Ben Hecht — Playwright (50)
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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) WikiData IMDb TMDB NeoDB
Angels with Dirty Faces
director: Michael Curtiz actor: James Cagney / Pat O'Brien …
other title: Gli angeli con la faccia sporca / Chicago - Engel mit schmutzigen Gesichtern …
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
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The Front Page (1931) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Front Page
director: Lewis Milestone actor: Adolphe Menjou / Pat O'Brien …
other title: Un gran reportaje
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
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Angels Over Broadway (1940) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Angels Over Broadway
director: Ben Hecht / Lee Garmes actor: Douglas Fairbanks Jr. / Rita Hayworth …
other title: Angeli del peccato / L'Ange de Broadway …
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Prisoner of Zenda
director: John Cromwell actor: Ronald Colman / Madeleine Carroll …
other title: Il prigioniero di Zenda / Der Gefangene von Zenda …
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
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September Affair (1950)
September Affair
director: 威廉·迪亚特尔 actor: 琼·芳登 / 约瑟夫·科顿 …
other title: 九月情事 / 秋恋(港/台) …
An industrialist and a pianist meet on a trip and fall in love. Through a quirk of fate, they are reported dead in a crash though they weren't on the plane. This gives them the opportunity to live together free from their previous lives. Unfortunately, this artificial arrangement leads to greater and greater stress. Eventually the situation collapses when they come to pursue their original, individual interests without choosing a common path.
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Circus World (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Circus World
director: Henry Hathaway actor: John Wayne / Claudia Cardinale …
other title: Il circo e la sua grande avventura / Held der Arena …
Circus owner Matt Masters is beset by disasters as he attempts a European tour of his circus. At the same time, he is caught in an emotional bind between his adopted daughter and her mother.
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Whirlpool (1950)
Whirlpool
director: Otto Preminger actor: Gene Tierney / José Ferrer …
other title: Il segreto di una donna / Le Mystérieux Docteur Korvo …
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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Nothing Sacred (1937) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Nothing Sacred
director: William A. Wellman actor: Carole Lombard / Fredric March …
other title: Nulla sul serio / Nada é Sagrado …
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
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Lydia (1941) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Lydia
director: Julien Duvivier actor: Merle Oberon / Edna May Oliver …
other title: Ein Frauenherz vergißt nie
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931) IMDb TMDB Douban NeoDB
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
director: 埃德加·塞尔温 actor: 罗伯特·杨 / 海伦·海丝 …
other title: 战地情天 / Il fallo di Madelon Claudet …
French country girl Madelon falls for artist Larry, who leaves her after she becomes pregant. She finds help from jewel thief Carlo, but he commits sucide when the police try to arrest him. Madelon is arrested and receives a ten year term in prison for assisting him in his profession. To support her son, who does not know she's in person, she becomes a street walker, allowing him to attend medical school.
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Wuthering Heights (1939)
Wuthering Heights
director: William Wyler actor: Merle Oberon / Laurence Olivier …
other title: La voce nella tempesta / Stormfulde Højder …
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
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Comrade X (1940) IMDb TMDB
Comrade X
director: King Vidor actor: Clark Gable / Hedy Lamarr …
other title: Corrispondente X / Camarade X …
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Communist leave the country.