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69
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93
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68
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House of Wax (1953)
A sculptor opens a wax museum to showcase the likenesses of famous historical figures, but quickly runs into trouble when his business partner demands the exhibits become more extreme in order to increase profits.
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73
68
7.0
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70
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68
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3.6
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88
/25/
72
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77
/11/

Magnificent Obsession (1954)
Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.
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75
68
7.2
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68
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65
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3.4
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100
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76
/43/

Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
66
6.6
/7581/
69
/239/
64
/140/
3.2
/4189/
100
/8/
58
/67/

The Woman in Green (1945)
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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Plex
71
64
7.2
/6392/
73
/188/
69
/101/
3.5
/3401/
73
/457/

The Scarlet Claw (1944)
When a woman is found dead with her throat torn out, the local villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
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70
63
7.2
/6056/
70
/172/
68
/110/
3.4
/3086/
73
/381/

The House of Fear (1945)
The Good Comrades are a collection of varied gentlemen who crave one thing - solitude. They reside at Drearcliff House, ancestral home of their eldest member. All seems serene and convivial until one by one the members begin to perish in the most grisly of manners. Foul play is suspected by the Good Comrades' insurance agent, who turns to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson for guidance.
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69
63
6.9
/7133/
70
/177/
67
/111/
3.3
/2219/
83
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61
/71/

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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MGM Plus
70
61
6.8
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67
/82/
60
/55/
3.2
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100
/5/
66
/41/

The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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70
59
7.3
/5303/
75
/53/
70
/65/
3.7
/4413/
57
/7/
71
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Humoresque (1947)
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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58
6.6
/6303/
68
/153/
65
/157/
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/9141/
65
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54
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Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
68
54
7.0
/3267/
64
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67
/56/
3.5
/1946/
71
/623/
66
/7/

Madame Bovary (1949)
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
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70
53
7.2
/3211/
71
/40/
65
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3.4
/1672/
74
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The Verdict (1946)
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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42
6.5
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68
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61
/40/
3.2
/1527/
60
/5/
58
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A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has changed — his daughter is grown and about to marry.
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57
42
6.1
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66
/34/
58
/34/
2.9
/1490/
60
/5/
41
/66/

Night and Day (1946)
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
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40
6.4
/1954/
71
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64
/29/
3.2
/639/
100
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/21/

Captains of the Clouds (1942)
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
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30
7.1
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62
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63
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The Hard Way (1943)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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30
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The Strange Door (1951)
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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Amazon Prime Video
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29
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57
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3.1
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34
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Dishonored Lady (1947)
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.
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Public Domain Movies
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66
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/24/
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/21/
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The Sin of Nora Moran (1933)
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those whom she loves.
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27
7.0
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64
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66
/25/
3.4
/1275/
53
/6/

Ivy (1947)
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.
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25
5.8
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/32/
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/24/
2.9
/1059/
25
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
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25
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66
/23/
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Hollywood Story (1951)
An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.
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24
6.9
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65
/32/
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/5/

The Raid (1954)
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
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You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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Hoopla
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24
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Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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Goin' to Town (1935)
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When he dies and leaves her all of his fortune, she soon learns that although she has money, she is not yet a lady, so she embarks on a journey to become one. She has no desire to change herself, but the man she sets her sights on does—so she obliges.
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22
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51
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56
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Interlude (1957)
A young woman touring Germany is caught between a married symphony conductor and a doctor from back home.
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22
5.3
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55
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56
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2.8
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67
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The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
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Hoopla
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22
4.4
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41
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47
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2.5
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24
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Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
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34
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Plymouth Adventure (1952)
During the Mayflower pilgrims' long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on their way to America, Captain Christopher Jones falls in love with William Bradford's wife Dorothy.
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18
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2.7
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
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Amazon Prime Video
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17
6.6
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56
/10/
57
/21/
3.3
/566/
40
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The Devil to Pay! (1930)
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
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14
5.7
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59
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54
/18/
3.1
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She Devil (1957)
Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.
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14
6.1
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63
/11/
59
/11/
40
/22/

Diane (1956)
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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12
6.6
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72
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3.3
/260/
56
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The Mississippi Gambler (1953)
Mark Fallon, with partner Kansas John Polly, tries to introduce honest gambling on the riverboats. His first success makes enemies of the crooked gamblers and of fair Angelique Dureau, whose necklace he won. Later in New Orleans, Mark befriends Angelique's father, but she still affects to despise him as his gambling career brings him wealth. Duelling, tragedy, and romantic complications follow.
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11
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Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
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11
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The Scarlet Coat (1955)
An American officer goes undercover to unmask a Revolutionary War traitor.
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10
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Francis in the Haunted House (1956)
A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
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9
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Charade (1953)
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware that the man is a murderer. "Duel at Dawn" is set in 1880s Austria. Two military officers fight a duel, with the survivor free to claim the heart of their shared love interest. "The Midas Touch" is a romance story of sorts. Jonah Watson is a successful American businessman, but is disgruntled with his life. He emigrates to England to start a new life, and works as a common servant. But he falls in love with a cockney maid who dreams of marrying into wealth.
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9
5.3
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/11/
46
/12/
3.0
/282/

The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
A new social worker at a girls' reformatory discovers that her charges are being used by a group of ancient alchemists, who have insinuated themselves as the prison's chief staffers, to keep themselves alive and free from an insidious petrification, which is already afflicting one of their number.
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57
8
6.2
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Splendor (1935)
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and the loss of their mansion and social position, they had hoped that Brighton would marry wealthy heiress and family friend, Edith Gilbert.
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46
8
5.5
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64
/11/
51
/8/
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The Golden Hawk (1952)
A 17th-century French pirate sides with an English noblewoman who's posing as a pirate.
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45
8
5.8
/745/
51
/10/
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/10/
12
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The King's Thief (1955)
An ex-soldier turned highwayman uncovers a plot to take control of England from King Charles II.
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52
8
5.6
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50
/2/
42
/6/
3.0
/550/

The Virtuous Sin (1930)
Marya gets friendly with General Platoff in order to save her husband Victor from being executed.
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?
5.6
/77/

Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
In this comedy, a crime novelist spins a yarn to impress the apple of his eye. He tells her that he has been involved in a murder.
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?
7.9
/24/

Heartbreak (1931)
John Merrick and Vilma Walden, who fall in love at an embassy fundraiser in Vienna before World War I. Vilma's brother, Carl, who is a war veteran, poses as a rival for Vilma's affections. When war erupts, John requests a transfer to the Italian front, where he confronts Carl, who had borrowed his aircraft for a mission. John is devastated to learn the pilot he downed was actually Carl, leading him to announce he will no longer kill.
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6.4
/9/

Tesha (1928)
The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.
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5.7
/66/
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God Is My Partner (1957)
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.


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