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    A Good Woman (2006)

    A 1930s society vamp (Helen Hunt) leaves New York behind for Italy, where she worms her way into the...

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    Unconscious (2006)

    Hoping to find her psychiatrist husband (Alex Brendemühl), a pregnant woman (Leonor Watling) and her...

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    Sabrina (1954)

    The sons (Humphrey Bogart, William Holden) of a Long Island tycoon become romantic rivals for the...

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    Anything Else (2003)

    A writer (Jason Biggs) has problems with his live-in girlfriend (Christina Ricci) and an obsessive...

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    Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

    A successful Los Angeles attorney (George Clooney) matches wits with an attractive woman (Catherine...

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    Annie Hall (1977)

    A New York comedian (Woody Allen) recalls his lost love, a kooky singer (Diane Keaton) with a style...

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    The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

    A man (Owen Wilson) tries to re-establish family ties by taking his two younger brothers (Adrien...

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    The Philadelphia Story (1940)

    A snooty socialite (Katharine Hepburn) fights with her ex-husband (Cary Grant) and flirts with a...

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    Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

    Hannah's (Mia Farrow) husband (Michael Caine) has an affair with one sister, and her ex-husband...

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    Alice (1990)

    A pampered Manhattan housewife embarks upon a mystical odyssey of self-discovery following a visit...

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    Sabrina (1995)

    Sons (Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear) of a Long Island tycoon become romantic rivals for the...

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    Sullivan's Travels (1941)

    A Hollywood director's desire to produce a film about real people and human suffering leads him on...

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    Manhattan (1979)

    A divorced TV writer (Woody Allen) with a teenage girlfriend (Mariel Hemingway) falls in love with...

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    Princess Caraboo (1994)

    An 1817 English village questions the authenticity of a stranger (Phoebe Cates) conveying she's a...

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    The Women (1939)

    Catty New York socialites gossip about a friend (Norma Shearer) and her husband's girlfriend (Joan...

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    Auntie Mame (1958)

    A bohemian socialite (Rosalind Russell) survives the market crash of 1929, marries a millionaire...

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    Twentieth Century (1934)

    An actress (Carole Lombard) deserts the Broadway director (John Barrymore) who bolstered her career,...

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    Four Weddings and A Funeral (1994)

    An English charmer (Hugh Grant) and a lusty American (Andie MacDowell) make love over a course of...

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    High Society (1956)

    A socialite's (Grace Kelly) ex-husband (Bing Crosby) and a magazine writer (Frank Sinatra) show up...

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    The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)

    An errant father (Gene Hackman) tries to reconcile with his eccentric and underachieving family...

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    Dinner at Eight (1934)

    At least one of the guests (Marie Dressler, Jean Harlow, John Barrymore) misbehaves at a New York...

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    My Man Godfrey (1936)

    A Park Avenue socialite (Carole Lombard) on a scavenger hunt finds a ``forgotten man'' (William...

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    Ninotchka

    A playboy (Melvyn Douglas) charms a Russian envoy (Greta Garbo) sent to fetch three wayward comrades...

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    I'm No Angel (1933)

    A sideshow performer (Mae West) in a one-ring circus sues her boyfriend (Cary Grant) for breach of...

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    The Last Days of Disco (1998)

    Two young women (Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale) and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive...

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    Indiscreet (1958)

    A U.S. diplomat (Cary Grant) in London pretends to be married while having an affair with a famous...

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    Father of the Bride (1950)

    An overwhelmed banker (Spencer Tracy) sums up his daughter's (Elizabeth Taylor) wedding, from...

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    People

    Enrico Montesano

    Star comedian, onscreen from I Hate Blondes (1981). ~ All Movie Guide

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    Sidney Buchman

    Screenwriter and producer Sidney Buchman is notable for his sophisticated comedies such as Mr. Smith...

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    Samson Raphaelson

    University of Illinois alumnus Samson Raphaelson worked as an English Literature professor, an...