A Bell for Adano 1945   N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan, Richard Conte, Harry Morgan, Roy Roberts, Marcel Dalio, Luis Alberni, Eduardo Ciannelli
Based on John Hersey's powerful novel about the American occupation of Adano, Sicily during World War II, this film involves Major Joppolo's (John Hodiak) efforts to stabilize the community and replace the bell by which the town orders its life.
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Cartouche 1962  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Adventure
aka: Swords of Blood
Director: Philippe de Broca
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Jess Hahn, Marcel Dalio, Jean Rochefort, Odile Versois, Philippe Lemaire, Noel Roquevert, Jacques Charon, Lucien Raimbourg
This Robin Hood-like swashbuckler follows a French bandit, Cartouche (Jean-Paul Belmondo), who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. He meets and falls in love with gypsy Venus (Claudia Cardinale) who eventually sacrifices her life to save him. He then has a grand old time avenging her death.
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 Casablanca 1942  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. Sakall, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey, Madeleine LeBeau, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page, Curt Bois, Marcel Dalio
One of the best films ever, this Oscar winner for Best Picture stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick, the owner of a Moroccan bar during the German occupation of Northern Africa in WWII. When the love of his life, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), shows up in his joint one night, their old romance is rekindled; but Nazi politics make strange bedfellows. Rick: "Here's looking at you, kid." Another major Academy Award went to Michael Curtiz for his directing. The film also won for Best Writing, and had several nominations, including Best Actor (Bogart) and Supporting Actor (Claude Rains).
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The Constant Nymph 1943 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Dame May Whitty, Peter Lorre, Eduardo Ciannelli, Montagu Love, Marcel Dalio
Joan Fontaine received an Academy Award nomination for her role as the 14-year-old Tessa Sanger who is smitten with the sophisticated composer, Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer).
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The Devil at 4 O'clock 1961 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Frank Sinatra, Kerwin Mathews, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Alexander Scourby, Barbara Luna, Gregoire Aslan, Cathy Lewis, Bernie Hamilton, Marcel Dalio
Father Matthew Doonan (Spencer Tracy) is a priest in charge of a South Pacific orphanage. When the island is threatened by volcanic activity, Father Doonan calls on Harry (Frank Sinatra) to lead a group of convicts in removing the children from their dangerous home. 1 User Review
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| | blakjack 43 06/20/2009 | | pretty good dialogue likable characters. |
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Donovan's Reef 1963  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero, Dorothy Lamour, Marcel Dalio, Mike Mazurki, Edgar Buchanan, Patrick Wayne, Dick Foran, Jeffrey Byron
A group of retired sailors have found their ideal home on an island. Then, the daughter (Elizabeth Allen) of one of them joins the group, and she has her own ideas for their island paradise.
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Flight to Tangier 1953 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, Corinne Calvet, Robert Douglas, Marcel Dalio, Jeff Morrow, Richard Shannon, Murray Matheson, John Wengraf, Jerry Paris
This film–originally shot in 3-D–is filled with adventure as surviving passengers of a plane crash greedily scramble to get their hands on $3 million in stolen money that is discovered in the wreckage.
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 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Harry Carey Jr., Norma Varden
Marilyn Monroe's and Jane Russell's rendition of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" highlight this musical comedy about Lorelei Lee's trip to Paris to meet her future rich husband.
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The Grand Illusion 1937 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim, Dita Parlo, Marcel Dalio, Julien Carette, Gaston Modot, Jean Daste, Jacques Becker, Georges Peclet, Werner Florian, Sylvain Itkine, Albert Brouett, Claude Sainval, Michel Salina
Written while Hitler was beginning to make his move in Europe, this film examines the mindset of men involved in World War I and shows how the aristocratic backgrounds of French prisoner de Boldieu (Pierre Fresnay) and the German commandant of the prison camp, von Rauffenstein (Eric von Stroheim), contribute to them forming a bond that will have deadly consequences when they allow two French soldiers (Jean Gabin and Marcel Dalio) to escape. The negatives of the film survived, and the restored movie was released in 1999, complete with a new translation.
