Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Homecoming movie storyline. Ulysses Johnson (Clark Gable) is an American surgeon coming back from World War II. As he is sitting on the transport boat taking him back to America, he is asked by a reporter about his experiences during the war. Johnson begins to tell his story, beginning in 1941. Johnson is the chief surgeon at a hospital, a man free of emotional attachment to his patients.
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Portrait in Black movie storyline. In San Francisco, shipping magnate Matthew Cabot, though fatally ill, watches over his fleet and remains controlling and cruel to his wife Sheila and second-in-command, Howard Mason. As he does each day, Dr. David Rivera, who is secretly having an affair with Sheila, arrives to administer Matt’s injection of ether to control the pain, a procedure Howard considers suspicious.
Portrait in Black (1960) Read More
Peyton Place movie storyline. It’s the pre-WWII era. Peyton Place is a small town in New England, whose leading adult citizens rule the town with their high moral standards, which they try to pass on to their offspring. The adults, especially those that wield power largely through their positions and/or through their wealth, will not tolerate anything they believe morally improper.
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Green Dolphin Street movie storyline. Two beautiful daughters of a wealthy merchant fall in love with the same handsome young man (Richard Hart), but because he favors the gentle modesty of Marguerite (Donna Reed), her “not quite nice” sister Marianne (LanaTurner) persuades him to seek his fortune abroad.
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Imitation of Life movie storyline. Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) is a struggling actress with a 6-year-old daughter, Susie. She hires an African American woman, Annie Johnson, as a maid. Annie has an 8-year-old daughter, Sarah Jane, who instantly befriends Susie.
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Love Has Many Faces movie storyline. Married couple Kit and Pete are questioned by the Acapulco police when the body of Billy Andrews, a beachboy, washes ashore. Kit had an affair with Billy, and Pete accuses Kit of causing Billy’s suicide because she ended their affair. Pete is a former beachboy who married Kit for her money and is now having second thoughts about his way of life.
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Another Time, Another Place movie synopsis. An American reporter, Sara Scott (Turner) is working in London during the last year of the Second World War and begins an affair with a British reporter named Mark Trevor (Connery).
Another Time, Another Place (1958) Read More
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.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Read More
The Postman Always Rings Twice movie storyline. Frank Chambers is a hobo who stops at a rural diner for a meal and ends up working there.
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Read More
The Bad and the Beautiful storyline. Film director Fred Amiel, movie star Georgia Lorrison, and screenwriter James Lee Bartlow, at the top of professions, each receives a telephone call from Paris.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) Read More