Billy Wilder
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English
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The shop around the corner: The setting is pre-World War II Budapest. Bickering co-workers in a gift shop don't realize they're lonelyhearts penpals.
The Stratton story: The true story of Chicago White sox pitcher, Monty Stratton. Stratton suffers a devastating hunting accident which leads to the amputation of one leg. Learning to walk with an artificial limb, he struggles to resume his career.
Biography of Charles Lindbergh from his days of precarious...
64) The lost weekend
Series
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English
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"An uncompromising look at the devastating effects of alcoholism, [it] was almost never released because of the poor reaction by preview audiences unaccustomed to such stark realism from Hollywood. It has since gone on to be regarded as one of the all-time great dramas in movie history, featuring Milland's haunting portrayal of a would-be writer's dissatisfaction with life that leads to a self-destructive three-day binge"--Container.
65) A Song is born
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English
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This hilarious and high-spirited musical stars Danny Kaye as a professor of high-brow music who inadvertently becomes involved with a sensual saloon singer (Virginia Mayo) and a crooked criminal gang.
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English
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Cleopatra: A stylish and lavish portrayal of the notorious Egyptian empress's love for Roman general Marc Antony. Imitation of Life: Two women forma an enduring friendship as they struggle through financial hardship and racial prejudice to raise their daughters.Midnight: An out-of-work American showgirl gets caught up in Parisian high society. The Palm Beach story: Two sets of identical twins marry one another's sweethearts, and then are forced by...
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English
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Wreck of the Mary Deare: The freighter Mary Dear is adrift in stormy seas. All have abandoned ship except for one man-- exhausted first officer Gideon Patch who has taken command. Appearances indicate he's a madman, but Patch isn't a man who relies on appearances.
The Fountainhead: An architect unwilling to change his design takes matters into his own hands after learning the plans for one of his buildings has been changed.
Friendly persuasion:...