In this labor of love, the filmmaker tells the unusual and fascinating story of some older relatives of his who toured the...
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1993
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In this black comedy, a humble cab driver spends his days daydreaming of becoming a rock-star. His blissful reverie is one...
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Sophie
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1980
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As penned by Neil Simon, this satire of movie mysteries is set in motion when several prominent detectives are invited to the...
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1976
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The Arnold of Arnold, like the Harry of The Trouble With Harry, is stone cold dead from the outset of this film. That doesn't...
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1973
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Murder abounds at a wax museum after the owner decides to sell it, and seemingly waxen figures come alive. By the way, are...
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1973
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Henrietta Stiles
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1971
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This by-the-numbers TV movie features an all-star cast in a comedy of marital mix-ups and misunderstandings. Consultants...
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1969
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Since she was a child, Natalie Miller (Patty Duke) has always thought she was an ugly ducking. When a boy called her "clown...
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Miss Dennison
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1969
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An air-traffic reporter discovers that his partner--a St. Bernard dog--has accidentally swiped a priceless necklace from a...
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1969
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Rascal, the Sterling North novel that has been a longtime fixture of Scholastic Magazine book clubs, was given Tiffany...
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Mrs. Satterfield
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1969
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Blackbeard's Ghost was one of the first Disney productions released after Walt's death. Peter Ustinov stars as the eponymous...
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Emily
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1968
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Elvis Presley hits the high seas in this musical comedy. Ted Jackson (Presley) is a former Navy frogman who divides his time...
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Mme. Neherina
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1967
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1965
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Aunt Wendy
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1964
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Long resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of...
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1964
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Intending to marry Cynthia (Anne Helm), Jay Menlow (Robert Morse) is stranded at the alter on the day of the blessed...
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1964
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The infamous story of 19th century grave robbers Burke and Hare is given a new slant in this episode, told from the...
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Aggie McGregor
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1964
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Queenie
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1958
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Having just recovered from a heart attack, fabled British barrister Sir Wilfred Robards (Charles Laughton) has been ordered...
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Miss Plimsoll
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1957
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In another "on the road" story arc, the Ricardos and the Mertzes prepare to vacation in Florida. When Lucy (Lucille Ball)...
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Mrs. Grundy
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1956
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The Glass Slipper is a charming retelling of the Cinderella story, eminently suitable for both kids and adults. Leslie Caron...
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Widow Sonder
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1955
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Stranger in the Night stars Joan Fontaine as a turn-of-the -century widow who moves into a somewhat foreboding seaside...
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1955
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According to some eyewitness reports, the feud between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis was at its peak during the filming of...
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Bearded Lady
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1954
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Hell's Half Acre was written directly for the screen by Steve Fisher, whose I Wake Up Screaming remains one of the definitive...
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Lida O'Reilly
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1954
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Because of its misleadingly sensual title and the participation of screenwriter/director F. Hugh Herbert (author of the...
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Thelma
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1953
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Not up to the classic 1935 presentation, this is still an excellent adaptation of Victor Hugo's epic novel. The familiar...
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1952
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1952
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Dreamboat stars Clifton Webb as Thornton Sayre, the perfectionist professor of literature at a sedate Midwestern university....
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Dr. Coffey
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1952
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Blonde good-time girl Vivian Heldon (Jan Sterling), who lives in a cheap rooming house in a working-class section of Boston,...
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Mrs. Smerrling
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1950
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Back in the 1930s, '40s and '50s, artist George Petty was famous for his "Petty Girl" illustrations; lovingly detailed...
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Dr. Crutcher
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1950
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Countess
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1950
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The Buccaneer's Girl of the title, played by Yvonne de Carlo, is Deborah McCoy, an entertainer who's been around a bit. While...
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Mme. Brizer
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1950
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The oft-filmed Frances Hodgson Burnett novel The Secret Garden was given the usual plush MGM treatment in 1949. Tempestuous...
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Martha
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1949
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A Christmastime TV perennial, Come to the Stable is the gentle saga of two French nuns (Celeste Holm with accent,...
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Miss Potts
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1949
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The satirical bite of Gogol's play The Government Inspector is dispensed with in favor of traditional Danny Kaye buffoonery...
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Maria
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1949
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Louise Patterson
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1948
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When Episcopalian bishop Henry Brougham (David Niven) prays for divine guidance in his efforts to raise the necessary funds...
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1947
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Backed by the "American GI Chorus", Nelson Eddy made his final screen appearance in the unusually elaborate Republic musical...
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Princess "Tanya" Tatiana
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1947
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After several years' service with the Marines in World War II, Tyrone Power made his much anticipated return to the screen in...
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1946
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The wonderfully suspenseful psychological drama Spiral Staircase is the prototype of the "old dark house, lady in distress"...
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1946
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Originally titled Passport to Destiny, RKO's Passport to Adventure manages to be both whimsical and melodramatic all at once....
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Ella
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1944
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The 80-star cast of Forever and a Day would certainly not have been feasible had not most of the actors and production people...
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1943
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In this wartime musical, a feisty singer working in a London dive swears that she will become a star. She gets a job in an...
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Emmy Finch
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1943
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Female dogs tend to shed while in heat; this is why all the collies who've played doggy heroine Lassie in the movies have...
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Mrs. Carraclough
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1943
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1942
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Tales of Manhattan is a sumptuous multipart film centered around a formal tailcoat. The coat is specially designed for stage...
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1942
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1941
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In this taut, creepy melodrama, a housemaid works as the companion of an aging, retired British actress. One day the maid...
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Emily Creed
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1941
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Martha Jones
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1938
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Hendrickje Stoffels
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1936
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This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord...
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Mary Shelley/The Bride
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1935
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David Copperfield was MGM's major Christmas release for its 1934-1935 season and also the first of producer...
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1935
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Wealthy American Joe Martin (Eugene Pallette) purchases an ancient Scottish castle and then has it dismantled and transferred...
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Lady Shepperton
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1935
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Mme. d'Annard
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1935
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1934
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Charles Laughton became an international star by chewing both mutton and scenes in his Oscar-winning turn as King Henry VIII....
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Anne of Cleves
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1933
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A spiteful, young noblewoman, married to a prominent lord attempts to ruin the life of the highly-principled chauffeur who...
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1931
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In this drama, one of the earlier British films, a man attempts to be near the woman he loves. Unfortunately, she is...
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Mathilde
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1931
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In this British comedy, a young actor begins impersonating a Navy officer's wife in order to make her lover jealous....
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1931
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In this drama, a man gives up his own life to keep his philandering wife's lover from being killed in a mining accident. ~...
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1931
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1927
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