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Loretta Young delivers a fine performance as the wronged wife Ellen Jones in this classic movie thriller. Bruce Cowling plays the role of the husband who, recovering from a near fatal heart attack, wrongly believes that his wife has been an affair with somebody else and seeks vengeance.

Determined to get revenge, he decides to frame his wife for murder. Loretta Young, as Ellen Jones, makes frantic efforts to retrieve a posted letter with fabricated evidence, which could see her being wrongly tried for murder. In this Hitchcock-style suspense thriller, Loretta Young, Bruce Cowling and Barry Sullivan deliver some out-standing per-formances that will remain in the memory long after you have watched the movie..

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Chicago Morning Post editor Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) to Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy).

Then a late breaking story involving the impending execution of an anarchist who escapes and is hidden from the police by the former husband and wife throws the pair together once again.

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After witnessing a mob hit, Frank Johnson (Ross Elliott) goes on the run, fearing for his life. Inspector Ferris (Robert Keith) and Detective Shaw (Frank Jenks) are suspicious when they interview his uncooperative and seemingly uncaring wife, Eleanor (Ann Sheridan).

But when Eleanor is approached by tabloid reporter Danny Leggatt (Dennis O'Keefe) offering to help find her husband, it appears Leggatt is not all he seems! The riveting twists and turns, together with the acerbic wit and charisma of the leading lady, keeps this thriller bubbling along as we head for a dramatic final showdown.

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Set in the late 19th century, the film follows aspiring magician Don Gallico (Vincent Price) as he becomes embroiled in a conflict with his boss, Mr. Ormond (Donald Randolph), over the ownership of his illusions.

When the feud turns deadly, Gallico resorts to great lengths to cover his misdeeds and preserve his status as Gallico the Great.

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Jack London's novel 'The Sea Wolf' had it all: action, mystery and widespread popularity. But Jack Warner, claiming the title was too similar to the studio's 'The Sea Hawk', wanted to give the 1941 film version something else: a new name.

Producer Henry Blanke resisted, saying it would be "a detriment to the box office...(like changing) 'Gone with the Wind' to 'Molly from the South'". As film fans know, Molly stayed in the South and the haunting nautical adventure took a big bite out of the box office, becoming one of the top moneymakers of 1940-41. Edward G. Robinson and a superb cast are the hands on deck for this voyage into nightmare. Robinson is Captain Wolf Larsen, a hell-bent seadog who ranks with Moby Dick's Ahab and Mutiny on the Bounty's Captain Bligh. Doom is the mad seafarer's fog-shrouded port of call...and he intends to take a roughneck recruit (John Garfield), 2 castaways (Ida Lupino and Alexander Knox) and his crew (including Gene Lockhart and Barry Fitzgerald) with him. Adventure - and eerie suspense - ahoy! 'The Sea Wolf' was such a box-office hit that it was given a national theatrical reissue in 1947, but to do so, the film was cut to a length of 86 minutes, and remained that length for 70 years. Long thought to exist only in substandard form, Warner Bros, is proud to present this film as first released in 1941, restoring its original 100-minute running time from 35mm nitrate elements.

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Eve (Natasha Parry), Carole (Diana Dors), Georgie (Petula Clarke) and Mary (Jane Hylton) all work in the same local factory. Their only means of escape from the daily grind are the Saturday nights they spend at the Chiswick Palais, dancing to big band jazz.

Eve is just looking for a good time, enjoying the attention from her many male admirers, Carole is searching for a future husband, Georgie dreams of one day dancing professionally, and Mary has seen it all before. Together they share their hopes and aspirations leading up to the biggest event on their calendar, the Chiswick Palais dance contest.

A rundown diner bakes in the Arizona heat. Inside, fugitive killer Duke Mantee sweats out a manhunt, holding disillusioned writer Alan Squier, young Gabby Maple and a handful of others hostage.

