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Director: Richard Quine    More Info
Starring: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, John Williams, Hiram Sherman, Neva Patterson, Ralph Dumke, Ray Collins, Arthur O'Connell, George Burns

 Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) is a minor shareholder (only 10 shares) in a large corporation. After questioning the board of directors and looking into their operations, she spearheads an effort to oust corrupt board members and get the honest CEO, Edward L. McKeever (Paul Douglas), back in control of the company. She communicates with other stockholders, which presents problems for the board. Meanwhile, a romance develops between Laura and Edward.

Director: Charles Vidor    More Info
Starring: Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, Agnes Moorehead, Jessie Royce Landis, Brian Aherne, Leo G. Carroll, Estelle Winwood, Robert Coote, Doris Lloyd

 Set in 1910's Hungary, Princess Alexandra (Grace Kelly) finds herself falling in love with Dr. Nicholas Agi (Louis Jourdan) although she is promised in marriage to Prince Albert (Alec Guinness).

Director: King Vidor    More Info
Starring: Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Barry Jones, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, Oskar Homolka, May Britt

 Napoleon's invasion of Russia is the backdrop for this epic tale in which the Russian aristocracy, with its reverence for the church, is clearly brought out amidst the glamorous lifestyle. While Napoleon plans to invade Russia, Russian intellectual Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda) falls in love with Natasha (Audrey Hepburn). But, after his father dies and he gains a large inheritance, Pierre marries Helene (Anita Ekberg). This proves to be a loveless marriage that ends quickly. Meanwhile, Napoleon has invaded Russia, and Pierre's friend Andrei (Mel Ferrer) is fighting in the war. Andrei returns home and falls in love with Natasha but returns to the battlefield and is critically wounded. Pierre witnesses the carnage and vows to kill Napoleon. The French are finally beaten, and, by story's end, Pierre is reunited with Natasha. King Vidor received an Oscar nomination for his directing.

Director: Dick Powell    More Info
Starring: June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye, Henny Youngman, Allyn Joslyn, Jack Albertson, Walter Baldwin

 This remake of "It Happened One Night" has been set to music as it re-tells the story of heiress Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) who runs away from her impending marriage and discovers real love in the person of newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon).

Director: Leo McCarey    More Info
Starring: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Charles Watts, Fortunio Bonanova, Matt Moore, Robert Q. Lewis, Jesslyn Fax

 In this classic love story, Nickie (Cary Grant) is traveling on a luxury liner to New York when he meets fellow passenger Terry (Deborah Kerr). They are both engaged to others but fall in love during the voyage. At the end of the trip, they make a decision to split up and meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building to see if they still love each other. Nickie makes the date on the Empire State Building, but Terry has an accident and does not appear. Will Nickie discover the reason behind her absence, or are they destined to remain apart forever?

Director: Raoul Walsh    More Info
Starring: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Patric Knowles, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher, Andrea King, Ray Teal, Juanita Moore

 This is the film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's epic novel about the Civil War and the personal love story of Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) and Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) who overcome racial prejudice in their efforts to find happiness.

Director: Herbert L. Strock    More Info
Starring: Sandra Harrison, Jerry Blaine, Gail Ganley, Louise Lewis, Heather Ames, Don Devlin, Malcolm Atterbury, Mary Adams, Thomas Browne Henry, Jean Dean

 Nancy Perkins (Sandra Harrison)is a troubled student who is hypnotized by her sinister teacher, Miss Branding (Louise Lewis), who turns her into a vampire. During the ensuing expeiments murders occur during the full moon.

Director: Gordon Douglas    More Info
Starring: Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Marsha Hunt, Don Kelly, Ann Doran, Nelson Leigh, Robert Nichols, Ray Montgomery, Robert Hover

 In the 1950s, during the Cold War, a B-52 Superfortress takes a test flight from the U.S. to Africa and then back home again. When not flying his B-52, Air Force pilot Col. Jim Herlihy (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) is romancing young Lois (Natalie Wood). The problem is that Lois is the daughter of ground-crew chief Sgt. Chuck Brennan (Karl Malden) who has no trust or respect for Herlihy and has trouble believing this could be a match made in heaven.

Director: Jean Negulesco    More Info
Starring: Alan Ladd, Clifton Webb, Sophia Loren, Alex Minotis, Laurence Naismith, Jorge Mistral, Piero Giagnoni, Gertrude Flynn, George A. Cooper, Charles Fawcett

 In Sophia Loren's U.S. screen debut, she plays sponge diver Phaedra who, along with Dr. James Calder and Victor Parmalee (Alan Ladd and Clifton Webb), searches for a treasure at the bottom of the Aegean Sea.

Director: Ralph Nelson    More Info
Starring: Julie Andrews, Jon Cypher, Howard Lindsay, Dorothy Stickney, Ilka Chase, Kaye Ballard, Alice Ghostley, Edie Adams, Robert Penn, Alexander Clark

 Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein wrote this musical especially for Julie Andrews, and it was performed live on TV to a record audience (for that time). (Andrews was also performing in "My Fair Lady" on Broadway at the time.) It is the rags-to-riches story of Cinderella who is oppressed by her mean-spirited stepmother (Ilka Chase) and stepsisters Portia and Joy (Kaye Ballard and Alice Ghostley) until she meets Prince Christopher (Jon Cypher).

