Highest-Rated Movies about 'Newport, R.i.', Sort by Popularity
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959), Reversal of Fortune (1990), High Society (1956), Susan and God (1940) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Newport, R.i. movies.
#1. Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
Storyline: Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to night and from improvisational music to Gospel. It's a concert film that suggests peace and leisure, jazz at a particular time and place.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: jazz musician, audience, uplifting, creative, playful, newport, r.i., stage ...
Movie Details Click Here!#2. Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Storyline: Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title.
Plot Keywords: socialite, suspect, lawyer, mistress, student, intricate, witty ...
Movie Details Click Here!#3. High Society (1956)
Storyline: C.K. Dexter-Haven, a successful popular jazz musician, lives in a mansion near his ex-wife's Tracy Lord's family estate. She is on the verge of marrying a man blander and safer than Dex, who tries to win Tracy's heart again. Mike Connor, an undercover tabloid reporter, also falls for Tracy while covering the nuptials for Spy magazine. Tracy must choose between the three men as she discovers that "safe" can mean "deadly dull" when it comes to husbands and life.
Plot Keywords: musician, socialite, reporter, fiancé, endearing, charming, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!#4. Susan and God (1940)
Storyline: Susan Trexel is a wealthy socialite, who while vacationing in Europe undergoes a religious transformation. On her return to America, Susan takes on the task of spreading her new found religious experience with her closest friends - only to drive them crazy. Meanwhile, her husband Barrie, and daughter Blossom yearn for a stable family life. Barrie will even become sober, hoping that Susan will heed her own advice, and save their marriage and family.—Kelly
Plot Keywords: wife, husband, daughter, friend, lover, cool, melodramatic ...
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