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Birthday:
04-28-1894
Deathday:
08-03-1960 (66 years)
Birthplace:
Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
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Warren Newcombe (April 28, 1894 – August 3, 1960) was an American special effects artist. He won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and was nominated for another one in the same category. He worked on more than 200 films during his career.
Warren Newcombe (April 28, 1894 – August 3, 1960) was an American special effects artist. He won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and was nominated for another one in the same category. He worked on more than 200 films during his career.
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Two-Faced Woman
Special Effects
event 1941 star_border 6.4
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A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Singin' in the Rain
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 8.1
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In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
The Stratton Story
Special Effects
event 1949 star_border 6.7
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Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
The Story of Three Loves
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 5.6
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Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
Lassie Come Home
Special Effects
event 1943 star_border 6.6
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Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the rich Duke of Rudling. Lassie, however, is unwilling to remain apart from young Carraclough son Joe and sets out on a long and dangerous journey to rejoin him.
Interrupted Melody
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 5.5
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Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes.
Love Me or Leave Me
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 6.7
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A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.
In the Good Old Summertime
Special Effects
event 1949 star_border 6.6
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Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Brigadoon
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 6.5
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Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.
A Guy Named Joe
Special Effects
event 1943 star_border 6.5
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A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
The King's Thief
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 6.2
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An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
Mrs. Parkington
Special Effects
event 1944 star_border 6.1
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In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.
It's Always Fair Weather
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 7.1
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Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Kismet
Special Effects
event 1944 star_border 5
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Hafiz, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
The Harvey Girls
Special Effects
event 1946 star_border 6.5
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On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
Show Boat
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 6.1
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A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
The Hoodlum Saint
Special Effects
event 1946 star_border 5.2
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A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
Skirts Ahoy!
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 5
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Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 6.3
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Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
Gun Glory
Special Effects
event 1957 star_border 5.8
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An ex-gunslinger shunned by townsfolk is the only one who knows how to stop a ruthless cattleman.
The Feminine Touch
Special Effects
event 1941 star_border 5.1
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A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject. Meeting with publisher Elliott Morgan (Van Heflin), who falls head over heels for Julie, John is assigned to his assistant Nellie (Kay Francis), who only has eyes for her boss. Working closely with Nellie, who Julie thinks is after her husband, John continues his high-minded ways while his angry spouse schemes to make him so jealous he'll knock Elliott's block clean off.
Kim
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.2
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During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.
Jupiter's Darling
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 4.3
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Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancée, Amytis, is curious about the fearless conqueror. Amytis travels to Hannibal's camp just to get a look at him, but she ends up being captured. However, she is instantly smitten by the Carthaginian commander, so she tries to shift his attentions away from Rome -- and to her instead.
Desperate Search
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 5.7
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A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) search for their two children lost with a cougar.
Week-End at the Waldorf
Special Effects
event 1945 star_border 6
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Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.
The Sea of Grass
Special Effects
event 1947 star_border 6.3
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On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Her Twelve Men
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 5.2
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An inexperienced female teacher is hired at a private elite school for boys where she raises a few eyebrows among the all-male faculty.
Hills of Home
Special Effects
event 1948 star_border 6.7
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William McClure is the villlage doctor in a remote Scottish glen. Tricked into buying Lassie, a collie afraid of water, he sets about teaching her to swim. At the same time he has the bigger problem that he is getting older and must ensure the glen will have a new local doctor ready.
Carbine Williams
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 6.4
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David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
To Please a Lady
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.3
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Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah in the sport thanks to her articles. When she finds him earning money as a barnstorming daredevil driver hoping for a comeback, they begin to become mutually attracted.
The Reformer and the Redhead
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.3
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A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Deep in My Heart
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 6.8
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Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Julius Caesar
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 7
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The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
Inside Straight
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 4.2
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A tycoon rises to the top in 19th-century San Francisco through greed and corruption.
The Strip
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 5.7
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Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up accused of her murder.
The Great Sinner
Special Effects
event 1949 star_border 6.7
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A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
Holiday for Sinners
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 5.5
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Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.
Trial
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 6.7
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A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.
Keeper of the Flame
Special Effects
event 1943 star_border 6.6
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Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
Desire Me
Special Effects
event 1947 star_border 5.7
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A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
The Actress
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 6.2
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The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 6.8
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A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
Son of Lassie
Special Effects
event 1945 star_border 6
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Laddie (Son of Lassie) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage?
The Enchanted City
Director
event 1922
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An artistic free-form exercise in storytelling and a highly stylized film-poem. By the seasisde, a young man recalls to his true love a harrowing dream he had.
The Tall Target
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 6.8
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A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Challenge to Lassie
Special Effects
event 1949 star_border 4.8
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When Lassie's master dies, an old friend tries to convince a judge that the dog's life should be spared.
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Special Effects
event 1941 star_border 5.7
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A scientific expedition happens to discover that gold exists on Tarzan's escarpment. The villainous Medford and Vandermeer kidnap Jane and Boy to extort from Tarzan the location of the gold.
