Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
One Touch of Venus storyline. Eddie Hatch is a window dresser for Savory’s department store. Whitfield Savory II, has just spent $200,000 on a statue of Venus for display in the store’s museum.
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Disney was known for combining his musical cartoon shorts into interesting feature-length anthologies and Melody Time is one of the best. But for the fact that all of the featured segments have musical themes, they vary widely in musical and artistic style. Included are the exciting “Bumble Boogie,” with a jazzy version of Rimski-Korsakov’s famed “Flight of the Bumblebee,” played by Freddy Martin and His Orchestra;.
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Act of Violence movie storyline. Joe Parkson is a disabled war veteran who is out for revenge. The target of his wrath is his former commanding officer,
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Irene Girard is an ambassador’s wife and used to living in luxury. After the dramatic death of her son, she feels guilty of having neglected him and feels compelled to help people in need who cross her path. One day she offers shelter to a man who is evading justice, and she ends being arrested herself. Her husband, for the sake of social propriety, arranges for a doctor to declare her insane. Irene escapes one prison to enter another, and to reflect on what sort of society she lives in.
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Denver and Rio Grande movie storyline. In the late 1870s, chief engineer Gil Harkness and construction foreman Jim Vesser are surveying a new route for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad.
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Angel Face movie storyline. In California, the ambulance driver Frank Jessup and his partner head to a mansion in Beverly Hills to assist the millionaire Mrs. Catherine Tremayne.
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Affair in Trinidad movie storyline. In Port of Spain, Trinidad, the mediocre painter Neal Emery is found dead after committing suicide. Inspector Smythe seeks out Neal’s wife.
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With a Song in My Heart movie storyline. After landing a job singing on the radio, Jane Froman marries musical accompanist Don Ross. Under Don’s management,
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The Bad and the Beautiful movie storyline. Film director Fred Amiel and movie star Georgia Lorrison receives a telephone call from Paris from movie producer Jonathan Shields.
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Come Back, Little Sheba storyline. Middle aged Doc and Lola Delaney have been married for twenty years. Their life together started out with so much promise.
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