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Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceActors Errol Flynn,
Viveca Lindfors,
Robert Douglas,
Romney Brent,
Ann Rutherford,
Fortunio BonanovaRating69%
Late in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Spanish noble Don Juan de Mañara (Errol Flynn) is repatriated from London to Madrid after a serious diplomatic scandal caused by his affair with the British fiancée of a Spanish duke. The Spanish ambassador in London, Count de Polan (Robert Warwick), sends a letter of recommendation to his friend Queen Margaret (Viveca Lindfors), asking her to provide an opportunity at the court to rehabilitate Don Juan after the gossiping and rumors about his multiple illicit love affairs. He is thus hired as a fencing instructor at the Spanish Academy., 1h34
Directed by Vincent Sherman,
John WatersOrigin USAGenres Action,
Adventure,
Historical,
WesternActors Clark Gable,
Ava Gardner,
Broderick Crawford,
Ed Begley,
Lionel Barrymore,
Beulah BondiRating60%
Devereaux Burke gets a personal request from former President Andrew Jackson to help keep Texas from entering into annexation with Mexico. The movement is gaining favor because it is mistakenly believed that Texas pioneer Sam Houston supports it., 1h38
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Thriller,
Noir,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Spy films,
Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Transport filmsActors Rita Hayworth,
Glenn Ford,
Alexander Scourby,
Valerie Bettis,
Torin Thatcher,
Karel ŠtěpánekRating65%
The film is set in Trinidad while it was still a British colony. Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) works as a nightclub singer and dancer. One night after her performance she receives news from Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) and Anderson (Howard Wendell), a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil was found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby)., 1h2
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
Horror,
CrimeThemes Vampires in filmActors Wayne Morris,
Priscilla Lane,
Rosemary Lane,
Humphrey Bogart,
Dennis Morgan,
John LitelRating57%
A pair of bizarre murders occur wherein the victims are drained of their rare blood type. Reporter Walter Garrett (Wayne Morris) consults with his friend Dr. Mike Rhodes (Dennis Morgan) which leads them to Rhodes' former mentor, hematologist Dr. Francis Flegg (John Litel). Flegg is initially unhelpful but when Garrett and Rhodes notice a striking resemblance between Flegg's strange assistant, Marshall Quesne (Humphrey Bogart) and the late Dr. Maurice Xavier, they confront Flegg. Flegg admits that he used scientific methods to bring Xavier back from the grave and employed a synthetic blood formula to sustain his life. However, the formula is unstable, and therefore, Quesne/Xavier must seek out human victims with a rare blood type featured in the formula in order stay alive., 1h43
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Crime,
RomanceActors Joan Crawford,
David Brian,
Steve Cochran,
Hugh Sanders,
Kent Smith,
Selena RoyleRating71%
Ethel Whitehead (Crawford) is a weary housewife living at the edge of the Texas oil fields. When her young son is killed in a bicycle accident, she leaves her laborer husband Roy (Egan) for the big city. She quickly learns to use her physical charms to get ahead. In cahoots with bookkeeper friend Martin Blackford (Smith), Ethel works her way into the entourage of George Castleman (Brian), a mobster who enjoys an elegant lifestyle. With the help of socialite Patricia Longworth (Royle), Castleman grooms Ethel in the arts of cultured living. After making her his mistress, he tries to use her to trap his arch-rival Nick Prenta (Cochran). The trap fails when Ethel falls in love with Prenta. The betrayed Castleman kills Prenta and goes gunning for Ethel but dies in a shootout with Blackford., 1h47
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Spy films,
Political films,
Gangster filmsActors Humphrey Bogart,
Conrad Veidt,
Kaaren Verne,
Jane Darwell,
Peter Lorre,
Frank McHughRating70%
An elderly baker named Miller (Ludwig Stossel) is murdered by a sinister stranger (Peter Lorre). A trail leads on to a nightclub singer, Leda Hamilton (Kaaren Verne) who reveals that she and Miller have been in thrall to an organization of Nazi fifth columnists led by Ebbing (Conrad Veidt). She is helped by a well-meaning sports promoter, Alfred "Gloves" Donahue (Humphrey Bogart), who himself is suspected of murdering a nightclub owner (Edward Brophy), and has to track down those responsible to prove his innocence., 1h33
Directed by John Huston,
Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Thriller,
Action,
Adventure,
Spy,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Spy films,
Political filmsActors Humphrey Bogart,
Mary Astor,
Sydney Greenstreet,
Charles Halton,
Richard Loo,
Monte BlueRating67%
In late 1941, Captain Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart) is court-martialed and discharged from the U.S. Coast Artillery after he is caught stealing. He tries to join the Canadian Army, but is coldly rebuffed. He subsequently boards a Japanese ship, the Genoa Maru, in Halifax, apparently to make his way to China via the Panama Canal to fight for Chiang Kai-shek., 1h50
Directed by Vincent ShermanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Films based on playsActors Bette Davis,
Miriam Hopkins,
Gig Young,
John Loder,
Phillip Reed,
Anne RevereRating73%
In 1924, newly successful author Kit Marlowe returns to her home town to speak, as part of a lecture tour, and to visit her dear childhood friend Millie. Millie has married Preston Drake and is pregnant, and she surprises Kit when she discloses she has also written a book, a romance novel. Millie asks Kit to present her book to her publisher. Upon their meeting, Preston appears to be impressed by Kit Marlowe., 2h25
Directed by Vincent Sherman,
Irving RapperOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Romantic drama,
RomanceThemes Films about religion,
Films about Jews and JudaismActors Bette Davis,
Claude Rains,
Walter Abel,
George Coulouris,
Richard Waring,
John AlexanderRating75%
In 1914, spoiled Fanny Trellis (Bette Davis) is a renowned beauty, with many suitors. She loves her brother Trippy (Richard Waring) and would do anything to help him. When Fanny learns that Trippy has embezzled money from his stockbroker employer Job Skeffington (Claude Rains), she marries the lovestruck businessman in order to save her brother. Disgusted by the arrangement, in part because of his prejudice against Skeffington being Jewish, Trippy leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.