Come See the Paradise (1990)

Actors: Gerry Hambling (editor), Alan Parker (director), Alan Parker (writer), Randy Edelman (composer), Tamlyn Tomita (actress), Molly Maginnis (costume designer), Pruitt Taylor Vince (actor), Sab Shimono (actor), Michael York (actor), Tamlyn Tomita (actress), Allan Graf (actor), Colm Meaney (actor), Dennis Quaid (actor), Luca Kouimelis (miscellaneous crew), Beau Holden (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Portraying one of the shadier details of American history, this is the story of Jack McGurn, who comes to Los Angeles in 1936. He gets a job at a movie theatre in Little Tokyo and falls in love with the boss's daughter, Lily Kawamura. When her father finds out, he is fired and forbidden ever to see her again. But together they escape to Seattle. When the war breaks out, the authorities decide that the Japanese immigrants must live in camps like war prisoners.

Keywords: 1930s, 1940s, actor, agitator, american-flag, arranged-marriage, arrest, arson, asian-american, atomic-bomb
Genres: Drama, History, Romance, War,
Taglines: First, their love was forbidden by law. Then it was torn apart by war. In 1942, over 100,000 Americans were interned in prison camps.....In America.

Quotes:

[first lines]::Older Mini McGann: Why are we so early?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: It's good to be early.::Older Mini McGann: Do you ever worry that you won't recognize him, Mama?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: You recognize me, don't you?::Older Mini McGann: Well, he might have grown a beard or a moustache or something. And I was so little. I only think I remember him. Do you think he'll remember me?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Well, he has all your photographs and all the letters you wrote him, and he has all your school reports::Older Mini McGann: You sent him my school reports?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Of course I did. I wanted to let him know how well you were doing. Come on, now. I got some tea and rice cakes here. We'll have a nice talk while we're walking, okay? Let's go.::Older Mini McGann: How far do we have to walk?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Not far.::Older Mini McGann: If we have so much time, then why are you walking so fast? I shouldn't have worn these new shoes. I think I have a blister. Mama!::[speaks in Japanese]::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [replies in Japanese] Try not to think about it. You want to look pretty, don't you?::Older Mini McGann: Can we talk about Papa?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Okay.

Jack McGurn: [after eyeing Lily] Hey, who was that?::Charlie Kawamura: No one worth knowing.::Jack McGurn: What, are you kidding?::Charlie Kawamura: She's not your type.::Jack McGurn: Oh, is she your girlfriend or something?::Charlie Kawamura: No, no, no. Just a girl.::Jack McGurn: Just a girl? She's beautiful.::Charlie Kawamura: She's my sister.::Jack McGurn: You told me your sister had a face like a plate of steamed dumplings.::Charlie Kawamura: You should see her without makeup.::Jack McGurn: You told me she was 4 feet tall and squat.::Charlie Kawamura: Hey, I've got lots of sisters.

Jack McGurn: Um, hi. I'm Jack. I work with your brother Charlie. Are you Dulcie?::Charlie Kawamura: Lily. Dulcie's my other sister.::Jack McGurn: Hi, Lily. [shakes her hand]::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [smiles] Hello.::Jack McGurn: We were just wondering if you would like to join us for lunch.::Charlie Kawamura: HE was wondering.::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [speaking to Charlie in Japanese] What?::Charlie Kawamura: [in Japanese] Don't come with us. [to Jack, in English] Look, I'm in a hurry. She's busy. Let's go. [leaves the store]::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: I can have lunch. [asks her employers in Japanese, and they reply] I can.::Jack McGurn: Great.::Fumiko: [eyeing Lily suspiciously] Don't do anything I wouldn't do...::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [in Japanese] You have a big mouth, Fumiko. [smiles]

Jack McGurn: [after entering a local restaurant] So what are we going to order? [grabs menu]::Jack McGurn: Can you read that?::Jack McGurn: Yeah. My Japanese is getting better every day.::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Actually, it's in Chinese. It might help you if you turn your menu up the other way.::Jack McGurn: [smiles] Maybe YOU oughta order, I guess.

Dulcie Kawamura: You let him kiss you just like that? In a Chop Suey restaurant? Are you going to tell Mama?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: No. And neither are you.::Dulcie Kawamura: You going to go dancing?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Mm-hmm. Maybe.::Dulcie Kawamura: You going to kiss him again?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [chuckles] Maybe.::Dulcie Kawamura: You going to do... it?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Do what?::Dulcie Kawamura: You know... IT.::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Dulcie, I just met him.::Dulcie Kawamura: You kissed him in the chop suey restaurant, for goodness sake.::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Well, if I did, I certainly wouldn't tell YOU.::Dulcie Kawamura: I guess this means you're not going to marry Mr. Fujioka::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [in a sing-song voice] No, I'm not. [tosses powder in Dulcie's face]::Dulcie Kawamura: [spitting out powder] Papa's going to kill you if he finds out.

