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Sunset Boulevard Bill Holden 1950

An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong.

War and Peace Audrey Hepburn 1956

In the years leading to Napoleon’s invasion, members of the Russian aristocracy face a myriad of personal tragedies. After his father dies, Count Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda), a friend of Prince Andrei Bolkonsky (Mel Ferrer), receives a substantial inheritance. When

Phantom of the Opera Claude Rains 1943

Talented Christine (Susanna Foster) is unaware that her singing lessons are being funded by a secret admirer, Enrique (Claude Rains), a mysterious violinist with a disfigured face. Christine’s colleagues become suspicious when mysterious accidents start occurring at the Paris Opera

Tycoon John Wayne 1947

American engineer Johnny Munroe (John Wayne) is hired by South American tycoon Frederick Alexander (Cedric Hardwicke) to bore a tunnel for a new railroad in the Andes Mountains. On the job, he falls for Alexander’s beautiful daughter, Maura (Laraine Day).

Anastasia Yul Brynner Ingrid Bergman Helen Hayes 1956

Could an amnesiac refugee named Anna Anderson (Ingrid Bergman) truly be the Grand Duchess Anastasia, purported sole survivor of the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family during the Bolshevik Revolution of 1918, and therefore the rightful heir to

Tall in the Saddle John Wayne 1944

Cowboy Rocklin (John Wayne) rides into a dusty western township where he’s been promised work on a ranch. But when he finds that his future boss has been gunned down, he’s forced to find work elsewhere. Despite his sexist attitudes,

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers 1954

During the 1850s, Milly (Jane Powell), a pretty young cook, marries Adam (Howard Keel), a grizzled woodsman, after a brief courtship. When the two return to Adam’s farm, Milly is shocked to meet his six ill-mannered brothers, all of whom

Escape To Burma Barbara Stanwyck 1955

Henchmen and a British policeman (David Farrar) track a man (Robert Ryan) wanted for murder to a woman’s (Barbara Stanwyck) jungle plantation.

The African Queen Humphrey Bogart 1951

After religious spinster’s (Katharine Hepburn) missionary brother is killed in WWI Africa, dissolute steamer captain (Humphrey Bogart) offers her safe passage. She’s not satisfied so she persuades him to destroy a German gunboat. The two spend most of their time

Whispering Smith Alan Ladd 1948

Luke “Whispering” Smith (Alan Ladd) is a mild-mannered policeman tasked with stopping a gang of train robbers, led by Barney Rebstock (Donald Crisp). Luke is faced with a conflict of interest when his good friend, Murray Sinclair (Robert Preston), loses

The Fountainhead Gary Cooper 1949

Unconventional and arrogant architect Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) sees himself as misunderstood, having been openly criticized by writer Ellsworth Toohey (Robert Douglas). Taking a job at a quarry in lieu of compromising his vision, Roark becomes involved with rich, married

My Fair Lady Audrey Hepburn 1964

In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high