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, 1h15
Directed by William Cameron MenziesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Political filmsActors Paul Lukas,
Carl Esmond,
Peter van Eyck,
Mady Christians,
Morris Carnovsky,
K. T. StevensRating68%




Two close friends, Martin Schulz and Max Eisenstein (Morris Carnovsky), are German expatriate art dealers living in the United States. Martin's son Heinrich (Peter van Eyck) and Max's daughter Griselle (K.T. Stevens) are in love. However, she turns down his proposal of marriage for the time being, as she aspires to become an actress. When Martin and his wife return to Germany for business purposes, Griselle accompanies them to seek acting opportunities there. Max and Heinrich remain in San Francisco to run the art gallery, while Martin sends them paintings to sell. Martin sends a strange painting from an unknown artist to Max as a joke, the "unknown" artist being Pablo Picasso. A determined patron (Mary Young) insists on buying the painting, over Max's well-intended protests.
, 1h11
Directed by Richard Fleischer,
William Cameron MenziesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Transport films,
Rail transport filmsActors Charles McGraw,
Marie Windsor,
Jacqueline White,
Gordon Gebert,
Don Beddoe,
Queenie LeonardRating75%




Detective Sergeant Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) of the Los Angeles Police Department and his partner are assigned to protect a mob boss's widow, Mrs. Frankie Neall (Marie Windsor), as she rides a train from Chicago to Los Angeles to testify before a grand jury. She is also carrying a payoff list that belonged to her murdered husband. On the way to pick her up, Brown bets his partner and friend, Sergeant Gus Forbes (Don Beddoe), what she will be like: "She's the sixty cent special. Cheap. Flashy. Strictly poison under the gravy."
, 1h14
Directed by Marcel Varnel,
William Cameron MenziesOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Films about magic and magiciansActors Edmund Lowe,
Bela Lugosi,
Henry B. Walthall,
Irene Ware,
Herbert Mundin,
Nigel De BrulierRating61%




Frank Chandler had learned eastern magics from the Yogis in India and is now known as Chandu. He has the power to teleport, astral project, mesmerize, as well as project illusions. With these supernatural abilities he has been entrusted to "go forth with his youth and strength to conquer the evil that threatens mankind." Specifically, an Egyptian villain known as Roxor, played by Bela Lugosi. Roxor kidnaps Chandu's brother-in-law, Robert Regent, an inventor who has developed a death ray with a range that covers half way round the world. Chandu must use his entire bag of tricks to rescue not only his brother-in-law but his sister and their children, whom Roxor has kidnapped in order to compel Regent into revealing the secrets of the death ray. Chandu's sweetheart Egyptian Princess Nadji also gets kidnapped, leaving Chandu to ponder whom to rescue first. Using his Yogi abilities, Chandu makes daring escapes, including one from a submerged sarcophagus. Eventually he succeeds in rescuing everyone and mesmerizing Roxor long enough to destroy the death ray and the villain's entire lair.
, 1h46
Directed by Michael Powell,
Jack Clayton,
Zoltan Korda,
William Cameron Menzies,
Tim Whelan,
Alexander Korda,
Ludwig Berger,
Ludwig BergerOrigin United-kingdomGenres Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Children's filmsActors Conrad Veidt,
Sabu,
John Justin,
June Duprez,
Rex Ingram,
Glynis JohnsRating73%




The film's backstory is told in flashback, mimicking the style of the Arabian Nights.
, 2h9
Directed by William Dieterle,
Otto Brower,
David Selznick,
Josef von Sternberg,
King Vidor,
William Cameron Menzies,
Sidney FranklinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about capital punishmentActors Jennifer Jones,
Joseph Cotten,
Gregory Peck,
Lionel Barrymore,
Herbert Marshall,
Lillian GishRating66%




Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish).
, 1h17
Directed by William Cameron MenziesOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Space adventure films,
Mars in film,
Films set in the future,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Martiens,
Space opera,
Children's films,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Alien invasions in films,
Disaster filmsActors Jimmy Hunt,
Helena Carter,
Morris Ankrum,
Arthur Franz,
Leif Erickson,
Hillary BrookeRating62%




Late one night, young David MacLean (Jimmy Hunt) is awakened by a loud thunderstorm. From his bedroom window, he sees a large flying saucer descend and disappear into the sandpit area behind his home. After rushing to tell his parents, his scientist father (Leif Erickson) goes to investigate David's claim. When his father returns much later in the morning, David notices an unusual red puncture along the hairline on the back of his father's neck; his father is now behaving in a cold and hostile manner. David soon begins to realize something is very wrong: one-by-one he notices certain townsfolk are acting in exactly the same way. Through his telescope, David sees child neighbor Kathy Wilson walking in the sandpit, when she suddenly disappears underground. David flees to the police station for help, and he is eventually placed under the protection of health-department physician Dr. Pat Blake (Helena Carter), who slowly begins to believe his crazy story.
, 1h17
Directed by William A. Wellman,
William Cameron MenziesOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about journalistsActors Carole Lombard,
Fredric March,
Walter Connolly,
Charles Winninger,
Sig Ruman,
Margaret HamiltonRating67%




New York newspaper reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) is blamed for passing off an ordinary African-American (Troy Brown) as an African nobleman hosting a charity event (despite his claims of not knowing this was false). Cook is demoted to writing obituaries. He begs his boss Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) for another chance. Wally is sent to the (fictional) town of Warsaw, Vermont, to interview Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard), a woman supposedly dying of radium poisoning. Cook finally locates Hazel, who is crying because her doctor has told her that she is not dying. Unaware of this, he invites her to New York as the guest of the Morning Star newspaper.