Released Date:
1944-10-17
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
113 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (1567 Reviews)
Director:
Clifford OdetsClifford Odets (written for the screen by)
Richard Llewellyn (from the novel by)
A sickly English woman runs a store by herself, while her irresponsible son travels aimlessly, refusing to contact her. When told that his mother has cancer, the young man comes home, reforms himself, and helps his mom run the shop. Soon however, each becomes involved in illegal activities.
Released Date:
1947-03-26
Languages:
English, Swedish
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
97 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (1624 Reviews)
Director:
H.C. PotterGenres:
ComedyAllen Rivkin
Laura Kerr
Hella Wuolijoki (play)
Swedish-American farmer's daughter Katrin 'Katie' Holstrom leaves the farm to study nursing in the big, wicked city. Thanks to a chiseling acquaintance, her tuition and expense money disappears the first day, and she's forced to get a job...as a domestic for congressman Glenn Morley. Impressed by her political awareness as well as her many charms and capabilities, Glenn is soon infatuated with Katie, and she with him, but their feelings remain unspoken...until Katie speaks up at a party rally and is abruptly thrust into politics herself.
Released Date:
1949-04-22
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
86 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (4500 Reviews)
Director:
William DieterleRobert Nathan (novel)
Leonardo Bercovici (adaptation)
Paul Osborn (screenplay)
Peter Berneis (screenplay)
Eben Adams is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. One day, after he finally finds someone to buy a painting from him, a pretty but odd young girl named Jennie Appleton appears and strikes up an unusual friendship with Eben.
Released Date:
1949-11-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (1784 Reviews)
Genres:
DramaCid Ricketts Sumner (novel)
Philip Dunne (screenplay)
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
Released Date:
1953-03-26
Languages:
English, French
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
122 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
6.6 (655 Reviews)
John Collier (segment)
George Froeschel (adaptation)
George Froeschel
Arnold Lipp (story)
Jan Lustig (adaptation)
Jan Lustig (segment)
Jacques Maret (story)
Ladislao Vajda (story)
Three loosely connected love stories. The first story: Paula is a talented dancer who cannot truly live unless she dances. But has a heart condition, which means she cannot live if she does. The second story: Tommy despises his French tutor, and hates being a child. He wants to be an adult so he can do what he wants. He gets his wish, being transformed into a handsome young man for one evening, and learns about whole new side of his French tutor. Third story: Pierre Narval is trapeze artist who gave it up when his partner died doing a dangerous stunt at his bidding. He rescues Nina, a beautiful young woman, after she throws herself into the Seine, and convinces her to become his new aerial partner. Her husband had been killed by the Nazis during the war, and she blames herself. They fall in love, which is tested when Nina must perform the stunt which killed Pierre's former partner.
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