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Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)Heaven Can Wait
A sophisticated supernatural Hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan' stars the eminently versatile Robert Montgomery as a working-class boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains), that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to Earth by entering the body of a corrupt (and about-to-be-murdered) financier - whose soul could use a transplant. - Director:
- Alexander Hall
- Cast:
- Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes
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Nineteen-year-old Lauren Bacall makes her sizzling screen debut in the first of 4 films she made opposite Humphrey Bogart. he plays a cynical American expatriate swept up in the fighting of the French resistance - and swept off his feet by an alluring young drifter - Bacall. Set on the island of Martinique in 1940, the film features smouldering performances from the legendary couple. - Director:
- Howard Hawks
- Cast:
- Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan
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My Forbidden Past (1951)Carriage Entrance
A passionate romance, starring Ava Gardner as a beautiful heiress driven to extreme lengths when her dreams of true love are cruelly thwarted. New Orleans, the 1800's: Barbara Beaurevel (Ava Gardner) inherits a fortune from her grandmother, a woman with a notorious reputation. Barbara pledges to use the money for good works but her noble intentions are quickly tested... Barbara's in love with Dr. Mark Lucas (Robert Mitchum); when he returns to the city with a new bride, Corinne, Barbara becomes desperate. She pays her wicked cousin Paul to seduce Corinne, hoping Mark will then abandon his wife. But when Corinne is murdered, Mark is blamed. Only Barbara can save him but she could lose everything if she does. - Director:
- Robert Stevenson
- Cast:
- Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas
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No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948)Black Dice
Virginal young heiress Miss Blandish (Linden Travers) is kidnapped by a couple of small time hoods, only to find herself seized from them by gangster Slim Grissom (Jack LaRue). He isn't just interested in her for the ransom money - and neither are the other members of the Grissom gang. Despite her terrifying ordeal, Miss Blandish finds herself perversely attracted to the gang leader. They plan to run off together, but amongst gangsters life is cheap - and a double cross is always just around the corner... - Director:
- St. John Legh Clowes
- Cast:
- Jack La Rue, Hugh McDermott, Linden Travers
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Notorious (1946)Tuyo es mi corazón
Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman) gains notoriety when her father, a Nazi spy is convinced of treason against the US following World War II. At a party thrown soon after, Alice meets a handsome stranger named Devlin (Cary Grant) who reveals after a clash of wits and temperament that he is a U.S. Intelligence Agent. Because she has fallen in love with the dashing FBI Agent, Alicia is persuaded into helping Devlin trap and catch Nazi mastermind Alex Sebastian. The more she gets involved in her work, the more at risk she becomes... - Director:
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast:
- Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
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Magnificent Doll (1946)Frank Borzage's Magnificent Doll
Written by Irving Stone, whose popular biographical novels would inspire such films as Vincente Minnelli's 'Lust for Life' and Carol Reed's 'The Agony and Ecstasy'; 'Magnificent Doll' traces Madison's journey to the White House from her youth in Virginia at the end of the Revolutionary War to the famed episode in which, during the Battle of Bladensburg, she refused the leave her exalted residence without a portrait of George Washington. In between she is wooed by two great men of American politics, Senator Aaron Burr (David Niven) and his colleague, James Madison (Burgess Meredith). - Director:
- Frank Borzage
- Cast:
- Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Burgess Meredith
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Saskatchewan (1954)O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted
On their return from a hunting trip in the Canadian mountains, Mountie Thomas O'Rourke (Alan Ladd) and his Cree half brother Cajou (Jay Silverheels) stumble upon a burned out wagon train and its sole survivor, Grace Markey (Shelley Winters). Indian tensions are running high as the warring American Sioux cross the border from the United States in an attempt to enlist the help of the Cree to fight the U.S. Cavalry. To prevent the alliance between the two Indian nations, the Canadian troops embark on a march to Fort Walsh, a dangerous journey with death stalking their every move. Caught between his duty as a soldier and his beliefs as a man raised by the Cree, O'Rourke must decide where his loyalties lie. - Director:
- Raoul Walsh
- Cast:
- Alan Ladd, Shelley Winters, J. Carrol Naish
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In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout (John Wayne) leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, through brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out west. Along the way, he loses his heart to a beautiful pioneer woman (Marguerite Churchill) and never stops trying to win her love. - Director:
- Raoul Walsh
- Cast:
- John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel
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The Devil’s Eye (1960)Djävulens öga
When the Devil (Stig Järrel) decides that a young woman has been a virgin for too long he sends Don Juan (Jarl Kulle) up from hell to rob her of her virginity. Despite his charms the young woman resists the temptation to give in to him, but events become further complicated when Don Juan falls for her, experiencing love for the first time. - Director:
- Ingmar Bergman
- Cast:
- Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson, Stig Järrel
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)To the Last Man
The 7th Cavalry Regiment, Gen. George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn) says, rides "to hell or to glory. It depends on one's point of view". The point of view of Raoul Walsh's spectacular 'They Died with Their Boots On' decidedly favors glory. Errol Flynn portrays the famed cavalryman in this hoof-and-thunder chronicle tracing his career from dandyish West Point plebe to Civil War hero to frontier legend immortalized by the Battle of Little Big Horn. Olivia de Havilland, sharing the marquee with Flynn for the eighth and final time, plays Custer's devoted wife Libby. And composer Max Steiner's stirring music trumpets gallantry and sacrifice. Seventh Regiment: Charge! - Director:
- Raoul Walsh
- Cast:
- Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, Arthur Kennedy
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Objective Burma! (1945)Objective, Burma!
