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Beau Brummel   1954     2 and a half stars    N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt  
Cast: Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov, Robert Morley, James Donald, James Hayter, Rosemary Harris, Paul Rogers, Noel Willman, Peter Bull, Peter Dyneley, Charles Carson, Ernest Clark, Mark Dignam, Desmond Roberts

  Set in the 1800s, this is the story of the friendship of the Duke of Wales (Peter Ustinov) and the handsome rogue Beau Brummel (Stewart Granger) who, after insulting him, became his political advisor. However, one more insult is more than the Duke can take until Lady Patricia (Elizabeth Taylor) steps in to rescue Brummel.



Cast
Stewart Granger Beau Brummell
Elizabeth Taylor Lady Patricia
Peter Ustinov Prince of Wales
Robert Morley King George III
James Donald Lord Edwin Mercer
James Hayter Mortimer
Rosemary Harris Mrs. Fitzherbert
Paul Rogers William Pitt
Noel Willman Lord Byron
Peter Bull Mr. Fox
Peter Dyneley Midger
Charles Carson Sir Geoffrey Baker
Ernest Clark Doctor Warren
Mark Dignam Mr. Burke
Desmond Roberts Colonel
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Grip of the Strangler   1958     2 stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Haunted Strangler

Director: Robert Day  
Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim Turner, Jean Kent, Vera Day, Elizabeth Allan, Anthony Dawson, Desmond Roberts

  While writing a novel about a notorious strangler, James Rankin (Boris Karloff) finds that his own life is threatened.

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Of Human Bondage   1934     3 stars    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell  
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Owen, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Reginald Sheffield, Desmond Roberts, Tempe Pigott

  This screen version of the W. Somerset Maugham story tells the tale of a young medical student (Leslie Howard) who is obsessed with a promiscuous waitress (Bette Davis). The relationship comes close to destroying his personal, as well as professional, life.

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The Royal Bed   1931     1 and a half stars    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Queen's Husband

Director: Lowell Sherman  
Cast: Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Nance O'Neil, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor, Robert Warwick, Gilbert Emery, Alan Roscoe, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Burt, Nancy Lee Blaine, Desmond Roberts

  Eric VIII (Lowell Sherman) has allowed his Queen (Nance O'Neil) to control the kingdom. But he now has problems: the country is in the throes of a revolution, his daughter (Mary Astor) wants to marry a commoner, AND the Queen is out of the country. Can the wimpy King take control of the situation?

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Tarzan and His Mate   1934     3 stars    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway  
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, William Stack, Desmond Roberts, Paul Porcasi, Ray Corrigan, Nathan Curry

  This is the best of the "Tarzan" films with Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. The couple encounters danger from ivory hunters who search for an elephant graveyard.

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Movie Quick Pick
1. Beau Brummel (1954)
2. Grip of the Strangler (1958)
   aka: The Haunted Strangler
3. Of Human Bondage (1934)
4. The Royal Bed (1931)
   aka: The Queen's Husband
5. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)


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