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Director: Howard Hawks    More Info
Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Harry Carey Jr., Norma Varden

 Marilyn Monroe's and Jane Russell's rendition of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" highlight this musical comedy about Lorelei Lee's (Monroe) trip to Paris to meet her future rich husband, Gus Esmond (Tommy Noonan). Lorelei's best friend, Dorothy Shaw (Russell), joins her on the cruise, and they meet private detective Malone (Elliott Reid) who has been hired by Esmond's father (Taylor Holmes) to check on the honest intentions of Lorelei. They also become involved with Sir Francis Beekman (Charles Coburn) and Henry Spofford III (George Winslow) along the way and become involved in a number of mishaps.

Director: Richard Sale    More Info
Starring: Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer, Clinton Sundberg, Hayden Rorke, Mary Jane Saunders, May Wynn

 Singing star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) is tired of city life, so she moves to a home in suburbia. Widower Bill Carter (Dan Dailey), a cartoonist, lives next door with his 10-year-old son Joe (Billy Gray). Jeannie and Bill fall in love. But, will their new relationship create problems between Bill and Joe?

Director: Ray Nazarro    More Info
Starring: Sterling Hayden, Eve Miller, Barton MacLane, Harry Shannon, Tom Fadden, Reed Hadley, Douglas Fowley, Irving Bacon, Robert Keys, Myron Healey

 Just before the start of the Civil War, the Kansas Pacific Railroad is expanding West, and Southern sympathizers attempt to stop the expansion. While romancing the owner Cal Bruce's (Barton MacLane) daughter Barbara (Eve Miller), Army Captain Nelson (Sterling Hayden) is tasked with keeping the construction going.

Director: Henry King    More Info
Starring: Tyrone Power, Terry Moore, Michael Rennie, John Justin, Guy Rolfe, Richard Wyler, Murray Matheson, Frank DeKova, Argentina Brunetti, Frank Lackteen

 An early CinemaScope film, this remake of "The Black Watch" is an enjoyable adventure ride. Captain Alan King (Tyrone Power) is a half-caste who leads a supply group to a British outpost in India. Tribal attacks, the proverbial love affair with Susan (Terry Moore), who is the daughter of the outpost commander Brig. Gen. J.R. Maitland (Michael Rennie), and racial undertones all contribute to the story.

Director: George Sidney    More Info
Starring: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Bob Fosse, Ron Randell

 Based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," this adaptation of the Broadway musical is delightful. Fred Graham "Petruchio" (Howard Keel) and Lilli Vanessi "Katherine" (Kathryn Grayson) are a divorced couple who star in a musical and resemble Shakespeare's characters–both on and off stage. Cole Porter songs add to the enjoyment.

Director: Vincente Minnelli    More Info
Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Gladys Hurlbut, Moroni Olsen, Bert Freed, Madge Blake, Walter Baldwin, Oliver Blake

 While setting off on their honeymoon, Nicky and Tracy Collini (Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) naively opt to live in a 40-foot trailer in his comedy about getting their rig from one spot to another as Nicky's job sites change. Their decision results in a series of comedic disasters that leave them on the verge of divorce. But, by story's end, their marriage is saved.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt    More Info
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Charles Bronson, Harry Bellaver, Wilton Graff, Diosa Costello, Henry Slate, Rudy Bond

 This remake of "Rain" casts Rita Hayworth in the role the nightclub entertainer with a past, Sadie Thompson, in Somerset Maugham's story of the meeting of Sadie and a hypocritical preacher, Reverend Alfred Davidson (Jose Ferrer). Sadie is stranded in American Samoa because a crewmember on the ship she is traveling on comes down with typhus. After she makes friends with some of the Marines on the island, Sgt. Phil O'Hara (Aldo Ray) falls for Sadie and wants her to move in with him. Sadie is about to accept his offer when the Reverend tries to save her soul and insists that she embrace religion. Sadie is impressed and does repent only to have the Reverend rape her. The following day, the Reverend commits suicide, and Sadie decides to leave for San Francisco to deal with her past that haunts her.