Director: Walter Lang    More Info
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill, Sue Randall, Neva Patterson, Harry Ellerbe, Nicholas Joy, Diane Jergens

 Everything is running on an even keel in a television station's research department–until Richard Sumner (Spencer Tracy) arrives on the scene to computerize the office. The head of the department, Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn), and her crew fear that they will be losing their jobs, and a battle of wits ensues as Richard and Bunny fall in love.

Director: Charles Vidor    More Info
Starring: Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Mercedes McCambridge, Oskar Homolka, Elaine Stritch, Leopoldo Trieste, Franco Interlenghi, Victor Francen

 American ambulance driver for the Italian Army, Lt. Frederic Henry (Rock Hudson), meets Red Cross nurse Catherine (Jennifer Jones) during World War I, and they fall in love. Their affair results in Catherine's pregnancy, but Frederick returns to the front, and they lose contact with each other. The war ends for Frederic when he deserts the army and travels to Switzerland searching for Catherine.

Director: Pietro Francisci    More Info
Starring: Steve Reeves, Sylva Koscina, Fabrizio Mioni, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Mimmo Palmara, Lidia Alfonsi, Gina Rovere, Gabriele Antonini, Aldo Fiorelli

 This Italian-made film started a series of he-man fantasies when it was brought to the U.S. and, through good marketing, was a hit. Former Mr. Universe Steve Reeves plays Hercules of mythology in the retelling of "Jason and the Golden Fleece." The superhero Hercules must succeed in a series of difficult quests in order to win the fair (and scantily clad) maiden, Iole (Sylva Koscina).

Director: Richard Thorpe    More Info
Starring: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Hugh Sanders, Dean Jones, Jennifer Holden, Vaughn Taylor, Glenn Strange, Grandon Rhodes, Katherine Warren

 This is Elvis Presley at his best. He plays singer Vince Everett who accidentally kills a man and ends up in prison where he finds a friend in Hunk Houghton (Mickey Shaughnessy) who suggests that he perform in the prison show. He is a hit! Later, after Vince is released from jail, he meets and falls in love with a publicist, Peggy Van Alden (Judy Tyler), who happens to work for a record company. She is an important part of his recording "Jailhouse Rock" and certain stardom.

Director: Stanley Donen    More Info
Starring: Cary Grant, Jayne Mansfield, Suzy Parker, Leif Erickson, Ray Walston, Jack Mullaney, Ben Wright, Harry Carey Jr., Larry Blyden, Werner Klemperer

 During World War II, U.S. Navy pilots Cdr. Andy Crewson (Cary Grant), Ltjg. McCann (Ray Walston), and Mississip (Larry Blyden) are on R & R in San Francisco. They throw a wild party and meet Gwinneth Livingston (Suzy Parker), Alice Kratzner (Jayne Mansfield), and others and spend a very enjoyable four days before returning to duty.

Director: George Abbott    More Info
Starring: Doris Day, John Raitt, Carol Haney, Eddie Foy Jr., Reta Shaw, Barbara Nichols, Ralph Dunn, Thelma Pelish, Jack Straw, Owen Martin

 "Seven and a Half Cents" is the song and issue in this musical about Katie "Babe" Williams (Doris Day) and her co-workers who want a pay raise at a local pajama factory. When Babe takes their demands to the shop superintendent Sid Sorokin (John Raitt), a romance blooms, and Sid must deal with his love for Babe amidst the union crisis at the factory.

Director: George Sidney    More Info
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth, Kim Novak, Bobby Sherwood, Hank Henry, Barbara Nichols, Elizabeth Patterson, Frank Wilcox, Pierre Watkin, James Seay

 San Francisco nightclub entertainer Joey Evans (Frank Sinatra) cannot seem to decide whether he is a good or bad guy. Romance comes into play when lecherous, wealthy widow Vera Simpson (Rita Hayworth) finances Joey in his own nightclub, the Chez Joey. But, it is good-girl chorine Linda English (Kim Novak) who Joey falls in love with. When Vera offers a bribe to get Joey to marry her, will Joey go along with it, or will he choose to change his ways and find love with Linda? Songs include "My Funny Valentine," "The Lady is a Tramp," and "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered."