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Special Effects
event 1942 star_border 6.4
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Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.
Callaway Went Thataway
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 5.1
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Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
Gaslight
Special Effects
event 1944 star_border 7.5
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A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
The Wings of Eagles
Special Effects
event 1957 star_border 6.2
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The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Rio Rita
Special Effects
event 1942 star_border 5.8
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Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Annie Get Your Gun
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.8
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Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
Remains to Be Seen
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 5.7
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A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Special Effects
event 1941 star_border 6.4
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Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 5.9
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In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.
The Painted Hills
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 4.1
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After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Jonathan's new partner isn't interested in sharing the gold, and lures Jonathan to his death.
Rose Marie
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 4
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Rose Marie Lemaitre, an orphan living in the Canadian wilderness, falls in love with her guardian, Mike Malone, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The feeling is mutual. But, when she leaves to learn proper etiquette, Rose Marie meets a trapper named James Duval, who also falls for her. Further complications arise when Native American Chief Black Eagle -- a rival of Duval's -- is murdered.
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Special Effects
event 1956 star_border 7.2
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The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Lili
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 6.7
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Members of a circus troupe "adopt" Lili Daurier when she finds herself stranded in a strange town. The magician who first comes to her rescue already has romantic entanglements and thinks of her as a little girl. Who can she turn to but the puppets, singing to them her troubles, forgetting that there are puppeteers? A crowd gathers around Lili as she sings. The circus has a new act. She now has a job. Will she get her heart's desire?
Three Little Words
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 5.9
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Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets composer Harry Ruby and their first song is a hit. Ruby gets Kalmar to marry his former partner Jessie Brown, and Kalmar and Jessie prevent Ruby from getting married to the wrong girls. But due to the fact that Ruby has caused a backer's withdrawal for a Kalmar play, they end their professional relationship.
Mr. Imperium
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 5.3
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A pretty singer/dancer is becoming an actress whereas the playboy crown prince is becoming a monarch. Each will have their clandestine romance interfered with by their changing circumstances.
Two Weeks with Love
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 5.9
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The Robinson family are spending two weeks of summer vacation at a resort in the Catskills. Older daughter Patti vies with her friend, Valeria, for the affections of Demi Armendez but Patti is at a disadvantage because her parents think she is too young for boys. But with Patti singing at an amateur show and a dance, her adventures in quest of Armendez ends happily.
Raintree County
Special Effects
event 1957 star_border 6.4
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In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
The Wild North
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 6.9
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In the Canadian mountains, a trapper goes on the run accused of a crime and is pursued by a rugged and determined lawman of the Royal North-West Mounted Police.
The Naked Spur
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 6.9
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A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
The Yellow Cab Man
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.3
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Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
Black Hand
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.1
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In turn-of-the-century New York, an Italian seeks vengeance on the mobsters who killed his father.
The Big Hangover
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.7
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A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.
Green Fire
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 6.2
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In Colombia, mining engineer Rian Mitchell discovers Carrero, the lost emerald mine of the Conquistadors, but has to contend with notorious local bandit El Moro's gang and with coffee planter Catherine Knowland's love.
Young Bess
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 5.8
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The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25. Charles Laughton reprises his Academy Award®-winning* role as her formidable father Henry VIII. Deborah Kerr plays her last stepmother (and Henry's last of six wives), gentle Catherine Parr. And Simmons' then real-life husband, Stewart Granger, adds heroics as Lord Admiral Thomas Seymour. In a resplendent world of adventure, romance and court intrigue, Young Bess reigns.
Scaramouche
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 7.1
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In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Three Guys Named Mike
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 5.7
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A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most.
Soldiers Three
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 4.4
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Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Kismet
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 5
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A silver-tongued poet and self-proclaimed "King of the Beggars" searches old Baghdad for a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief, a dim-witted wazir, and his wife. Meanwhile, his daughter develops feelings for a handsome caliph.
Invitation
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 6.5
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A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
Forbidden Planet
Special Effects
event 1956 star_border 7.3
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Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Special Effects
event 1957 star_border 6
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In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
Stars in My Crown
Special Effects
event 1950 star_border 6.9
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Civil War veteran Josiah Grey comes to a small town to be a gospel minister. In time, he has a family and many friends but also finds friction with a few of his parishioners.
Pat and Mike
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 6.3
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Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
Easter Parade
Special Effects
event 1948 star_border 6.9
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On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
Angels in the Outfield
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 6.7
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The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
The Hucksters
Special Effects
event 1947 star_border 6.9
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A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Special Effects
event 1947 star_border 6.6
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A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
Shadow in the Sky
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 6.6
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Burt, a Marine suffering from Battle Fatigue, is deathly afraid of rain and confined to an asylum, but showing improvement. He wants to live with his sister's family, but they have young children.
Many Rivers to Cross
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 6.2
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Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker star as a Kentucky backwoodsman and the woman who will NOT let anything interfere with her plans to marry him in this humorous romantic adventure through the American Frontier of 1798.
