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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss - 1936

"Cary Grant plays Ernest Bliss, a rich socialite, who inherits his fortune, and makes a bet with his therapist that he can make a living for one year using none of his current wealth. Filmed in London. Good movie.

"The film was a E. Phillips Oppenheim novel.

"Stars: Cary Grant, Mary Brian, Henry Kendall, Leon M. Lion, Garry Marsh, and John Turnbull.

"Original Title: Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (Britian) Also known as: Amazing Adventure, Romance and Riches (US)"



















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Bela Lugosi in "Black Dragons"

"A cabal of American industrialists, all fifth-columnists intent on sabotaging the war effort, are methodically murdered by the malevolent Monsieur Colomb. It is only until detective Dick Martin is assigned to the case that everyone's true motives and identities are revealed."



















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Don Quichotte de la Mancha, de Georg Wilhelm Pabst - 1933 - avec Feodor Chaliapine (en espagnol et français)

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Beyond Tomorrow

"Melton, Chadwick and O'Brien, rich but lonely heads of an engineering firm, invite two young strangers to dinner on Christmas Eve. The two, James and Jean, fall in love and become friends with their three benefactors...until the latter are killed in a plane crash and come back to their old home as ghosts. In the coming months, true love encounters some rough spots; can ghostly O'Brien help the young folks?"



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Bride of the Gorilla

"Deep in the South American jungle plantation manager Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife (Barbara Payton). However, an old native witch witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?"



















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Battle of the Worlds

"A stray planet on a collision course with Earth instead takes orbit around our blue marble. What seems like a dead planet suddenly launches a fleet of flying saucers which attack our space fleets."



















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The extraordinary Nazimova in "Camille" - 1921

I get the feeling at times that Greta Garbo modelled her acting on that of Nazimova.

J'ai par moments l'impression que Greta Garbo a basé sa manière de jouer sur celle de Nazimova.



















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The Iron Mask - 1929

"A swashbuckling Alexandre Dumas adventure featuring Douglas Fairbanks.

"Summary: King Louis XIII of France is thrilled to have born to him a son - an heir to the throne. But when the queen delivers a twin, Cardinal Richelieu sees the second son as a potential for revolution, and has him sent off to Spain to be raised in secret to ensure a peaceful future for France.

"Alas, keeping the secret means sending Constance, lover of D'Artagnan, off to a convent. D'Artagnan hears of this and rallies the Musketeers in a bid to rescue her. Unfortunately, Richelieu out-smarts the Musketeers and banishes them forever. Richelieu enlists D'Artagnan to look after and protect the young prince.

"Meanwhile, de Rochefort learns of the twins and Richelieu's plans, and kidnaps the twin, raising him in secret. Many years later, with Richelieu dead and the young prince crowned King Louis XIV, Rochefort launches his plan.

"The king is kidnapped, replaced with his twin, put in an iron mask so as not to be recognized, and led off to a remote castle to be held prisoner. Louis XIV is able to alert D'Artagnan, who realizes that only his friends Athos, Porthos, and Aramis can help him, so he reunites the Musketeers to derail Rochefort's nefarious plot but at a heavy toll. Summary written by Theron Trowbridge."



















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Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules




















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Oliver Twist - 1933

""An orphan boy in 1830's London is abused in a workhouse, then falls into the clutches of a gang of thieves." Produced by I.E. Chadwick, directed by William J. Cowen, written by Elizabeth Meehan based on the classic Charles Dicken's novel, 1933."



















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Howard Hughes - The Outlaw - 1943

"Scandalous for it's time, the movie "The Outlaw," directed by Howard Hughes, is the story of Billy the Kid, Doc Holiday, and Pat Garrett.

"The plot is thin at best, but we are introduced to a 22 year old Jane Russell which makes the film almost worthwhile."



















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Fritz Lang - Destiny (Der Müde Tod) - 1921




















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Le Fantôme de l'Opéra - The Phantom of the Opera - 1925




















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Last Woman On Earth

""Eve, her husband, Harold, and their lawyer friend, Martin, are skindiving while on vacation in Puerto Rico. When they resurface, they gradually conclude that an unexplained, temporary interruption of oxygen has killed everyone on the island - maybe in the world!" Written by Robert Towne and directed by Roger Corman, 1960."



















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Sherlock Holmes: Dressed To Kill - 1946

"Aka 'Sherlock Holmes in Dressed To Kill' - features Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes.

"A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes.

"When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

"Writing credits Arthur Conan Doyle (story) (as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Frank Gruber, adaptation Leonard Lee, screenplay

"Basil Rathbone.... Sherlock Holmes Nigel Bruce .... Dr. 'Fatso' Watson Patricia Morison .... Mrs. Hilda Courtney, aka Mrs. Williams Edmund Breon .... Julian 'Stinky' Emery (as Edmond Breon) Frederick Worlock.... Colonel Cavanaugh (as Frederic Worlock) Carl Harbord .... Inspector Hopkins of Scotland Yard Patricia Cameron .... Evelyn Clifford Holmes Herbert .... Ebeneezer Crabtree, auctioneer at Gaylord Art Gallery Harry Cording .... Hamid, Cavanaugh's chauffeur Leyland Hodgson....Tour guide Mary Gordon ....Mrs. Hudson Ian Wolfe .... Commissioner of Scotland Yard

"Also Known As: Prelude to Murder (USA) (working title) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code (UK) Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill"



















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