All Fall Down 1962  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, Brandon DeWilde, Constance Ford, Barbara Baxley, Henry Kulky, Albert Paulsen
Based on William Inge's script, this is the story of Berry-Berry Willart (Warren Beatty), a young man who falls in love with an older woman, Echo O'Brien (Eva Marie Saint), and then is responsible for her untimely demise.
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders 1965  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Kim Novak, Richard Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Vittorio De Sica, Leo McKern, George Sanders, Lilli Palmer, Cecil Parker, Claire Ufland, Liam Redmond, Mary Merrall
An 18th-century woman, Moll Flanders (Kim Novak), looks for love in all the wrong places, which leads to more than one sexual exploit.
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Anastasia 1997 G, 94 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Don Bluth
Cast: Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Christopher Lloyd, Hank Azaria, Bernadette Peters, Kirsten Dunst, Angela Lansbury, Rick Jones, Andrea Martin
History involving the brutal execution of the Romanov family, including daughter Anastasia, is turned into a romanticized fairy tale, which only serves to confuse and diminish the evilness behind their killings.
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 Beauty and the Beast 1991  G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, David Ogden Stiers, Rex Everhart, Richard White, Jesse Corti, Jo Anne Worley, Mary Kay Bergman, Bradley Pierce, Hal Smith, Tony Jay
The animation of this popular fairy tale is a highlight of this Disney film. It is the story of beautiful young Belle (voice of Paige (O'Hara) who is forced to live with a Beast (voice of Robby Benson). She learns to look beneath the surface of another and discovers a gentle kindness hidden behind the beast's gruff exterior. The song "Beauty and the Beast" won an Academy Award as did the musical score. The film was also nominated for Best Picture.
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Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas 1997 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Andy Knight
Cast: Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Paul Reubens, Angela Lansbury, Haley Joel Osment, Frank Welker, Kath Soucie
This sequel to "Beauty and the Beast" takes place BEFORE Belle (voice of Paige O'Hara) and the Beast (voice of Robby Benson) fall in love and tells the story of how the Enchanted Objects bring Christmas back into the castle.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971  G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Animation / Musical
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Reginald Owen, Tessie O'Shea, Arthur Gould-Porter, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Cyril Delevanti
This Disney film concerns a witch-in-training (Angela Lansbury) who becomes the guardian of three British children (Roy Snart, Ian Weighill and Cindy O'Callaghan) during World War II. With the help of an enchanted bedknob, they have some strange and wonderful adventures in animation and help stop a group of Nazis from invading the countryside.
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 Blue Hawaii 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Nancy Walters, Roland Winters, Steve Brodie, Angela Lansbury, John Archer, Howard McNear, Gregory Gaye, Iris Adrian
Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) leaves the Army and returns to his home on a successful Hawaiian pineapple plantation. When he decides to work for the tourist bureau, his family is disappointed that he is not tending to the family fortune.
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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story 2009 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Gregory V. Sherman, Jeff Sherman
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, Lesley Ann Warren, Julie Andrews, Debbie Reynolds, Ben Stiller, Jon Turteltaub, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams, Hayley Mills, Leonard Maltin, John Landis, Karen Dotrice, Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
The Academy-Award team of brothers Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman wrote the songs "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," "It's a Small World," "Chim Chim Cher-ee," and "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"–which were among their collaborations. While their songs were loved, the brothers did not get along, and their rift led to their sons not even knowing that they had family members living nearby. Their sons, Gregory and Jeff, made this documentary that tells the story of Robert and Richard's unique relationship that, despite their estrangement, produced cherished, classic music.
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A Breath of Scandal 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Sophia Loren, John Gavin, Maurice Chevalier, Isabel Jeans, Angela Lansbury, Carlo Hinterman, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso, Friedrich von Ledebur
An Austrian princess, Olympia (Sophia Loren), refuses to marry the Russian prince (Carlo Hinterman) her parents have chosen for her and, instead, wants to marry an American commoner (John Gavin).
