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The Searchers (1956)Más corazón que odio
With 'The Searchers', John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards, an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest, Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made. - Director:
- John Ford
- Cast:
- John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
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Tyrone Power and Betty Grable are captivating in this romantic WWII drama. When slick, money-motivated pilot Tim Baker (Tyrone Power) takes a high-paying job ferrying bombers across the Atlantic, he meets up with Carol (Betty Grable), an old flame who sparks enough new heat that Baker joins England's R.A.F. just to be near her. But Carol is also pursued by another pilot-Baker's superior officer! And when Baker must begin flying bombing missions, life suddenly takes on far more meaning than ever before. Featuring actual aerial combat footage and Grable's classic musical numbers, 'A Yank in the R.A.F.' is an engagingly dramatic love story. - Director:
- Henry King
- Cast:
- Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)3 Smart Girls Grow Up
Deanna Durbin stars as Penny Craig, the youngest of three sisters. When the handsome and debonair Richard Watkins (William Lundigan) proposes to her sister Joan, everyone in the Craig household is delighted except for Penny's other sister Kay. She was secretly in love with Richard too... Determined to help, young Penny turns to the family butler for advice. He says that Kay will forget all about Richard when she meets another 'tall, dark and handsome' man. Never one to duck a challenge, Penny finds just such a man to court her sister Kay - Harry Loren. Only Harry then falls madly in love with Joan... and everyone thinks Penny secretly loves Harry! Will the course of true love ever run smoothly in the Craig Household? - Director:
- Henry Koster
- Cast:
- Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger, Nan Grey
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Le Plaisir (1952)Le plaisir
Adapted from three short stories by Guy de Maupassant, each tells a tale of pleasure. The first tells the story of an old man who regains his youth with the aid of a magic mask, in the second a prostitute has a romantic encounter and the final story concerns two young lovers, an artist and his model. 'Le Plaisir' is a delicate portrait of love and desire. - Director:
- Max Ophüls
- Cast:
- Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Simone Simon
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The Jessie Matthews Revue: Vol.4 (1938)The Good Companions / Sailing Along
Throughout the 1930's Jessie Matthews was Britain's best-loved musical film star, her dynamism and gamine charm beguiling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. With a string of box-office hits spotlighting her unique talent, it's easy to see how she became so popular - and why she remains so to this day.
The Good Companions (1933)
Jessie shares a bill with John Gielgud and Edmund Gwenn in JB Priestley s famous tale of a failing concert party and the three 'angels' who come together by chance to rescue it.
Sailing Along (1938)
Kay is a star-struck young woman working on a Thames barge. When she s spotted by a producer her dream of fame comes true but will she still have time for her boyfriend?- Director:
- Victor Saville
- Cast:
- Jessie Matthews, Edmund Gwenn, John Gielgud
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Tokyo Story / Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1953)Tôkyô monogatari / Todake no kyôdai
A constant fixture in critics' polls, Yasujiro Ozu's most enduring masterpiece, 'Tokyo Story', is a beautifully nuanced exploration of filial duty, expectation and regret. From the simple tale of an elderly husband and wife's visit to Tokyo to see their grown-up children, Ozu draws a compelling contrast between the measured dignity of age and the hurried insensitivity of a younger generation. - Director:
- Yasujirô Ozu
- Cast:
- Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura
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Robert Wagner gambled with his clean-cut image to play the ruthless, conniving killer in this unrelenting thriller co-starring Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Joanne Woodward and Mary Astor. Based on the novel by suspense master Ira Levin "Deathtrap", A Kiss Before Dying is riveting, sure-fire entertainment you can't miss! Wagner is Bud Corliss, a darkly handsome college boy so obsessed with wealth that he'll do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend Dorothy (Woodward) gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It's the perfect crime...until Dorothy's sister Ellen (Leith) begins to unravel Bud's deadly scheme. - Director:
- Gerd Oswald
- Cast:
- Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith
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Adapted from J.B. Priestley's famous novel charting the ups and downs of a struggling touring concert party, this endearing musical comedy features an outstanding array of British talent. The future looks bleak for The 'Dinky Doos' when their manager runs off with the funds and dwindling audiences force the theatre owner to close their show. Young Susie Dean is particularly disconsolate: the talented singer and dancer is sure the setback will mean an end to her theatrical career. However, a chance meeting of three strangers could bring about a big change in the fortunes of the little company... - Director:
- J. Lee Thompson
- Cast:
- Eric Portman, Celia Johnson, Hugh Griffith
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You'd think chilled borscht pulses in her veins. She's Nina Yoshenka (Cyd Charisse), a lovely yet severe Soviet envoy sent to Paris to rescue wayward comrades from the perils of champagne and capitalism. But there may be a thaw in Nina's Cold War. She meets Steve Canfield (Fred Astaire), a smoothly brash American who won't take 'nyet' for an answer. - Director:
- Rouben Mamoulian
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- Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige
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Deanna Durbin's feature film debut turned her into an international star almost overnight. A perfect mix of romance, music and comedy, 'Three Smart Girls' was a huge box office hit and was nominated for 3 Academy Awards including Best Picture. Deanna Durbin plays Penny, one of three young sisters living with their divorcee mother (Nella Walker) in Switzerland. When their father (Charles Winninger) announces he is to many again - this time to a beautiful girl about town - their mother is heartbroken. So the three mischievous girls set off for New York with just one aim in mind - to wreck their father's forthcoming wedding plans! When they discover that their father's bride-to-be is nothing but a worthless gold-digger who only loves him for his money, the sisters decide to find her an even richer man to latch onto - with hilarious consequences! A wonderful comedy romp, made irresistible by Deanna Durbin's fresh and effervescent screen personality, 'Three Smart Girls' includes her performing "My Heart is Singing", "Someone to Care for Me" and "II Bacio". - Director:
- Henry Koster
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- Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady
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This volume contains seven of Chaplin's legendary early films as follows:
Making a Living'Making a Living', produced by Mack Sennett was the first film in which Chaplin was seen by the general public, and as such is a significant piece of history. The tramp character has yet been created and Chaplin plays a stereotypical Victorian villain sporting a frock coat, top hat and monocle.
