For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Arturo de Cordova, Joseph Calleia, Katina Paxinou, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Fortunio Bonanova, Frank Puglia, Eric Feldary, Victor Varconi, Alexander Granach
Set in the Spanish Civil War, American Robert Jordan (Gary Cooper) helps a band of peasant guerillas blow up a bridge. While hiding in the hills, Jordan meets and falls in love with Maria (Ingrid Bergman) who has suffered at the hands of Franco's forces. Katina Paxinou won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. The film also received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Cooper), Actress (Bergman), and Supporting Actor (Akim Tamiroff).
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Frenchman's Creek 1944  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Billy Daniels, Cecil Kellaway, Ralph Forbes, Mary Field, George Kirby, David Clyde
Escaping from an unhappy relationship, Dona St. Columb (Joan Fontaine) falls into the arms of a French pirate (Arturo de Cordova).
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New Orleans 1947  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Dorothy Patrick, Irene Rich, John Alexander, Arturo de Cordova, Billie Holliday, Richard Hageman, Marjorie Lord, Shelley Winters, Louis Armstrong
Music reigns supreme in this story of a fictional account of the birth and the following 40 years of jazz. Louis Armstrong and others provide the music, including a Billie Holliday/Armstrong duet.
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Stronghold 1951 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Veronica Lake, Zachary Scott, Arturo de Cordova, Rita Macedo, Alfonso Bedoya, Yadin Jiminez, Fanny Schiller, Carlos Muzquiz, Gustavo Rojo, Irene Ajay
After Mary Stevens (Veronica Lake) leaves her Southern plantation and travels to the family's Mexican silver mine, she finds herself in the middle of the Mexican Revolution when she is kidnapped by bandit leader Don Pedro Alvarez (Arturo de Cordova) who wants money from the silver mine to finance his efforts in the war.
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| 1. For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
2. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
3. New Orleans (1947)
4. Stronghold (1951)
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