Released Date:
1945-04-01
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
156 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (4161 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingGeorge Seaton (screenplay)
Franz Werfel (novel)
In 1858 France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.
Released Date:
1944-07-20
Languages:
English, Yiddish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
177 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (3228 Reviews)
Margaret Buell Wilder (book)
Margaret Buell Wilder (adaptation)
David O. Selznick (screenplay)
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
Released Date:
1947-09-12
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
129 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (6024 Reviews)
David O. Selznick (screenplay)
Niven Busch (suggested by a novel by)
Oliver H.P. Garrett (adaptation)
When her father is hanged for shooting his wife and her lover, half-breed Pearl Chavez goes to live with distant relatives in Texas. Welcomed by Laura Belle and her elder lawyer son Jesse, she meets with hostility from the ranch-owner himself, wheelchair-bound Senator Jackson McCanles, and with lustful interest from womanising, unruly younger son Lewt. Almost at once, already existing family tensions are exacerbated by her presence and the way she is physically drawn to Lewt.
Released Date:
1949-04-22
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
86 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (4500 Reviews)
Director:
William DieterleRobert Nathan (novel)
Leonardo Bercovici (adaptation)
Paul Osborn (screenplay)
Peter Berneis (screenplay)
Eben Adams is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. One day, after he finally finds someone to buy a painting from him, a pretty but odd young girl named Jennie Appleton appears and strikes up an unusual friendship with Eben.
Released Date:
1950-01-23
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
114 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (1714 Reviews)
Director:
Vincente MinnelliRobert Ardrey (screenplay)
Gustave Flaubert (novel)
French author Gustave Flaubert is on trial for writing the "indecent" novel "Madame Bovary." To prove that he wrote a moral tale, Flaubert narrates the story of beautiful Emma Bovary, an adulteress who destroyed the lives of everyone she came in contact with.
Released Date:
1950-11-06
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
82 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (670 Reviews)
Mary Webb (novel)
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
Hazel Woodus is a beautiful but innocent country girl who loves all the creatures around her, especially her pet fox cub. She is given a rough time by her father but can escape to run barefoot through the woods when her harsh life gets too much for her. It is there that she is found by the local squire, Jack Reddin, finds her and is struck by her beauty. The obvious conflict develops when the squire leads the local hunt and tries to kill Hazel's pet fox. The title "Gone to Earth" is taken from the huntsmans cry when the target is no longer obtainable.
Released Date:
1952-10-31
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
118 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (1458 Reviews)
Director:
William WylerTheodore Dreiser (novel)
Ruth Goetz
Augustus Goetz
Carrie boards the train to Chicago with big ambitions. She gets a job stitching shoes and her sister's husband takes almost all of her pay for room and board. Then she injures a finger and is fired. This is the 1890s. Charles Drouet, a salesman she met on the train, comes to her rescue, invites her to dine at Fitzgerald's where the manager George Hurstwood sends over a bottle of champagne. Stay in Drouet's apartment. He will be on the road 10 days. When she leaves the apartment many months later -- on a train bound for New York -- her traveling companion is Hurstwood. Why is he in such a hurry?
Released Date:
1954-05-10
Languages:
English, Italian, French, German
Countries:
Italy, USA
Runtime:
63 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (1610 Reviews)
Director:
Vittorio De SicaTruman Capote (dialogue)
Luigi Chiarini
Giorgio Prosperi
Cesare Zavattini (scenario and story "Terminal Station")
A married American woman has gotten involved with another man while visiting relatives in Rome. She decides that the time has come to break off the relationship, and she makes plans to return home to her husband. But she soon realizes that she is not at all sure about what she wants to do, and she continues to agonize over her decision.
Released Date:
1953-12-17
Languages:
English, Italian
Countries:
UK, USA, Italy
Runtime:
89 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (5765 Reviews)
Director:
John HustonClaud Cockburn (novel)
Truman Capote (screenplay)
John Huston (screenplay)
A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but actually to buy land supposedly loaded with uranium. They are joined by others who apparently have similar designs.
Released Date:
1953-12-17
Languages:
English, Italian
Countries:
UK, USA, Italy
Runtime:
89 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (5769 Reviews)
Director:
John HustonClaud Cockburn (novel)
Truman Capote (screenplay)
John Huston (screenplay)
A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but actually to buy land supposedly loaded with uranium. They are joined by others who apparently have similar designs.
Released Date:
1955-09-26
Languages:
English, Mandarin
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (3119 Reviews)
John Patrick (screenplay)
Han Suyin (novel)
Newsman Mark Elliott is an American war correspondent in Hong Kong, separated from his wife. During the closing days of the Chinese Civil War, he meets and pursues a beautiful Eurasian doctor, the widow of a Nationalist general. But when they begin to fall in love, their friends and her Chinese family pressure them to stop the cross-cultural relationship.
Released Date:
1956-05-08
Languages:
English, Italian, German
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
153 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (2327 Reviews)
Director:
Nunnally JohnsonNunnally Johnson (screenplay)
Sloan Wilson (novel)
Tom Rath lives in Connecticut and commutes to work every day in Manhattan. He's happily married and has a loving wife and three children. Money is a bit tight and when the opportunity arises, he applies for a public relations job with a major television network. During his long commute to work everyday, Tom reminisces about the war. Although 10 years have gone by, he is still haunted by the violence and the men he killed. He also thinks of Maria, an Italian girl with whom he had an affair while stationed in Rome. At his new job, the head of the network Ralph Hopkins takes an immediate liking to him. Tom soon realizes that he will have to choose between becoming a wholly dedicated company man or maintaining a healthy work-life balance. When he learns that Maria gave birth to his son after he left Italy, he decides to let his wife know and ensure that the boy is cared for.
Released Date:
1957-12-14
Languages:
English, Latin
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
152 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
5.9 (1749 Reviews)
Ben Hecht (screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Laurence Stallings (play)
Released Date:
1962-02-23
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
142 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (431 Reviews)
Director:
Henry KingGenres:
DramaIvan Moffat (screenplay)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Jason Robards is a Psychiatrist that is devoted to his work. Jennifer Jones becomes one of his patients and he helps her make a full recovery. She falls in love with him but he is reluctant to respond to her affections. She convinces him that since she's well and capable of a healthy love. She is an heiress and they have a comfortable lifestyle. He experiences various changes in his career and we see how he responds to them and how it affects his marriage and family. His sister in law is Joan Fontaine. Jill St John also has a starring role. The acting is good and the settings for the movie are in Zurich and Rome, giving us beautiful scenery.
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