Bess Flowers — Actor (153)
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Home from the Hill (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Home from the Hill
director: Vincente Minnelli actor: Robert Mitchum / Eleanor Parker …
other title: A casa dopo l'uragano / Herança da Carne …
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
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Giant (1956) [Movie]
Giant
director: George Stevens actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Rock Hudson …
other title: Il gigante / Giganten …
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
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The Lady Eve (1941) [Movie]
The Lady Eve
director: Preston Sturges actor: Barbara Stanwyck / Henry Fonda …
other title: Lady Eva / As Três Noites de Eva …
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
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Sweet Smell of Success (1957) [Movie]
Sweet Smell of Success
7.2 (6 ratings) director: Alexander Mackendrick actor: Burt Lancaster / Tony Curtis …
other title: Piombo rovente / Magtens sødme …
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) [Movie]
Judgment at Nuremberg
director: Stanley Kramer actor: Spencer Tracy / Richard Widmark …
other title: Vincitori e vinti / Dommen i Nürnberg …
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) [Movie]
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
8.1 (8 ratings) director: Howard Hawks actor: Jane Russell / Marilyn Monroe …
other title: Gli uomini preferiscono le bionde / Gentlemen foretrækker blondiner …
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
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Funny Face (1957) [Movie]
Funny Face
director: Stanley Donen actor: Audrey Hepburn / Fred Astaire …
other title: Cenerentola a Parigi / Kærlighed i Paris …
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
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A Night to Remember (1958) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
A Night to Remember
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Kenneth More / Ronald Allen …
other title: Titanic, latitudine 41 nord / Titanics sidste timer …
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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The Roaring Twenties (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Roaring Twenties
director: Raoul Walsh actor: James Cagney / Priscilla Lane …
other title: I ruggenti anni venti / Die wilden Zwanziger …
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
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A Day at the Races (1937) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Day at the Races
director: Samuel Grosvenor Wood actor: Groucho Marx / Chico Marx …
other title: Un giorno alle corse / En dag på galopbanen …
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he has his degree in Veterinary Medicine.
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A Night at the Opera (1935) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge
A Night at the Opera
director: Sam Wood / Edmund Goulding actor: Groucho Marx / Chico Marx …
other title: Una notte all'opera / Halløj i operaen …
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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The Big Clock (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Big Clock
director: John Farrow actor: Ray Milland / Charles Laughton …
other title: Il tempo si è fermato / Olhos na Noite …
Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.
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Monkey Business (1931) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Monkey Business
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Groucho Marx / Harpo Marx …
other title: Monkey Business - Quattro folli in alto mare / Fulde af Fup …
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
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Notorious (1946) [Movie]
Notorious
7.6 (5 ratings) director: Alfred Hitchcock actor: Cary Grant / Ingrid Bergman …
other title: Notorious - L'amante perduta / Berygtet …
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.
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Giant (1956) [Movie]
Giant
director: George Stevens actor: Elizabeth Taylor / Rock Hudson …
other title: Il gigante / Giganten …
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
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Gilda (1946) [Movie]
Gilda
director: Charles Vidor actor: Rita Hayworth / Glenn Ford …
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
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The Big Sleep (1946) [Movie]
The Big Sleep
7.3 (7 ratings) director: Howard Hawks actor: Humphrey Bogart / Lauren Bacall …
other title: Il grande sonno / Marlowe: Sternwood-Mysteriet …
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.