A Breath of Scandal 1960  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Sophia Loren, John Gavin, Maurice Chevalier, Isabel Jeans, Angela Lansbury, Carlo Hinterman, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso, Friedrich von Ledebur
An Austrian princess, Olympia (Sophia Loren), refuses to marry the Russian prince (Carlo Hinterman) her parents have chosen for her and, instead, wants to marry an American commoner (John Gavin).
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Easy Virtue 1927 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Isabel Jeans, Eric Bransby William, Robin Irvine, Franklin Dyall, Ian Hunter, Violet Farebrother
Based on a Noel Coward play, this is the story of Laurita (Isabel Jeans) who has lost on two counts: her husband (Franklin Dyall) is an alcoholic, AND her lover committed suicide. Now, she leaves her husband and begins a new life with John Whittaker (Robin Irvine), but his wealthy family does not approve.
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Gigi 1958  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac, Isabel Jeans, John Abbott, Monique Van Vooren, Dorothy Neumann, Jean Ozenne, Bernard Musson, Edwin Jerome, Maurice Marsac, Corinne Marchand
This excellent film won nine Academy Awards. Gaston (Louis Jourdan) has his eye on Gigi (Leslie Caron) who, after a series of misadventures, becomes his wife. Narrated by Maurice Chevalier, this musical features such great songs as "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and the title song (an Academy Award winner). Other Academy Awards included Best Picture and Director.
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Hard to Get 1938  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger, Allen Jenkins, Bonita Granville, Melville Cooper, John Ridgely, Penny Singleton, Isabel Jeans, Thurston Hall
Bill (Dick Powell) is an architect who depends on a new job of pumping gas when the Great Depression hits. One day a millionaire (Olivia de Havilland) stops for gas and falls in love with Bill.
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Heavens Above! 1963 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Cast: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael, Bernard Miles, Brock Peters, Eric Sykes, Irene Handl, Miriam Karlin, Miles Malleson, Joan Miller, Roy Kinnear
The Reverend John Smallwood (Peter Sellers), a prison chaplain, is mistakenly appointed pastor of a rich church in an upper-crust English village. While the "rightful" pastor (Ian Carmichael) would have catered to the well-off parishioners, John Smallwood brings his progressive views to the job, often shocking his staid church membership.
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Suspicion 1941  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May Whitty, Isabel Jeans, Heather Angel, Reginald Sheffield, Leo G. Carroll, Constance Worth, Auriol Lee, Billy Bevan, Gavin Gordon, Lumsden Hare, Alfred Hitchcock
Timid Lina (Joan Fontaine) marries Johnnie Aysgarth (Cary Grant). Although deeply in love with Johnnie, Lina begins to piece together evidence that she is her husband's intended murder victim. Joan Fontaine won the Best Actress Academy Award for her performance in this film, and a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Tovarich 1937 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Basil Rathbone, Charles Boyer, Anita Louise, Melville Cooper, Isabel Jeans, Maurice Murphy, Morris Carnovsky, Gregory Gaye, Montagu Love
After fleeing Russia during the revolution, a couple (Claudette Colbert and Charles Boyer) arrives in Paris and find employment as domestic servants. They have with them a fortune from the czar, but their honesty prevents them from using it for their own comforts.
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| 1. A Breath of Scandal (1960)
2. Downhill (1927)
3. Easy Virtue (1927)
4. Gigi (1958)
5. Hard to Get (1938)
6. Heavens Above! (1963)
7. Suspicion (1941)
8. Tovarich (1937)
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