It's a Wonderful Life

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It Happened Tomorrow

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My Man Godfrey (1937)

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A scatterbrained socialite hires a vagrant as a family butler...but there's more to Godfrey than meets the eye. Featuring William Powell, Carole Lombard, Gail Patrick, Alice Brady. Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, 1937. Added to the National Film Registry, 1999. In English. Directed by Gregory La Cava. USA.

Love Affair (1939)

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A Star Is Born

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A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom. She achieves them only with the help of a leading man, who is himself rapidly descending into obscurity and alcoholism. Win.

Ruthless

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Bluebeard. (1944). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474255-bluebeard?aid=107761

A killer of young women, dubbed Bluebeard, is loose in Paris. Lucille and her friends meet Gaston Morrell, a puppeteer. He invites them to a show the next night; they go. Afterwards, he walks with Lucille; she offers to make costumes for his next show, he accepts, and feelings develop that may lead to love. She suspects he has a tragic past. Meanwhile, his leaving the show with Lucille prompts the jealousy of Renee, Gaston's sometime lover. Lucille's younger sister, Francine, comes back to Paris - her boyfriend is Inspector Lefebre, who's hunting for Bluebeard. Some clues point toward Lamart, a greedy art dealer. Who is in danger, and can Gaston be trusted? Featuring John Carradine, Jean Parker. In English. Directed by Edgar Ulmer. USA.

Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939)

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This was Bonita Granville's second turn as Nancy, the high school reporter who was the subject of four Warner Bros films in the late 1930s. This time she's helping a young woman accused of murder. When Nancy persuades her loyal neighbor Ted to help her, it's only a matter of time before the identity of the real killer is revealed. Starring John Litel, Dickie Jones, and Frankie Thomas. In English. Directed by William Clemens. USA.

To Be or Not to Be

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SHERLOCK HOLMES

Dressed to kill. (1946). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474285-dressed-to-kill?aid=107761

Sherlock Holmes faces death. (1943). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474288-sherlock-holmes-faces-death?aid=107761

The Great Gabbo (1929)

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In this "pre-code" film, The Great Gabbo (Erich von Stroheim) is a mentally unstable ventriloquist who brutally demeans his assistant, Mary (Betty Compson), blaming her for the duo's lack of success. Fed up with his abuse, she quits, only to find herself performing as a dancer in a major stage show featuring Gabbo two years later. Though she is now married to a fellow dancer, Frank (Don Douglas), Gabbo makes a play for her. When she rejects him, his madness returns, and he begins to speak only through his puppet. In English. Directed by James Cruze and Erich von Stroheim. USA.

Body and Soul (1947) - boxing

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Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money. His career blooms as he wins fight after fight, but soon an unethical promoter named Roberts begins to show an interest in Charley, and Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices. Nominated for 3 and winner of 1 Academy Award, 1948. In English. Directed by Robert Rossen. USA. Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised.

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• When a cute terrier follows Bill Denny home, his wife (Shelley Winters) mistakes the dog for an anniversary gift. Little do they know, Archie, as they call him, is a well-trained go-between in a smuggling ring. Now, the gangsters want their dog back. In English. Directed by George Beck. USA.

NON-CLASSICS

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

... star as three generations of women who murder their husbands in an unsettling salvo of sumptuous visuals, macabre capers and numerical mischief.

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Sleep My Love

Hollow Triumph

Lured

1984. (1956). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474350-1984?aid=107761

• George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love. In a futuristic, state-run society controlled by "Big Brother" in which love is outlawed, employee of the state Winston Smith falls for Julia, and is tortured and brainwashed for his crime. Featuring Edmond O'Brien, Donald Pleasence, Michael Redgrave. In English. Directed by Michael Anderson. UK. Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised.

Anna Karenina. (1948). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/478305-anna-karenina?aid=107761

• Stefan and Dolly Oblonsky have had a little spat and Stefan has asked his sister, Anna Karenina, to come down to Moscow to help mend the rift. Anna's companion on the train from St. Petersburg is Countess Vronsky who is met at the Moscow station by her son. Col. Vronsky looks very dashing in his uniform and it's love at first sight when he looks at Anna and their eyes meet. Back in St. Petersburg they keep running into each other at parties. Since she has a husband and small son, they must be very discreet if they are going to see each other alone. In English. Directed by Julien Duvivier. UK

A Star is Born. (1937). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/38984-star-born?aid=107761

• A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom. She achieves them only with the help of a leading man, who is himself rapidly descending into obscurity and alcoholism. Winner of Best Writing, Original Story Academy Award, and nominated for 6 other Academy Awards. Directed by William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, and Victor Fleming. USA.

