 Citizen Kane 1941  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Alan Ladd, George Coulouris, Paul Stewart, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Fortunio Bonanova, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus
This Orson Welles film is often voted the best film ever made; it also revolutionized filmmaking technology. When reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) searches for the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) last dying word, "Rosebud," the life of the arrogant newspaper magnate is told through the reminiscences of those who knew him. An Oscar was awarded for Best Original Screenplay, and eight nominations were received–including Best Picture, Actor (Welles), and Director.
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Crack-Up 1946  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Tommy Noonan, Ellen Corby, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford
While trying to regain his own memory, amnesia victim George Steele (Pat O'Brien) attempts to get to the bottom of a series of suspected forgeries at his museum.
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Kidnapped 1948  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roddy McDowall, Sue England, Dan O'Herlihy, Roland Winters, Jeff Corey, Houseley Stevenson, Erskine Sanford, Alex Frazer, Olaf Hytten
Roddy McDowall is cast as David Balfour, the young Scot who inherits a fortune and is kidnapped by his evil uncle. David meets alan Breck (Dan O'Herlihy) and the two travel across Scotland in an attempt to regain what is rightfully his.
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 The Lady from Shanghai 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia, Erskine Sanford, Gus Schilling, Harry Shannon
Irish adventurer Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) gets involved with Elsa (Rita Hayworth) and Arthur (Everett Sloane) Bannister and ends up the foil in the Bannisters' bizarre murder scheme. Errol Flynn's yacht, "Zaca," was used in the seagoing scenes of this film.
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Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Howard Freeman, Erskine Sanford, Lois Austin, Otto Waldis, Audrey Young
Shy Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) spends years obsessed with concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Finally, she spends one night with him and later has his child. This is good soap opera fare.
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Macbeth 1948 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Lurene Tuttle, Peggy Webber, Lionel Braham
Orson Welles masterfully portrays the title role of the 11th-century Scottish nobleman whose vanity and ambition lead to murder in William Shakespeare's tragic tale. Jeanette Nolan plays the overly ambitious Lady Macbeth who will stop at nothing, even murder, to ensure that her husband will become king.
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The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford, Orson Welles, Don Dillaway, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield, John Elliott
This is the Booth Tarkington's story of the wealthy Amberson family's fall from the heights of society and the impact it inflicts on its members in the late 19th century. Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) returns to Indianapolis, Indiana, after many years. He left as a struggling inventor when Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) turned down his marriage proposal to marry the "more acceptable" Wilbur Minafer (Don Dillaway). Eugene is now a widower with a daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter) and the successful inventor of an automobile. Isabel has been widowed, and Eugene again pursues her. But her son George (Tim Holt) and Aunt Fanny Amberson (Agnes Moorehead) interfere, and their actions bring on tragedy for the family when they do not accept progress in the changing world of the automobile age. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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Ministry of Fear 1944 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Dan Duryea, Hillary Brooke, Alan Napier, Percy Waram, Erskine Sanford, Thomas Louden, Rita Johnson
Set during World War II, this is the film adaptation of Graham Greene's powerful novel about espionage involving Stephen Neale's (Ray Milland) unraveling of a Nazi plot.
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Possessed 1947 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Nana Bryant, Moroni Olsen, Erskine Sanford, Peter Miles
Joan Crawford was nominated for an Academy Award for her role in this film about a woman who marries her boss (Raymond Massey) and then is plagued by her growing mental problems involving her obsession for David (Van Heflin).
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The Stranger 1946 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles, Philip Merivale, Richard Long, Billy House, Konstantin Shayne, Martha Wentworth, Byron Keith, Isabel O'Madigan, Brother Theodore, Neal Dodd, Erskine Sanford, John Brown
Wilson (Edward G. Robinson) is a government agent tracking escaped Nazi war criminal Franz Kindler (Orson Welles). The trail leads to a small town in Connecticut and Kindler's marriage to the daughter (Loretta Young) of a Supreme Court Justice.
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Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven 1948  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Girl from Texas
Director: William Castle
Cast: Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Lionel Stander, Florence Bates, Michael Chekhov, Margaret Hamilton, Moyna MacGill, Irene Ryan, Colin(2) Campbell, Clem Bevans, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Erskine Sanford
Texas cowboy Eddie Taylor (Guy Madison) and city-girl Perry Dunklin (Diana Lynn) arrive in New York for fun, adventure, and fortune. But when Eddie falls in love with Perry, she does not return his affections. And while they do buy a Brooklyn riding academy, Eddie spends much of his time keeping Perry out of trouble.
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The Voice of the Turtle 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: One for the Book
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Parker, Eve Arden, Wayne Morris, Kent Smith, John Emery, Erskine Sanford, John Holland, Frank Wilcox, Jack Lee
Sergeant Bill Page (Ronald Reagan) is on leave in New York City. When he has trouble finding lodging, he shares Sally Middleton's (Eleanor Parker) apartment for an innocent weekend, but love develops.
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Wake of the Red Witch 1948 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Luther Adler, Grant Withers, Dennis Hoey, Paul Fix, Henry Daniell, Adele Mara, Eduard Franz, Jeff Corey, Erskine Sanford, Duke Kahanamoku, David Clarke, Al Kikume
Captain Ralls (John Wayne) is a ship's captain out to seek justice and the love of Angelique (Gail Russell). Dutch shipping magnate Sidneye (Luther Adler) had stolen Angelique away from Ralls and married her seven years ago, and their feud still continues. Now, Ralls finds his means of getting even. While Ralls is serving as captain of Sidneye's ship, the Red Witch, he drives the ship into a reef and sinks it with plans to return and retrieve $5,000,000 in the cargo of gold that is on the ship.
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| 1. Citizen Kane (1941)
2. Crack-Up (1946)
3. Kidnapped (1948)
4. The Lady from Shanghai (1948)
5. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
6. Macbeth (1948)
7. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
8. Ministry of Fear (1944)
9. Possessed (1947)
10. The Stranger (1946)
11. Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (1948)
aka: The Girl from Texas
12. The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
aka: One for the Book
13. Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
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