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A Letter to Three Wives
A Letter to Three Wives (1949) on 20 january 1949
, 1h38
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Hobart Cavanaugh, Paul Douglas
Rating76% 3.8450953.8450953.8450953.8450953.845095
Just as they are about to take a group of underprivileged children on a riverboat ride and picnic, Deborah Bishop (Jeanne Crain), Rita Phipps (Ann Sothern), and Lora Mae Hollingsway (Linda Darnell) receive a message from Addie Ross informing them that she has run off with one of their husbands. She, however, leaves them in suspense as to which one. All three marriages are shown in flashback to be strained.
Bad Luck Blackie
Bad Luck Blackie (1949) on 22 january 1949
, 7minutes
Directed by Tex Avery
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Tex Avery, William Hanna
Rating75% 3.783753.783753.783753.783753.78375
Le scénario est basé sur la superstition qui indique que croiser le chemin d'un chat noir porte malheur. Un gros chien martyrise un petit chat, à qui un chat noir vient en aide quand il l'appelle au secours.
Chicken Every Sunday
Chicken Every Sunday (1949) on 18 january 1949
, 1h34
Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Celeste Holm, Alan Young, Colleen Townsend, Natalie Wood, William Frawley
Rating63% 3.1926153.1926153.1926153.1926153.192615
In Tucson, Arizona in 1910, Emily Hefferen visits attorney Robert Hart to file for divorce from her husband Jim, citing his lack of support as grounds. When Hart expresses surprise, given the local hotel, laundry, and dairy bear the Heffernen name, suggesting the family is wealthy, Emily describes her family life for the past twenty years.
Take My Life
Take My Life (1947) on 18 january 1949
, 1h19
Directed by Ronald Neame, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, Marius Goring, Francis L. Sullivan, Henry Edwards, Maurice Denham
Rating68% 3.4376853.4376853.4376853.4376853.437685
Nicholas "Nicky" Talbot attends the London debut of his wife, opera singer Philippa Shelley, at Covent Garden. After her successful performance, Nicky runs into former girlfriend Elizabeth Rusman backstage, a musician in the orchestra, who asks for his help. She gives him her address before Philippa appears (and keeps his personalised pencil). At home, Nicky and a jealous Philippa quarrel over Elizabeth. When Philippa throws an object that strikes her husband in the forehead, he leaves in a huff.
A Canterbury Tale
A Canterbury Tale (1944) on 21 january 1949
, 2h4
Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price, Kim Hunter, Charles Hawtrey, Esmond Knight
Rating72% 3.645213.645213.645213.645213.64521
The story concerns three young people: British Army Sergeant Peter Gibbs (Dennis Price), U.S. Army Sergeant Bob Johnson (played by real-life Sergeant John Sweet), and a "Land Girl", Miss Alison Smith (Sheila Sim). The group arrive at the railway station in the fictitious small Kent town of Chillingbourne (filmed in Chilham, Fordwich, Wickhambreaux and other villages in the area), near Canterbury, late on Friday night, 27 August 1943. Peter has been stationed at a nearby Army camp, Alison is due to start working on a farm in the area, and Bob left the train by mistake, hearing the announcement "next stop Canterbury" and thinking he was in Canterbury.
The Woman in the Hall
The Woman in the Hall (1947) on 22 january 1949
, 1h33
Directed by Jack Lee
Genres Drama
Actors Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons, Cecil Parker, Martin Walker, Susan Hampshire, Edward Underdown
Rating64% 3.227713.227713.227713.227713.22771
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.