2024-06-29
An entry in the "World Adventures" series that visits the Pearl River in China, palaces in Siam and the Temple of 500 Buddhas in Japan.
Romance, World War II intrigue, a heroic American expatriate, a brave Czech freedom fighter, arrogant Nazis, patriotic Frenchmen, blackmail, black-marketeers and the usual suspects make this Best Picture even more an audience favorite as time goes by. Director Michael Curtiz scored an Oscar, as did the script.
Contact with criminals in a prison transforms a young woman into an embittered convict, where she fights to survive among brutal and hardened inmates. Eleanor Parker was nominated for Best Actress as the imprisoned woman and Hope Emerson received a Best Supporting Actress nod as the institution's sadistic matron. The screenplay was also Oscar nominated.
To impress her miserly uncle and his companion, a Hong Kong housekeeper poses as a wealthy mansion owner.
Three Oscars---for score, Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana's script and Ang Lee's brilliant direction---went to this heartbreaking and powerful yarn about a long-running, forbidden affair between two gay cowboys (Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal). Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway play their wives. The screenplay was based on a 12-page magazine story by E. Annie Proulx. Randy Quaid, Linda Cardellini
Episodic look at life in a Manhattan gay bar on Christmas Eve. Helen: Fannie Flagg. Tanny: Tom Bade. Clint: David Baker. Lita: Rue McClanahan. Sadie: Sylvia Syms. Kenny: Paul Blake. Karen/Harry: Candy Darling. Miss Untouchable: Carleton Carpenter. Terry: Gary Campbell. Eric: Ron Christian. Mervyn Nelson directed.
In this tender romance, a 35-year-old college professor named Vivian heads to 1959 Reno to get a divorce. While there, she falls into a passionate lesbian love affair with a younger woman who lives at the same ranch where she's staying.
Poignant tale of a plain girl (Rita Tushingham) whose brief affair awakens her to life's meaning. Helen: Dora Bryan. Doris: Moira Kaye. Peter: Robert Stephens. Geoffrey: Murray Melvin. Jim: Paul Danquah. Tony Richardson directed, and scripted with Shelagh Delaney.
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, s
A visit to Ecuador, examining construction of roadways, railroads and factories, and the country's attempt to attract foreign investment. Also: a look at agricultural methods being used to increase Ecuador's exports of produce; a stop at company in Cuenca, where Panama hats are produced. (Repeat).
Musical short about an American tourist in a South American country who finds herself in the middle of a revolution and falling in love with a dashing officer. An entry in the "Broadway Brevity" series.
Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy are trying to play poker, but Swee'Pea's crying keeps interrupting them. Pappy wants to smack the tot, but Popeye persuades him to try psychology instead. Popeye tells the story of how "George Washlincoln" chopped down the cherry tree. Inspired, Swee'Pea chops a hole in the floor, then tells the truth.
The sleuth (Tom Conway) is accused of kidnapping when he investigates the murder of a child's nurse. Joan: Rita Corday. Goldie: Edward S. Brophy. Annie: Sharyn Moffett. Directed by Joseph H. Lewis.
Dave Apollon is a one-man production staff, who puts on a stage show as writer, director, producer, bandleader, art director, and other jobs.
Barbra Streisand won an Oscar for her portrayal of legendary stage comedian Fanny Brice as she breaks into show business, rises to stardom with the Ziegfeld Follies and finds heartache in her marriage to big-time gambler Nicky Arnstein, who at first finds it amusing to be referred to as "Mr. Brice," but then begins to resent his wife's fame and fortune. Streisand actually shared the Best Actress O
The lives of the crew who live aboard the freighter Glencairn are followed as they drink, womanize, fight and bond, sometimes searching for ways to cure boredom, and sometimes facing life or death situations.
A tough cop is assigned to protect a mobster's wife on a cross-country train that is taking her to testify against her husband and his criminal cronies.