Captain Wynnegate leaves England, accepting the blame for embezzling charity funds though knowing that his cousin Sir Henry is guilty. Out West he and the Indian girl Nat-U-Rich save each other from the evil cattle rustler Cash Hawkins and marry. Lady Diana shows up to announce Sir Henry's death. After Nat-U-Rich's suicide Wynnegate takes his half-breed son and Lady Diana back to England as the new Earl of Kerhill. Written by Ed Stephan <[email protected]>

大城市上海的一隅坐落着一个幽静的小洋楼，这里住着艾老头和他的女儿宁恒和宁娜。艾老头楼下车库经过整修，租借给了以贺水夫为首的一群30岁左右、没有爱情光顾、生活懒散、玩世不恭的人。一天，一个叫葛藤子的农村妇女抱着孩子来到这里，说是要找曾在这里住过的未婚夫李红星。本来对此没有兴趣的贺水夫，只想拿她开心，便谎称自己是李的大学同学，并说李出差去了，回来后要与她结婚。葛藤子非常感动，决定留下来等候李红星。葛藤子对爱情的执著和真挚的情感，使贺水夫他们深受感动。他们为她准备了丰盛的晚宴，还都郑重其事地编造了一个个初恋的故事。唯有葛藤子实实在在地讲述了与李红星的相爱经过。这时，从外面冲进来的江富贵不满贺水夫支走自己的女朋友，更不满贺对葛的戏弄，道出真相。受了骗的葛藤子抱着孩子不顾夜黑离开了。贺从葛的叙述中知道她受骗了，决定帮助她，他托朋友给葛拍电报，谎称后天李红星就回来。葛完全相信了。贺水夫开始到化工局查找李红星的下落，为葛准备婚礼。宁恒对生活和爱情有自己的见解，在心底里深深地爱着贺水夫，可贺对她并没有真正的感情。当清洁工的宁娜本身不喜欢自己的工作，恰好碰上一个业余青年画家叶芒。叶芒决定用自己化工研究所的好职业做交换条件，换掉以前没有窗户的黑房间。宁娜对叶芒产生了兴趣，他们逐渐相爱了。婚礼筹备就绪，宁恒告诉贺水夫，李红星马上就要与别人结婚，很快就去度蜜月。贺水夫特别气愤。宁恒也告诉了葛藤子，藤子彻底失望了，但在听了宁恒的劝说后，强作笑脸，迎接婚礼的到来。婚礼开始前，贺再一次骗葛藤子说因发大水，李红星到不了，决定婚礼照常进行，由傧相代替新郎，葛点头允诺了。婚礼结束后，葛藤子安然地睡在刷了红颜色的马路工们的房间里，红房间外面的马路工们唱着小夜曲，歌声在夜空中飘荡。

“黑豹”查德维克-博斯曼遗作！改编自两次普利策奖得住奥古斯特-威尔逊的同名戏剧和传奇“蓝调之母”玛-雷尼的生平！奥斯卡最佳女配角得主维奥拉-戴维斯…

加拿大新锐导演罗伯特·布德里奥和 《爱在黎明破晓时》男星伊桑·霍克携手合作的《生为蓝调》，跳脱传统传记电影的钻研考究，在虚实互映的构组拼贴中，重现爵士乐手查特·贝克充满传奇色彩的戏剧一生。

20世纪20 年代，在芝加哥的一场午后录音中，乐队成员们正在等待开拓性的表演者、传奇的“蓝调之母”玛·雷尼（奥斯卡金像奖得主维奥拉·戴维斯饰），其间气氛变得愈发紧张。录音进行到后期时，无畏又脾气火爆的玛和其白人经纪人及制作人就她的音乐控制权展开了一场意志的较量。雄心勃勃的小号手列维（查德维克·博斯曼饰）非常欣赏玛的女朋友，并决心在音乐行业中占有一席之地，当乐队在工作室幽闭的排演室中等待时，他促使乐手们爆出揭露真相的故事，这将永远改变他们的生活。 　　《蓝调天后》根据两次普利策奖得主奥古斯特·威尔逊的戏剧改编而成，歌颂了蓝调的变革力量以及那些拒绝让社会偏见左右自己价值的艺术家。该电影由乔治·乌尔夫执导，鲁本·桑地亚哥-哈德森进行剧本改编，凭借《藩篱》荣获奥斯卡奖提名的丹泽尔·华盛顿和托德·布莱克担任制片人。科尔曼·多明戈、格林·特鲁曼、迈克尔·波茨、泰勒·佩姬、杜山·布朗担任联合主演，艾美奖得主布兰福德·马萨利斯进行配乐。