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The Happy Time 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Charles Boyer, Louis Jourdan, Marsha Hunt, Kurt Kasznar, Linda Christian, Bobby Driscoll, Marcel Dalio, Jeanette Nolan, Will Wright, Richard Erdman
Uncle Desmonde (Louis Jourdan)–a Playboy photographer–returns home and is a bad influence on his nephew, Bibi (Bobby Driscoll), who is experiencing his first crush.
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Lady L 1965  N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Paul Newman, Sophia Loren, David Niven, Claude Dauphin, Cecil Parker, Marcel Dalio, Philippe Noiret, Michel Piccoli, Peter Ustinov, Daniel Emilfork
This film doesn't take advantage of the talent, but it does have some good moments. Lady L (Sophia Loren) tells her story to her biographer.
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Lafayette Escadrille 1958 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Tab Hunter, Etchika Choureau, William Wellman Jr., Jody McCrea, David Janssen, Will Hutchins, Clint Eastwood, Marcel Dalio, Paul Fix, Tom Laughlin
During World War I an American, Thad Walker (Tab Hunter), joins the French Foreign Legion and later becomes a flyer in the French Air Corps.
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Lucky Me 1954 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr., Nancy Walker, Martha Hyer, Bill Goodwin, Angie Dickinson, Marcel Dalio, Hayden Rorke, James Burke, William Bakewell
Chorus girl Candy Williams (Doris Day) finds new hope when songwriter Dick Carson (Robert Cummings) and his new musical open the door to fame and fortune. Angie Dickinson's film debut.
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Made in Paris 1966 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Ann - Margret, Louis Jourdan, Richard Crenna, Edie Adams, Chad Everett, John McGiver, Marcel Dalio, Count Basie, Marcel Hillaire, Reta Shaw
Maggie Scott (Ann-Margret) is a fashion buyer who heads to Paris where she contends with the amorous advances of Marc Fontaine (Louis Jourdan).
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The Man Who Understood Women 1959 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Leslie Caron, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Myron McCormick, Marcel Dalio, Conrad Nagel, Frank Cady, Harry Ellerbe, Ben Astar, Edwin Jerome
Willie (Henry Fonda) is a very successful filmmaker; however, he is not so fortunate in his relationship with his actress-wife (Leslie Caron).
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The Merry Widow 1952 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, Richard Haydn, Thomas Gomez, Marcel Dalio, King Donovan, Robert Coote, Gwen Verdon, John Abbott
This is the third film based on France Lehar's operetta about the aristocratic prince (Fernando Lamas) who woos the wealthy American widow (Lana Turner).
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Miracle in the Rain 1956 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Peggie Castle, Fred Clark, Eileen Heckart, Josephine Hutchinson, William Gargan, Marcel Dalio, George Givot, Barbara Nichols, Halliwell Hobbes, Paul Picerni, Alan King, Arte Johnson, Minerva Urecal
During World War II, a New York City shoe company secretary, Ruth Wood (Jane Wyman), falls in love with and accepts the proposal from Army Pvt. Arthur Hugenon (Van Johnson) just before he is shipped overseas. Arthur is killed in the war, and Ruth nearly falls apart both mentally and physically–until she walks past St. Patrick's Cathedral, and a miracle occurs.
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On the Riviera 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Jean Murat, Henri Letondal, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Ruman, Joyce Mackenzie, Mari Blanchard
Entertainer Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) is performing on the Riviera and is the look-alike of French aviation hero Henri Duran (also played by Danny Kaye). Jack is persuaded to stand in for Henri at an important party, and the comedy of mistaken identities begins–especially when he is approached by women in the aviator's life (though he is married). Lots of good music and Danny Kaye gags.
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One Night in Lisbon 1941 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison, Billie Burke, John Loder, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Denny, Billy Gilbert, Marcel Dalio
An American pilot, Dwight Houston (Fred MacMurray), is in Lisbon during World War II and falls in love with an English woman, Leonora (Madeleine Carroll), who he meets when both seek shelter during an air raid.