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The Court Jester 1956   N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Parker, Edward Ashley, Robert Middleton, John Carradine, Alan Napier, Michael Pate, Herbert Rudley, Lewis Martin, Patrick Aherne
Danny Kaye is at his best as the medieval court jester who tries to restore the rightful king to his throne. 1 User Review
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs 1960 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Robert Preston, Dorothy McGuire, Eve Arden, Angela Lansbury, Shirley Knight, Lee Kinsolving, Frank Overton, Ken Lynch, Nelson Leigh, Emerson Treacy
This film, based on William Inge's play, is about family life in Oklahoma during the 1920s and specifically involves the unhappy existence of Rubin Flood (Robert Preston). 1 User Review
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| | DOC F 05/27/2007 | | I'm one of the fortunate few to have taped this fil off TV in the 1980's. A great film, one of the best ever made and unfortunately, never publicly released. Would love to find a clearer copy. But since I got it off film and at High speed, It's pretty good. |
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Dear Heart 1964 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Glenn Ford, Geraldine Page, Michael Anderson Jr., Barbara Nichols, Charles Drake, Angela Lansbury, Mary Wickes, Patricia Barry, Neva Patterson, Richard Deacon
Two middle-aged postal employees meet at a New York City convention where they fall in love. The title song was written by Henry Mancini and Jay Livingston and was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Death on the Nile 1978 PG, 140 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Jane Birkin, Lois Chiles, Bette Davis, Mia Farrow, Olivia Hussey, George Kennedy, Angela Lansbury, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Jon Finch, Simon MacCorkindale, Jack Warden, Harry Andrews, I.S. Johar
Written by Agatha Christie, this is another intriguing mystery for master sleuth Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) to solve. Poirot and his traveling companion Colonel Race (David Niven) are in Africa enjoying a cruise on the S.S. Karnak, sailing down the Nile River, when a passenger, heiress Linnet Ridgeway (Lois Chiles), is murdered. Poirot investigates, and among the suspects are Salome (Angela Lansbury), Rosalie Otterbourne (Olivia Hussey), Dr. Bessner (Jack Warden), Mrs. Van Schuyler (Bette Davis), Miss Bowers (Maggie Smith), and Jacqueline De Bellefort (Mia Farrow)–nearly all of whom have motives for murder.
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Fantasia/2000 1999 G, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Steve Martin, Bette Midler, James Levine, Itzhak Perlman, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury, Quincy Jones, Penn Jillette, Teller, Russi Taylor, Leopold Stokowski, Ralph Grierson, Kathleen Battle
This IMAX-formatted musical adventure updates the original 1940 version in its use of 21st-century technology. "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is still there, but many new sequences have replaced the old in this ambitious Disney Studios undertaking.
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 Gaslight 1944 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury, Dame May Whitty, Barbara Everest, Eustace Wyatt, Halliwell Hobbes, Terry Moore, Edmund Breon, Emil Rameau, Heather Thatcher, Lawrence Grossmith, Jakob Gimpel, Gary Gray
Paula (Ingrid Bergman) naively marries Gregory Anton (Charles Boyer), and they move into the London home Paula has inherited from her aunt who was murdered ten years ago. Gregory is a jewel thief, and, unbeknownst to everyone except himself, Gregory is the murderer of Paula's aunt. Now, he tries to drive Paula insane. Scotland Yard policeman Brian Cameron (Joseph Cotten) becomes suspicious of Gregory and investigates, but will he be able to save Paula? Ingrid Bergman won the Academy Award for her role in this psychological suspense story. There were also five nominations, including Best Picture and Actor.
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Harlow 1965 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Carroll Baker, Martin Balsam, Red Buttons, Mike Connors, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Raf Vallone, Leslie Nielsen, Mary Murphy, Peter Leeds
Movie star Jean Harlow's life is recreated in this screen version with Carroll Baker in the title role. It came out at the same time as a competing biography of Harlow starring Carol Lynley. This one is a little better, though both take many liberties with the true account of her life.