Director: Mark Robson    More Info
Starring: Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, David(1) Nelson, Arthur Kennedy, Terry Moore, Russ Tamblyn, Betty Field

 Life in a small New Hampshire town centers on Constance (Lana Turner), owner of the local dress shop, whose indiscretion in the past resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison (Diane Varsi). Constance is now attracted to high school principal Michael Rossi (Lee Philips), and teenager Allison loves classmate Norman (Russ Tamblyn). Constance and Allison have a falling out over Allison's choice of Norman. Meanwhile, Allison's friend Selena Cross (Hope Lange) is raped by her drunken stepfather Lucas Cross (Arthur Kennedy), and when he is murdered, Selena is accused of killing him. Allison is there for Selena's murder trial as are the other citizens, and the dark secrets of Peyton Place are revealed. The film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Turner), Kennedy and Tamblyn for Supporting Actor, Lange and Varsi for Supporting Actress, and Director. Sequel: "Return to Peyton Place."

Director: Edward Dmytryk    More Info
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, Eva Marie Saint, Nigel Patrick, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Agnes Moorehead, Rhys Williams, Walter Abel, Tom Drake

 Johnny Green's great score adds to the enjoyment of this film. This is a Civil War epic about Southern belle Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor) whose life and psyche are severely disturbed by events surrounding her Midwest existence. The film received four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress (Taylor) and Musical Score.

Director: Joshua Logan    More Info
Starring: Marlon Brando, Miiko Taka, Red Buttons, Patricia Owens, Miyoshi Umeki, Ricardo Montalban, James Garner, Kent Smith, Martha Scott, Harlan Warde

 During the Korean war, an American soldier, Airman Joe Kelly (Red Buttons), falls in love with a Japanese maiden, Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki). If he marries her, Joe will face a court-martial because of the Army's opposition to marriages between U.S. soldiers and Japanese women. His friend, Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando), is prejudiced but reluctantly agrees to be the best man at the wedding. Later, Lloyd falls in love with Japanese entertainer Hana-ogi (Miiko Taka) and overcomes his prejudice, which results in the Army stepping in and sending soldiers who marry Japanese women home without their spouses. In the case of Lloyd and Joe, one of the marriages ends in tragedy, while the other promises hope for the future. Red Buttons and Miyoshi Umeki won Best Supporting Actor and Actress for their roles in this film.

Director: Rouben Mamoulian    More Info
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige, Peter Lorre, Jules Munshin, Joseph Buloff, George Tobias, Ivan Triesault, Belita, Wim Sonneveld

 After three agents failed in their quest, Russian agent Ninotchka (Cyd Charisse) tries to retrieve a Soviet composer from Paris and return him to Moscow, but she is diverted by American movie producer Steve Canfield (Fred Astaire) whose attentions take her away from her mission.

Director: Joseph Pevney    More Info
Starring: Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Mildred Natwick, Fay Wray, Philip Ober, Craig Hill, Louise Beavers

 After Pete's (Leslie Nielsen) plane crash lands near her backwoods home, Tammy (Debbie Reynolds) and her moonshiner grandfather (Walter Brennan) nurse him back to health. Pete does recover and returns to his upper-crust family. Then, Tammy's grandfather is sent to jail, and Tammy goes to Pete's home where her home cooking and enthusiastic attitude transform his relatives–and Pete, as well–into a happy family. The song "Tammy" received an Oscar nomination for Best Song.

Director: Delmer Daves    More Info
Starring: Alan Ladd, Katy Jurado, Ernest Borgnine, Claire Kelly, Kent Smith, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert Emhardt, Anthony Caruso, Adam Williams, Ford Rainey

 After being released from the Arizona Territorial Prison in 1898, Peter Van Hhoek (Alan Ladd) and John "Mac" McBain (Ernest Borgnine) team up to reclaim a gold mine; however, each tries to beat the other out of his share at every turn.

Director: Richard Quine    More Info
Starring: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Hermione Gingold, Elsa Lanchester, Janice Rule, Philippe Clay, Howard McNear, Beck Nelson

 A modern-day witch, Gillian (Kim Novak), and warlock Nicky (Jack Lemmon), live in New York City's Greenwich Village. When Gillian falls for Shepherd "Shep" Henderson (James Stewart), she uses her magic spells to draw the unsuspecting Henderson to her. But, Gillian's mentor Mrs. De Pass (Hermione Gingold) does not approve and breaks Gillian's spell on Shep. Meanwhile, Nicky, with help from novelist Sidney Redlitch (Ernie Kovacs), writes a book on witchcraft, which he wants Shep to publish. After reading the manuscript, Shep realizes that he has been under Gillian's spell and dumps her. Later, Gillian, who has changed her ways, runs into Shep and cries real tears, which shows that she is no longer a witch, and Gillian and Shep find true love.

Director: William Wyler    More Info
Starring: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Hayward, Dorothy Adams

 James McKay (Gregory Peck) is a sea captain from the East who heads to the West and finds himself involved in the feud of his fiancee Pat's (Carroll Baker) family. Pat's father, Major Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford), is in the middle of a power struggle with his neighbor Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives) over water rights. In the midst of the feuding, James and Pat grow apart, and James falls in love with schoolmarm Julie Maragon (Jean Simmons). By story's end, the Major and Hannassey have shot and killed each other, Julie and James are together on her ranch, and Pat and her ranch foreman (Charlton Heston) are living happily ever after. Burl Ives won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.