Joan Fontaine Archives

The Witches

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

NR

6.1

1966 Horror 89 min Play

5.8

A Certain Smile

A pretty Parisian law student falls in love with her boyfriend's uncle.

NR

5.8

1958 Drama 104 min Play

7.2

Until They Sail

Four sisters in New Zealand fall for four U.S. soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.

NR

7.2

1957 Drama 94 min Play

5.7

Serenade

A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.

NR

5.7

1956 Drama 121 min Play

7

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.

NR

7

1956 Crime 80 min Play

6.3

Casanova’s Big Night

Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.

NR

6.3

1954 Adventure 86 min Play

6.2

Flight to Tangier

At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes Susan, an American; Gil Walker, a free-booting pilot; Danzer, a black market operator; and Danzer's girlfriend, Nicki. The plane crashes and burns. No survivors are found, nor are any corpses. Soon the search begins for a missing courier worth $3 million.

NR

6.2

1953 Action 90 min Play

6.8

The Bigamist

A woman discovers her husband has another family in another city.

NR

6.8

1953 Drama 80 min Play

6.9

Something to Live For

Alcoholic actress aided by a married Alcoholics Anonymous member with whom she has an affair.

NR

6.9

1952 Drama 89 min Play

6.9

Ivanhoe

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

NR

6.9

1952 Adventure 106 min Play

6

Darling, How Could You!

Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.

NR

6

1951 Comedy 96 min Play

6.3

September Affair

An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.

NR

6.3

1950 Drama 104 min Play

6.1

Born to Be Bad

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

NR

6.1

1950 Drama 94 min Play