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The Harvey Girls 1946 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Marjorie Main, Kenny Baker, Cyd Charisse, Chill Wills
"On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this musical about the waitresses at Harvey's train station restaurant who have run-ins with the rowdy saloon workers in their town.
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The Hoodlum Saint 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rags Ragland, Frank McHugh, Slim Summerville, Henry O'Neill, Emma Dunn
Con artist Terry Ellerton O'Neill (William Powell) returns from the war and is determined to obtain wealth but runs into problems in the romance department with the lovely Kay Lorrison (Esther Williams).
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If Winter Comes 1947  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes, Janet Leigh, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Halliwell Hobbes
Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon) takes unwed, pregnant Nona Tybar (Deborah Kerr) as a goodwill effort, but tragedy results.
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In the Cool of the Day 1963  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevens
Cast: Peter Finch, Jane Fonda, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Hill, Constance Cummings, Alexander Knox, Nigel Davenport, John Le Mesurier, George Coulouris, Alec McCowen
This is a dismal movie about two people trapped in loveless marriages who meet in Greece and discover each other.
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Kind Lady 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Maurice Evans, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn, Betsy Blair, John Williams, Doris Lloyd, John O'Malley, Henri Letondal
Mary Herries is a kind old woman. And rich. Along comes painter Henry Elcott, who enters her home after demonstrating his painting skills. But, of course, he is after her money. A good update of the 1936 film, partly because the author of the original play, Edward Chodorov, coscripted this tale.
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The Lady Vanishes 1979 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Anthony Page
Cast: Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd, Angela Lansbury, Herbert Lom, Arthur Lowe, Ian Carmichael, Gerald Harper, Jenny Runacre, Jean Anderson, Rosalind Knight, Vladek Sheybal, Wolf Kahler, Dan van Husen
While riding an express train through pre-World War II Germany, Amanda (Cybill Shepherd) meets and makes friends with Miss Froy (Angela Lansbury). But, Miss Froy disappears, and, when Amanda can't find her, she gets help from an American photographer (Elliott Gould). Their efforts lead to the discovery that there is more to Miss Froy than meets the eye.
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The Last Unicorn 1982 G, 92 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Alan Arkin, Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow, Tammy Grimes, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Lee, Keenan Wynn, Paul Frees, Rene Auberjonois, Robert Klein, Brother Theodore, Don Messick
This animated story is set in the Robin Hood era. It tells the story of a unicorn (voice of Mia Farrow) looking for the rest of the unicorns and her adventures along the way.
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A Lawless Street 1955 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker, Wallace Ford, John Emery, James Bell, Ruth Donnelly, Michael Pate, Don Megowan, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Hagney
Marshal Calem Ware (Randolph Scott) has spent years trying to clean up the West, but after he is shot and believed killed in the town of Medicine Bend, he hangs up his guns and returns to his wife, dance-hall singer Tally (Angela Lansbury), who had left him because of the dangers inherent in his job.
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Little Gloria...Happy at Last 1982 TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Christopher Plummer, Maureen Stapleton, Martin Balsam, Glynis Johns, Michael Gross, John Hillerman, Barnard Hughes, Lucy Gutteridge
Based on a true story, this plot involves the 1934 custody trial of eight-year-old Gloria Vanderbilt whose Aunt Gertrude (Angela Lansbury) fights for control of her niece.
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The Long, Hot Summer 1958 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick, Angela Lansbury, Richard Anderson, Mabel Albertson, J. Pat O'Malley, Val Avery, Sarah Marshall, William Walker, George Dunn, Jess Kirkpatrick, I. Stanford Jolley
Drifter Ben Quick (Paul Newman) arrives in town and changes the lives of the Varner family. Big Daddy Varner (Orson Welles) recognizes that Ben Quick is a man to be reckoned with; however, daughter Clara (Joanne Woodward) is attracted to Quick. Weak son Jody (Tony Franciosa) is jealous of Quick's decisiveness. It all makes for one long, HOT summer.
