The Barbarian and the Lady 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss
Re-cut and shortened to 70 minutes, this film was made from "The Rebel Son," an English language version of the 1936 French film "Tarass Boulba." It tells the story that includes battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The story was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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Dark Journey 1937  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh, Joan Gardner, Anthony Bushell, Ursula Jeans, Robert Newton, William Dewhurst, Cecil Parker, Austin Trevor, Eliot Makeham
A meeting between spies–Von Marwitz (Conrad Veidt) and Madeleine (Vivien Leigh)–in Stockholm accelerates into a love affair, which complicates matters.
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 Gay Purr-ee 1962  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Goulet, Red Buttons, Paul Frees, Hermione Gingold, Morey Amsterdam, Mel Blanc, Julie Bennett, Joan Gardner
Country cat Mewsette (voice of Judy Garland) longs for the excitement of Paris, so she packs up and heads there. She is catnabbed by the dastardly Meowrice (voice of Paul Frees), who intends to marry her off to a rich American cat. But Juane-Tom (voice of Robert Goulet) and his sidekick Robspierre (voice of Red Buttons) come to her rescue in this animated film with lots of songs by Judy.
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Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962 G, 53 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Abe Levitow
Cast: Jim Backus, Jack Cassidy, Royal Dano, Morey Amsterdam, June Foray, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, John Hart, Jane Kean, Les Tremayne
Ebenezer Scrooge has more than just his known problem of "seeing" the greed that he has allowed to permeate his life when Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) takes on the role–myopic vision and all.
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The Private Life of Don Juan 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes, Joan Gardner, Benita Hume, Clifford Heatherley, Barry MacKay, Melville Cooper, Bruce Winston, Gina Malo, Claud Allister, Heather Thatcher, Diana Napier, Owen Nares, Athene Seyler
Returning to Seville following his exile, the aging Don Juan (Douglas Fairbanks) is now married to Dolores (Benita Hume). When he learns that Rodrigo (Barry MacKay) has been impersonating him, Don Juan seeks to reclaim his old reputation as the great lover by having an affair with Antonia (Merle Oberon). Adventures ensue, but when Dolores is finally able to make her point about his infidelities, a relieved Don Juan climbs the ladder to her balcony, and they are reunited forever.
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The Rebel Son 1939 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Alexis Granowsky
Cast: Harry Baur, Anthony Bushell, Roger Livesey, Patricia Roc, Joan Gardner, Frederick Culley, Joe Cunningham, Charles Farrell, Stafford Hilliard, Bernard Miles, Ann Wemyss
This is the English-language version of the French "Tarass Boulba" and tells the story and battles in the 1500s between the Polish and Cossacks. Harry Baur takes on the role of warrior Taras Bulba. The film was later re-edited and renamed "The Barbarian and the Lady" and was remade in 1962 as "Taras Bulba."
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The Rise of Catherine the Great 1934 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Catherine the Great
Director: Paul Czinner
Cast: Elisabeth Bergner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Flora Robson, Gerald du Maurier, Irene Vanbrugh, Griffith Jones, Joan Gardner, Dorothy Hale, Allan Jeayes, Gibb McLaughlin, Clifford Heatherley, Laurence Hanray
In the 18th century, Catherine (Elisabeth Bergner) was summoned by the Empress of Russia (Flora Robson) to marry the Grand Duke Peter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), and it was not long before she learned that he was mentally unstable and was enjoying numerous affairs. Soon after the Empress dies, Peter assumes the throne, not mentally able to handle the responsibilities, and Catherine is urged to assume power.
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Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 1970 N/R, 50 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, Mickey Rooney, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner, Robie Lester, Andrea Sacino, Dina Lynn, Gary White, Greg Thomas
A mailman (voice of Fred Astaire) tells the story of how Santa came to be–from his being left on the doorstep of the Kringle family to his annual visits. He begins his adventures by delivering toys to families in a poor town who can't afford them AND against the laws of dictatorial Burghermeister Meisterburger (voice of Paul Frees). Animated.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel 1935  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Howard Young
Cast: Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Nigel Bruce, Anthony Bushell, Melville Cooper, O.B. Clarence, Bramwell Fletcher, Joan Gardner, Edmund Breon
Sir Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) comes to the aid of French aristocrats who Robespierre has imprisoned and sentenced to be executed at the guillotine.
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| 1. The Barbarian and the Lady (1939)
2. Dark Journey (1937)
3. Gay Purr-ee (1962)
4. Mr. Magoo in Sherwood Forest (1964)
5. Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962)
6. The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
7. The Rebel Son (1939)
8. The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
aka: Catherine the Great
9. Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
10. The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)
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