Cinema Rio Posters
films shown in cinema Rio, Gent, 40 and 50 's
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- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsFrank SinatraTony CurtisNatalie WoodToward the end of World War II, two American soldiers fighting in Southern France become romantically involved with a young, American woman. Her background will reveal more about them than her.
- DirectorHal RoachCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDennis KingTwo wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman who secretly masquerades as notorious outlaw Fra Diavolo.
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsRuth LeuwerikMartin BenrathBoy Gobert
- DirectorWolfgang SchleifStarsFreddy QuinnGustav KnuthVera TschechowaFreddy has inherited a land and house in Canada from his uncle. An orphan boy, Stefan, had smuggled himself as a blind passenger on board.
- DirectorHugo FregoneseStarsStewart GrangerBarbara RushAnthony SteelDuring a hunt for a ferocious tiger terrorizing an Indian village, ex-army Colonel Harry Black comes across the wife of his former army buddy and co-POW Desmond Tanner..
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloDick PowellRuss Raymond, America's number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she tries everything she can to get a picture of him to prove he's Russ Raymond. Tommy's friends, Pomeroy Watson and Smokey Adams,help him while Pomeroy writes love letters to Patty Andrews. But because Smokey makes Pomeroy lie about himself in the letters, and when Patty comes to the Navy base, she's furious at Pomeroy. When Pomeroy, Smokey, Tommy and the Andrews sisters set sail for Hawaii, Pomeroy discovers there's a tomato in the potato locker, and she's been snapping shots of Tommy the whole trip. Whether Pomeroy's proving that 7 x 13 = 28 - three different ways, having Smokey help him play ship captain for Patty, or falling out of his hammock, it's an Abbott and Costello classic.
- DirectorRichard SaleStarsMaureen O'HaraMacdonald CareyBinnie BarnesA female former OSS agent is sent to Tangiers, Morocco, to infiltrate and destroy an international smuggling ring.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceJudith EvelynDarryl HickmanAn obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsVictor MatureLouise PlattLeo CarrilloWhen her father dies, a young woman helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
- DirectorEdward DmytrykStarsRobert YoungRobert MitchumRobert RyanA man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
- DirectorRudolf SchündlerStarsRudolf SchockChristine GörnerGunther PhilippPaying a rare visit to her estate, a countess clashes with the man she hired to manage it.
- DirectorWerner JacobsStarsCaterina ValenteRudolf PrackRuth StephanCaterina auditions for a minor part in what would be her second movie. Her dancing and singing impresses the director so much, that he wants to give her the leading role. However the author Thomas Krauss objects, because he believes she's just a good singer and not talented enough as an actress. Caterina doesn't want to let go of her big chance and applies as maid in Krauss' house under a different name to convince him she can play the role.
- DirectorSpencer Gordon BennetStarsKirk AlynNoel NeillLyle TalbotSuperman battles Lex Luthor who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.
- DirectorLuchino ViscontiStarsMaria SchellMarcello MastroianniJean MaraisA humble clerk courts a woman who awaits her lover's return night after night.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsRita HayworthLarry ParksMarc PlattUpset about a new Broadway musical's mockery of Greek mythology, the goddess Terpsichore comes down to earth and lands a part in the show. She works her charms on the show's producer and he incorporates her changes into the show. Unfortunately, her changes also produce a major flop.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsHardy KrügerSylvia SymsRonald LewisGerman scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton-girl Ann.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsCurd JürgensMaria SchellChristian WolffThe movie reports the historical story of Schinderhannes, based on a play by Carl Zuckmayr. Johannes Bückler, this his real name, led a band of brigands in the Hunsrück mountains during Napoleonic times.
- DirectorYves AllégretStarsAntonella LualdiRobert HosseinMichèle CordoueWhen Raven gets out of prison after serving five years on a frame-up by gang-leader Mendetta, he kills Mendetta deciding to take over in his place. He is seen leaving the apartment by Dany Dumont, wife of a neighbor.When two of the dead-man's henchmen learn she was a witness, they abduct her, hoping to blackmail Reven when the opportunity arises. To ensure she is around when needed, they keep her in a house of prostitution.