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 The Manchurian Candidate 1962 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, Lloyd Corrigan, Whit Bissell, Khigh Dhiegh, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson, Barry Kelley, Albert Paulsen
Korean War veteran Bennet Marco (Frank Sinatra) begins to suspect that his memories of the heroics of one member of his squad, Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey), may involve brainwashing. The excellent story is about tracking down a Communist plot to take over the U.S. Government. Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role of Shaw's mother.
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The Mirror Crack'd 1980 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Guy Hamilton
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Chaplin, Tony Curtis, Edward Fox, Rock Hudson, Kim Novak, Elizabeth Taylor, Nigel Stock, Pierce Brosnan, Margaret Courtenay, Charles Lloyd Pack, Charles Gray, Wendy Morgan, Marella Oppenheim, Maureen Bennett
In this Agatha Christie mystery, an American movie company is making a film in an old English village. One of the actresses, Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor), had suffered a mental breakdown but is now trying to make a comeback. Unfortunately, she is still plagued by her past and has been receiving death threats. When a pair of murders takes place, Scotland Yard Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox), arrives on the scene with his aunt, Miss Marple (Angela Lansbury), to investigate. Everyone thinks that Marina was the intended victim, but Miss Marple and Craddock look into others involved with the movie set including Marina's husband who is the film's director Jason Rudd (Rock Hudson). Also on the list of suspects are film producer Marty Fenn and his wife Lola Brewster (Tony Curtis and Kim Novak). Determination pays off as Craddock and Miss Marple finally uncover the evidence that identifies the guilty party.
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Mrs. Santa Claus 1996 G, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Terry Hughes
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Charles Durning, Michael Jeter, Terrence Mann, Lynsey Bartilson, Bryan Murray, David Norona, Debra Wiseman, Rosalind Harris, Grace Keagy, Chachi Pittman, Linda Kerns
This delightful, made-for-TV, family musical is set in the early 1900s as Santa (Charles Durning) is so busy in preparation for Christmas that he has no time for Mrs. Santa (Angela Lansbury). So Mrs. Santa takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a ride. But bad weather and an injured reindeer force her to make a stop in NYC. Her adventures are many as she sings and dances and saves the day for many before returning home just in time for Christmas.
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Mutiny 1952 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans, Rhys Williams, Robert Osterloh, Peter Brocco, Norman Leavitt, Walter Sande, Morris Ankrum, Todd Karns, Clayton Moore
During the War of 1812, officers serving on an American Naval ship, the Ulysses–American Capt. James Marshall (Mark Stevens) and British Capt. Ben Waldridge (Patric Knowles)–vie for control of the gold shipment as well as the attention of passenger Leslie (Angela Lansbury).
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 Nanny McPhee 2005 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Kirk Jones
Cast: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Celia Imrie, Imelda Staunton, Thomas Sangster, Angela Lansbury, Derek Jacobi, Patrick Barlow, Eliza Bennett, Phyllida Law, Adam Godley, Jennifer Rae Daykin, Raphael Coleman, Samuel Honywood
Nanny McPhee's (Emma Thompson) special powers are just what Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) needs. His wife has died, his seven children are uncontrollable brats, and his wife's Aunt Adelaide (Angela Lansbury) has given the ultimatum: find a new wife before month's end or she will stop the needed financial assistance. In the nick of time, Nanny McPhee appears at the door and attempts to bring order to the household.
