Narrated by Anjelica Huston, this cable-TV documentary offered an up-close and personal look at the life and career of...
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2002
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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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Two women find their friendship tested when one rises from obscurity to success in this glossy remake of Old Acquaintance....
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1981
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1978
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The first official co-production between the United States and the Soviet Union, The Blue Bird was the third screen...
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1976
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Made for television, Love Among the Ruins was a precious one-time-only collaboration between stars Katharine Hepburn and...
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1975
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In the lively comedy/adventure Travels with My Aunt, adapted from Graham Green's book, Henry (Alec McCowan), a timid, bookish...
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1972
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Justine (Anouk Aimee) is a Jewish prostitute living in Egypt who manages to sleep her way to the top. Marrying a financial...
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1969
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1964
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1962
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1960
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1960
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Let's Make Love is a breezy comedy about an off Broadway musical production. Jean-Marc Clement (Yves Montand) is the richest...
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1960
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Anthony Quinn and Shirley Booth play a married couple who cling and claw like cats in a bathtub in this sudsy melodrama set...
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1958
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1957
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Wild Is the Wind represents a (perhaps deliberate) reversal of the situation in The Rose Tattoo (1955). Whereas in Tattoo,...
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1957
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Ava Gardner was never more alluring than as the half-caste heroine of Bhowani Junction. Set during India's battle for...
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1956
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The 1954 musical remake of A Star is Born could have been titled A Star is Reborn, in that it represented the triumphal...
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1954
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Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) is an unsuccessful model and actress who believes that a jolt of publicity will do her career a...
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1954
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1953
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A master blend of comedy, domestic drama and sudden tragedy, The Marrying Kind remains one of the best collaborations between...
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1952
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Pat (Katharine Hepburn), a college phys-ed instructor, enters into professional competition as a golf and tennis player. Mike...
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1952
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The model (Jeanne Crain) is stuck in an unhappy relationship with a married man. The marriage broker (Thelma Ritter) doesn't...
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1951
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Garson Kanin's Broadway hit was transferred to the screen with only a few passing nods to the stricter censorship required by...
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1950
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Lana Turner stars as an ambitious model who seeks her fortune in New York City. She is befriended by over-the-hill cover-girl...
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1950
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Businessman Spencer Tracy is devoted beyond all reason to his son Edward. Tracy lies, cheats, steals, commits arson, and...
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1949
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1949
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Ronald Colman won an Academy Award for his portrayal of an off-the-beam actor in A Double Life. A beloved stage star, Anthony...
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1947
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Marise Aubert (Greer Garson) has begun seeing a psychiatrist to treat her overwhelming guilt. It seems that Marise was...
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1947
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Ingrid Bergman won her first of three Oscars for this suspense thriller, crafted with surprising tautness by normally genteel...
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1944
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Moss Hart's hit Broadway play Winged Victory was brought to the screen in 1944, with most of its original cast intact. The...
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1944
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No one will ever know what possessed MGM's reigning screen queen Norma Shearer to select the tired old stage farce Her...
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1942
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If you're wondering what Citizen Kane might have looked like had it been produced by MGM, we submit for your approval Keeper...
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1942
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Attempting to Americanize Greta Garbo to appeal to American audiences (since most of the foreign markets for Hollywood...
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1941
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A remake of the Swedish film of the same name (see entry 55092), MGM's A Woman's Face was reshaped into one of Joan...
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1941
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Rachel Crothers' thoughtful stage play Susan and God was tastefully adapted for the screen by Anita Loos. Joan Crawford stars...
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1940
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We open on Philadelphia socialite C.K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant) as he's being tossed out of his palatial home by his wife,...
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1940
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Based on the Clare Booth Luce play of the same name, this MGM comedy is famous for its all-female cast and deft direction by...
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1939
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The old David Belasco theatrical warhorse Zaza, which starred Mrs. Leslie Carter way back in 1899, had already been filmed by...
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1939
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Both film versions of Phillip Barry's stage comedy Holiday have their merits, but the 1938 version has the added advantage of...
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1938
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An undying love is chronicled in this "women's picture." The sweeping tale begins in a quiet New England village during the...
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1938
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1937
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1936
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Greta Garbo enjoyed one of her greatest triumphs in this glossy adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' oft-filmed romantic tragedy....
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1936
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This big-budget 1936 RKO Studios picture lost money, perhaps due to a cool box-office reception to the idea of leading lady...
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1935
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MGM regularly churned out films in the 1930s that were all "star power" and very little plot. No More Ladies is a good...
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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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1933
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George Cukor directed this classic adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's sentimental novel with a shimmering lavishness that is a...
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1933
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Our Betters is adapted from Somerset Maugham's play about the shallowness and hypocrisy of the idle rich. American heiress...
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1933
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What Price Hollywood is often referred to as the "first" version of the oft-filmed A Star is Born. While there are strong...
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1932
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1932
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Despite a troubled production that witnessed the exits of both leading man (Phillips Holmes) and director (George...
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1932
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Katharine Hepburn made her auspicious film debut in the otherwise undistinguished A Bill of Divorcement. Based on a play by...
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1932
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1932
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Renowned American-born London stage star Tallulah Bankhead made her feature sound film debut in this drama based on...
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1931
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Kay Francis and Lilyan Tashman portray what used to be euphemistically labelled "good time girls". They work the convention...
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1931
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1930
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The Virtuous Sin was adapted from The General, a novel by Lajos Zilahy. Kay Francis plays Marya, the wife of overly sensitive...
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1930
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George Cukor received his first film directorial credit for Grumpy, though he was contractually bound to share billing with...
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1930
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