Raymond Massey
2) Mayerling
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English
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Archduke Rudolph, unhappy with his arranged marriage, is a classic drunken womanizing playboy, until he accidentally meets the young Maria Vetsera. The chance meeting blossoms into a clandestine romance that soon has all of Vienna gossiping.
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English
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It’s Christmas 1940, and Everytown resident John Cabal (Raymond Massey) fears that war is imminent. When it breaks out, the war lasts 30 years, destroying the city and ushering in a new dark age of plagues and petty despots. But there is hope in the form of Wings Over the World, a group of pacifist scientists and thinkers lead by Cabal. Their dream is to build a utopian society on the ruins of the old. But first they’ll have to unseat the latest...
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English
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Frankenstein director James Whale turned J.B. Priestley’s novel "Benighted" into this nerve-jangling tale that became the template for all spooky-house chillers to come. Stranded travelers stumble upon a strange old house, and find themselves at the mercy of a highly eccentric and potentially dangerous family. This atmospheric thriller features an unforgettable role for Boris Karloff, as the hulking, disfigured butler Morgan. *"...there is a wealth...
6) East of Eden
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English
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Cal Trask is considered the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas Valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask. Although Cal always means well, he just can't stay out of trouble. Neither is Cal able to match the high esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and kindly old Doctor Sam seem to be able to see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. In an effort to win his father's love, Cal purchases a fresh lettuce crop...
10) Things to come
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Criterion collection volume 660
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English
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Deals with a future time when humanity, fed up at last with the death and destruction of constant war, unites in a great movement dedicated to peace.
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Santa Fe trail: Follows the lives of J.E.B. Stuart (Flynn), George Custer (Reagan) and other characters as they leave West Point in the years before the Civil War. Some join John Brown's army of fanatics and sincere reformers; others are sent by the army to quash John Brown. The climax is the Battle of Harper's Ferry that began the War between the States.
In the wake of the Bounty is a feature film from Australia. Charles Chauvel's first 'talkie'...
13) East of Eden
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English
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Based on John Steinbeck's novel and directed by award-winning director Elia Kazan. The emotionally charged film tells the story of lonely youth Cal, who vies for the affection of his hardened father and favored brother, Aron.
15) Chain lightning
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English
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After World War II, Matt Brennan becomes a test pilot for a jet manufacturer, and an old flame re-enters his life.
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English
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British flyer Peter Carter survives a jump from his burning plane without parachute and wakes up in a nether world between Earth and the next life. He is informed that he should have died and must go to Heaven, where he is put on trial for his life. He falls in love with June, an American radio operator.
20) Carson City
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English
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Jeff Kincaid (Scott) is in Carson City, Nevada to promote and build a rail line. But the town, swayed by an ill-intentioned man will pit itself against the new transportation.