Director: Delmer Daves    More Info
Starring: Clark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard Miles, Richard Haydn, Belita, Kenneth More, Theodore Bikel, Karel Stepanek, Frederick Valk, Anton Diffring

 This Cold-War story is about an American reporter, Philip Sutherland (Clark Gable), stationed in Moscow who falls in love and marries a Russian ballerina, Marva Lamarkins (Gene Tierney). Problems become overwhelming when Sutherland is ordered out of Russia, and his new wife is not allowed to leave with him.

Director: Laszlo Kardos    More Info
Starring: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Bobby Van, Robert Keith, Chill Wills, Billie Burke, Fay Wray, Nat King Cole

 While serving a 30-day sentence for speeding, Rick Belrow Livingston (Farley Granger) finds his playboy lifestyle changing as he falls in love with Cindy Kimbell (Jane Powell) and changes from his marriage plans with chorus girl Lisa (Ann Miller).

Director: Robert Wise    More Info
Starring: Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Olson, Steve Forrest, Martha Hyer, Tommy Rettig, Elisabeth Fraser, Walter Coy, Richard Beymer, Roland Winters

 This poignant story is the third filming of Edna Ferber's epic novel about a schoolteacher, Selina (Jane Wyman), who, after the death of her husband Pervus (Sterling Hayden), turns to farming for survival in order to raise their young son Dirk (Tommy Rettig). Her vegetable business prospers, and Dirk (now played by Steve Forrest) graduates from college. But, problems ensue when Paula (Martha Hyer) enters Dirk's life.

Director: Vincente Minnelli    More Info
Starring: Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Farley Granger, Agnes Moorehead, Ricky Nelson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Richard Anderson

 While traveling on an ocean liner, three passengers remember their love stories in this movie which is actually a trio of short films. The first story involves talented dancer Paula Woodward (Moira Shearer) whose heart condition is ruining her life. The second story is about young Tommy (Ricky Nelson)who is transformed for one night into an adult (now played by Farley Granger) and learns much about his French tutor. And, in the third story, Pierre Narval (Kirk Douglas) was a trapeze artistwho rescues Nina (Pier Angeli) from the Seine and convinces her to become his new trapeze partner.

Director: Ingmar Bergman    More Info
Starring: Harriet Andersson, Lars Ekborg, John Harryson, Georg Skarstedt, Dagmar Ebbesen, Ake Gronberg, Ivar Wahlgren, Renee Bjorling, Catrin Westerlund, Bengt Brunskog

 Young lovers Monika (Harriet Andersson) and Harry (Lars Ekborg) rush into marriage after discovering that Monika is pregnant.

Director: Vittorio De Sica    More Info
Starring: Jennifer Jones, Montgomery Clift, Gino Cervi, Richard Beymer, Paolo Stoppa, Nando Bruno, Clelia Matania, Enrico Viarisio, Giuseppe Porelli, Maria-Pia Casilio

 American housewife Mary Forbes (Jennifer Jones) is enjoying her stay in Rome–complete with Italian lover Giovanni Doria (Montgomery Clift)–when they are caught making love in an empty railroad car and are arrested. Now comes the probability that word of the indiscretion will get back to Mary's husband. What is Mary to do?

Director: Jean Negulesco    More Info
Starring: Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, Thelma Ritter, Brian Aherne, Richard Basehart, Allyn Joslyn, Edmund Purdom, Michael Rennie

 In 1912, the "unsinkable" Titanic sets sail on its maiden voyage from England to New York City, and among its passengers are Julia Sturges (Barbara Stanwyck), her daughter Annette (Audrey Dalton), and son Norman (Harper Carter). Julia is planning to leave her snobbish socialite husband Richard (Clifton Webb), but he arrives onboard at the last minute. When the Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks to the bottom of the ocean, Richard's bravery rises to the fore. This rendition of the historical drama won the Academy Award for Best Writing.

Director: Charles Walters    More Info
Starring: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Benny Rubin, Nancy Gates, James Todd

 Broadway star Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) falls in love with her blind piano accompanist (Michael Wilding)–a major stepping stone in her egotistical life that brings compassion into her persona. Marjorie Rambeau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Jenny's devoted mother.

Director: Daniel Mann    More Info
Starring: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol, Sammy White, Philip Ober, Harry Morgan, Ian Wolfe, Ellen Corby, Maidie Norman

 Mrs. Vivien Leslie (Shirley Booth) remembers her own past love affair as she watches two residents of her boarding house–financier Ian (Alex Nicol) and nightclub singer Nadine (Marjie Millar)–fall in love. Through flashbacks, the story reveals Vivien's romance with George Leslie (Robert Ryan) that ends with his death, after which she discovers that George was a wealthy industrialist.

