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Directed by Vincent Sherman,
Cliff OwenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Political films,
Films based on playsActors Richard Todd,
Ronald Reagan,
Patricia Neal,
Anthony Nicholls,
Perry King,
Howard Marion-CrawfordRating72%
In Burma during the Pacific War in 1945, a group of wounded Allied soldiers are at makeshift British military hospital in the jungle. As they've all been there for quite some time, they have a strong bond. "Yank" (Ronald Reagan) is the lone American there, recovering from malaria, along with Tommy (Howard Marion-Crawford), the Englishman, Kiwi (Ralph Michael), the New Zealander, Digger (John Sherman), the Australian, and Blossom (Orlando Martins), the African. They are all under the care of the friendly nurse, Sister Margaret Parker (Patricia Neal)., 1h47
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Political films,
Films based on playsActors Joan Crawford,
Robert Young,
Frank Lovejoy,
Eve Arden,
Janice Rule,
Lurene TuttleRating60%
Powerful U.S. Representative Agatha Reed (Joan Crawford) returns to her alma mater to receive an honorary degree. Unbeknownst to the college's board of trustees, Agatha was expelled from the school years earlier for participating in an all-night date with a young professor, Dr. James Merrill (Robert Young), who is now the university president. The romantic fires are rekindled when the two meet. Matt Cole (Frank Lovejoy), a photographer from Life Magazine who loves Agatha, believes her feeling for Merrill is simply an unresolved holdover from her girlhood and follows her to the school.Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedyThemes Military humor in film,
Political films,
Films based on playsActors Ida Lupino,
Sydney Greenstreet,
William Prince,
Stuart Erwin,
Ruth Donnelly,
Barbara BrownRating65%
Socialite Jean Howard (Ida Lupino) is stirred to patriotism and eager to help the war effort. When she overhears her father, J. R. Howard (an uncredited Paul Harvey), complain that the military has taken all of the salesmen of his oil rig supply company, she volunteers to take their place. J. R. gives in, though he reminds her that she has never worked a day in her life. , 1h35
Directed by Edmund GouldingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
MelodramaThemes Films based on playsActors Bette Davis,
Miriam Hopkins,
George Brent,
Donald Crisp,
Jane Bryan,
James StephensonRating73%
Set during the American Civil War, the story focuses on Charlotte Lovell and her cousin Delia, whose wedding day is disrupted when her former fiance Clem Spender returns following a two-year absence. Delia proceeds to marry Jim Ralston, and Charlotte comforts Clem, who enlists in the Union Army and is later killed in battle. Shortly after his death, Charlotte discovers she is pregnant with Clem's child, and in order to escape the stigma of an illegitimate child, she journeys West to have her baby, a daughter she names Clementina (or "Tina")., 1h41
Directed by Mitchell Leisen,
Oscar RudolphOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Gene Tierney,
John Lund,
Miriam Hopkins,
Thelma Ritter,
Jan Sterling,
Larry KeatingRating73%
Ellen McNulty (Thelma Ritter) gives up her hamburger stand in New Jersey when the bank calls in her loan, and goes to visit her son Val (John Lund) in Ohio. Val has recently married a socialite, Maggie (Gene Tierney). To help Maggie put on a dinner party, Val has an employment service send a cook; Ellen arrives first, and Maggie mistakes her for the cook. Ellen, to avoid embarrassing Maggie, does not correct her. After the party, Val follows her home and persuades her to move in with them., 1h24
Directed by Lowell Sherman,
Rouben MamoulianOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about children,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Napoleonic Wars films,
French Revolution filmsActors Miriam Hopkins,
Frances Dee,
Cedric Hardwicke,
Billie Burke,
Nigel Bruce,
Alison SkipworthRating58%
Becky Sharp (Miriam Hopkins), a socially ambitious English young lady manages to survive during the years following Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo. , 1h23
Directed by Archie MayoOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on plays,
Gangster filmsActors Leslie Howard,
Bette Davis,
Humphrey Bogart,
Genevieve Tobin,
Dick Foran,
Porter HallRating74%
In the midst of the Great Depression, Alan Squier (Howard), once a respected British writer, now a disillusioned, penniless drifter, wanders into a roadside diner in the remote town of Black Mesa, Arizona, at the edge of the Petrified Forest. The diner is run by Jason Maple (Porter Hall), his daughter Gabrielle (Davis), and Gramp, Jason's father (Charley Grapewin), who regales anyone who will listen with stories of his adventures in the Old West with such characters as Billy the Kid., 1h45
Directed by William WylerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about sexuality,
Films about suicide,
Théâtre,
LGBT-related films,
Films based on plays,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Shirley MacLaine,
Audrey Hepburn,
James Garner,
Miriam Hopkins,
Fay Bainter,
Veronica CartwrightRating77%
Former college classmates Martha Dobie (Shirley MacLaine) and Karen Wright (Audrey Hepburn) open a private school for girls. Martha's Aunt Lily (Miriam Hopkins), an aging actress, lives and teaches elocution at the school. After an engagement of two years to Joe Cardin (James Garner), a reputable obstetrician, Karen finally agrees to set a wedding date. Joe is related to the influential Amelia Tilford (Fay Bainter), whose granddaughter Mary (Karen Balkin) is a student at the school. Mary is a spoiled, conniving child who bullies her classmates, particularly Rosalie Wells (Veronica Cartwright), whom she blackmails when she discovers her in possession of a student's missing bracelet.