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• In this film noir drama, the uptight and dumb small time thief Nick Robey and his partner and only friend Al Molin steal $10,000.00 from a man, but the heist goes wrong. Al Molin is killed by a policeman and Nick shoots him in the spine. He hides out in a public swimming pool and meets the lonely spinster Peggy Dobbs in the water. Nick uses Peggy to lie low. He offers a ride in a taxi to her and she invites him to her apartment, where she introduces her family to him. When Nick discovers that he killed the cop, he decides to use Peggy's apartment as hideout to wait the police manhunt cool down. When Nick finds that Peggy loves him, he invites her to leave town with him and asks her to buy a used car. However, Nick cannot trust anybody and believes Peggy has betrayed him. In English. Directed by John Berry. USA.

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• In this film noir drama, the uptight and dumb small time thief Nick Robey and his partner and only friend Al Molin steal $10,000.00 from a man, but the heist goes wrong. Al Molin is killed by a policeman and Nick shoots him in the spine. He hides out in a public swimming pool and meets the lonely spinster Peggy Dobbs in the water. Nick uses Peggy to lie low. He offers a ride in a taxi to her and she invites him to her apartment, where she introduces her family to him. When Nick discovers that he killed the cop, he decides to use Peggy's apartment as hideout to wait the police manhunt cool down. When Nick finds that Peggy loves him, he invites her to leave town with him and asks her to buy a used car. However, Nick cannot trust anybody and believes Peggy has betrayed him. In English. Directed by John Berry. USA.

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• John Muller (Paul Henried), a career criminal on the run after a botched casino robbery, finds the ultimate hideout by taking on another man's identity. Produced by Henried and directed by low budget genius Steve Sekely (Blonde Savage, Revenge of the Zombies), the movie's fine cast includes Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, and a very young Jack Webb. Noted cinematographer John Alton shoots in the same shimmering style that he brought to such films as He Walked By Night and The Big Combo, giving Hollow Triumph enough stark atmosphere to match any of the great film noir films. In English. Directed by Steve Sekely and Paul Henreid. USA.

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• In this "pre-code" film based on the novel by S. S. Van Dine, everyone assumes dog-show competitor Archer Coe (Robert Barrat) committed suicide, except for intrepid detective Philo Vance (William Powell). As Vance investigates, he turns up evidence of foul play that points in every direction; Coe wasn't just disliked, he was despised. The long list of suspects includes Coe's niece Hilda (Mary Astor); his rival, Sir Thomas MacDonald (Paul Cavanagh); and his brother. Can Vance sort through the competing motives to find the true killer? In English. Directed by Michael Curtiz. USA

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Meet John Doe. (1941). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474263-meet-john-doe?aid=107761

• A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.

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• In this rural drama, Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott) is a Texan cotton picker who aspires to run his own farm and create a better life for his family, which includes two kids and the irritable Granny Tucker (Beulah Bondi). Aided by his beautiful wife, Nona (Betty Field), Tucker begins to work a neglected plot of land, but numerous difficulties arise, including bad weather and conflicts with jealous neighbors, making it hard for the Tuckers to get ahead. Nominated for 3 Academy Awards. NBR-Top Ten Films, National Board of Review, 1945. Best Feature Film, Venice International Film Festival, 1946. In English. Directed by Jean Renoir. USA.

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Topper returns. (1941). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/36510-topper-returns?aid=107761

• Many consider this supernational comedy to be the best of the Topper trilogy, thanks largely to the sassy presence of Joan Blondell. Hollywood's favorite wisecracker plays Gail Richards, a woman accidentally murdered while staying at the home of her friend, Ann Carrington (Carole Landis). Enlisting the help of Cosmo Topper (Roland Young), Gail's ghost sets out to find her killer. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including one for special effects. In English. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. USA.

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Comedy - never seen

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The blue gardenia. (1953). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474268-blue-gardenia?aid=107761

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Technicolor

Nothing sacred. (1937). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/36489-nothing-sacred?aid=107761

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The lady vanishes. (1938). In Infobase. Infobase. https://access.infobase.com/video/474046-lady-vanishes?aid=107761