Song of the West

Let's Fall in Love

December 1933 •English

A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.

Natalka Poltavka

February 1937 •English

Based on the famous operetta, Natalka Poltavka was the first Ukrainian film directed in the USA. Natalka and Petro want to get married, but Natalka's father doesn't approve of the marriage — there are more affluent men in the village. Petro goes off to earn the required fortune.

Bratránek z Batávie

January 1976 •Czech

Silva

September 1981 •Russian

Silva Varescu, a self-sufficient and professionally successful cabaret performer from Budapest, is about to embark on a tour of America. Three of her aristocratic admirers, named Edwin, Feri and Boni, prefer her to stay. Edwin, unaware that his parents have already arranged a marriage for him back home in Vienna, orders a notary to prepare a promissory note of his expected marriage to Silva within ten weeks.

Maritza

January 1985 •Russian

Dobrodruh a kavalír

May 1975 •Czech

Zigeunerliebe

January 2019 •German

Netopýr

December 1981 •Czech

Die Fledermaus

December 1972 •German

Witty, fun, intoxicating film of Johann Strauss II's popular operetta, based on a stage production from Vienna State Opera; this is a showcase for the entire cast, but most especially Eberhard Wächter as the insufferably boorish Gabriel Eisenstein, and Gundula Janowitz as his long-suffering wife. Open the champagne, have yourself some torte, and enjoy this delectable comedy from Vienna.

Up in Central Park

July 1948 •English

A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City.

Flirtation

November 1934 •English

A naive farmer encounters a beautiful burlesque dancer on the streets of New York and agrees to pose as her husband during her mother's visit.

Animal Crackers

August 1930 •English

The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.

Call of the Flesh

August 1930 •English

A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

Melodie sněžných hor

February 1976 •Czech

The Lash

December 1930 •English

A nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people mistreated by unscrupulous Americans.

Perly panny Serafinky

January 1980 •Czech

A Lady's Morals

November 1930 •English

Romantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.

Orfeus v podsvětí

January 1980 •Czech

Pericola

January 1979 •Slovak

Where the Lark Sings

October 1936 •German

Country girl Margit sits for the artist Sándor, from Budapest. She is fascinated and charmed by him, and agrees to accompany him to the capital, so he can complete the painting there. Disillusionment sets in, however, when Sándor wins a prize with the finished portrait and loses interest in her. Margit recognizes that her true happiness lies at home, with Pista, her faithful lover.