Adventures of Captain Fabian 1951  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William(2) Marshall
Cast: Errol Flynn, Micheline Presle, Agnes Moorehead, Vincent Price, Victor Francen, Reggie Nalder, Jim Gerald, Helena Manson, Howard Vernon, Marcel Journet, Roger Blin, Valentine Camax, Georges Flateau, Zanie Campan, Reggie Nalder
Errol Flynn portrays swashbuckling sea captain Fabian who becomes involved with servant girl Lea Marriote (Micheline Presle). Lea marries George Brissac (Vincent Price) who talks her into murdering his uncle so that he can obtain the family money. Fabian is accused of the murder but escapes with Lea who is killed during the escape, and Fabian sails away.
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Le Corbeau 1943  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: The Raven
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Pierre Fresnay, Pierre Larquey, Ginette Leclerc, Helena Manson, Noel Roquevert, Antoine Balpetre, Micheline Francey, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Sylvie, Liliane Maigne, Jean Brochard, Bernard Lancret
This film was controversial because it was paid for by the Nazis during World War II. It was remade in the United States under the title, "The 13th Letter." The plot involves inhabitants of a small French town who become upset when poison-pen letters begin to arrive revealing their hidden pasts.
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Lola Montes 1955 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook, Ivan Desny, Will Quadflieg, Oskar Werner, Paulette Dubost, Lise Delamare, Henri Guisol, Jean Galland, Helena Manson, Germaine Delbat, Carl Esmond, Jacques Fayet, Friedrich Domin
Lola Montes (Martine Carol) is a member of a circus troupe who, through flashbacks, remembers her more illustrious past when she had affairs with composer Franz Liszt (Will Quadflieg), King Ludwig of Bavaria (Anton Walbrook), and many others. The circus ringmaster (Peter Ustinov) narrates stories of her illustrious past to the circus spectators who enjoy hearing about the scandals.
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Madame Bovary 1933  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Valentine Tessier, Pierre Renoir, Max Dearly, Daniel Lecourtois, Fernand Fabre, Helena Manson, Robert Le Vigan, Alice Tissot, Pierre Larquey, Monette Dinay, Louis Florencie, Romain Bouquet, Christiane Dor, Georges Cahuzac, Helena Manson
This early film adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel is set in 19th-century France and tells the story of Emma Bovary's (Valentine Tessier) scandalous romantic liaisons. Emma is a country girl who marries Charles Bovary (Pierre Renoir) hoping for romance and excitement in her life. But, the marriage proves tiresome to Emma, and she begins an affair with wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger (Fernand Fabre). After he abandons her, Emma finds another lover (Daniel Lecourtois) to fill her life, and despair takes over.
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| 1. Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951)
2. Le Corbeau (1943)
aka: The Raven
3. Lola Montes (1955)
aka: Sins of Lola Montes
4. Madame Bovary (1933)
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