Act of Love 1953   N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Dany Robin, Barbara Laage, Gabrielle Dorziat, Gregoire Aslan, Brigitte Bardot, Fernand Ledoux, Richard Benedict, Serge Reggiani
A lonely G.I., Robert Teller (Kirk Douglas), meets and falls in love with a poor Parisian girl (Dany Robin) during 1944. The romance seems a lost cause when Teller receives orders out of Paris. 1 User Review
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| | 02/14/2007 | This movie is virtually a true story as it has happened many times over in so many
places around the world. Not only where American GI's are stationed but many
other foreign troops for that matter. There is always the typical obstacles such
as permission from the C.O, host government, red tape, language, culture, etc.
This is a must see. Very enjoyable inspite of its unfortunate tragic end. |
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Gigot 1962   N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Katherine Kath, Gabrielle Dorziat, Jean Lafebvre, Albert Remy, Yvonne Constant, Jacques Marin
Gigot (Jackie Gleason) is a deaf-mute custodian who barely earns enough for his own subsistence, but he comes to the aid of a prostitute and her little girl. 1 User Review
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| | A tribute to Jackie Gleason | 1fatts 03/14/2007 | I have not seen the film in forty years, and my memory of it is no doubt flawed.
Perhaps if I saw it now, as a more expreinced, far more aged man, I might find the plot forced and the acting hammy. I certainly remember that there was maore slapstick for slapstick's sake than I thought called for, even way back then.
But Jackie Gleason broke my heart. The scene of the mute trying to explain God to the little girl is still somewhere in my mind as a kind of icon of decency, frustrated in its inability to communicate.
I grew up with the Jackie Gleason Show, and his work in The Hustler and Requiem for a Heavyweight demonstrated how fine a seriious actor lay beneath the surface of Ralph Kramden and the Poor Soul. Gigot is not a great film, but it is memorable for Gleason's work. And as his "silent film", it is unique. |
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Little Boy Lost 1953 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Bing Crosby, Claude Dauphin, Christian Fourcade, Gabrielle Dorziat, Nicole Maurey, Georgette Anys, Henri Letondal, Peter Baldwin, Jean Del Val, Colette Dereal
While searching for the son he was separated from during World War II, Bill Wainwright (Bing Crosby) develops a deep relationship with a young boy, Pierre Fernier (Claude Dauphin), who may, or may not, be the son for whom he yearns.
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Monsieur Vincent 1947 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Maurice Cloche
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Aime Clariond, Jean Debucourt, Lise Delamare, Germaine Dermoz, Gabrielle Dorziat, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jean Carmet, Pierre Dux, Michel Bouquet, Gabrielle Fontan, Robert Murzeau, Marcel Peres, Marcel Vallee, Francette Vernillat
During Europe's epidemic of the bubonic plague–the Black Death–Vincent de Paul (Pierre Fresnay) struggles to help the French peasants and their nobility deal with the tragedy in their midst. He is canonized for his efforts. This biography received an Honorary Oscar for Outstanding Foreign Language Film.
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| 1. Act of Love (1953)
2. Gigot (1962)
3. Little Boy Lost (1953)
4. Monsieur Vincent (1947)
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