The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne 1945  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Ladies of the Park
Director: Robert Bresson
Cast: Maria Casares, Elina Labourdette, Paul Bernard, Lucienne Bogaert, Yvette Etievant, Jean Marchat, Bernard La Jarrige, Lucy Lancy, Marguerite De Morlaye, Blanchette Brunoy
Helene (Maria Casares) recognizes that her lover, Jean (Paul Bernard), is losing interest in her and, to regain his interest, she suggests a breakup. She is shocked when he agrees, and now it's revenge time. Helene introduces him to a prostitute, Agnes (Elina Labourdette), not telling him about Agnes' "profession." The new lovers hit it off, and Helene, after the marriage, tells Jean about Agnes. The results are not what Helene wanted.
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Madame Rosa 1977  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Moshe Mizrahi
Cast: Simone Signoret, Samy Ben Youb, Claude Dauphin, Michal Bat-Adam, Gabriel Jabbour, Costa-Gavras, Bernard La Jarrige, Mohamed Zinet, Genevieve Fontanel, Elio Bencoil
A retired prostitute and Nazi concentration camp survivor, Rosa (Simone Signoret), tends the children of prostitutes. The somewhat plodding film received the Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Valley of Fear
Director: Terence Fisher, Frank Winterstein
Cast: Christopher Lee, Senta Berger, Hans Sohnker, Hans Nielsen, Ivan Desny, Leon Askin, Thorley Walters, Wolfgang Lukschy, Edith Schultze-Westrum, Bernard La Jarrige, Bruno W. Pantel, Heinrich Gies, Linda Sini, Roland Armontel, Danielle Argence
In one of the more unusual depictions of the storied sleuth, this German-made film shows the villainous Moriarty (Hans Sohnker) as respected in both the community and by Scotland Yard. But when a necklace is stolen from Cleopatra's tomb, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (Christopher Lee and Thorley Walters) are hot on Moriarty's trail.
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| 1. The Ladies of Bois de Boulogne (1945)
aka: Ladies of the Park
2. Madame Rosa (1977)
3. Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace (1962)
aka: Valley of Fear
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