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Filmed on the boardwalk at Venice, California, this short finds Charlie's character vying for "screen time" as a cameraman tries to film a kiddy-car race. This film also shows Charlie for the first time in the famous tramp costume.
Mabel's Strange Predicament (aka Charlot A L'Hotel)
Charlie has had one too many drinks when he enters a hotel and bumps into the lovely Mabel (Mabel Normand), hopelessly tangled in her dog's leash. Mabel becomes a magnet to him and he pursues her relentlessly.
Between Showers
It's begun to rain while at the park and Charlie struggles with another man for an umbrella. A young lady happens on the scene and the two men fight for the right to assist her across a puddle of water.
Film Johnny
Charlie, in a nickelodeon, is charmed by a pretty girl he sees on screen, so he travels to the Keystone Studio to find her and in the process reeks havoc on the sets and ruins the film negative. Look for Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in this gem.
Charlie's Recreation (aka Tango Tangle)
Charlie ventures to a public ballroom crowded with dancers in fancy costumes. Fatty Arbuckle is there with his girl, which the bandleader has taken a fancy to. Both men are enraged though because she only dances with Charlie...and a free-for-all ensues.
His Favourite Pastime (aka Charlot Est Trop Galant)
Charlie has two pastimes that he enjoys...drinking and flirting with girls. While doing a little drinking he makes the other patron's lives miserable. He finds a girl and follows her home to find an outraged husband...Fatty Arbuckle.- Director:
- Mack Sennett
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- Charlie Chaplin, Emma Bell Clifton, Alice Davenport
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During the Allied push to Paris, General Patton's tanks have outrun their supply lines in a dramatic dash into German-held territory. Lieut. Campbell (Jeff Chandler) is assigned to throw together a racially mixed 'red ball' unit of supply trucks and get them through to the front. Campbell's sergeant is Kallek (Alex Nicol), a bitter young man who despises Campbell, believing him to be responsible for the death of his brother before World War II began. The two men remain at odds during the dangerous mission, and find themselves in a perilous situation where their prejudices are exposed and their commitment to the cause tested. - Director:
- Budd Boetticher
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- Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Charles Drake
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Mata Hari: the name breathes mystery, intrigue and sexual allure. Who better to play the notorious World War I spy than Greta Garbo, the enigmatic, exquisite screen icon called The Swedish Sphinx? Garbo is mesmerizing as the dancer-turned-German secret agent in a wartime Paris seething with secrets and betrayal. The notable supporting cast includes Lionel Barrymore as a Russian general besotted with her, Lewis Stone as an icy master spy, and Ramon Novarro as a handsome aviator who wins the heart Mata Hari did not know she possessed. With the world at war, love was her weapon. And the only men she couldn't seduce were the 12 in the firing squad that ended her tragic and tumultuous life. - Director:
- George Fitzmaurice
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- Greta Garbo, Ramon Novarro, Lionel Barrymore
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Woman of the Year (1942)La mujer del año
He's earthy, she's erudite. He's lumpy, she's angular. He's Tracy, she's Hepburn. Together, they're spectacular. Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn show what chemistry is all about in this Academy Award' winner* about the grand, bumpy romance between a meat-and-potatoes sportswriter and a world-renowned political pundit. This is the first of the duo's nine film collaborations, and legend says the pairing had a portentous start. "I'm afraid I'm a little too tall for you;' the willowy actress observed. "Don't worry, I'll cut you down to my size;' Tracy replied. George Stevens directs, ending this alternately dramatic and comic delight with a standout of a slap-stick breakfast scene that helps make Woman of the Year a movie for every year - Director:
- George Stevens
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- Spencer Tracy, Gerald Mohr, Katharine Hepburn
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The Cop (1972)Un Flic / Dirty Money
Parisian police commissioner Coleman (Alain Delon) is not a happy man, but he does what he can to get through each day. Coleman finds solace in his affair with Cathy (Catherine Deneuve), who also happens to be the girlfriend of Coleman's friend Simon, the head of a gang of daring criminals. As the commissioner's pursuit of the gang intensifies, so does the rivalry between the two men. - Director:
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Cast:
- Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve
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