seu primeiro marido ela percebe que tem que fugir. Um amigo de longa data ajuda tudo o que pode, mas mesmo em uma cidade do tamanho de San Francisco, Benton parece capaz de rastreá-los. A polícia não pode fazer nada, apesar de uma ameaça de morte, de modo que o próximo passo depende de Julie.

Europa Central, 1910. Os dias de realeza da princesa Beatrice (Jessie Roce Landis) estão com os dias contados, a menos que sua única filha, a princesa Alexandra (Grace Kelly), cause uma boa impressão em um primo distante, Albert (Alec Guinness), um príncipe herdeiro que há 23 anos Beatrice não vê e que resolveu chegar repentinamente. Albert tem procurado uma noiva por toda a Europa. Ele está entediado em ter de rotineiramente namorar princesas e se mostra mais interessado no meio de ordenhar vacas, que existe na propriedade onde Alexandra mora, do que no jardim de rosas dela. Porém ele começa a sentir ciúmes de Nicholas Agi (Louis Jourdan), o tutor de Alexandra, pois sente claramente que ela está muito atraída por Nicholas e é correspondida.

Garotas americanas sonham em encontrar romance em Roma, mas isto não é para secretárias, diz Anita. Mas Maria logo conhece o príncipe Dino de Cessi em uma festa na casa de seu chefe, que a convida a voar para Veneza em seu avião particular. Frances, que está em Roma há 15 anos como secretária de um escritor americano de sucesso que fala muito como George Bernard Shaw e é tão ilusória quanto o professor Henry Higgins em "My Fair Lady", diz a ela para dizer "não" e depois decide que juntos eles podem lidar com o homem apelidado de príncipe predador. Moedas jogadas na Fonte de Trevi podem realmente funcionar como mágica.

While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend Denise. One day, Denise lets her know that Henri has a lover. Outraged, Françoise moves out of marital home and rents a maids' room in Rue de l'Estrapade. Henri tries to get his wife back but Françoise does not listen. She even looks for a job in a prêt-à-porter shop and lets herself be courted by Robert, her neighbor across the landing...

Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.

A STRING OF BLUE BEADS is a slight little Christmas tale that was a pilot for an anthology series of short stories that never came to be. What makes this little film fascinating is it was one of the earliest color broadcasts on television and happily is one of the few early color productions for TV that can be seen in color now. Early color television productions seem to have had a limited color capability much like the early 1930's attempts at Technicolor. This actually adds to the charm of this little Christmas story giving in an "old time" feel.

A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.

Capturado pelo governo britânico por pirataria, o capitão La Rochelle aceita trabalhar para os ingleses como espião, para prender Barbanegra e Providence, dois dos mais perigosos piratas do Caribe. Mas La Rochelle se surpreende ao conhecer Providence, uma das mulheres mais belas que já conhecera. Apaixonados, os dois planejam se tornar uma das maiores forças pirata da região. Providence, no entanto, descobre os planos de La Rochelle para trai-la, planejando vingança contra o capitão que fará de tudo para impedir os planos da rainha dos piratas.

Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga's Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and his friend's sister, Kalua.

Based on the French literary classic, this drama presents author Gustave Flaubert narrating his tale of infidelity and narcissism. After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up with her.

Perry Ashwell is a self-satisfied child psychologist who takes his colleagues and wife somewhat for granted. So confident is he of his position that he introduces rich attractive painter Octavio Quaglini to his office and home. Quaglini is no respecter of convention, and April Ashwell is extremely attractive.

Na Viena do século 19, a jovem e tímida Lisa se apaixona por Stefan, pianista famoso e mulherengo. Anos depois, já adulta, ela se entrega a ele. Logo em seguida, o músico parte em turnê sem saber que havia engravidado Lisa.

Anthony Keane (Gregory Peck) é um advogado que fora contratado para defender o caso da Sra. Paradine (Alida Valli), acusada de matar o própio marido. Só que ele acaba por se apaixonar por ela, colocando em risco sua carreira profissional e seu casamento. O que Keane não espera é que a Sra. Paradine tem um caso com outra pessoa, e isso poderá influenciar decisivamente o julgamento final.

Four young friends share the carefree, cheerfulness, laughter and dances of Bohemian life. Rodolphe the painter, Alexandre Chaunard the composer, Colline the philosopher, as well as Marcel and his friend Musette. Mimi, a romantic young girl, falls in love with Rodolphe.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a comedian who committed suicide out of love for her.

A brave bookseller raises his four daughters alone, all of whom he employs in his shop. They are especially interested in their sentimental stories. Rosine, the youngest, falls in love with Francis, fiancé of Edith, the eldest. But Francis pushes her away and Rosine announces that she is going to commit suicide. Bertrand, a young doctor, decides to stop her by watching over her. After a few adventures, everything finally works out. Edith keeps her fiancé, the father, from whom the adventure has been hidden, returns to the usual course of his life and Bertrand and Rosine find themselves alone.

The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian War of 1871 to the invasion by the Germans in World War II.

On the very day of his wedding, Valentin Le Barroyer sees the one he was to marry fly away. Hélène has always loved her cousin André, to the great displeasure of her aunt who had combined the failed marriage. The two lovers take refuge in the Dordogne at the home of Hélène's grandmother who believes them to be really husband and wife. Valentin finds the young couple too late, he only has to console himself with a friend of Hélène's.

In the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles. His family thinks she is unsuitable as a wife because she had a fling with a soldier. His entourage attempt to cheer him up but he intends to commit suicide.

In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.

Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the orphanage to go to it, dreaming of the Prince Charming. But comes Nicolas Rougemont, an unattractive middle-aged man... He pretends not to be the author of the letters, who could not come...

Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him committed to a mental hospital. But Jourdain manages to escape and decides to make everybody happy except... his heirs!