Director: Muriel Box    More Info
Starring: Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden, Michael Hordern, Donald Pleasence, Tony Quinn, Paul Rogers, Ronald Lewis, Auric Lorand, Jean Rollins

 Based on Somerset Maugham's story, this film's plot deals with a very proper missionary, Martha Jones (Glynis Johns), who falls in love with South Seas beach bum Edward "Honorable Ted" Wilson (Robert Newton).

Director: Gottfried Reinhardt    More Info
Starring: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature, Louis Calhern, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ian Carmichael, O.E. Hasse, Niall MacGinnis, Nora Swinburne, Roland Culver

 Dutch intelligence officer Colonel Pieter Deventer (Clark Gable) has his work cut out for him in uncovering a Nazi traitor, Carla Van Oven (Lana Turner), during World War II.

Director: Rudolph Mate    More Info
Starring: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, David Farrar, Barbara Rush, Dan O'Herlihy, Patrick O'Neal, Rhys Williams, Herbert Marshall, Ian Keith, Claud Allister

 Based on Howard Pyle's novel, "Men of Iron," this is the story of young Knight Myles (Tony Curtis) who fights for his King, Henry IV (Ian Keith)–and for the love of Lady Anne (Janet Leigh).

Director: Mark Robson    More Info
Starring: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March, Mickey Rooney, Charles McGraw, Earl Holliman, Dennis Weaver, Robert Strauss, Richard Shannon, Willis Bouchey

 Harry Brubaker (William Holden) leaves his law firm to fly Navy jets in Korea. When his wife, Nancy (Grace Kelly), visits him, Admiral Tarrant (Fredric March) tells her that her husband flies dangerous missions, and–for the first time–Nancy understands the dangers of being a jet pilot during wartime.

Director: Vincente Minnelli    More Info
Starring: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Barry Jones, Jimmy Thompson, Elaine Stewart, Albert Sharpe, Eddie Quillan, Hugh Laing, Tudor Owen

 For one day every 100 years, a Scottish mythical village comes back to life. Two Americans, Tommy (Gene Kelly) and Jeff (Van Johnson), stumble into Brigadoon on that very day, and Tommy falls in love with Jean (Cyd Charisse). The film received three Academy Award nominations.

Director: Edward Dmytryk    More Info
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katy Jurado, Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brian, Earl Holliman, Jean Peters, Eduard Franz, E.G. Marshall, Carl Benton Reid

 Cattle baron Matt Devereaux (Spencer Tracy) runs a tight ship for his sons Joe, Ben, Mike, and Denny (Robert Wagner, Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brien, and Earl Holliman) and wife (Katy Jurado). By 1890, he is faced with pollution as the industrial era is changing the environment. Devereaux allows his employees to resort to violence as a solution.

Director: Anthony Mann    More Info
Starring: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Walter Brennan, Corinne Calvet, John McIntire, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie, Royal Dano, Jack Elam

 This tale is set during the Alaska Gold Rush when a cattleman (James Stewart) attempts to bring his herd of cattle northward. His daring undertaking is filled with adverse experiences and adventure.

Director: Henry Hathaway    More Info
Starring: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Victor Manuel Mendoza, Fernando Wagner, Antonio Bribiesca, Manuel Donde

 When Leah Fuller (Susan Hayward) hires Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark), and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) to help free her husband John (Hugh Marlow) from a mine, they find themselves trapped in the same mine by warring Indians.

Director: David Lean    More Info
Starring: Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie, Prunella Scales, Daphne Anderson, Richard Wattis, Helen Haye, Joseph Tomelty, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie

 Henry Horatio Hobson (Charles Laughton) is a shoemaker with three independently thinking daughters–Maggie, Alice, and Vicky (Brenda De Banzie, Daphne Anderson, and Prunella Scales). Maggie proves a match for her stubborn father when she decides to marry Willie Mossop (John Mills) who is one of his employees. Next, Maggie encourages Alice and Vicky to choose their own husbands and ignore the directives of their father to not marry.