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Pepe le Moko 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Line Noro, Gabriel Gabrio, Lucas Gridoux, Fernand Charpin, Saturnin Fabre, Marcel Dalio, Roger Legris, Gaston Modot, Gilbert Gil
Gentlemanly master criminal Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin) is safe in Algiers' Casbah, where he plies his trade while surrounded by his gang members. But, he yearns for his beloved Paris. Meanwhile, Police Inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux) bides his time while awaiting his opportunity to catch Pepe. The break comes when Pepe meets and falls in love with a tourist from Paris, Gaby (Mireille Balin). When she returns to Paris, Slimane knows that Pepe will follow and nabs his man. Excellent film with fine acting.
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The Perfect Furlough 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Keenan Wynn, Elaine Stritch, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Troy Donahue, Marcel Dalio, Les Tremayne, Jay Novello, King Donovan
Tony Curtis plays a soldier stationed in the Arctic when he wins a furlough to Paris where he begins a romance with a military psychiatrist (Janet Leigh).
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The Pied Piper 1942 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Otto Preminger, J. Carrol Naish, Lester Matthews, Jill Esmond, Ferike Boros, Peggy Ann Garner, Merrill Rodin, Maurice Tauzin, Fleurette Zama, William Edmunds, Marcel Dalio, Marcelle Corday
Another World War II propaganda film (though good) has Mr. Howard (Monty Woolley) enjoying a fishing holiday in France in 1940 when the Germans invade. He ends up leading the two Cavanaugh children–Ronnie and Sheila (Roddy McDowall and Peggy Ann Garner)–across France to attempt an escape to England through German-occupied territory. Along the way, more and more children join the trek. Academy Award nominations include Best Picture and Actor (Woolley).
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 Pillow Talk 1959 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Julia Meade, Lee Patrick, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Alex Gerry, Mary McCarty, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart
This was the first of several Doris Day/Rock Hudson romantic comedies. In this story, Brad (Hudson) and Jan (Day) share a telephone party line, and Brad is often on the phone wooing women. He and Jan argue, but, after his old college friend Jonathan Forbes (Tony Randall) falls for Jan, Brad decides to seduce Jan over the phone. Knowing that she would never be interested in him, Brad pretends to be a Texas Rancher, "Rex Stetson." He calls Jan; however, she soon catches on to his ploy, but romance takes over, and they fall in love. Day received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, Thelma Ritter was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Jan's hung-over maid Alma, and the film won an Oscar for Best Writing.
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Pin Up Girl 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
aka: Pin-Up Girl
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown, Eugene Pallette, Dorothea Kent, Dave Willock, Condos Brothers, Charlie Spivak, Robert Homans, Skating Vanities, Marcel Dalio
In this World War II musical comedy, Lorry Jones (Betty Grable) falls in love with Naval hero Tommy Dooley (John Harvey) and finds that work as a USO entertainer enables her to follow Tommy and to become a star as well.
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Rich, Young and Pretty 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Fernando Lamas, Marcel Dalio, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Hans Conried
While accompanying her father (Wendell Corey) on a United Nations trip to Paris, Elizabeth (Jane Powell) meets her long-lost mother (Danielle Darrieux) and falls in love with Andre Milan (Vic Damone).
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The Rules of the Game 1939 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain, Jean Renoir, Paulette Dubost, Gaston Modot, Julien Carette, Mila Parely, Odette Talazac, Claire Gerard, Anne Mayen, Lise Elina
The moral vacuum inherent in the upper-class system of pre-World War II France is presented in this comedy about marriages, mistresses, and mayhem. A great film.
