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This 1933 adaptation of the greatest of all Spanish novels stars the legendary Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin as the would-be knight Don Quixote. The plot is severely condensed from the original, but several of the most famous scenes are included. Chaliapin sings three sings in the film. Also starring George Robey and Renee Valliers.
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A writer tells a crowd in a café a story about a woman, who once fell deeply in love with a desperate, compulsive gambler.
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This remarkable 1949 adaptation of Louis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland features combines live actors playing the human characters and puppets playing the fantastic creatures of wonderland.
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A college boy dons a dress to help his insulted fraternity brothers even the score against a neighbouring girls' school. Nominated for two Academy Awards.
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A bored millionnaire (Cary Grant) wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.
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This 1945 adaption one of Agatha Christie's finest novels won the Golden Leopard prize at the Locarno International Film Festival. The story begins with several strangers being summoned to a remote island. One by one they begin to die, until only two are left. Starring Barry Fitzgerald, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Roland Young, Louis Hayward, June Duprez, and Mischa Auer. Directed by René Clair. (97 minutes)
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This famous 1948 adaptation of Tolstoy's unforgettable novel stars Vivien Leigh as Anna, the wife and mother who falls tragically in love with the dashing Count Vronsky. Starring Vivien Leigh, Kieron Moore, Ralph Richardson, Marie Lohr, Niall MacGinnis, and Helen Haye. Directed by Julien Duvivier. The famous playwright Jean Anouilh adapted the screenplay.
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An adventurer carrying a vast sum of money (Ford), a husband and wife whose marriage is on the rocks (Sheridan & Scott), and a murderous band of cutthroats trek through the jungles of Central America on a mission to save an ousted political leader.
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A duke's daughter, Rosalind, flees to the Forest of Arden after her uncle usurps his brother's land and power. Disguised as a man, she meets Orlando (Laurence Olivier) who is in love with her.
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Some of the louder sagebrush citizens mistake a good guy (Johnny Mack Brown) for his bad twin brother.
11) La Barraca
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This classic is recognized as one of Mexico's top 25 movies of all time! Director, Gavaldón, adapted the 1895 novel by Vicente Blasco Ibánez (Blood and Sand) for this movie. In rural Spain, a new family arrives in town to work a parcel (barraca), the townsfolk are very hostile to the idea of "another" working the land that once belonged to one of them.
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This 1960 World War II film, set on a South Pacific Island, is based on Philip Roth's short story "Expect the Vandals." Two soldiers are the lone survivors of a Japanese attack. The hero, Moe, a 35-year-old Jewish accountant, has to care for the injured Ken, an all-American young soldier. The two clash over personal animosity and cultural prejudice.
13) Beachcomber
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In the Dutch islands, the sister of a pious missionary attempts to reform a womanizing, drunken beach bum (Charles Laughton).
14) Beat the Devil
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On their way to Africa, a group of rogues hoping to get rich meets a seemingly innocent British couple (Humphrey Bogart).
15) Becky Sharp
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Although Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins) comes from a lower class background, she has managed to charm her way into Amelia's circle, where she plans to snare a rich husband. This adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel, Vanity Fair, was the first feature film to use three-strip Technicolor. Miriam Hopkins was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
16) Behave Yourself!
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When a cute terrier follows Bill Denny home, his wife (Shelley Winters) mistakes the dog for an anniversary gift. Little do they know, Archie, as they call him, is a well-trained go-between in a smuggling ring. Now, the gangsters want their dog back.
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An old warehouse worker dreams of returning to his native Ireland. He plays "Lucky Dollars" in the newspaper every day, trying to match the serial number on his dollar bills to that posted in the paper. The jackpot could get him home. Meanwhile, a young man (James Dean), who is short on money to buy medicine for his sick child, games with the dock workers and loses what little he had.
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French 15th-century poet François Villon (John Barrymore) loses his father at a young age, a martyr to the French cause. Villon follows in his father's footsteps, fighting ardently for his country while becoming a poet and jester. Appointed king for the day, he goes too far when he makes a joke at the expense of the Duke of Burgundy (Lawson Butt) and is exiled by King Louis XI (Conrad Veidt). He has to prove to the king that it's the duke who is...
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Fierce competition among sponge fishermen forces a Greek-American family to fish in the dangerous 12-mile reef area off the western coast of Florida. Starring Robert Wagner and Terry Moore, the film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
20) Blackout
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Down-and-out Canadian Dane Clark is soused in a London club the night he's approached by a beautiful stranger (Belinda Lee) offering him £500 to marry her. The too-good-to-be-true offer turns sour when Lee goes missing and her wealthy father is found murdered. With only hazy memories of that unusual night, Clark doesn't know himself if he is the killer.