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"We are friends for life". The man speaking: Micawber, played by W.C. Fields with great comedic charm and human warmth. The child addressed: David, played by Freddie Bartholomew in his Hollywood debut.

The movie: David Copperfield, still one of the best-ever screen adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel. "To call the casting inspired is to underrate it", historian David Shipman wrote in his 'The Story of Cinema'. Lionel Barrymore, Edna May Oliver, Maureen O'Sullivan, Basil Rathbone and more joined Fields and Bartholomew in portraying the eccentrics, cads and loving family of this film directed by George Cukor. David O. Selznick produced, insisting on an attention to Dickensian detail that included matching the sets to the first edition's illustrations. The result: one of the greatest page-to-screen adaptations ever.

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HMS Bounty sails for Tahiti by way of Cape Horn...and into movie lore as an American Film Institute Top-100 American Films selection. Grandly filmed, 'Mutiny on the Bounty' captured the 1935 Best Picture Academy Award and eight nominations total.

Charles Laughton portrays Captain Bligh, a seafaring monster ruling with the law of fear. Solidifying his status as Hollywood's No. 1 male star, Clark Gable is first officer Fletcher Christian, whose will to obey erodes under Bligh's tyranny. And Franchot Tone plays idealistic midshipman Byam, torn by his allegiance to both. That all three portrayals are vividly memorable is accented by the fact that for the only time in Oscar history, three stars from the same actor were Best Actor nominees.

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Intense, fraught and simmering with passion, Married Life is the tale of Harry (Chris Cooper), a man whose faithful but emotionally-cold wife (Patricia Clarkson) has become all-but-impossible to love.

Smitten by the young & beautiful Kay (Rachel McAdams), but terrified at the prospect of exposing his wife to the social humiliation of divorce, Harry opts to poison her so the marriage can end with his wife's pride still intact. Harry's scheme soon goes horribly awry, however, after he reveals the plan to his best friend, Richard (Pierce Brosnan). Richard too falls in love with Kay and sets in motion cunning plan all of his own...

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The woman is wealthy Nancy Archer (Allison Hayes), fresh from the mental institution and ticked off. Her rat of a husband (William Hudson) has been at play while the cat's been away, putting the moves on Honey Parker (Yvette Vickers) and scheming about the day when Nancy's fortune will be theirs.

That day will never come - not after Nancy has an alien encounter that zaps her body into overdrive. Soon, Nancy's size matches her rage. She'll prove big girls don't cry...they get even.

Wall Street trader Jerry (Fredric March) is in love with his secretary, Julia (Claudette Colbert), but she turns him down to marry Philip (Monroe Owsley). A year later, realising the mistake she has made, she borrows money from Jerry, leading Philip to become dangerously jealous...

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One of Britain's leading psychiatrists has committed suicide. His teenage daughter (Pamela Franklin) is convinced that her father was murdered - and enlists the help of one of her father's patients, news reporter Alex Stedman (Stephen Boyd) to uncover the truth.

As Stedman delves into the lives of his three suspects - a tormented art dealer (Richard Attenborough), a beautiful, lonely woman (Diane Cilento) and one of Britain's most respected judges (Jack Hawkins) - he has to battle with his own, re-emerging psychological terrors - and unravel 'The Third Secret'...

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After the war, Matt Gordon (Fred MacMurray) returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda (Ava Gardner), and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...

with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden (Roland Culver). Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus (Thomas Gomez) schemes to get Matt's pearls.

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Wyatt Earp has long fascinated filmmakers. The legendary lawman been portrayed across the years by many great actors, from Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster and James Stewart to Kurt Russell, James Garner and Kevin Costner.

His very first appearance in a motion picture came in 1939 with 'Frontier Marshal', played by Western icon Randolph Scott. 'Frontier Marshal' tells the infamous tale of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corrall and Earp's friendship with Doc Holliday (Cesar Romero), providing plenty of inspiration for John Ford's classic 'My Darling Clementine'.