8 Movies Starring Merle Oberon

The Private Life of Don Juan

The Private Life of Don Juan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1934-11-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (353 Reviews)

Director:

Alexander Korda

Cast:

Writer:

Henry Bataille (play)

Frederick Lonsdale (story)

Lajos Birè (story)

Frederick Lonsdale (dialogue)

Lajos Birè (dialogue)

Fullplot:

What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His wife Dolores, whom he hasn't lived with in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan. When a jealous husband kills him, the real Don Juan sees a way to avoid jail and get some peace. He hides as Captain Mariano in a small town. After six months, he's ready to return to society: can he measure up to the legend, will women find him attractive, and what about Doèa Dolores?

The Dark Angel

The Dark Angel

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1935-09-08

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (455 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Franklin

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Lillian Hellman (screen play)

Mordaunt Shairp (screen play)

Claudine West (continuity)

Guy Bolton (based on the play by)

Fullplot:

Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.

Folies Bergère de Paris

Folies Bergère de Paris

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1935-02-22

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

82 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (172 Reviews)

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Cast:

Writer:

Rudolph Lothar (play)

Hans Adler (play)

Jessie Ernst (adaptation)

Bess Meredyth (screenplay)

Hal Long (screenplay)

Fullplot:

One night socialite banker Baron Cassini attends the stage show of Eugene Charlier, who resembles him and imitates him in his act. The Baron is attracted to Charlier's jealous stage partner Mimi, while Eugene has similar ideas about Baroness Genevieve. When financial reverses lead to the Baron's disappearance, his frantic partners enlist Charlier to impersonate him; Mimi picks that night to take the Baron up on his invitation; and that's just the beginning...

These Three

These Three

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1936-03-18

Languages:

English, German, French, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (1437 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Lillian Hellman (original story and screen play)

Fullplot:

This first film version of "The Children's Hour" uses a heterosexual triangle rather than the play's lesbian theme. The plot concerns schoolteachers Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, both of whom are in love with Dr. Joe Cardin. The malicious lie of one of their students involves all three in a scandal which disrupts all their lives.

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1938-11-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (734 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

S.N. Behrman (screen play)

Sonya Levien (screen play)

Leo McCarey (original story)

Frank R. Adams (original story)

Fullplot:

Poor Mary Smith can't go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father's political career. She decides to rebel and convinces her two maids to let her go along with them on a blind date with some rodeo performers. She tells her date, Stretch, that she's a parlor maid and that she left home because her father beat her. The two fall in love and elope. Now Mary has a double dilemma: continuing her charade with Stretch and keeping her marriage a secret from her father.

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1939-04-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (11918 Reviews)

Director:

William Wyler

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Charles MacArthur (screen play)

Ben Hecht (screen play)

Emily Brontè (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

The story of unfortunate lovers Heathcliff and Cathy who, despite a deep affection for one another, are forced by circumstance and prejudice to live their apart. Heathcliff and Cathy first meet as children when her father brings the abandoned boy to live with them. When the old man dies several years later Cathy's brother, now the master of the estate, turns Heathcliff out forcing him to live with the servants and working as a stable boy. The barrier of class comes between them and she eventually marries a rich neighbor, Mr. Edgar Linton, at which point Heathcliff disappears. He returns several years later, now a rich man but little can be done.

A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1945-01-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (830 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Vidor

Cast:

Writer:

Sidney Buchman

Ernst Marischka (story)

Fullplot:

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protègè Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. At a recital in a duke's home Chopin insults the new Russian-installed governor, and must flee the country. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

Berlin Express

Berlin Express

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-05-01

Languages:

English, German, French, Russian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

87 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1882 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Harold Medford (screen play)

Curt Siodmak (story)

Fullplot:

In divided Germany just after WWII, people from many different countries are passengers on a train. When one of the passengers, a German working for peace, is kidnapped by people who don't want his ideas to work, the others must set aside their differences and work together to find him in time for an important conference.

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