The history of color photography in motion pictures is lovingly detailed with vibrant film clips and first-person interviews...
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1998
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Molly Hagan is cast as Dana Ballard, a former research assistant of Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury)--and a pathological...
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1993
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1989
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One of Hollywood's most distinguished directors, John Huston is profiled in this no-holds-barred documentary. Discounting the...
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1989
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This made-for-cable documentary traces the filming of the imperishable classic Gone with the Wind, from its inception to its...
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1989
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A divorced dad and son attempt to build on their newly resurrected relationship by heading back to pop's hometown in up-state...
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1987
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A terminally ill nun apparently commits suicide--which of course is a mortal sin in the eyes of the Catholic church. In order...
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1987
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Born in 1910 in New York City, Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, better known to the world as Artie Shaw, went on to become one of the...
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1985
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When Cabot Cove resident Beverly Garrett is electrocuted in her own bathtub in a locked bathroom, Sheriff Amos Tupper (Tom...
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1985
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1957
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Razzle-dazzle showman Michael Todd hocked everything he had to make this spectacular presentation of Jules Verne's 1872 novel...
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1956
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Like thousands of other Manhattanites, Tom Ewell annually packs his wife (Evelyn Keyes) and children off to summer vacation,...
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Helen Sherman
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1955
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The title refers not to James Cagney's curtain line in White Heat but to Northern Alaska, where this film is set....
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Virgie Rayne, Mrs. Gannon
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1955
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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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Donna Williams
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1954
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Cecily Paine
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1953
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Ernie Driscoll (John Payne) is an ex-fighter who came within seconds of winning the world championship. He's now forced to...
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Linda James
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1953
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After her divorce from director John Huston, actress Evelyn Keyes divided her time between Hollywood and Europe. It was...
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Pat
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1953
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Filmed on location in Mexico (one of several Hollywood-financed films of the 1950s to take advantage of the lower production...
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Jean Harper
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1952
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Webb Garwood (Van Heflin) is a cynical policeman who believes that success comes from lucky breaks. Responding to a prowler...
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Susan Gilvray
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1951
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A remake of the 1931 film of the same name, Iron Man stars Jeff Chandler as up-and-coming boxer Cokie Martin. A relatively...
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Rose Warren
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1951
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Jeff Chandler stars in the Universal actioner Smuggler's Island. Chandler plays ex-Navy frogman Steve Kent, now employed as a...
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Vivian Craig
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1951
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Singer Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes) arrives in New York City by train after a trip to Cuba, carrying a small cache of...
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Sheila Bennet
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1950
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Dick Powell stars as Canadian Mountie Sgt. Mike Flannagan. When Boston-bred Kathy O'Fallon (Evelyn Keyes) marries Mike, she...
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Kathy O'Fallon
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1949
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This odd, sometimes whimsical, ultimately violent Damon Runyon-esque story casts Glenn Ford as Joe Miracle, a professional...
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Jenny Jones
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1949
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So often wasted in passive roles, Evelyn Keyes is virtually the whole show in The Mating of Millie. Keyes is cast as pretty...
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Millie McGonigle
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1948
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Most of the story in this five-hanky British melodrama takes place over a 50 year period within a single London home, 99...
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Grizel Dane
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1948
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Three years after song-and-dance man Dick Powell reshaped his nice-guy image by playing hard-boiled gumshoe Phillip Marlowe...
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Nancy Hobbs
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1947
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Though legendary entertainer Al Jolson was a highly visible presence on the U.S.O. circuit during World War II, he was...
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Julie Benson
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1946
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Whenever budget-conscious Columbia laid out good money for Technicolor in the 1940s, it was usually for a musical or an "A"...
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1946
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This A-minus musical stars Evelyn Keyes in the uncharacteristically comic role of Vicki Dean, the divorce-bound wife of...
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Vicki Dean
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1946
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The Genie
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1945
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In this mystery, the artist behind a detective cartoon strip solves real police cases on the side. The police are rather...
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Jacqueline Harrison
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1944
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Nine Girls stars several of Columbia's loveliest contract actresses as sorority sisters at an exclusive California college....
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Mary O'Ryan
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1944
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In this Western drama, Steve Upton (Randolph Scott) is the sheriff of a Utah community in 1860. Upton's best friend, Cheyenne...
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Allison MacLeod
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1943
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Stalwart supporting actor Allyn Joslyn is afforded a rare leading role in the Columbia mystery meller Dangerous Blondes....
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Jane Craig
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1943
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This flag-waving Columbia programmer concentrates on five young Officer's Candidate School applicants. Each of the...
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Carol Harkness
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1943
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Glenn Ford plays Martin Eden, an aspiring writer who signs on a merchant ship as a sailor. Tormented by the ship's sadistic...
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Ruth Morley
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1942
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There are moments in Columbia's Flight Lieutenant that approach "high camp"; indeed, one is hard pressed to remember if any...
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Susie Thompson
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1942
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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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Lucy
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1941
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That "Peaceable Man," William "Wild Bill" Elliott, once again plays Wild Bill Hickock in this fine B-Western from Columbia...
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Lynn Perry
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1941
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In this low-budget thriller (which developed something of a cult following among film buffs in the '60s and '70s),...
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Helen Williams
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1941
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Robert Montgomery plays saxophone-playing boxer Joe Pendleton, who insists upon piloting his own plane, much to the...
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Bette Logan
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1941
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The successful producer-director combination of Walter Wanger and Tay Garnett served up another winner with Slightly...
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1940
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Condemned to death for a mercy killing, Dr. John Garth (Karloff) continues to experiment in prison to develop a serum that...
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Martha Garth
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1940
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Columbia's The Lady in Question is a remake of the French Gribouille, a Raimu vehicle from 1939. Brian Aherne plays Andre...
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1940
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Gone With the Wind boils down to a story about a spoiled Southern girl's hopeless love for a married man. Producer...
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1939
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Paramount's Sudden Money has all the earmarks of a Charlie Ruggles-Mary Boland vehicle, except that this time Ruggles is...
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1939
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Cecil B. DeMille takes us back to the 1860s, then rebuilds the first intercontinental railroad in Union Pacific. The...
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1939
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1938
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Brash and vigorous director William Wellman always had a place in his filmography for movies glorifying the early years of...
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1938
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In this drama, a gangster finds the woman of his dreams, but before he can have her he must frame her fiance. Meanwhile the...
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1938
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Directed by Frank Tuttle, Paris Honeymoon stars Bing Crosby as Lucky Lawton, a wealthy Texan whose plans for a Parisian...
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1938
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Sons of the Legion is a showcase for Paramount's juvenile-talent pool-specifically, Donald O'Connor, Billy Lee and Billy...
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Linda Lee
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1938
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1938
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