Executive Suite
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 7
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When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
The Bad and the Beautiful
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 7.3
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Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Special Effects
event 1954 star_border 7.2
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In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Sea of Dreams
Director
event 1923
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Unknown....
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Special Effects
event 1932 star_border 5.5
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The villainous Dr. Fu Manchu races against a team of Englishmen to find the tomb of Ghengis Khan, because he wants to use the relics to cause an uprising in the East to wipe out the white race.
Madame Bovary
Special Effects
event 1949 star_border 6.7
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A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
China Seas
Special Effects
event 1935 star_border 6.3
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Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
The Red Badge of Courage
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 6.4
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Henry Fleming is a young Union soldier in the American Civil War. During his unit's first engagement, Henry flees the battlefield in fear. When he learns that the Union actually won the battle, shame over his cowardice leads him to lie to his friend Tom and the other soldiers, saying that he had been injured in battle. However, when he learns that his unit will be leading a charge against the enemy, Henry takes the opportunity to face his fears and redeem himself.
Designing Woman
Special Effects
event 1957 star_border 6.5
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A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.
Give a Girl a Break
Special Effects
event 1953 star_border 5.2
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When the temperamental star of a new Broadway musical revue in rehearsals walks out, director and choreographer Ted Sturgis suggests casting an unknown for the role. When it is announced in the newspapers, throngs of hopefuls show up. The revue's musical composer, Leo Belney, champions ballerina Joanna Moss, while gofer Bob Dowdy is enchanted by novice Suzy Doolittle. Then producer Felix Jordan persuades Ted's former dance partner, Madelyn Corlan, to come out of retirement to try out, much to Ted's great discomfort.
Mrs. Miniver
Special Effects
event 1942 star_border 7
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Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
Guys and Dolls
Special Effects
event 1955 star_border 6.6
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Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
The Opposite Sex
Special Effects
event 1956 star_border 5.2
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Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
Bataan
Special Effects
event 1943 star_border 6.4
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During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan. When the Japanese soldiers begin to rebuild the bridge and advance, the group struggles with not only hunger, sickness and gunfire, but also the knowledge that there is likely no relief on the way.
The White Cliffs of Dover
Special Effects
event 1944 star_border 6.7
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American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan meets Sir John Ashwood and marries him after a whirlwind romance. However, she never quite adjusts to life as a new member of the British gentry. At the outbreak of World War I, John is sent to the trenches and never returns. When her son goes off to fight in World War II, Susan fears the same tragic fate may befall him too.
The Secret Heart
Special Effects
event 1946 star_border 6.3
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Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her mother's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.
A Date with Judy
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event 1948 star_border 6
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Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
Talk About a Stranger
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event 1952 star_border 6.1
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Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
The Belle of New York
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event 1952 star_border 5.5
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In squeaky-clean New York at the turn of the century, playboy Charlie Hill falls so much in love that he can walk on air. The object of his affections is beautiful Angela Bonfils, a mission house worker in the Bowery. He promises to reform his dissolute life, even trying to do an honest day's work.
Meet Me in Las Vegas
Special Effects
event 1956 star_border 4.7
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Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...
Royal Wedding
Special Effects
event 1951 star_border 6.5
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Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.
Above Suspicion
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event 1943 star_border 6.5
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Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Reunion in France
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event 1942 star_border 6.4
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Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
An American in Paris
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event 1951 star_border 7
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Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of a famous French singer, Henri Baurel. A lonely society woman, Milo Roberts, takes Jerry under her wing and supports him, but is interested in more than his art.
The Band Wagon
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event 1953 star_border 7.1
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A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
On the Town
Special Effects
event 1949 star_border 7
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Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Kiss Me Kate
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event 1953 star_border 6.4
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A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
Green Dolphin Street
Special Effects
event 1947 star_border 6.1
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Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius. Years later, Edmund returns with his son, William. Sophie's daughter, Marguerite, and William fall in love. Marguerite's sister, Marianne, also loves William. Timothy, a lowly carpenter, secretly loves Marianne. He kills a man in a fight, and Edmund helps him flee to New Zealand. William deserts inadvertently from the navy, and also flees in disgrace to New Zealand, where he and Timothy start a profitable business. One night, drunk, William writes Octavius, demanding his daughter's hand; but, being drunk, he asks for the wrong sister.
The Yearling
Special Effects
event 1946 star_border 6.5
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Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
Bad Bascomb
Special Effects
event 1946 star_border 6.2
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A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
The Merry Widow
Special Effects
event 1952 star_border 5.8
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Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Thrill of a Romance
Matte Painter
event 1945 star_border 6.2
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A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
The Outriders
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event 1950 star_border 6.9
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Late in the Civil War, three Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison camp in Missouri. They soon fall into the hands of pro-Confederate raiders, who force them to act as "outriders" (escorts) for a civilian wagon train that will be secretly transporting Union gold from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to St. Louis, Missouri. The three men are to lead the wagons into a raider trap in Missouri, but one of them starts to have misgivings....
Meet Me in St. Louis
Special Effects
event 1944 star_border 7
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Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Till the Clouds Roll By
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event 1946 star_border 5.7
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Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
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