Movies and TvShows featuring "seaport" theme.
The Navigator is a silent film comedy that follows the misadventures of a millionaire and his girl as they find themselves on an abandoned ship, running aground on an island, encountering a cannibal tribe, and ultimately trying to find each other. With slapstick comedy and hijinks, the film is a classic example of the genre.
When a man wins the lottery, he quickly becomes consumed by greed and his newfound wealth creates problems in his already unhappy marriage. He tries to keep his win a secret, but his wife eventually finds out, leading to a series of comedic misadventures. Set in the city of Gijon in the Principality of Asturias, Spain, this film explores themes of love, deception, and the pursuit of luxury.
When a deaf boy goes missing, his mother hires a lawyer to find him. As the investigation deepens, dark secrets and corrupt officials are uncovered, leading to a thrilling race against time to save the boy.
In 'The Lineup,' a drug smuggling operation goes awry when the drug mule is poisoned and killed, leading to a desperate search for the lost shipment by a crime boss. As the police detective investigates the case, he uncovers a web of illegal activities, danger, and a psycho killer. The lives of a witness, a woman in danger, and a child in jeopardy hang in the balance as the investigation unfolds.
Marius, a fishmonger in Marseille, is torn between his love for Fanny and his desire to go to sea. His indecision and the conflicts it creates among his group of friends lead to a series of humorous and heartwarming situations.
During the 1850s in Southern California, a government agent investigates a gun-running scheme, while dealing with a broken marriage engagement and a romantic relationship with a female schoolteacher. He must also navigate through political intrigue and a dangerous criminal underworld.
In 'The Live Ghost', two sailors mistakenly believe they have killed a man and try to hide the body on a haunted ship. Hilarity ensues as they encounter ghosts, a vamp, a captain, and a series of comedic mishaps. This slapstick comedy from 1934 is sure to entertain with its farcical plot and comedic duo.
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
A boy gets involved in a bank robbery
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi storm-troopers arrive. When her mother dies on the road to Bordeaux as a result of Nazi bombing, she returns to Paris and joins the underground movement. Nicholas Jordan, an American member of the RAF, stranded in Paris after the evacuation is also working with the Paris underground. Marianne kills her former fiancée, a pro-Nazi informant, for the traitorous state papers he is carrying, and she and Jordan try to flee over a French seaport...
"Bilge" Smith (Richard Barthelmess), a tough sailor, meets Connie Martin (Dorothy Mackaill), a seamstress in a small harbor who has never had a boyfriend. Connie is instantly smitten. She invites Smith to dinner, where he dances with her and gives her a kiss. Connie has a hard time letting him go, and makes him promise that he will come back.
A Traveltalks visit to some small towns in Mexico. In Mazatlán, away from the tourist spots, we see a small village where fishing, growing coconuts, and gathering large sea turtles are the main pursuits. We then visit Toluca on market day, where people sell produce and pottery. The last stop is Taxco, where the Castilian influence of the Spanish conquerors is still prevalent.
It is a story about a group of friends who live in a small seaport town. Their lifestyle is rigorous, their joys are simple and their sex life is raw. Their concepts of man's dignity, friendship and duty are wrong and primitive. The film helps us to understand and forgive them.
A visit to Singapore, an essential port city in Britain's empire, established in 1813 when Raffles negotiated its separation from the independent Malay state of Jahor. The camera observes Singapore's traditional neighborhoods, trade, and small craft, which are dominated by people of Chinese ancestry. Then, we drive the modern causeway to Jahor's small capital, Johor Bahru, for a look at imposing buildings and a visit to the grounds of the sultan. The sultan's son invites the crew in, and we meet the sultan, "H.H." himself. The narrator relates the sultan's commitment to commerce, economic well-being, and tolerance, stemming in part from his European education.
A screening of the 30 year old Hands Over The City at the School of Architecture in Naples is the occasion for a debate among youth, historians, politicos, industrialists, environmentalists.
A visit to the capital of British Columbia and to its largest city.
This Traveltalk series short looks at what was then the Alaska Territory, which according to the film, was being looked at as a potential home to millions of refugees from World War II.
