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The Cardinal 1963 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Tom Tryon, Romy Schneider, Carol Lynley, Maggie McNamara, John Saxon, John Huston, Robert Morse, Dorothy Gish, Burgess Meredith, Ossie Davis

  A humble Irish-American priest rises to an exalted position in the College of Cardinals. The film won six Academy Award nominations, including Best Director and Supporting Actor (John Huston).

Centennial Summer 1946 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, William Eythe, Walter Brennan, Constance Bennett, Dorothy Gish, Barbara Whiting, Harry Strang, Kathleen Howard

  Jerome Kern songs highlight this film. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Best Song ("All Through the Day"). The story is about the Rogers family and is set amidst the 1877 centennial celebration in Philadelphia.

Orphans of the Storm 1921 3 stars

    N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee, Katherine Emmet, Morgan Wallace, Lucille La Verne, Sheldon Lewis, Frank Puglia, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue, Sidney Herbert, Lee Kohlmar, Marcia Harris, Leslie King

  Set during the French Revolution, this is another of D.W. Griffith's great spectacles. It is the story of two orphans, Henriette and Louise (Lillian and Dorothy Gish), who were raised as sisters. After Dorothy goes blind, the two leave for Paris in an attempt to find someone to cure Dorothy. But they get separated as the war unfolds around them.

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1944 3 stars

    N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charles Ruggles, Dorothy Gish, Beulah Bondi, James Brown, Bill Edwards, Jean Heather, Alma Kruger, Helen Freeman

  Set in Europe during 1923 this is the story of Cornelia Otis Skinner (Gail Russell) and Emily Kimbrough (Diana Lynn) as they travel in Europe where romance and misadventures await. Sequel: "Our Hearts Were Growing Up."

The Whistle at Eaton Falls 1951 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Siodmak
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, Dorothy Gish, Carleton Carpenter, Murray Hamilton, Ernest Borgnine, Anne Francis, Arthur O'Connell, Doro Merande

  This is an insightful docudrama about union problems at a plastics plant in Eaton Falls, New Hampshire. The union president (Lloyd Bridges) finds himself in the middle of the dilemma of cutting costs at the expense of the workers.

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