The Big City 1937  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Eddie Quillan, William Demarest, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, Victor Varconi
Russian immigrant Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) is an independent cabby who gets caught up in a taxi-driver war.
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Dramatic School 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner, Gale Sondergaard, Ann Rutherford, Hans Conried, Rand Brooks, Frank Puglia, Henry Stephenson
Louise (Luise Rainer) attends a dramatic school in Paris and has trouble juggling her career and marriage.
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The Gambler 1997 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karoly Makk
Cast: Michael Gambon, Jodhi May, Polly Walker, Dominic West, Luise Rainer, Johan Leysen, John Wood, Angeline Ball, Tom Jansen, William Houston
Set in 1866, this story follows the Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Michael Gambon), as he struggles to produce the manuscript for "The Gambler" in just 27 days.
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The Good Earth 1937  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Jessie Ralph, Soo Yong, Keye Luke, Harold Huber, Philip Ahn, Roland Lui, Suzanna Kim, Olaf Hytten, Mary Wong, Ching Wah Lee
This is Pearl Buck's prize-winning story brought to the screen. A simple Chinese farmer, Wang Lung (Paul Muni), and his wife, O-Lan (Luise Rainer), are raising three children, but, when faced with a famine, O-Lan must feed the children cooked earth. Through adversity–even Wang Lung's taking a second wife–they learn that courage, not greed, is the path to happiness. Luise Rainer, who won an Oscar for Best Actress the previous year for her role in "The Great Ziegfeld ," won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in this film. An Oscar was also received for Best Cinematography, and the film was nominated for Best Picture and Director.
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The Great Waltz 1938  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Minna Gombell, George Houston, Bert Roach, Greta Meyer, Herman Bing, Alma Kruger, Henry Hull, Sig Ruman
In this fictionalized biography of Austrian "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Fernand Gravey takes on the role of Strauss in a very good romantic musical. Luise Rainer plays Strauss' wife Poldie and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this film.
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The Great Ziegfeld 1936 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: William Powell, Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Nat Pendleton, Virginia Bruce, Ernest Cossart, Robert Greig, Ray Bolger, Fanny Brice, Joseph Cawthorn, Herman Bing
This film won the Oscar for Best Picture. It is the story of Flo Ziegfeld's (William Powell) rise from carnival work to the top of the entertainment world. Luise Rainer won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Flo's wife, French singer Anna Held.
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| Oscars: Best Actress for The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Best Actress for The Good Earth (1937) |
1. The Big City (1937)
2. Dramatic School (1938)
3. The Gambler (1997)
4. The Good Earth (1937)
5. The Great Waltz (1938)
6. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
7. Hostages (1943)
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