75m; U.S.
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Loretta Young and Marjorie Rambeau
Synopsis: Love flourishes among the unemployed in a shack by New York’s East River, but our hero turns to crime when his wife becomes pregnant.
Category Archives: Romance
Margaret’s Museum (1995)
114m; U.S.
Director: Mort Ransen
Cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Kate Nelligan and Clive Russell
Synopsis (IMDB): In a town where half the men die down the coalpit, Margaret MacNeil is quite happy being single. Until she meets Neil Currie, a charming and sincere bagpipe-playing, Gaelic-speaking dishwasher. But no matter what you do, you can’t avoid the spectre of the pit forever.
The Marrying Kind (1952)
92m; U.S.
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray and Madge Kennedy
Synopsis: Romanticized version of working class sexual politics as a couple each tell a divorce judge their story.
Marty (1955)
91m; U.S.
Director: Delbert Mann
Synopsis (IMDB): A touching story about two lonely people who have almost resigned themselves to never being truly loved.
My Name Is Joe (1998)
105m; U.K.
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall and Gary Lewis
Synopsis: Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
On a Clear Day (2005)
98m; U.K.
Director: Gaby Dellal
Cast: Peter Mullan, Brenda Blethyn and Billy Boyd
Synopsis (IMDB): After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he’s too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates – rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie – are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible – swimming the English Channel. As Frank plunges headlong into his new daily life, his astonished friends are swept along with him. Prodded by stalwart fish-and-chips shop owner Chan, the men support Frank, train him – and keep their goal secret from his wife and son.
Other People’s Money (1991)
103m; U.S.
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller
Synopsis: A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a “mom and pop” company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife’s daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
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