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1) Dream wife
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Tarji is beautiful and trained from birth to anticipate her husband's every need and she is Clemson Reed's bride-to-be. So why is he whispering romantic endearments to another woman?
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A recently-unemployed man is helping a child who'd otherwise find disappointment under the Christmas tree. The boy's war-widowed mom notes the gesture, and she's drawn to the handsome stranger--but could she possibly choose a man without a job to the moneyed attorney she's been seeing?
3) Homecoming
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A self-centered society doctor goes to war and finds himself changed by it, and falls deeply in love with a nurse, despite having a wife waiting for him at home.
4) Dangerous
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Joyce Heath falls in love with a new man, and tries to get rid of her husband.
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Fyodor Karamazov is the wealthy father of four grown sons: Dmitri, a callous Russian officer; Ivan, the intellectual; pious Alexey; and half-brother Smerdyakov. Tensions erupt to a murderous end when libertine father and romantic son find themselves vying for the affections of the same woman, the wild Grushenka. Finding themselves adrift without the dark anchor that held them together, the four brothers must now find peace, each in their own way.
6) China seas
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"Rugged Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries. Both his fiery mistress China Doll and his refined fiancée Sybil are aboard! Highlights include a raging typhoon, a battle with bloodthirsty Malay pirates, and China Doll's drinking contest with bluff villain Jamesy, who wants the gold and the platinum blonde"--Container....
7) Wonder bar
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Proprietor Al Wonder, a master showman keeps the champagne flowing, the patrons glowing and the bills paid. In just one night at this merrily sophisticated Parisian watering hole, anything can happen ... and almost everything does.
8) The cobweb
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Step inside 'the Castle, ' a large private psychiatric facility. Here, Dr. Stewart McIver devotes night and day to his profession while neglecting his pining, voluptuous wife. A colleague with a fondness for booze and a pretty face seeks to comfort the wife.
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Even though he recently lost his job as a department-store clerk, Steve Mason buys an electric train set for a child he scarcely knows. It must be Christmas time. Robert Mitchum and Janet Leigh are warmly matched in Holiday Affair, a seasonal favorite scripted by Isobel Lennart and directed by Hope/Crosby "road movies" veteran Don Hartman. Mitchum plays Mason, helping a child who'd otherwise find disappointment under the Christmas tree. The boy's...
11) Red dust
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"From the first moment wisecracking Vantine takes refuge on the plantation run by Carson, he sizes her up as an easy target for his virile charm. But when a research engineer and his elegant wife appear on the scene, Carson falls hard for the beautiful Barbara, discarding Vantine as nothing more than a 'cute little trick.' The steamy rivalry between the women soon boils into a jealous rage with violent consequences"--Container.
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"A compelling and complex drama of jealousy, grief, madness, lust and love. A woman haunted by the death of her sweetheart and by her father's unnatural obsession marries a man she doesn't love and has a child through an adulterous liaison with a handsome doctor, a secret they keep throughout their lives"--Container.
13) Conflict
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"Richard Mason [is] married to nagging Katherine but in love with her sunny sister. Shortly after a fifth-year wedding celebration at the home of a friend, Richard decides to remove the obstacle to his happiness. He kills Katherine, carefully leaving no evidence of his guilt. Or at least he thinks he killed her -- until mysterious events cause Richard to fear Katherine is very much alive"--Container.
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"Pearl Harbor is about to be bombed and crack reporter Jonny Davis has just returned from the Pacific. At his old rooming house, Davis meets fellow reporter Paula Lane, a girl he once knew who never got over him. Now, she's involved with Davis's clean-cut younger brother Kirk. But Paula wasn't meant to settle, and Jonny's passion for her is equally fervent. Hoping he'll forget her, Jonny persuades Paula to take an assignment in Indochina. But she...
15) Mary, Mary
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Bob (Barry Nelson) is a divorced book publisher who wants to reduce his alimony payments to ex-wife Mary (Debbie Reynolds) so he can afford to marry his high-living fiancee Tiffany (Diane McBain). When a snowstorm traps Bob and Mary in his apartment, their all night discussions lead to an eventual reconciliation in this amusing comedy.
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"Volume Six turns the spotlight on adultery, alcoholism, prostitution, and racism, issues that the Production Code would soon ban from the screen. The Wet Parade:... Demon whiskey brings ruin to two families in this all-star adaptation of Upton Sinclair's impassioned novel. Downstairs:... A philandering chauffer creates havoc in an upper-class household. Mandalay:... A Russian refugee seeks revenge upon the ex-lover who sold her into slavery....
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College student Michael Harvey and his sweetheart plan to marry in two years, after Michael graduates. But two years is a long time for an ardent young man, and he succumbs to the charms of Dora, a pert, young waitress. Dora's father intervenes, demanding that Michael make an honest woman of his underage daughter or face prison. Has Michael lost his chance of happiness with the woman he truly loves? This pre-code tale of love and lust is both a time...
18) Wild orchids
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On a ocean voyage with her husband to Java, Lillie falls for the handsome Prince de Gace. When her husband learns of his wife's liaison, the film moves to its suspenseful climax: a tiger hunt charged with conflicting emotions of love, betrayal and revenge.
19) Goodbye again
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Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her irate husband. Will his savvy secretary save his neck if she is secretly in love with him also?
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A military discipline drama, "Take the High Ground" focuses on the mixed fortunes of a young, naive recruit, Merton Tolliver, whose inability to adapt to army life puts him in direct conflict with tough army sergeant, Thorne Ryan. Set during the Korean War, this film has a standard boot camp training narrative, in the same vein of "From Here to Eternity" (also 1953); there is even a love triangle with Ryan and fellow sergeant Laverne Holt. For an...