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Affable Jim Williams is hosting one of the most important parties of the Savannah Christmas season. John Kelso is a magazine reporter who finds himself amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on the party. He is intrigued by Williams from the start, but his curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial. Between being...
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Three World War II buddies vow to reunite for old time's sake in 10 years. When they do they find their friendship has fizzled, until a day of tangling with romance, the fight game, the ad biz and a new medium called TV restores their bond. Highlights include a romp that uses trash-can lids as dancing shoes, Cyd Charisse routine with broken nosed boxers, and Kelly's tap dance on roller skates.
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'Never was a bronc that couldn't be rode. Never was a cowboy that couldn't be throwed.' Spinning tales of big money made as a bronco buster, an ex-rodeo star wanders nto the life of ranch hand Wes Merritt. Wes is won over, despite the protests of his wife, who, against her judgment, feels drawn to the stranger, too.
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Henry has a vested interest in studying the dead: He is immortal, and only his best friend and confidant, Abe, full of life at age 75, knows Henry's secret. Henry hasn't aged at all since the clock stopped 200 years ago, but he's managed to be discreet without anyone finding out his affliction. That task becomes increasingly difficult when he meets NYPD detective Jo Martinez, who is fascinated by Henry after learning he was the sole survivor of a...
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This MGM musical comedy, filmed in Technicolor, is typical wholesome family entertainment and is as a result, a corny and cheery story about teenagers. Based on a popular radio show which began in 1941, this merry outing follows the adventures of Judy Foster, a young woman determined to attend the big school dance with an impressive date. Judy and her lifelong friend Carol fall out when they both fall for a suave older man. A high-spirited teen, Judy...
7) Wise guys
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Best friends Harry and Moe are go-getters inside a Newark mob outfit. They go get the boss's drycleaning. They go get his car. Now they have a new task: go get each other. The boss has secretly hired each pal to whack the other. Their friendship might survive the mob -- if they don't kill each other first. Brian De Palma, whose Scarface and Carlito's Way are mobster-movie classics, finds the genre's funny bone in a comedy.
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Big city blues: A free-wheeling chorus girl hooks up with the ultimate hick.
Hell's highway: A cool convict works the road crew for a corrupt warden.
The cabin in the cotton: Sharecroppers are taken advantage of by the planter who keeps them as virtual slaves.
When ladies meet: A female novelist whose latest work extols the virtues of extramarital amour has a fling with her married publisher.
I sell anything: A Second Avenue auctioneer gets played...
12) Book of love
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"A comic chapter in the life of hormone-stricken teen Jack Twiller. Whether throwing wild parties, imitating James Dean or 'streaking' through the neighborhood, Jack will do whatever it takes to win the elusive girl of his dreams. But in his obsession for the prom queen, he overlooks the one girl who really appreciates his unique charm. First love, first kiss, first car -- all part of the Book of Love"--Container.
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"Natalie, Jeff and Polly share a big problem: being 15 years old. But they also share a lot of laughs because they have each other. Runaway Jeff moves in with Natalie on a friends-only basis while her dad is away -- and moves in on her budding relationship with a swell-headed high school hero. Meanwhile, Polly flips over a big-league ballplayer who got to second base with her one ardent afternoon. She carries a torch while he carries on with a full...
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The divorcée: When a woman discovers that her husband has been unfaithful to her, she decides to respond in kind.
A free soul: An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects when his free-spirited daughter becomes romantically involved with his client.
Three on a match: Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a...