Mission accomplished! Errol Flynn, who brought boyish bravado to 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 'Dodge City', 'Gentleman Jim' and other screen yarns, turns in a mature, acclaimed performance as the leader of a paratrooper patrol stranded in Burma. 'It's one of the few features of which I am proud' Flynn later said. Raoul Walsh directs the hard-hitting action, shot in rugged California locations so similar to Burma that veterans of that campaign refused to believe the crew hadn't somehow sneaked into Asia. - Director:
- Raoul Walsh
- Cast:
- Errol Flynn, James Brown, William Prince
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A two-fisted adventure tale set in South America, feature stars Cary Grant as the tough-talking head of an air-freight service operating in the dangerous Andes Mountains. Jean Arthur co-stars as a vacationing showgirl competing with Rita Hayworth for Grant's affections. A potent combination of humor, romance and action... - Director:
- Howard Hawks
- Cast:
- Jean Arthur, Cary Grant, Richard Barthelmess
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Frank Borzage: Vol.2: Lucky Star / Liliom (1930)Lucky Star / Liliom
Frank Borzage, the sensitive actor-turned-director famed for his mystical romanticism, created some of Hollywood's most acclaimed and sensual films.
Lucky Star (1929)Feature sees the great romantic screen pairing of Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell for a third time. The chemistry is palpable in this tale of a poverty-stricken girl (and budding crook) who is transformed through her friendship with a wheelchair-bound Great War veteran.
Liliom (1930)
Based on Ferenc Molnar's celebrated play which was later remade as the much-loved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel, charts the troubled relationship between Farrell's Liliom (Charles Farrell), a fairground barker, and Julie (Rose Hobart), the woman who loves him despite his flaws.- Director:
- Frank Borzage
- Cast:
- Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Paul Fix, Hedwiga Reicher
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Frank Borzage: Vol 1: Seventh Heaven / Street Angel (1928)Seventh Heaven / Street Angel
Frank Borzage, the sensitive actor-turned-director famed for his mystical romanticism, created some of Hollywood's most acclaimed and sensual films. This release brings together two lavishly produced landmarks of the silent period by this visionary poet of desire.
7th Heaven (1927)'7th Heaven' is a lyrical tale of transformational love in which Paris sewage worker Chico (Charles Farrell) and street waif Diane (Janet Gaynor) rise above their poverty-stricken lives to reach for the stars.
Street Angel (1928)
In 'Street Angel' Janet Gaynor plays Angela, a would-be prostitute who risks losing her lover Gino (Charles Farrell) as she is forced to confront her past.- Director:
- Frank Borzage
- Cast:
- Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran
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Elmer Gantry (1960)Elmer Gantry, ni bendito ni maldito
Handsome, opportunistic, immoral. Travelling salesman Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is all this and more. So when he stumbles into a revival meeting and discovers that he can hustle money in a tent-show as easily as in a saloon, Gantry converts to evangelism. Joining forces with Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), he delivers demon-bashing oratories that bring him fame and fortune. But when an old flame (Shirley Jones) re-appears, Gantry is forced to confront demons of a more worldly order - long-buried secrets that will make his "sanity" life a veritable Hell on Earth! - Director:
- Richard Brooks
- Cast:
- Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy
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