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The Secret Invasion

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The Secret Invasion (1964), starring Stewart Granger, Mickey Rooney, Raf Vallone, Henry Silva, Edd Byrnes, directed by Roger Corman

Synopsis of The Secret Invasion

The Secret Invasion is the story of British Intelligence. They use criminals to work behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia during World War II.

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Eat my Dust

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Eat My Dust starring and directed by Ron Howard, produced by Roger Corman

Editorial review of Eat My Dust courtesy of Amazon.com

 Way back in 1976, actor-director Ron Howard made a bargain with shlockmeister producer-director Roger Corman. It went something like this: Corman agreed to produce Howard’s feature directorial debut, the 1977 Grand Theft Auto, and Howard agreed to star in another of Corman’s pieces of drive-in fodder, the quirky Eat My Dust! Read More »Eat my Dust

The X from Outer Space [monster movie]

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The X from Outer Space (1967)

Synopsis of The X from Outer Space

 When a scientist crew returns from Mars with some space spores that contaminated their ship, they inadvertently bring about a nightmarish Earth invasion.  After the spores are analyzed in a lab, one escapes, eventually growing into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast. An intergalactic monster movie from long time Shochiku stable director Kazui Nihonmatsu, The X from Outer Space was the first in the studio’s short but memorable cycle of horror pictures.

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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966) starring Dick Van Dyke, Nancy Kwan, Akim Tamiroff

Synopsis of Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

 Lt. Robin Crusoe is a navy pilot who bails out of his plane after engine trouble. He reaches a deserted island paradise where he builds a house, finds an abandoned submarine with lots of gadgets that he can use, and also finds a marooned chimp from the US Space program and a native girl named Wednesday who was exiled by her father. Wednesday thinks Crusoe wants to marry her, and when her father arrives on the island to collect her and Crusoe refused to marry her, chaos ensues.

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Divorce American Style

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Divorce American Style (1967), starring Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards

Synopsis for Divorce American Style

 After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they are re-united at a night club where they realize that their marriage was better than their divorce.

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Walt – The Man Behind The Myth

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Walt – The Man Behind The Myth

Product Description of Walt – The Man Behind The Myth

 From Mickey Mouse to Mary Poppins to Disneyland and beyond, Walt Disney touched the hearts of millions with his special brand of magic. In this revealing portrait, you’ll discover the man behind the myth as never before. Inspired by daughter Diane Disney Miller and hosted by Disney legend Dick Van Dyke, the film features all-new interviews with friends, family, collaborators, and experts plus never-before-seen home movies. Through good times and bad, including a brush with bankruptcy during World War II, Walt remained a driven innovator and perfectionist behind studio gates and devoted family man at home. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, Walt – The Man Behind The Myth offers the most intimate look yet at the man whose legacy continues to inspire the world.

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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, starring Kevin Kline, Macaulay Culkin, Jessica Lynn Cohen, Bart Robinson Cook, Darci Kistler

Synopsis of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker

Angels and sugarplums. Candy canes and ice. A magic prince, a dreamy young girl, a mysterious old man and a Christmas tree that grows sky high. Enter the world of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, featuring the New York City Ballet, and let this all-new movie version of a timeless Yuletide fantasy, narrated ny Academy Award(R) winner Kevin Kline, draw you under its spell. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Darci Kistler, and Bart Robinson Cook. Year: 1993 Director: Emile Ardolino Starring: Bart Robinson Cook, Macaulay Caulkin, Darci Kistler, Damian Woetzel

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My Geisha

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My Geisha, starring Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Bob Cummings

Product description of My Geisha

 Who’s that mysterious Oriental beauty? It’s Shirley MacLaine! Meet Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine), an enormously popular Hollywood comedienne married to movie-maker Paul Robaix. And meet Yoki Mori (also MacLaine), the recently discovered geisha star of Paul’s in-progress film version of Madame Butterfly. Paul doesn’t know it yet, but that’s no geisha – that’s his wife! Yves Montand (as Paul), Edward G. Robinson and Bob Cummings join MacLaine in the romantic comedy My Geisha. Paul is eager to prove he can make a hit film without his wife. Lucy, however, wants to prove she can handle a dramatic role. So she secretly follows Paul to Japan, dons a disguise and gives a topsy-turvy spin to this delightful, gorgeously filmed comedy of mistaken identities.

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The Magic Flute

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The Magic Flute, written and directed by Ingmar Bergman

Synopsis of The Magic Flute

 A prince rescues a princess from a sorcerer in this version of Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute. Directed by Ingmar Bergman.

Product description of The Magic Flute

Ingmar Bergman’s Magic Flute is a magical adaptation of Mozart’s last opera. The tale of two star-crossed lovers–and an impish man whose greatest desire is to find a wife–unfolds through Mozart’s glorious score. With all the urgency of a live performance, it is the most successful popularization of an opera to date.

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Blithe Spirit

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Blithe Spirit, starring Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford

Synopsis of Blithe Spirit

 David Lean’s delightful film version of Noël Coward’s theater sensation stars Rex Harrison as a novelist who cheekily invites a medium to his house to conduct a séance.  He hopes that the experience will inspire a book he’s working on. Things go wrong when she summons the spirit of his dead first wife, a severe inconvenience for his current one.
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