Arch of Triumph 1948  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern, Ruth Warrick, Roman Bohnen, Ruth Nelson, Curt Bois, Stephen Bekassy, J. Edward Bromberg, Art Smith, Michael Romanoff, Oliver Blake, William Conrad, Gino Corrado
Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer) is a German surgeon who has fled to Paris to escape the Nazis. While illegally practicing medicine under a false name, Ravic is searching for German agent Haake (Charles Laughton) who had tortured him in Germany. Ravik falls in love with Joan Amadou (Ingrid Bergman) who is grieving over the sudden death of her lover. They become involved in a doomed love affair that hits a critical point on the day that war is declared between France and Germany.
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Body and Soul 1947  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere, Canada Lee, Hazel Brooks, William Conrad, Joseph Pevney, Virginia Gregg, Milton Kibbee, Art Smith
Charlie Davis (John Garfield), a young man from a poor family, is determined to find success in the boxing ring–by hook or by crook! The fight scenes in this excellent film are impressive.
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Brute Force 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Hume Cronyn, Art Smith, Howard Duff, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth, Ella Raines, Jeff Corey, Jay C. Flippen
Joe Collins (Burt Lancaster) is locked up in a prison where the warden (Hume Cronyn) employs inhumane treatment to keep inmates under control. Reaching the breaking point, Collins plots his escape.
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Caught 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Curt Bois, Frank Ferguson, Natalie Schafer, Ruth Brady, Art Smith, Bernadene Hayes, Ann Morrison, Wilton Graff, Barbara Billingsley, Ilka Gruning, Pamela Mason, Jimmy Hawkins
Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) is a model who marries millionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan) and moves into his luxurious home where boredom and loneliness set in. They fight, separate, get back together, and then separate again. Leonora gets a job as a receptionist for sympathetic psychiatrist Dr. Quinada (James Mason), she does not tell Quinada that she is married, and they fall in love. Complications–including pregnancy–ensue as Leonora tries to come to terms with the difficulties in her life.
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 In a Lonely Place 1950 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Art Smith, Carl Benton Reid, Jeff Donnell, Robert Warwick, Morris Ankrum, Martha Stewart, William Ching
Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart) is a hot-tempered Hollywood screenwriter who is accused of murder until Laurie Gray (Gloria Grahame) provides an alibi. Subsequent pressure from the police brings out Steele's violent nature.
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Just for You 1952 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Ethel Barrymore, Robert Arthur, Natalie Wood, Cora Witherspoon, Regis Toomey, Art Smith, Willis Bouchey, Herb Vigran
This film's song "Zing a Little Zong" was nominated for an Academy Award. The story is loosely based on Stephen Vincent Benet's novel "Famous." Jordan Blake (Bing Crosby) is a successful Broadway producer who realizes–almost too late–that he has devoted too much time to work and not enough to his family.
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Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Howard Freeman, Erskine Sanford, Lois Austin, Otto Waldis, Audrey Young
Shy Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) spends years obsessed with concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Finally, she spends one night with him and later has his child. This is good soap opera fare.
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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid 1948  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King, Clinton Sundberg, Art Smith, Lumsden Hare, Fred Clark, James Logan, Mary Field
Mr. Peabody (William Powell) is a middle-aged Bostonian who, while fishing in the Caribbean, reels in a beautiful mermaid (Ann Blyth).
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Quicksand 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Patsy O'Connor, Sidney Marion, Jimmy Dodd, Kitty O'Neil, Lester Dorr
Auto mechanic Dan (Mickey Rooney) falls for conniving waitress Vera (Jeanne Cagney). Needing money to take her out, Dan lifts $20 from the garage cash register, intending to return it before the accountant checks the books. But, this initiates a downward spiral when he takes on ever more debt to pay the last one, which leads to destruction.
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The Sound of Fury 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Try and Get Me
Director: Cy Endfield
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson, Lloyd Bridges, Katherine Locke, Adele Jergens, Irene Vernon, Art Smith, Cliff Clark, Dabbs Greer
Jerry Slocum (Lloyd Bridges) draws family-man Howard Tyler (Frank Lovejoy) into his world of robbery and kidnapping–leading to tragic results.
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South Sea Sinner 1949  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Macdonald Carey, Shelley Winters, Helena Carter, Luther Adler, Frank Lovejoy, John Ridgely, Liberace, Art Smith, James Flavin, Molly Lamont
This remake of "Seven Sinners" features MacDonald Carey in the role of "Jake" Davis who arrives on a small island where he encounters cabaret singer Coral (Shelley Winters).
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T-Men 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Alfred Ryder, Mary Meade, Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw, Jane Randolph, Art Smith, Herbert Heyes, Jack Overman
Told in documentary style, complete with narration, this is the tale of treasury agents, T-Men (Dennis O'Keefe and Alfred Ryder), who go undercover and infiltrate a counterfeit ring to get the goods on the leaders. Exciting, tough film noir.
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| 1. Arch of Triumph (1948)
2. Body and Soul (1947)
3. Brute Force (1947)
4. Caught (1949)
5. Half Angel (1951)
6. In a Lonely Place (1950)
7. Just for You (1952)
8. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
9. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
10. The Next Voice You Hear (1950)
11. The Painted Hills (1951)
aka: Lassie: The Painted Hills
12. Quicksand (1950)
13. The Sound of Fury (1950)
aka: Try and Get Me
14. South Sea Sinner (1949)
15. T-Men (1947)
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