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The Benny Goodman Story
The music of Benny Goodman comes to life in this wonderful musical biography of the famed King of Swing. Featuring all the outstanding songs and instrumental made famous by the immortal clarinetist, the story follows the innovative musician from his childhood in Chicago to his historic concert at Carnegie Hall in 1938. Steve Allen, Donna Reed and Sammy Davis, Sr. star in this unforgettable tribute to Goodman and his music with performances by the original Benny Goodman Quartet (Gene Krupa,...
The Chalk Garden
The peculiar antics of Laurel (Hayley Mills), an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden - a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love - a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one (Deborah Kerr) is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She...
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Penny (Deanna Durbin) has a knack for matchmaking and realizes that her own two sisters Joan (Nan Grey) and Kay (Helen Parrish) could use her help since one of them is in love with the other’s boyfriend. In attempting to manipulate the situation so that both sisters end up with the ideal fiancé, Penny only creates further problems until her father is forced to intervene on her behalf. Often noted as Deanna Durbin’s first young adult role, this breezy, lighthearted entry is directed by Henry...
Up in Central Park
Singing sensation Deanna Durbin portrays a young Irish immigrant in the screen adaptation of the popular Broadway musical comedy Up in Central Park . Set in New York during the 1870s, the promise of America fills the hearts of Rosie (Durbin) and her father, Timothy Moore (Albert Sharpe), as they cross through the gates of Ellis Island. It is not long before a crooked politician entices innocent Mr. Moore to become involved with the notorious racketeer Boss Tweed (Vincent Price). As Mr. Moore is...
Desire
Screen legends Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper star in this comedic drama Desire about a crime spree that leads to love. In the most elaborate jewel heist in European history, the beautiful and conniving “Countess” Madeline (Dietrich) embezzles a small fortune of pearls. As she makes her getaway to Spain to deliver the hot goods, her escape is thwarted by car trouble, until a handsome and likable young tourist (Cooper) helps her out. She shows her gratitude by leaving the unsuspecting good...
The General Died at Dawn
Gary Cooper and Madeleine Carroll star in the imaginative and exciting thriller The General Died at Dawn from Academy Award ® -winning director Lewis Milestone. O’Hara (Cooper), a mysterious American soldier of fortune, tries to foil the ambitions of General Yang (Akim Tamiroff), a ruthless warlord who plans to take over the provinces of northern China. On route to Shanghai with money to buy arms for the oppressed peasants, O’Hara is lured into Yang’s clutches by a beautiful American (Madeleine...
I'm No Angel
Screen legends Mae West and Cary Grant star in the sizzling pre-code comedy, I’m No Angel about a carnival performer with greater aspirations…wealthy men! In addition to circus acts, Tira (West) performs some questionable business maneuvers and takes a job as a lion tamer to escape jail. After Tira’s first show catapults her to stardom, she attracts the attention of the wealthy Kirk Lawrence (Kent Taylor) who happens to be engaged. His business partner, Jack Clayton (Grant), blows his friend’s...
If I Were King
Set in 15th century Paris, a rogue poet matches wits with a crafty king and leads the Empire to victory in the spectacular romantic adventure If I Were King. Ronald Colman is at his swashbuckling best as Francois Villon and Basil Rathbone gives a superb Academy Award-nominated performance for Best Supporting Actor as Louis XI, a tyrant with a besieged city on the verge of revolt. When a twist of fate makes Villon the chief constable, the king gives him a week to save the city and win the love...
Leaving Normal
Meg Tilly and Christine Lahti star as two mismatched wanderers in Leaving Normal - a captivating comedy about the choices we all have to make, at one time or another. After Marianne (Tilly) walks out on another failed marriage and cynical cocktail waitress Darly (Lahti) serves her last drink, the two friends decide to leave the town of Normal, Wyoming and set out on the road to Alaska. The road is jam-packed with crazy characters, wild predicaments, romance, new friendships and difficult...
Positive I.D.
Positive I.D. is a chilling, offbeat thriller that takes a dark and macabre look into the mind of an obsessed woman. A year after she is raped, housewife Julie Kenner still can’t shake the horror of the attack. Her deteriorating mental state only worsens when she learns her attacker will soon be free on parole. Determined to get sweet revenge, the former model mother devises a unique and fascinating scheme. Using legal loopholes, she methodically creates a totally new identity – a sultry barfly...