Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Broken Blossoms
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr., George Beranger, Norman Selby, Wilbur Higby, Moon Kwan, George Nichols
In this D.W. Griffith silent classic, Lillian Gish plays the undernourished, abused daughter of a brutal prizefighter, Battling Burrows (Donald Crisp). When she passes out in front of a shop owned by a newly arrived Chinaman (Richard Barthelmess), he takes her in and attempts to protect her from her father. He had also loved her from afar before rescuing her. Alas, her father finds out where she is hiding.
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The Glass Tomb 1955  N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Glass Cage
Director: Montgomery Tully
Cast: John Ireland, Honor Blackman, Geoffrey Keen, Eric Pohlmann, Sid James, Liam Redmond, Sydney Tafler, Valerie Vernon, Arnold Marle, Stan Little, Arthur Howard, Sam Kydd, Ferdy Mayne
This story revolves around a murder at a carnival when "The Starving Man" Sapolio (Eric Pohlmann) is found dead inside his glass cage. Now, his manager Pel (John Ireland) takes it upon himself to find out what really happened.
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The Man in the White Suit 1951 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Michael Gough, Vida Hope, Ernest Thesiger, Howard Marion-Crawford, Duncan Lamont, Miles Malleson, Harold Goodwin, Henry Mollison, Patric Doohan, Colin Gordon, Arthur Howard
When Sidney Stratton (Alec Guinness) invents a textile, which will not get dirty or wear out, the world beats a path to his door–to prevent him from producing his new cloth! Textile workers and owners of mills see their livelihoods in jeopardy.
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The Passionate Friends 1949  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: One Woman's Story
Director: David Lean
Cast: Ann Todd, Trevor Howard, Claude Rains, Betty Ann Davies, Isabel Dean, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Arthur Howard, Marcel Poncin, Guido Lorraine, Natasha Sokolova, Helene Burls, Jean Serret, Frances Waring, Wanda Rogerson, Helen Piers
Based on H.G. Wells' novel, this is the story of Mary (Ann Todd) who is married to wealthy Howard Justin (Claude Rains) but cannot find the love with her husband that she knew with Professor Steven Stratton (Trevor Howard) who she loved before her marriage.
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 The Prisoner of Zenda 1979  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Peter Sellers, Lynne Frederick, Lionel Jeffries, Elke Sommer, Gregory Sierra, Jeremy Kemp, Catherine Schell, Simon Williams, Stuart Wilson, Norman Rossington, John Laurie, Graham Stark, Michael Balfour, Arthur Howard, Ian Abercrombie
In this comedy version of the classic story, Peter Sellers plays a Cockney cabby who gets involved in palace intrigue because of his unique resemblance to Rudolf IV (Peter Sellers).
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| 1. Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
aka: Broken Blossoms
2. The Glass Tomb (1955)
aka: The Glass Cage
3. The Man in the White Suit (1951)
4. The Passionate Friends (1949)
aka: One Woman's Story
5. The Prisoner of Zenda (1979)
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