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Directed by John Rawlins,
Ford BeebeOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Circus films,
Children's filmsActors Sabu,
Jon Hall,
María Montez,
Leif Erickson,
Billy Gilbert,
Turhan BeyRating60%
The story starts at a harem (which strangely has the Taj Mahal in sight, even though it is supposed to be located in Persia), where the elderly overseer bids his young charges to read the story of Haroun al-Rashid (Hall) and his wife Scheherazade (Montez), unfolding the film's plot in the process., 1h44
Directed by Jules DassinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidents,
Histoire de France,
L'Occupation allemande en FranceActors Joan Crawford,
John Wayne,
Philip Dorn,
Reginald Owen,
Albert Bassermann,
John CarradineRating62%
1940 in Paris, Michele de la Becque (Joan Crawford) is a career woman in love with industrial designer Robert Cortot (Philip Dorn). Together they enjoy a luxurious lifestyle unfazed by the approach of World War II. After the Battle of France and subsequent German occupation, Michele discovers her lover is socializing with German officers and his plants are manufacturing weapons for them. She confronts him and he does not deny her evidence. She is outraged. She aids a downed American in the Eagle Squadron of the Royal Air Force bomber pilot Pat Talbot (John Wayne) from Pennsylvania and finds herself falling in love with him. Later, she discovers Cortot is turning out defective weapons for the Germans and organizing a French fighting force. Michele is happily reunited with Cortot., 1h14
Directed by Charles LamontOrigin USAGenres MusicalThemes Musical filmsActors Allan Jones,
Jane Frazee,
Gloria Jean,
Donald O'Connor,
Peggy Ryan,
Olin HowlandRating65%
Johnny Kovacs (Jones) is a war hero who comes back home for a ten-day leave. Pursued by a woman (Shelton) who considers herself his fiance, he works with his superior officers to hide during his leave. He adopts the name Johnny O'Rourke, and finds a room at a theatrical boarding house. He becomes friends with some other boarders (including O'Connor, Ryan and Gloria Jean) and falls in love with a woman (Frazee). His friends overhear him talking to his officer on the phone. They misinterpret the conversation and conclude that he is a deserter. They push him into giving himself up and returning to duty. Confused by their behavior at first, he figures out what they are up to, and plays along. It all works out in the end. The closing song in the picture is a rousing patriotic number sung directly to the audience by the main players in the film., 1h55
Directed by David Lean,
Noël CowardOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
WarThemes Seafaring films,
Politique,
Transport films,
La bataille de l'Atlantique,
Political filmsActors John Mills,
Michael Wilding,
Bernard Miles,
Noël Coward,
Celia Johnson,
Philip FriendRating71%
The film opens with the narration: "This is the story of a ship" and the images of shipbuilding in a British dockyard. The action then moves forward in time showing the ship, HMS Torrin, engaging German transports in a night-time engagement during the Battle of Crete in 1941. However, when dawn breaks, the destroyer comes under aerial attack from German bombers., 1h12
Directed by Jacques TourneurOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Horror,
Noir,
RomanceActors Simone Simon,
Kent Smith,
Tom Conway,
Jane Randolph,
Jack Holt,
Elizabeth RussellRating71%
At the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, New York City, Serbian-born fashion designer Irena Dubrovna makes sketches of a black panther. She catches the attention of marine engineer Oliver Reed, who strikes up a conversation. Irena invites him to her apartment for tea. As they walk away, one of Irena's discarded sketches is revealed as a panther impaled by a sword.