Beau Brummel 1954  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.
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Of Human Bondage 1934  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  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 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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| 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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