Older Mini McGann: Did you have a big wedding with Mama and Papa Kawamura? And Dulcie and Frankie and...::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: No. No, we couldn't.::Older Mini McGann: Why?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Well, for a start, Japanese aren't allowed to marry non-Japanese in the state of California.::Older Mini McGann: Why?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Because it was against the California laws.::Older Mini McGann: So where did you go?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Seattle.::Older Mini McGann: Why did you go to Seattle?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: 'Cause it's not California. We could get married there.

Older Mini McGann: What did you wear? Were you pretty?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Oh, I had a beautiful dress with a lace collar and cuffs. And I wore my hair special, with a bow just like yours. [kisses Mini lightly on her head] It was a beautiful day. It was the best wedding anyone had ever had. We had flowers. We had champagne. It was the best day of my life.

Older Mini McGann: What about me?::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: You were born on Christmas Day, 1937. And we called you Minia after Mama Kawamura's sister.

Jack McGurn: I agree to hand out a bundle of leaflets, and you act as if I'm going out to kill someone.::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: Because you know one thing will lead to another, and it'll make you crazy. You can't spit against Heaven, Jack!::Jack McGurn: Oh, don't give me that Japanese SHIT!::Lily Yuriko Kawamura: [stares at Jack briefly, then silently walks away]

Lily Yuriko Kawamura: I don't why I left your papa that day, but sometimes you get pushed and pulled without ever knowing the reasons why. But I knew I couldn't stay. I had to be with Mama and Papa Kawamura.

I sette magnifici gladiatori (1983)

Actors: Sybil Danning (actress), Bruno Mattei (editor), Claudio Fragasso (writer), Lou Ferrigno (actor), Claudio Fragasso (director), Bruno Mattei (director), Menahem Golan (producer), Salvatore Borghese (actor), Brad Harris (actor), Giovanni Cianfriglia (actor), Emilio Messina (actor), Yoram Globus (producer), Yehuda Efroni (actor), Dov Seltzer (composer), Nicola Di Gioia (actor),

Plot: A bandit leader endowed with supernatural powers by his sorceress mother makes yearly raids on a peasant village. However, the women of the village come into possession of a magic sword, and go in search of a hero who is able to wield it and save their village from the evil bandit.

Keywords: ancient-rome, barbarian, bare-chested-male, battle, bikini, catfight, chariot-race, cheesecake, chopping-wood, clusium-italy
Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy,

Sha shou ying (1982)

Actors: Mirta Miller (actress), José María Blanco (actor), Víctor Israel (actor), Tien Lung Chen (actor), John Liu (producer), John Liu (actor), John Liu (director), John Liu (writer), Martín Garrido (actor), Casanova Wong (actor), Raquel Evans (actress), Christian Anders (actor), Christian Anders (composer), Roger Paschy (actor), Jolanda Egger (actress),

Plot: Kung fu champ John is given the chance to train CIA agents in martial arts by using self-hypnosis. But when he discovers the reason he escapes and the CIA go after him. John must fight for his life all over Europe as he flees the CIA.

Keywords: agent, cia, cold-war, hand-to-hand-combat, kgb, martial-arts, ninja, spy
Genres: Action,

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)

Actors: Harry Towb (actor), Phyllis Townshend (miscellaneous crew), Edwin Astley (composer), Bob Todd (actor), John Bluthal (actor), Victor Maddern (actor), Frank Thornton (actor), Michael Pertwee (writer), Spike Milligan (actor), Jim Dale (actor), Milo O'Shea (actor), Norman Rossington (actor), Victor Spinetti (actor), Jim Connock (editor), Kenneth J. Warren (actor),

Plot: Before his adventure begins, Digby is given to Bill by a friendly vet, but as Bill's grandfather doesn't like to have an English sheepdog in his house, Bill is forced to give him away. He gives Digby to a guy who works in a defense lab that experiments with animals and plants for space travel. A growth-boosting chemical is made in the lab, and the animal trainer steals some to boost his own tomato crop. Accidentally, the dog is fed some and, as a result, is growing all the time; eventually, he's the size of an ocean liner. As weird animals are attractions, Digby is stolen by two well-dressed hoods and sold to a circus, from which Digby escapes, hunted by the military, both Army and Air Force!

