All I Desire 1953  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long, Billy Gray, Dayton Lummis, Guy Williams
Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) deserted her family, and now–years later–she returns and attempts to reconcile with her husband and children.
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All That Heaven Allows 1955  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott, David Janssen, Gia Scala, Charles Drake, Hayden Rorke, William Reynolds, Jacqueline deWit, Leigh Snowden, Donald Curtis, Nestor Paiva
After her friend Sara (Agnes Moorehead) persuades New England widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) to reenter the social scene, Cary's life changes. Harvey (Conrad Nagel) proposes to her, but she turns him down. Cary meets a young gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), and becomes involved in a love affair with him. Now, Ron asks Cary to marry him, but the idea of this May/December marriage does not get support from her family and friends who believe that Ron is no more than a fortune hunter. Will love survive the pressures?
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Battle Hymn 1957  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Jock Mahoney, Alan Hale Jr., James Edwards, Carl Benton Reid, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Bartlett Robinson
Feeling he has lost his calling to the ministry, World War II pilot Col. Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) re-enlists and is stationed in Korea where he trains soldiers and, in the process, sets up a large orphanage during the Korean conflict. Based on a true story.
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Captain Lightfoot 1955   N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Jeff Morrow, Kathleen Ryan, Finlay Currie, Denis O'Dea, Geoffrey Toone, Harold Goldblatt, Kenneth MacDonald, Philip O'Flynn
Set during the 19th-century Irish rebellion, this production was filmed on location in Ireland. Rock Hudson plays a highwayman who becomes Captain Lightfoot, second in command to the infamous Captain Thunderbolt (Jeff Morrow). 1 User Review
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, Gigi Perreau, Lynn Bari, Larry Gates, William Reynolds, Skip Homeier, Paul Harvey, Frank Ferguson, Forrest Lewis, Gloria Holden, Fred Nurney, Helen Wallace, James Dean
Aging millionaire Samuel Fulton (Charles Coburn) has no family of his own and wants to leave his fortune to the Vermont family of the woman who long ago turned down his marriage proposal. But first, he wants to test them. He poses as a poor artist, rents a room from them, and anonymously gifts the family $100,000. The mother, Harriet (Lynn Bari), wants to move the family to a mansion and tells her daughter Millicent (Piper Laurie) that she should break up with her boyfriend Dan (Rock Hudson) and find a wealthy man. They run into problems along the way, but, by story's end, lessons are learned, and the family regains its senses and returns to its old lifestyle. Playing a customer at the drug store, James Dean makes his first film appearance.
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Imitation of Life 1959  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Robert Alda, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy, Troy Donahue, Jack Weston, Mahalia Jackson, Bess Flowers, Joel Fluellen, Peg Shirley
This is a revised version of the earlier film, but now the story has been updated to fit the 1950s. Two single mothers Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), who is White, and Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), who is Black, move in together and raise their daughters. Lora is an aspiring actress, and Annie takes care of the household chores. But, personal problems enter their lives. Light-skinned, 18-year-old Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) passes for White and breaks her mother Annie's heart. Meanwhile, Lora's 16-year-old daughter Susie (Sandra Dee) feels neglected by her mother as Lora's time is taken up with her career, and Susie falls for photographer Steve Archer (John Gavin). But, when Annie dies, Lora and the daughters realize their mistakes and change their attitudes about life. Both Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
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Lured 1947 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Personal Column
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: George Sanders, Lucille Ball, Charles Coburn, Alan Mowbray, Cedric Hardwicke, Boris Karloff, George Zucco, Joseph Calleia, Alan Napier, Robert Coote
Lucille Ball plays a chorus girl who police enlist as bait for a serial killer–a psychopath who uses the personal columns when contemplating his next murder.
