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The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) starring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn

The Revenge of Frankenstein

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The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) starring Peter Cushing, Francis Matthews, Michael Gwynn, Eunice Gayson

In Hammer Studios’ Frankenstein films, the focus of the films was not on the monster, but rather on Dr. Frankenstein — an excellent choice. The Revenge of Frankenstein continues where The Curse of Frankenstein left off. The amoral, murderous Dr. Frankenstein (played excellently by Peter Cushing) is about to be executed by guillotine, for his crimes. He is accompanied by a priest and taken to his execution, where the camera focuses on the guillotine — except for a knowing smile between the executioner and a prison worker …

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I Bury the Living (1958) starring Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer

I Bury the Living

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I Bury the Living (1958) starring Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer

I Bury the Living begins like an episode of The Twilight Zone: a successful businessman is pressured to “take his turn” as the head of the Immortal Hills Cemetary. On the map of the cemetery plots, white pins represent plots that have been purchased, and black pins represent where the dead are buried. But when he mistakenly puts a black pin in the wrong place, people begin to die …

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness DVD - starring Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) starring Ingrid Bergman, Curt Jurgens, Robert Donat

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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is an exceptional movie. Made even more exceptional by the fact that it’s based on a true story. It’s the story of Gladys Aylward (performed by Ingrid Bergman,  Casablanca in a great performance). A British woman in the early 20th century who feels called by God to be a missionary in China.

Glays as a servant girl, earning the money for her trip to China

Since she has no education or qualifications, the Missionary Society refuses to send her. Gladys steadfastly believes that God has called her there.  So she works as a servant, putting money aside from each paycheck until she can afford a one-way trip to China. Once she’s there, she swiftly finds that her struggle is only beginning …

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