About Mrs. Leslie 1954  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Shirley Booth, Robert Ryan, Marjie Millar, Alex Nicol, Sammy White, Philip Ober, Harry Morgan, Ian Wolfe, Ellen Corby, Maidie Norman
Mrs. Vivien Leslie (Shirley Booth) remembers her own past love affair as she watches two residents of her boarding house–a financier and a nightclub singer–fall in love.
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The Final Comedown 1972  R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Oscar Williams
Cast: Billy Dee Williams, Raymond St. Jacques, D'Urville Martin, Celia Kay, R.G. Armstrong, Maidie Norman, Pamela Jones, Morris D. Erby, Ed Cambridge, Billy Durkin, Cal Wilson, John Johnson, Judy Morris
Jimmy Johnson (Billy Dee Williams) is a Black youth who is upset when he loses out on a job opportunity to an unqualified White man. After he joins forces with Imir (Raymond St. Jacques) and Billy Joe Ashley (D'Urville Martin), the incident concerning Jimmy's loss of a job accelerates into a race war when Black revolutionaries infiltrate the White suburbs.
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1983  R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
Cast: Tom Atkins, Stacy Nelkin, Dan O'Herlihy, Ralph Strait, Michael Currie, Jadeen Barbor, Brad Schachter, Garn Stephens, Nancy Kyes, Jonathan Terry, Al Berry, Wendy Wessberg, Essex Smith, Maidie Norman, John MacBride
Dr. Dan Challis (Tom Atkins) and Ellie (Stacy Nelkin) investigate the murder of Harry Grimbridge (Al Berry), and the trail leads them to maniacal toymaker Conal Cochran (Dan O'Herlihy). They learn that Cochran designs masks containing chips that he can activate on Halloween night. The chips are deadly and are the means to hatch his plot to murder children as they embark on their night of "Trick or Treat." Will Cochran be stopped before committing his deadly act?
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Torch Song 1953  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Benny Rubin, Nancy Gates, James Todd, Eugene Loring, Peter Chong, Maidie Norman, Chris Warfield, Peggy King
Broadway star Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) falls in love with her blind piano accompanist (Michael Wilding)–a major stepping stone in her egotistical life that brings compassion into her persona. Marjorie Rambeau received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress in her role as Jenny's devoted mother.
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The Well 1951  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leo C. Popkin, Russell Rouse
Cast: Gwendolyn Laster, Richard Rober, Maidie Norman, Harry Morgan, Ernest Anderson, Dick Simmons, Lane Chandler, Pat Mitchell, Margaret Wells, Wheaton Chambers, Michael Ross, Russell Trent, George(2) Hamilton
This 1951 film boldly addresses the issue of racism when a Black five-year-old girl, Carolyn (Gwendolyn Laster), disappears, and a White man, Claude Packard (Harry Morgan), becomes the prime suspect. Hysteria fills the town–until Carolyn is found when it is discovered that she has fallen down a well. Now, Claude comes to her rescue, brings Carolyn to safety, and racial tensions are relieved. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Film Editing and Screenplay. 1 User Review
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| | Forit 09/29/2009 | This is truly a great film for all time, especially for families to discuss the implications of suspicious insecurities we hold for people of different backgrounds.
This would be a good movie to show in places where there are no ethnic people and why we don't become friends and neighbors with other people? |
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 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee, Marjorie Bennett, Maidie Norman, Dave Willock, Bert Freed, Wesley Addy, James Seay, Julie Allred, Anne Barton, William Aldrich, Russ Conway, Robert Cornthwaite
Two aging sisters–Jane (Bette Davis) and Blanche (Joan Crawford)–co-exist in a decrepit, Los Angeles mansion. Jane was once the vaudeville child star "Baby Jane" (Julie Allred). Blanche had lived in Jane's shadow as a child but gained stardom as an adult in the film world while Jane's career faded. Blanche enjoyed her success until a drunken Jane caused a car accident that crippled Blanche and left her wheelchair-bound. Now, Jane works with pianist Edwin Flagg (Victor Buono) in hopes of finally gaining stardom as an adult. At the same time, she goes crazy and plots to kill Blanche. A good thriller/black comedy. Academy Award nominations went to Davis (Best Actress) and Buono (Best Supporting Actor).
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| 1. About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
2. The Final Comedown (1972)
3. Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)
4. Torch Song (1953)
5. The Well (1951)
6. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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