13th Letter 1951  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Linda Darnell, Charles Boyer, Michael Rennie, Judith Evelyn, Constance Smith, Francoise Rosay, Guy Sorel, June Hedin
Inspired by the Nazi film, "Le Corbeau," this remake is an adventure in intrigue as residents of a small town in France become upset when they receive poison-pen letters telling of their hidden pasts.
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Saraband for Dead Lovers 1948 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Saraband
Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson, Francoise Rosay, Frederick Valk, Peter Bull, Anthony Quayle, Megs Jenkins, Michael Gough, Jill Balcon, Cecil Trouncer, David Horne, Miles Malleson, Allan Jeayes, Guy Rolfe
Based on historic fact, this film tells the story of the ill-fated marriage of Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), who would later become King George I, and Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood). Sophie fell in love with the dashing Count Philip Konigsmark (Stewart Granger) and made plans to flee the scene. But when their affair was discovered, the Count was assassinated, and Sophie was imprisoned in an isolated castle.
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September Affair 1950 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Francoise Rosay, Jessica Tandy, Robert Arthur, Jimmy Lydon, Fortunio Bonanova, Anna Demetrio, Charles Evans, Charles La Torre
When the airplane they had booked passage on–but failed to board–crashes, two musicians, Manina Stuart (Joan Fontaine) and David Lawrence (Joseph Cotten), are presumed dead. They take the easy road and continue their adulterous affair by beginning a new life together letting the world continue to believe they are dead.
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The Sound and the Fury 1959  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Stuart Whitman, Ethel Waters, Jack Warden, Albert Dekker, Francoise Rosay, John Beal, Stephen Perry
This is the film adaptation of William Faulkner's novel about the Comptons–a Southern family that has seen better days.
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That Lady 1955 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Gilbert Roland, Paul Scofield, Francoise Rosay, Dennis Price, Christopher Lee, Anthony Dawson, Robert Harris, Peter Illing, Jose Nieto
This historical drama is about Princess Eboli of Spain, Ana de Mendoza (Olivia de Havilland), who is jailed by King Philip (Paul Scofield) after her affair with a commoner (Gilbert Rowland) is discovered.
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| 1. 13th Letter (1951)
2. Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
aka: Saraband
3. September Affair (1950)
4. The Sound and the Fury (1959)
5. That Lady (1955)
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