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Sabrina 1954 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams, Martha Hyer, Joan Vohs, Francis X. Bushman, Marcel Dalio, Nella Walker, Marcel Hillaire, Ellen Corby, Marjorie Bennett, Emory Parnell, Nancy Kulp
Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur. Unsophisticated Sabrina falls in love with David Larrabee (William Holden) who does not return her affections–until she returns from a Paris cooking school and has become a sophisticated woman. In addition to an Academy Award for Costume Design, the film received five nominations, including Best Actress (Hepburn) and Director.
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegarde Neff, Leo G. Carroll, Marcel Dalio, Torin Thatcher, Helene Stanley, Ivan Lebedeff, Ava Norring, Vincente Gomez, Richard Allen, John Dodsworth, Leonard Carey, Emmett Smith
After suffering injuries on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, Harry Street (Gregory Peck) lies dying and reflects on his past loves–wife Helen (Susan Hayward) and Cynthia (Ava Gardner). While both were very important to him, Cynthia is now dead, and it is Helen who is nursing his wounds and gives him the will to live.
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Song Without End 1960 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor, Charles Vidor
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Capucine, Genevieve Page, Patricia Morison, Ivan Desny, Martita Hunt, Lou Jacobi, Albert Rueprecht, Marcel Dalio, Lyndon Brook
This biography of Franz Liszt takes many liberties with the facts but is still a good film with an Academy Award-winning musical score. Womanizer Liszt (Dirk Bogarde) falls for a married Russian princess (Capucine) who encourages him to shift from performing to composing.
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The Sun Also Rises 1957 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Errol Flynn, Eddie Albert, Gregory Ratoff, Marcel Dalio, Robert Evans, Eduardo Noriega, Henry Daniell
This is an excellent rendition of Hemingway's classic story about the "Lost Generation" of expatriates who roamed Europe between the two World Wars. The plot revolves around an American writer (Tyrone Power) who suffers from impotence following the war.
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 To Have and Have Not 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael, Dolores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, Marcel Dalio, Walter Sande, Dan Seymour, Eugene Borden
Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) becomes involved in World War II when he reluctantly aids the French Resistance. In the process, he meets Marie (Lauren Bacall) who helps him in his mission against the Nazis. Based on Ernest Hemingway's novel, this is Lauren Bacall's film debut.
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Tonight We Raid Calais 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, Beulah Bondi, Blanche Yurka, Howard Da Silva, Marcel Dalio, Ann Codee, Nigel De Brulier, Robert Lewis, Richard Derr, Leslie Denison, William Edmunds, Lester Matthews, Reginald Sheffield
British Commando Geoffrey Carter (John Sutton) sneaks behind enemy lines to destroy a German munitions plant in Nazi-occupied France. While on his mission, Carter meets Odette (Annabella) whose father (Lee J. Cobb) is a patriotic farmer and is aiding Carter by allowing him to pose as a family member. But Odette fears reprisals against her relatives and wants her family out of the conflict. As a result, she represents a threat to the success of Carter's mission.
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| 1. A Bell for Adano (1945)
2. Can-Can (1960)
3. Cartouche (1962)
aka: Swords of Blood
4. Casablanca (1942)
5. The Constant Nymph (1943)
6. The Devil at 4 O'clock (1961)
7. Donovan's Reef (1963)
8. Flight to Tangier (1953)
9. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
10. The Grand Illusion (1937)
11. The Happy Time (1952)
12. How Sweet It Is! (1968)
13. How to Steal a Million (1966)
14. Lady L (1965)
15. Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
16. Lucky Me (1954)
17. Made in Paris (1966)
18. The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
19. The Merry Widow (1952)
20. Miracle in the Rain (1956)
21. On the Riviera (1951)
22. One Night in Lisbon (1941)
23. Pepe le Moko (1937)
24. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
25. The Pied Piper (1942)
26. Pillow Talk (1959)
27. Pin Up Girl (1944)
aka: Pin-Up Girl
28. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
29. The Rules of the Game (1939)
30. Sabrina (1954)
31. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
32. Song Without End (1960)
33. The Sun Also Rises (1957)
34. To Have and Have Not (1944)
35. Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
36. Wild and Wonderful (1964)
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