The Trojan Women (1971)
The Trojan Women movie storyline. In the aftermath of the Trojan War, Queen Hecuba and the surviving women of Troy face a fate worse than death: they are to be taken back to Greece as slaves
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Alice Adams (1935)
In the small town of South Renford, Alice Adams comes from a working class background, although she aspires to be among the upper class. Alice’s mother blames her husband for their low social standing, despite his working hard and Alice not blaming him for anything. Regardless, Alice tries to do whatever necessary to put on appearances of wealth and social standing, despite everyone in that class in town knowing who she is, and thus largely ignoring her because of her false airs.
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Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Suddenly, Last Summer storyline. Dr. John Cukrowicz, working at the state run Lion’s View Mental Institution, is experimenting with a radical new treatment for hopeless cases of lunacy: lobotomy.
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Woman of the Year (1942)
Woman of the Year movie storyline. Tess and Sam (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy) work on the same newspaper and don’t like each other very much. At least the first time, because they eventually fall in love and get married. But Tess is a very active woman and one of the most famous feminists in the country; she is even elected as “the woman of the year.”
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Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962)
Long Day’s Journey into Night movie storyline. One day in the early 20th century in the life of the outwardly “loving” yet dysfunctional Tyrone family – parents James and Mary, and their two surviving adult sons Jamie and Edmund – at their Connecticut seaside summer home is presented. Mary has recently been released from a sanatorium for addiction to morphine.
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On Golden Pond (1981)
On Golden Pond movie storyline. The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea — whom they haven’t seen for years — feels she must be there for Norman’s birthday.
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Adam’s Rib (1949)
Adam’s Rib is about bout husband-and-wife lawyers who take opposite sides of a court case, from a forward-looking screenplay with snappy dialogue by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin.
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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
The Philadelphia Story movie storyline. Philadelphia socialites Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven married impulsively, with their marriage and subsequent divorce being equally passionate.
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Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Bringing Up Baby storyline. Zoology professor Dr. David Huxley is excited by the news that an intercostal clavicle bone has been found to complete his skeleton.
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The African Queen (1951)
The African Queen movie storyline. 1914 in German East Africa. Brother and sister, Reverend Samuel and Miss Rose Sayer, are British Christian missionaries.
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