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 National Velvet 1945 G, 125 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Reginald Owen, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Terry Kilburn, Alec Craig, Arthur Treacher, Norma Varden, Arthur Shields, Eugene Loring, Aubrey Mather
Young Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) has dreamed of owning a horse, and her dreams come true when she wins a horse she names Pie. Velvet forms a bond and softens the heart of ex-jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) who helps her train Pie. Although her parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere) are cautious about Velvet's training plans, her mother parts with saved money that allows Pie to enter the Grand National Race. Velvet, Mi, and Pie go off to the races with Velvet disguised as a jockey, and they win the big race. Anne Revere carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Clarence Brown was nominated for Best Director.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Albert Lewin
Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Donna Reed, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser, Reginald Owen, Mary Forbes, Morton Lowry, Douglas Walton, Miles Mander, Lydia Bilbrook, Billy Bevan, Robert Greig
After his friend Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) talks him into it, London aristocrat Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) commissions artist Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) to paint his portrait. When the picture is completed, Gray makes a pact with the Devil to stay eternally young. Years go by, and others grow older, but Gray seems to get younger. Meanwhile, the portrait is hidden away, but it shows Gray's face growing old and disfigured. He murders Hallward to ensure that his secret will not be told and then falls in love with Hallward's niece Gladys (Donna Reed). But, Gladys' ex-boyfriend David (Peter Lawford), whose Aunt Sibyl committed suicide when Gray betrayed her, is suspicious of Gray and sets out to reveal his true, evil nature. Gray: "To get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world–except get up early, take exercise, or be respectable." Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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 The Pirates of Penzance 1983 G, 112 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Wilford Leach, Joshua White
Cast: Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, Rex Smith, Tony Azito, David Hatton, Louise Gold, Teresa Codling, Nancy Wood, Tilly Vosburgh
From Gilbert and Sullivan's light opera, this musical is adapted to film in an upbeat performance about a pirate who would like to change his life style and become a respected citizen. 1 User Review
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| | The Best Gilbert and Sullivan on Film | 1fatts 03/07/2007 | One of the problems in presenting a "classic" is that the reverence that everyone brings to the project ends up as stodginess, heaviness and "the weight of the bard" on the shoulders of the audience.
What a pleasant surprise this movie was. While this is technically not more than a filming of the prize-winning Joseph Papp stage production, it is a very good, very professional filming. It is funny, bright. The singing is wonderful; everyone is playing for laughs, and you have the sense that if Gilbert and Sullivan had seen this production, they would have have said: "Of course. That's exactly what it should be!" Everyone hams it up and has a wonderful time: Kevin Kline, George Rose, Tony Azito (who won a drama critics award, I believe, for his stage work).
The work is so successful that it is doubley galling that the production is available only on VHS and very hard to find at that. BE WARNED: the DVD version that is available is a filming of the stage production (which did not include Angela Lansbury, no matter what the publicity says) which serves to demonstrate how much better filmed the VHS version was.
There is an online petition (serioiusly) to try to encourage the DVD release of the rare VHS, but who knows what will come of that. Get the VHS, if that is all you can find. . . or rent it, if you have to.
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Please Murder Me 1956 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Raymond Burr, Angela Lansbury, Dick Foran, Lamont Johnson, John Dehner, Robert Griffin, Denver Pyle, Alex Sharp, Russell Thorson, Lee Miller, Madge Blake
Attorney Craig Carlson (Raymond Burr) defends Myra (Angela Lansbury)–the widow of his best friend–after she has been accused of her husband's murder. He "proves" her innocence and falls in love with her only to learn that, indeed, she really did murder her husband.
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The Purple Mask 1955 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Tony Curtis, Colleen Miller, Gene Barry, Dan O'Herlihy, Angela Lansbury, George Dolenz, Robert Cornthwaite, Paul Cavanagh, John Hoyt, Donald Randolph
Swashbuckler Rene (Tony Curtis) kidnaps Napoleon's men as a means to obtain funds to help the Royalists' cause.
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The Red Danube 1949 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern, Francis L. Sullivan, Melville Cooper, Robert Coote, Alan Napier
This post-World War II film depicts Soviets as BAD in a story involving the plight of Russian refugees living in Austria and is a good example of propaganda used by the film industry during the Red Scare.
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The Reluctant Debutante 1958 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, John Saxon, Sandra Dee, Angela Lansbury, Peter Myers, Diane Clare, Charles Cullum, Charles Herbert, Ambrosine Phillpotts
Jane (Sandra Dee) is already scheduled by her parents (Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall) for her coming-out party when she becomes involved with an American jazz drummer.
