Come Dance with Me! 1959  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Michel Boisrond
Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Henri Vidal, Dawn Addams, Dario Moreno, Georges Descrieres, Serge Gainsbourg, Paul Frankeur, Philippe Nicaud, Joyce Johnson, Maria Pacome
Brigitte Bardot plays a dentist's wife who decides to play detective when her husband (Henri Vidal) is suspected of murdering a dance teacher. A lesser comedy/mystery, but Bardot is fun to watch as the inept sleuth.
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The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse 1960  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dawn Addams, Peter van Eyck, Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters, Andrea Checchi, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Nico Pepe, Rolf Mobius, Howard Vernon
When visitors turn up dead at Berlin's Hotel Luxor, police suspect that the murderer believes he is the reincarnation of master criminal Dr. Mabuse. Although this film represents Fritz Lang's final effort as a director, five "Dr. Mabuse" sequels followed this very popular film.
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A King in New York 1957 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Oliver Johnston, Dawn Addams, Sid James, Harry Green, Michael Chaplin, John McLaren, Phil Brown, Alan Gifford, Jerry Desmonde, Robert Arden, Robert Cawdron, George Woodbridge, Joan Ingram
There are some funny scenes in this satire on the 1950s' Communist witch hunts in which the king of a tiny country, King Shahdov (Chaplin) is overthrown, and he and his wife Queen Irene (Maxine Audley) move to New York. There, though he has no money, he is a hit with the status seekers. Then he sees what the 1950s are all about in the U.S.: rock 'n roll and McCarthyism.
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The Moon Is Blue 1953 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: William Holden, David Niven, Maggie McNamara, Tom Tully, Dawn Addams, Albert Bassermann, Fortunio Bonanova, Gregory Ratoff, Hardy Kruger, Johanna Matz
Considered risque when it was released in the 1950s, this is the story of a young woman, Polly (Maggie McNamara), who flaunts her virginity. Maggie received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Night Into Morning 1951  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Nancy Davis, Lewis Stone, Jean Hagen, Rosemary DeCamp, Dawn Addams, Jonathan Cott, Celia Lovsky, Gordon Gebert
Grieving after his wife Ann (Rosemary De Camp) and their child die in a fire, Phillip Ainley (Ray Milland) copes poorly via alcohol and becomes suicidal.
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Plymouth Adventure 1952 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Gene Tierney, Van Johnson, Leo Genn, Lloyd Bridges, Dawn Addams, John Dehner, Barry Jones, Rhys Williams, Tommy Ivo
This film–winner of the Academy Award for Special Effects–depicts the 1620's voyage of the Mayflower to Massachusetts and the first trying months the Pilgrims endured while settling their new land Despite the cast, it's not special.
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The Robe 1953 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Jay Robinson, Michael Rennie, Richard Boone, Dawn Addams, Dean Jagger, Torin Thatcher, Betta St. John, Jeff Morrow, Ernest Thesiger, Leon Askin, Michael Ansara, Cameron Mitchell
This grand-scale film is the story of a Roman tribune, Marcellus (Richard Burton), whose duty is to ensure the crucifixion of Jesus. Later, he wins Christ's robe, and the ownership of the robe affects his course in life. In addition to Academy Awards for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design, nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Burton), and Cinematography. First CinemaScope film.
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll 1960 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: House of Fright
Director: Terence Fisher
Cast: Paul Massie, Dawn Addams, Christopher Lee, David Kossoff, Francis De Wolff, Norma Marla, Magda Miller, Oliver Reed, William Kendall, Helen Goss
Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story is altered to give an up-dated motive for the change of Dr. Jekyll into the sinister Mr. Hyde.
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 The Vampire Lovers 1970 R, 91 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Ingrid Pitt, Pippa Steel, Peter Cushing, Madeline Smith, George Cole, Dawn Addams, Kate O'Mara, Douglas Wilmer, Ferdy Mayne, Jon Finch, Kirsten Lindholm, Janet Key, John Forbes-Robertson, Charles Farrell, Harvey Hall
Hammer Films gets into more sex and violence in this first of three films based on Sheridan LeFanu's "Carmilla," the tale of a lesbian vampire. Our vampire heroine (Ingrid Pitt) awakens from her death sleep and, using the name of Marcilla, heads to a European town to exact revenge on those responsible for killing off her family. She starts having lesbian encounters and then drains the blood of her "partner." It's time to bring in the vampire killer! Followed by "Lust for a Vampire" and "Twins of Evil."
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The Vault of Horror 1973 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Mystery / Thriller
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Daniel Massey, Michael Craig, Curd Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Tom Baker, Anna Massey, Edward Judd, Dawn Addams, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott, Terence Alexander, Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, John Forbes-Robertson, Ishaq Bux
Following the theme of the previous year's "Tales from the Crypt," five men are trapped in an office building vault, and each shares visions of his own death. The five short stories that result deal with a variety of horrors, but with black humor thrown in.
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| 1. Come Dance with Me! (1959)
2. The Diabolical Dr. Mabuse (1960)
aka: The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
3. A King in New York (1957)
4. The Moon Is Blue (1953)
5. Night Into Morning (1951)
6. Plymouth Adventure (1952)
7. The Robe (1953)
8. The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
aka: House of Fright
9. The Vampire Lovers (1970)
10. The Vault of Horror (1973)
aka: Tales from the Crypt, Part II
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