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Beau Brummell (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Beau Brummell
other title: Lord Brummell / Beau Brummell – Rebell und Verführer
Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham. However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
The Seventh Sin (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Seventh Sin
director: Ronald Neame actor: Eleanor Parker / Bill Travers
other title: Il settimo peccato / Hongkong war ihr Schicksal
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
Orchestra Wives (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Orchestra Wives
other title: Ce que femme veut / Voglio essere più amata
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band's tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.
Kitty (1945) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Kitty
other title: Eine Lady mit Vergangenheit / La bribona
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
My Gal Sal (1942) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
My Gal Sal
other title: Follie di New York / Die Königin vom Broadway
Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day
Lucky Jordan (1942) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Lucky Jordan
director: Frank Tuttle actor: Alan Ladd / Helen Walker
other title: Il disertore / Gangsterfalle
Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries to escape duty by using an old con woman named Annie to convince the draft board he's needed at home. When that fails, Jordan is sent to boot camp, but he doesn't stay there long. He takes a beautiful USO worker hostage and flees back to New York. There, he learns that a rival gangster is plotting against America.
Standing Room Only (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Standing Room Only
other title: Tutto esaurito
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy.
Valley of the Kings (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Valley of the Kings
director: Robert Pirosh actor: Robert Taylor / Eleanor Parker
other title: La valle dei re / Das Tal der Könige
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.
Taras Bulba (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Taras Bulba
director: J. Lee Thompson actor: Tony Curtis / Yul Brynner
other title: Taras il magnifico / Kosakken Taras Bulba
Ukraine, 16th century. While the Poles dominate the Cossack steppes, Andrei, son of Taras Bulba, a Cossack leader, must choose between his love for his family and his folk and his passion for a Polish woman.
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?
director: Hy Averback actor: Doris Day / Terry-Thomas
other title: Che cosa hai fatto quando siamo rimasti al buio? / Als das Licht ausging...
When the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 hit, millions of people were left in the dark, including Waldo Zane, a New York executive in the process of stealing a fortune from his company, and two people whose paths he's destined to cross, Broadway actress Margaret Garrison and her husband, Peter.