Keywords: based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, dog, giant-dog, giant-sheepdog, independent-film, sheepdog
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: Go ahead...YOU tell him to "Fetch." The Biggest Howl Ever Unleashed! The Scientists Want to Collar Him...The Crooks Want to Steal Him

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's (1960)

Actors: Dennis Price (actor), Mark Dignam (actor), Nicholas Phipps (actor), Cyril Chamberlain (actor), Cecil Parker (actor), Basil Dignam (actor), Eric Barker (actor), Raymond Huntley (actor), Sid James (actor), Lloyd Lamble (actor), George Cole (actor), John Le Mesurier (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), Clive Morton (actor), Michael Ripper (actor),

Plot: When the school burns to the ground there's clearly been some arson around. The pupils are found guilty and the judge hands them into the care of a pretty dubious child psychiatrist. The sixth form are soon kidnapped and on their way to Arabia with the Ministry of Education, Barchester police, and an Army Bath Unit after them. But real rescue is at hand in the shape of Britain's finest fighting force - St. Trinian's fourth form.

Keywords: independent-film, school, schoolgirl, sequel, uniform
Genres: Comedy,

3 Ring Circus (1954)

Actors: Dean Martin (actor), Wallace Ford (actor), Mike Mahoney (actor), Jerry Lewis (actor), Al Hill (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Sayre Dearing (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Joe Gray (actor), Douglas Fowley (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Michael Ross (actor), Ralph Peters (actor),

Plot: Another movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Jerry and Pete are two friends with no money, looking for some job. They finally find one as workers in a circus, but Jerry has different dreams. He wants to become a clown...

Keywords: character-has-same-name-as-actor, circus, circus-performer, crosley-automobile, handicapped-child, number-in-title
Genres: Comedy,
Taglines: Tame a lion. Get shot out of a cannon. Wash an elephant. Jerrico will do anything to become a circus clown.

A Letter for Evie (1946)

Actors: Carl M. Leviness (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Leonard Bremen (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Fred Aldrich (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Dick Crockett (actor), Hume Cronyn (actor), Donald Curtis (actor), Marcel De la Brosse (actor), Harry Depp (actor), John Carroll (actor), Sam Finn (actor), Norman Lloyd (actor),

Plot: Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.

Keywords: kitten, letter, mistaken-identity, pen-pal, wartime-romance, world-war-two
Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Appointment in Berlin (1943)

Actors: Gilbert Emery (actor), Leslie Denison (actor), Donald Douglas (actor), Alec Craig (actor), Jean De Briac (actor), Robert Bice (actor), Felix Basch (actor), Sven Hugo Borg (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Frederic Brunn (actor), Wilson Benge (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Herbert Evans (actor),

Genres: Drama, War,

King of the Stallions (1942)

Actors: Ted Adams (actor), Gordon De Main (actor), Dave O'Brien (actor), Forrest Taylor (actor), Chief Thundercloud (actor), Rick Vallin (actor), Billy Wilkerson (actor), Chief Yowlachie (actor), Edward Finney (producer), Sherman L. Lowe (writer), Edward Finney (director), Frederick Bain (editor), Fred Burns (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Chief Many Treaties (actor),

Plot: In this western, set in the Western wilderness, a wily and dangerous wild stallion, the leader of a pack of wild horses, threatens all that enter his domain including humans. Both Indians and cowboys are after the stallion Only brave Chief Ha-Ha-Wi can tame him.

Keywords: archive-footage, b-movie, b-western, bow-and-arrow, capture, chase, crook, deception, false-accusation, father-daughter-relationship
Genres: Romance, Western,
Taglines: THUNDERING HOOFS...beat a new tempo in a new kind of story...the story of "Nakoma"...KING OF THE STALLIONS The daring and exciting story of "Nakoma"...the wild horse!

Outlaw Express (1938)

Actors: Carlyle Moore Jr. (actor), Tex Phelps (actor), Chuck Baldra (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Buzz Barton (actor), Tex Palmer (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Don Barclay (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Ray Jones (actor), Jack Kirk (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), LeRoy Mason (actor), Bud Pope (actor),

Plot: The government assigns cavalry captain Bob Bradley (Bob Baker) to an area where pony express riders are being killed by arrows and their mail is being rifled. Posing as horse buyers, Bob and his pal, Andy Sharpe (Don Barclay), center their investigation around the ranch owned by Don Ricardo Hernandez (Martin Garralaga) where, in addition to learning that the Don has a pretty daughter named Lorita (Cecelia Callejo), he discovers that Jack Sommers (LeRoy Mason) and his lead henchman Phelps (Jack Kirk) are getting possession of the huge ranches, created by Spanish land grants, by having Ramon (Carleton Young), a disloyal Hernandez servant, kill the riders with arrows (hoping the Indians will be blamed) and taking the certificates of registry.

Keywords: ambush, american-indian, archive-footage, assignment, b-movie, b-western, bow-and-arrow, california, captain, capture
Genres: Action, Adventure, Romance, Western,