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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...
Battle Hymn
Rock Hudson gives an unforgettable performance in this compelling Korean War drama based on actual events. As a WWII fighter pilot, Colonel Dean Hess (Hudson) accidentally bombed a German orphanage, killing thirty-seven children. After entering the ministry to atone for the tragedy, Hess eventually rejoins the Air Force to train pilots in South Korea, while devoting his spare time to building a shelter for orphans. But now, to protect these children in a territory fraught with danger, he must...
Because of Him
After appearing in a Broadway production of Cyrano de Bergerac, actor John Sheridan (Charles Laughton) informs playwright Paul Taylor (Franchot Tone) that he wants a young, unknown actress to star opposite him in their next production, Strange Laughter. When waitress Kim Walker (Deanna Durbin) learns of Sheridan’s request, she tries to pass herself off as an experienced actress and even succeeds in winning the coveted role. That’s when the real problems begin. The score by Academy Award-winning...
Can't Help Singing
Singing sensation Deanna Durbin stars in the romantic musical comedy Can't Help Singing , her only movie filmed in glorious Technicolor. Set in 1849, Durbin portrays the spirited Caroline who leaves Washington to pursue a handsome cavalry officer (Davis Bruce) despite the wishes of her father (Ray Collins). After learning of her California destination, her outraged father posts a substantial reward for her return. Now, with a price on her head, Caroline attempts to keep a low profile. While in...
For the Love of Mary
When Mary Peppertree (Deanna Durbin), a White House telephone operator, breaks her engagement to marry Phillip Manning (Jeffrey Lynn), an attorney for the Justice Department, it causes a stir and encourages two new admirers, David (Don Taylor) and Tom (Edmond O’Brien), to pursue her. Mary’s romantic entanglements soon become the talk of the White House and even the President of the United States and four Supreme Court justices try to play Cupid for her in this screwball comedy which marked...
I'll Be Yours
Singing sensation Deanna Durbin shines in the musical comedy I'll Be Yours written by Academy Award winner Preston Sturges. Louise Ginglebusher (Durbin) is a small-town girl who goes to the Big Apple looking for work and finds herself in a jam. With the help of her friend, Wechsberg (William Bendix), she crashes a ritzy society party and attracts the attention of an amorous millionaire (Adolph Menjou). Desperate to put the brakes on this Romeo, she tells him she's married to a struggling lawyer...