Darkside Blues (Japanese: ダークサイド・ブルース, Hepburn: Dākusaido Burūsu) is a manga series by Hideyuki Kikuchi. The story has been adapted into an anime film directed by Yoshimichi Furukawa. The film was originally licensed by Central Park Media and then later licensed by ADV Films. 　　The story involves the town of Kabuki-cho, home of a resistance faction called Messiah. In the futuristic setting, Kabuki-cho is one of the last places of freedom because the Persona Century Corporation has taken control of the majority of the Earth. Kabuki-cho is hence known as "The Dark Side of Tokyo". Furthermore, a mysterious stranger called Darkside appears to protect the citizens of Kabuki-cho.

In 1996, with his public image at a low ebb after a messy breakup with Mia Farrow, clarinetist and filmmaker Woody Allen set off on a tour of Europe with his New Orleans jazz band. Accompanying him were his sister, his soon-to-be wife Soon-Yi Previn, and Oscar-winning documentary maker Barbara Kopple. Like Allen says as the beginning of the tour, "Theoretically, this should be fun for us." 　　Woody Allen has always been more widely appreciated in Europe than in the U.S., so it's no surprise that the concerts quickly provoke the kind of fan hysteria usually reserved for rock stars. This star however is clearly not comfortable with his fame. Whether he's giving a tour of his lavish hotel suite or prodding at an unexpectedly dry omelet, the director seems profoundly ill at ease and sometimes--when trapped by a crowd or harassed by a particularly persistent photographer--he appears to be both frightened and angry at the way celebrity shapes his life. The pressure to be funny on cue is the bane of any comedian's life, of course, and for Allen the seemingly endless round of receptions and parties is something to be endured, not enjoyed. In the face of this, the mutual support and affection shared by Allen and the woman he introduces as "the notorious Soon-Yi Previn" comes across as both genuine and absolutely necessary. When they are together, he is at his funniest, and his least guarded. 　　What persuaded such a private artist to allow such a documentary to be made? Perhaps it was a desire to celebrate his love of music, something that appears to sustain him as much as his relationship with Soon-Yi. He may refuse to bob his head and tap his feet to please his audience, but when he launches into a soaring solo we finally see Allen at ease, transported by the thrill of playing jazz. --Simon Leake

横浜に住むBJは、毎晩場末のうらぶれたバーで歌っているブルースシンガー。だが歌だけでは食えない状態で、生活のために私立探偵紛いな副業でセコイ小銭を稼いでいる。そんなある日、失踪した少年・明の行方調査を依頼されたBJ。所在を見つけたものの、彼は闇組織のボスでゲイの牛宅麻の男娼となっていた。次の日、BJは久々に再会したニューヨーク時代の親友で刑事の椋を目の前で突然殺され、その上BJを何故か快く思っていなかった椋の同僚刑事・紅谷から殺人容疑をかけられて、取り調べと称したリンチを受ける。更に牛からも麻薬取引で運営している組織のメカニズムに触れたと見なされて命を狙われ、BJは窮地に陥るが……。

Clint Eastwood directed and hosted this final segment of the seven-part Blues documentary which was aired on PBS in the United States and then released on DVD. Eastwood has been a longtime fan of the piano and of blues and jazz artists. He once did a movie called "Bird" about jazzman Charlie Parker. 　　Here, Clint sits at the piano next to people like Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Marcia Ball, Dr. John and others and interviews them. Most aren't good interviewees and say very little, especially Charles who revealed nothing about himself or his music; absolutely no insight. Brubeck does a beautiful number but its jazz, not blues. Apparently, Eastwood forgot this was a documentary on blues. About half of the material here is more on jazz greats, like Brubeck or Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Nat "King" Cole, etc. 　　The best parts were clips of older and deceased piano greats like Art Tatum, who may be the best of all time, as shown here. He was awesome and I admit I knew little about the man until this episode. 　　Other footage highlights Otis Spann and the Chicago electric blues sound, which is more like it, to blues fans like me. Charles Brown offers some good boogie while Big Joe Turner and Jay McShann, Pinetop Perkins, Pete Jolly, Fats Domino, Professor Longhair and others contribute either live or in footage. 　　Meanwhile, film of a slinky woman in a sequined dress playing some boogie-woogie stuff was a highlight to me, too. Man, she could play and was fun to watch. I'd like to see more of her, or at least find out who she was. (I should have taken notes.). 　　Charles, via old TV tape, concludes this episode with his bluesy version of "America" which still in unique and wonderful.