Ali Baba Nights 1934  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
aka: Chu Chin Chow
Director: Walter Forde
Cast: George Robey, Fritz Kortner, Anna May Wong, John Garrick, Pearl Argyle, Dennis Hoey, Laurence Hanray, Sydney Fairbrother, Thelma Tuson, Francis L. Sullivan, Gibb McLaughlin, Malcolm "Jetsam" McEachern
This musical comedy version of "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" stars George Robey as Ali, Fritz Korner as the captain/robber, and Anna May Wong as the slave woman who comes to Ali's rescue.
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Evensong 1934   N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Evelyn Laye, Fritz Kortner, Emlyn Williams, Alec Guinness, Carl Esmond, Alice Delysia, Muriel Aked, Arthur Sinclair
An opera diva (Evelyn Laye) forsakes love for her career and tragically dies of a broken heart when her career ends. A young Alec Guinness makes his screen debut as a soldier in the audience at a concert. 1 User Review
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| | geoff 03/10/2007 | The cast list omits one imporant star - Conchita Supervia - a glorious Spanish mezzo soprano who died much too young, a couple of years after this film was made. This is the only film footage of her.
This film is based on a novel by Beverley Nicholls which is a thinly disguised portrait of Dame Nellie Melba. Supervia plays a young up-and-coming singer who exlipses the ageing prima donna. In real life Supervia was ten years older than Laye but the make-up was very effective. |
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 Pandora's Box 1929  N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: G.W. Pabst
Cast: Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, Francis Lederer, Carl Goetz, Krafft Raschig, Alice Roberts, Gustav Diessl, Daisy D'Ora, Sig Arno
In this film, which catapulted Louise Brooks to stardom, Brooks excels in her role of the tragic dancer and prostitute, Lulu, whose choices–marriage, manslaughter, escape from prison, and blackmail–result in bizarre consequences. 1 User Review
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| | A Classic | gaylesyboo 04/07/2007 | | |
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The Razor's Edge 1946 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb, John Payne, Herbert Marshall, Anne Baxter, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, Elsa Lanchester, Fritz Kortner
This is the earlier, and better, version of Somerset Maugham's philosophical novel about a young man (Tyrone Power) returning from the war as a hero and trying to find meaning in his life. Of him, Herbert Marshall says: "You see, my dear, goodness is after all the greatest force in the world, and he's got it." Anne Baxter collected an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. There were also nominations for Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Clifton Webb).
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Somewhere in the Night 1946 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: John Hodiak, Nancy Guild, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Conte, Josephine Hutchinson, Fritz Kortner, Margo Woode, Sheldon Leonard, Lou Nova, John Russell, Houseley Stevenson, Charles Arnt
Returning home to LA from the World War II battlefront, George W. Taylor (John Hodiak) suffers from amnesia. With only two clues available to uncover his past, George stumbles onto evidence that he is a murder suspect and has stolen millions in cash.
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Strange Death of Adolf Hitler 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Ludwig Donath, Gale Sondergaard, George Dolenz, Fritz Kortner, Frederick Giermann, William Trenk, Merrill Rodin, Ludwig Stossel, Charles Bates, Joan Blair
In this wartime drama, Hitler's officers become involved in a plot to take over the government.
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| 1. Ali Baba Nights (1934)
aka: Chu Chin Chow
2. Evensong (1934)
3. Pandora's Box (1929)
4. The Razor's Edge (1946)
5. Somewhere in the Night (1946)
6. Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
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