What Price Hollywood?
In What Price Hollywood? a drunken director discovers an actress, and makes her “America’s Pal”. She falls in love. but the director and her career pull them apart
Les Miserables (1935)
Les Miserables (1935) starring Fredric March, Charles Laughton
Synopsis
Les Miserables stars screen legends Fredric March and Charles Laughton in this beloved classic based on Victor Hugo’s novel as an ex-convict and the police inspector who relentlessly pursues him.
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Ice Princess (Full Screen Edition) (2005)
Ice Princess (2005) starring Michelle Trachtenberg, Joan Cusak, Kim Cattrall, Hayden Panettiere
In Ice Princess, a high school physics geek figures out the mathematics behind great figure skating – and tries it to win a scholarship. To her surprise … she actually falls in love with the sport. Can she overcome obstacles? Will she win the scholarship? Will her mother, etc. become whom she wants to be.
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Back from Eternity
Back from Eternity (1956) starring Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Jesse White, Anita Ekberg, Phyllis Kirk, Keith Andes, Gene Barry, Fred Clark, Beulah Bondi
Back from Eternity is a remake of 1939’s Five Came Back, both directed by John Farrow. It’s the story of the crew and passengers of a crippled plane trying to survive in a South American jungle.
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Keeping Mum
Keeping Mum (2005) starring Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Smith
In Keeping Mum, Walter Goodfellow , vicar of the British village Little Wallop, is busy composing the perfect sermon. So busy, in fact, that he fails to notice his bored wife’s flirtation with her American golf instructor. Or his daughter’s revolving set of boyfriends. Or his son’s status as the favorite target of bullies. Enter Grace Hawkins, the new housekeeper, who has a drastic solution to the family’s problems.
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The Force Awakens
The Force Awakens (2015) starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher
The Force Awakens is the story of a new threat to the galaxy. Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the missing Luke Skywalker.
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High Barbaree [Van Johnson, June Allyson]
High Barbaree (1947) starring Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell
Synopsis
At it’s heart, High Barbaree is the story of a young man who gives up on his dreams, regrets it, and tries to turn around. As two World War II airmen are shot down, afloat in the ocean, one of them (Van Johnson) tells the other his story. The story of High Barbaree.
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On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time (1939) starring Lionel Barrymore, Sir Cedric Hardwick, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel, Henry Travers
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), starring Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Ann Rutherford
Synopsis of Love Finds Andy Hardy
In Love Finds Andy Hardy, Andy finds himself the target of a lot of female attention as he prepares for the country club Christmas party. He’d originally wanted to bring his girlfriend, Polly, but she’ll be out of town for the holidays. And then Judy Garland’s character visits her grandparents next door …
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Conquest (1937)
Conquest (1937) starring Charles Boyer, Greta Garbo
Synopsis of Conquest
Countess Marie Walewska first meets Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte in an act of hero worship. Two months later,Countess Marie Walewska formally meets Napoleon Bonaparte at a ball in Warsaw. Napoleon notes her husband is three times her age. And he is taken with her charms. He unsuccessfully tries to seduce her. She loves her elderly husband, despite her attraction to Napoleon. She ignores his frequent letters and flowers. Until a few grim Polish leaders led by Senator Malachowski urge her to give into his desires as a personal sacrifice to save Poland. She goes to him despite the humiliation of her husband …. Who leaves for Rome to annul their marriage.