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Magnificent Obsession 1954 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Barbara Rush, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger, Gregg Palmer, Paul Cavanagh, Jack Kelly, Lisa Gaye, George Lynn, Sara Shane, Judy Nugent, Helen Kleeb, Will J. White, Fred Nurney
Playboy Bob Merrick (Rock Hudson) is involved in a boating accident that inadvertently kills Dr. Wayne Philips. When Bob falls in love with Wayne's widow Helen (Jane Wyman), he soon learns that his love is not returned. After Helen is blinded, Bob goes to medical school, remakes his life, and performs surgery on Helen to restore her eyesight in an effort to win Helen's love. Wyman was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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Mystery Submarine 1950  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Macdonald Carey, Marta Toren, Robert Douglas, Carl Esmond, Ludwig Donath, Jacqueline Dalya, Fred Nurney, Katherine Warren, Howard Negley, Bruce Morgan
Brett Young (Macdonald Carey) is an undercover agent with the job of keeping U.S. atomic secrets from falling into the wrong hands. The mysterious Madelein Brenner (Marta Toren) and a renegade submarine that is after atomic secrets become Young's challenge. Weak.
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No Room for the Groom 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Don DeFore, Spring Byington, Jack Kelly, Frank Sully, Fess Parker, David Janssen, Paul McVey, Lillian Bronson
When an ex-G.I. (Tony Curtis) returns home from Korea, he finds his house is filled with offbeat relatives of his wife (Piper Laurie).
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A Scandal in Paris 1946 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Thieves' Holiday
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis, Akim Tamiroff, Gene Lockhart, Jo Ann Marlowe, Alma Kruger, Alan Napier, Vladimir Sokoloff, Pedro de Cordoba, Leona Maricle, Fritz Leiber
Based on the exploits of a real-life criminal, the suave Francois (George Sanders) escapes from jail with his friend, Emile (Akim Tamiroff). The adventures begin as Francois pulls off several clever crimes; spends a short time in Napoleon's army; and, after meeting the well-connected Therese (Signe Hasso), rises to Police Chief. He is now free to fill the office with his friends and uses the office for his base of crime operations.
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Sign of the Pagan 1955 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tcherina, Rita Gam, Jeff Morrow, Pat Hogan, Michael Ansara, Allison Hayes, Eduard Franz, George Dolenz
This attempt at a spectacular is about Attila the Hun's (Jack Palance) advancing army's threat to the Holy Roman Empire.
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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The Tarnished Angels 1958 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, Alan Reed, Alexander Lockwood, Christopher Olsen, Robert J. Wilke, Troy Donahue, William Schallert, Eugene Borden
Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) had been a flying ace in World War I but is now struggling to make a living as a barnstorming pilot. Along with his wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone), 9-year-old son Jack (Christopher Olsen), and his troupe, Roger arrives at an air show and meets New Orleans journalist Burke Devlin (Rock Hudson). As Burke gets to know Roger's family, he is attracted to LaVerne. Tragedy lies ahead in this story about the importance of living the truth.
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There's Always Tomorrow 1956 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Pat Crowley, Jane Darwell, William Reynolds, Gigi Perreau, Myrna Hansen, Paul Smith, Ross Hunter
Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray) is a successful businessman who questions his own happiness as a family man when he becomes interested in New York businesswoman Norma Miller (Barbara Stanwyck).
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore, Keenan Wynn, Erich Maria Remarque, Thayer David, Klaus Kinski, Jim Hutton, John Van Dreelen
During World War II, Private Ernst Graeber (John Gavin) finally receives his furlough and leaves the Russian front for a much-anticipated return to his home in Germany. Once there, however, he finds his home has been bombed and his parents are nowhere to be found. But, he meets the beautiful Elizabeth Kruse (Lilo Pulver), and, together, they seek sanity in a world gone mad.
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Written on the Wind 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Harry Shannon, John Larch
The Hadleys are a wealthy oil family beset by troubles–son Kyle (Robert Stack) is an alcoholic and daughter Marylee (Dorothy Malone) is a nymphomaniac. Dorothy Malone won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Robert Stack was nominated for Supporting Actor in this soaper that is saved by good acting.
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| 1. All I Desire (1953)
2. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
3. Battle Hymn (1957)
4. Captain Lightfoot (1955)
5. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
6. Imitation of Life (1959)
7. Lured (1947)
aka: Personal Column
8. Magnificent Obsession (1954)
9. Mystery Submarine (1950)
10. No Room for the Groom (1952)
11. A Scandal in Paris (1946)
aka: Thieves' Holiday
12. Sign of the Pagan (1955)
13. Summer Storm (1944)
14. The Tarnished Angels (1958)
15. There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
16. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
17. Written on the Wind (1956)
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