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Samson and Delilah 1949 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden, Julia Faye, Russ Tamblyn, Moroni Olsen, John Miljan
Femme fatale Delilah (Hedy Lamarr) seduces Samson (Victor Mature), and the result is destruction and death. This film won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costuming.
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The Shell Seekers 1989 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Waris Hussein
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Sam Wanamaker, Denis Quilley, Sophie Ward, David Simeon, Irene Worth, Christopher Bowen, Andrew Keir, Michael Gough, Patricia Hodge
Penelope (Angela Lansbury) suffers a severe heart attack. During her recovery she comes to realize the mistakes she has made in her life and is determined to regain the happiness she knew in her younger days, especially on the beach. Excellent made-for-TV adaptaton of Rosamunde Pincher's best seller.
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 State of the Union 1948 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou, Lewis Stone, Howard Smith, Raymond Walburn, Charles Dingle, Pierre Watkin
When Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) campaigns for the office of President of the United States, his wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) agrees to keep the problems of their marriage secret.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1982 TV, 150 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Terry Hughes, Harold Prince
Cast: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Sara Woods, Cris Groenendaal, Edmund Lyndeck, Calvin Remsberg, Betsy Joslyn, Ken Jennings, Sal Mistretta, Spain Logue, Walter Charles, Michael Kalinyen, Skip Harris, Duane Morris, Roy Gioconda
This film of the 1979 Tony Award-winning play involves the barber Benjamin Barker who assumes the name of Sweeney Todd (George Hearn). He comes home after serving 15 years in prison and vows revenge against the evil Judge Turpin (Edmund Lyndeck) who sent him away. Not only did Turpin rape Todd's wife, which caused her to commit suicide; now he has adopted Todd's daughter Johanna (Betsy Joslyn). Todd puts his plan into action: as a barber he will cut more than Todd's and other customers' hair, and then Mrs. Lovett (Angela Lansbury) will bake his victims in her meat pies.
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The Three Musketeers 1948 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Vincent Price, Gig Young, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn, Reginald Owen, Frank Morgan, John Sutton, Robert Coote, Ian Keith, Patricia Medina, Richard Wyler
For the sheer fun of spotting many MGM stars, this is a good rendition of the Alexandre Dumas classic novel about D'Artagnan (Gene Kelly) and the musketeers'–Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (Van Heflin, Gig Young, and Robert Coote)–reaction to Louis XIII (Frank Morgan) and the calculating Cardinal Richelieu (Vincent Price).
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| 1. All Fall Down (1962)
2. The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders (1965)
3. Anastasia (1997)
4. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
5. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
6. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
7. Blue Hawaii (1961)
8. The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (2009)
9. A Breath of Scandal (1960)
10. The Company of Wolves (1984)
11. The Court Jester (1956)
12. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
13. Dear Heart (1964)
14. Death on the Nile (1978)
15. Fantasia/2000 (1999)
16. Gaslight (1944)
17. Harlow (1965)
18. The Harvey Girls (1946)
19. The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
20. If Winter Comes (1947)
21. In the Cool of the Day (1963)
22. Kind Lady (1951)
23. The Lady Vanishes (1979)
24. The Last Unicorn (1982)
25. A Lawless Street (1955)
26. Little Gloria...Happy at Last (1982)
27. The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
28. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
29. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
30. Mrs. Santa Claus (1996)
31. Mutiny (1952)
32. Nanny McPhee (2005)
33. National Velvet (1945)
34. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
35. The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
36. Please Murder Me (1956)
37. The Purple Mask (1955)
38. The Red Danube (1949)
39. The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
40. Samson and Delilah (1949)
41. The Shell Seekers (1989)
42. State of the Union (1948)
43. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)
44. The Three Musketeers (1948)
45. The World of Henry Orient (1964)
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