- DirectorHans QuestStarsHeinz RühmannOliver GrimmWaltraut HaasAfter Clown Teddy lost his son, he lost his gift for laughter. He opened a joke shop and lives above the shop. His landlady has had a foster son since birth, and Teddy decides to raise the child, who always believed that Teddy was his father. When the mother suddenly appears five years later and wants her son, Teddy decides to run away with the child and goes back onstage with his son. Will the family catch up with them, or will the mother never get her son back?
- DirectorGeorges LacombeStarsFrançoise ArnoulRenée FaureJean-Claude MichelA female journalist beats two male rivals to a scoop by exposing a white slave racket going on right in 50s Paris.
- DirectorYves CiampiStarsYves MontandMaría FélixJean ServaisA former French combat pilot is hired without knowing that he will carry a large amount of contraband diamonds, so he decides to steal them. The owner of the diamonds hires another former German combat pilot to retrieve them.
- DirectorWilliam HamiltonFrank RyanStarsVictor McLaglenEdmund LoweBinnie BarnesTwo veteran U. S. Marines master sergeants vie for the affection of a hostess at the Shore Leave café. They also suspect the owner of the café of operating a Nazi spy ring that has been stealing important U. S. Navy plans. He is actually an agent for the American government trying to find the real spy.
- DirectorRalph HabibStarsRaymond PellegrinSilvana PampaniniFernand LedouxA young delinquent wants to lead an honest life again.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsDon MurrayDiane VarsiChill WillsAfter ranch hand Tod Lohman accidentally kills the son of a powerful rancher, he panics and flees, but the rancher and his vengeful crew hunt Tod down.
- DirectorAndrew L. StoneStarsRobert StackDorothy MaloneGeorge SandersAfter a boiler explosion aboard an aging ocean liner, a man struggles to free his injured wife from the wreckage of their cabin and ensure the safety of their four-year-old daughter as the ship begins to sink.
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsMaria SchellBernhard WickiBarbara RüttingA German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsRandolph ScottBarbara BrittonGeorge 'Gabby' HayesCole Armin, recruited by his corrupt uncle as heir apparent to his freight-hauling empire, defects to his honest rival.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsMaria MontezRod CameronMikhail RasumnyA woman journeys to Spanish California to marry a Spanish officer, but on the way she meets and falls in love with an American adventurer who is part of a movement to overthrow the Spanish in California.
- DirectorArchie MayoJohn CromwellStarsGary CooperSigrid GurieBasil RathboneAdventurer Marco Polo travels to China, where he finds the Emperor Kublai Khan, court intrigue, danger, and unexpected love.
- DirectorGéza von CziffraStarsPeter AlexanderVivi BachPeter CarstenThe owner of an mighty villa ran out of money. He was a host to his friends, but they didn't pay the rent. He is instructing his housekeeper Lorenz to sell it. He meanwhile, is visiting his aunt in the countryside. Lorenz complains, cause he has taken his money and the money of his uncle before, so he is able to pay the bills! But no way! No interest. He leaves! When resting with the aunt He ready in newspapers there ist an announce fromm a girl watching out for a Job. At his adress! He immediately jumps into the car, finding out what happened this time!
- DirectorFrank WisbarStarsHorst BuchholzMartin HeldMaria PerschyIn Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him.
- DirectorJerry HopperStarsJeff ChandlerLaraine DayTim HoveyAdvertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist back to the commercial fold. Meanwhile, Gwen's fatherless son Timmie, at a remote boys' school, is riding for a fall by manufacturing evidence of his "explorer father." By an amazing coincidence, Rick steps off the bus at just the right moment for Timmie to recruit him as "father" without his knowledge. With no intention of collaborating, the befuddled Rick is carried along by the sweep of events. Who can predict the outcome?
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsRobert TaylorJanet LeighGeorge RaftAfter witnessing a murder, honest cop Eddie Kelvaney is silenced by gangster Dan Beaumonte, prompting Eddie's brother, Detective Chris Kelvaney, to search for the killer.
- DirectorHelmuth AshleyStarsHeinz RühmannKarl SchönböckMaria SebaldtFather Brown tries to solve some murders.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsDick PowellDebbie ReynoldsAnne FrancisA Hollywood screenwriter takes in a runaway girl who's more woman than he can handle.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsMarianne HoldGerhard RiedmannAnnie RosarMaria lives with her grandfather in a secluded fishing hut on Lake Constance where they barely survive on what the fishing grounds provide. The Bruckbergers' daughters from next door make things worse by scaring away the fish with their motorboat. But Hans, the son of a rich family, falls in love with Maria and tries to help her, although she is unsure if he can be trusted.
