 Cyrano de Bergerac 1950  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Mala Powers, William Prince, Morris Carnovsky, Ralph Clanton, Lloyd Corrigan, Elena Verdugo, Don Beddoe, Philip Van Zandt, Virginia Farmer
The beautiful Roxanne (Mala Powers) is adored by her cousin, Cyrano (Jose Ferrer), but she has no knowledge of this. Cyrano expresses his devotion through speeches delivered via Christian (William Prince) because Cyrano is convinced she could not love him due to his very large nose. Jose Ferrer won the Oscar for his performance as Cyrano.
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 Dead Reckoning 1947  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford, James Bell, George Chandler, William Forrest
After failing to locate his missing army buddy, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) investigates and discovers a murder that is gangster related.
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Deadly Is the Female 1950  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Gun Crazy
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky, Anabel Shaw, Harry Lewis, Nedrick Young, Trevor Bardette, Russ Tamblyn, Don Beddoe, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Dunn, Virginia Farmer, Ray Teal, Mickey Little
World War II veteran Bart Tare (John Dall) has a gun fixation and meets the perfect woman for him. Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins) is a carnival sharpshooter who is also obsessed with guns. Bart and Annie marry but need money, so they set off together on a cross-country trek committing a series of daring robberies. When Annie commits murder during one of the robberies, the law, including Bart's friend Sheriff Clyde Boston (Harry Lewis), begins to close in on them.
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Dishonored Lady 1947  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Paul Cavanagh, Natalie Schafer, Morris Carnovsky, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Hamilton, Ian Wolfe, Nicholas Joy, Dewey Robinson
Successful, but mentally unstable, magazine editor Madeleine (Hedy Lamarr) attempts suicide. After her psychiatrist insists she quit her high-pressure job, she moves to Greenwich Village and becomes a painter. She meets David (Dennis O'Keefe), and love blossoms. But she runs across an old boyfriend and, after he is killed, Madeleine is accused of the murder
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The Gambler 1974 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: James Caan, Paul Sorvino, Lauren Hutton, Jacqueline Brookes, Morris Carnovsky, Burt Young, Stuart Margolin, M. Emmet Walsh, Vic Tayback, James Woods
A gambling addict (James Caan), who cannot be convinced that he has an illness, suffers when his family refuses to come to his aid, and he is forced to deal with the vindictive world of loan sharks.
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Here Lies Love 1951  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Second Woman
Twelve Miles Out
Director: James V. Kern
Cast: Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates, Morris Carnovsky, Henry O'Neill, Jean Rogers, Raymond Largay, Jason Robards Sr., Steven Geray
Jeff (Robert Young) has not been the same since his fiancee died in a car accident with him driving. Are all those "accidents" that now plague him a result of his mental state? His new girlfriend, Ellen (Betsy Drake), doesn't think so and investigates.
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Life of Emile Zola 1937 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Paul Muni, Gale Sondergaard, Donald Crisp, Joseph Schildkraut, Gloria Holden, Louis Calhern, Harry Davenport, Erin O'Brien-Moore, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Morris Carnovsky, Robert Barrat, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Warwick
This film won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It tells the story of writer Emile Zola (Paul Muni) who was aroused by the unfair trial of Alfred Dreyfus in the 1800s. Oscars also went to Joseph Schildkraut for Best Supporting Actor and to Norman Raine for Best Screenplay. There were seven other nominations, including Best Actor (Muni) and Director.
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The Master Race 1944 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert J. Biberman
Cast: George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen, Carl Esmond, Nancy Gates, Lloyd Bridges, Jason Robards Sr., Morris Carnovsky, Eric Feldary, Gavin Muir
Nazi leader Von Beck (George Coulouris) pretends to be a Belgian patriot after D-Day, but his real purpose is to upset the programs of American Occupation.
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Miss Susie Slagle's 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield, Ray Collins, Lillian Gish, Billy De Wolfe, Lloyd Bridges, Bill Edwards, Roman Bohnen, Morris Carnovsky
A group of medical students live together in Miss Susie Slagle's boarding house. Set in the early 1900s, this is the story of the drama and humor surrounding the lives of these future doctors and nurses.
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Morris Carnovsky, Sara Haden, Louis Jean Heydt, Arthur Space, Greta Granstedt, Dorothy Morris, Charles Middleton, Elizabeth Russell, Francis Pierlot
This family story is about a wise Scandinavian father Martinius Jacobson (Edward G. Robinson) who leads his morally upright family–wife Bruna (Agnes Moorehead), seven-year-old daughter Selma (Margaret O'Brien), and nephew Arnold (Jackie "Butch" Jenkins)–as they adapt to the Wisconsin farming region. The new schoolmarm Viola Johnson (Frances Gifford) arrives, and problems ensue when she finds life in the country to be boring. But, she changes her mind when unexpected events occur to the Jacobson family, and she learns the value of supporting one's friends and neighbors.
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Rhapsody in Blue 1945 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Julie Bishop, Albert Bassermann, Morris Carnovsky, Rosemary DeCamp, Ira Gershwin, Darryl Hickman
Robert Alda stars in this well-made biography of the composer George Gershwin who is determined to succeed. The story may be short on actual facts, but it is certainly long on entertainment value.
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Saigon 1948 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Douglas Dick, Wally Cassell, Luther Adler, Morris Carnovsky, Mikhail Rasumny, Luis Van Rooten, Philip Ahn, Eugene Borden
Three army buddies are tempted to go for illegally begot riches as they head for adventure in Saigon.
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Thieves' Highway 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell, Joseph Pevney, Morris Carnovsky, Tamara Shayne, Kasia Orzazewski, Norbert Schiller, Hope Emerson
World War II vet Nick Garcos (Richard Conte) returns home and finds himself in the middle of another war. This time, the enemy is Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb) who heads up a racketeering and smuggling ring in California. As a result of this film, Director Jules Dassin was labeled a Communist sympathizer and was blacklisted from Hollywood.
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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. Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
2. Dead Reckoning (1947)
3. Deadly Is the Female (1950)
aka: Gun Crazy
4. Dishonored Lady (1947)
5. The Gambler (1974)
6. Here Lies Love (1951)
aka: The Second Woman
aka: Twelve Miles Out
7. Life of Emile Zola (1937)
8. The Master Race (1944)
9. Miss Susie Slagle's (1945)
10. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
11. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
12. Saigon (1948)
13. Thieves' Highway (1949)
14. Tovarich (1937)
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