- DirectorLewis AllenStarsEleanor ParkerRichard CarlsonPatricia MedinaItalian immigrant Rudolph Valentino makes it big in silent Hollywood, but he ends up struggling between his career and the woman he loves.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay ThompsonAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsJohanna von KoczianHansjörg FelmyWera FrydtbergThe movie explains Germany from 1913 until 1955 by example of two contrary characters: The idealistic journalist Hans (H.-J. Felmy) loses his work during the Third Reich, whereas opportunist Bruno (R. Graf) makes career to himself in the NSDAP party. After World War II ended, Bruno manages to be indispensable to the US administration and becomes a successful and well respected businessman, despite his Nazi-past. At the same time, Hans tries to earn a living on the countryside. But one day a time will come when both men will meet again.
- DirectorGéza von RadványiStarsSimone SimonVivi GioiFrançoise RosayThis is the sad story of several desperate ladies incarcerated somewhere in Italy in a camp for displaced women after the end of World War II. Among them, Anna, a Yugoslav, who has seen her husband killed in Trieste by political enemies. She is pregnant and her one and only aim right now is her baby to be born. Janka, a beautiful Polish girl who has lost her mind, is reunited with the physician who sent her to a brothel for Nazi officers. As for Yvonne, a light-hearted French woman, she is prepared to do anything to leave the place, including to marry out with an Albanese ice cream man, despite his unappetizing looks. At least,she will stop being a woman without a name.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDon AmecheCatherine McLeodRoscoe KarnsA poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsLouis HaywardJanet BlairGeorge MacreadyYoung nobleman Richard Shelton returns from the War of the Roses to find his father murdered, a fugitive family friend blamed, and his uncle occupying his estates.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsArturo de CórdovaLucille BremerTurhan BeyAfter Palermo falls in 1793, a notorious ladies man joins the underground resistance movement--but still finds time for the ladies.
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsRory CalhounRhonda FlemingPaul KellyTravelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyWilliam DieterleStarsErrol FlynnClaude RainsHenry StephensonA poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other's lives as well.
- DirectorMark RobsonStarsRichard WidmarkMai ZetterlingNigel PatrickWorld War II sergeant Joe Lawrence falls for refugee aiming to relocate German orphans. He conspires with comrades to fund relocation through heist. Plot follows daring robbery plan and blossoming romance amidst wartime challenges.
- DirectorErich EngelsStarsHeinz ErhardtSusanne CramerHelmuth LohnerThe five daughters of a widower want to him get married again.
- DirectorLeslie ArlissStarsMargaret LockwoodJames MasonPatricia RocA noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom.
- DirectorJack ArnoldStarsArthur FranzJoanna MooreJudson PrattThe blood of a primitive fish exposed to gamma rays causes a benign research professor to regress to an ape-like, bloodthirsty prehistoric hominid.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsWayne MorrisJanis PaigeBruce BennettBrothers who rode with a notorious outlaw gang led by Frank and Jesse James decide to go straight and try to get pardons so they can return to a law-abiding life.
- DirectorJacqueline AudryStarsFernand GraveyAndrée DebarJean DanetMonique is an ingenue, a clueless girl who believes in true love, for her fiancé is a handsome man, and at the time (early 20th century), marriage is the only thing a decent girl must long for. When she discovers that her future husband has a lover, she rebels against her bourgeois family and their money math; she will live a wild, free life--she will live like a man. Soon she becomes the toast of the Gai Paris, sleeping with all the men--and even a woman.
- DirectorWilliam WitneyStarsRoy RogersTriggerTito GuízarWith a $10,000 note Roy co-signed for the Pioneers due, Roy plans to get the money from the reward for the capture of the Gypsy. After he captures him he lets him go realizing he is innocent and it's not long before the real outlaws show their hand.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsRandolph ScottGeorge 'Gabby' HayesBill WilliamsMontanans Jim Redfern and Mike Evans head into Canada's British Columbia via the Cariboo Trail intent to raise cattle and dig for gold but find trouble instead.
- DirectorEdwin L. MarinStarsJohn WayneElla RainesWard BondRanch hand Rocklin arrives in town to start his new job but his employer has been murdered and the locals don't seem too friendly.