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  • I Married a Witch picture
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    I Married a Witch (1942)

    A politician's campaign for governor is complicated by a seductive witch with romance and revenge on...

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    Liliom

    A carousel worker impregnates the young woman he loves, then he is killed when he attempts to pull...

  • The Man They Could Not Hang picture
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    The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)

    An executed man returns from the grave to seek revenge against the killers who framed him and sent...

  • The Man With Two Lives picture
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    The Man With Two Lives

    A man's (Edward Norris) behavior changes for the worse when a scientist injects him with the soul of...

  • On Borrowed Time picture
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    On Borrowed Time (1939)

    An old-timer (Lionel Barrymore) postpones Death by trapping its messenger, Mr. Brink (Cedric...

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    Körkarlen

    On New Year's Eve, the driver of a ghostly carriage forces a drunken man (Victor Sjostrom) to look...

  • The Return of Peter Grimm picture
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    The Return of Peter Grimm

    An autocrat (Lionel Barrymore) comes back from the dead to review his messed-up family.

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    Rimfire

    Bargain-budget Screen Guild Productions was in the process of metamorphosing into Lippert Studios...

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    Strangers of the Evening

    Also known as The Hidden Corpse, Strangers of the Evening is an effective blend of horror and humor....

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    Strangler of the Swamp

    In this low-budget thriller, a ferry captain named Douglas (Charles Middleton) is accused of a...

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    Sylvie et le Fantome

    Claude Autant-Lara's literally haunting romantic tale Sylvia and the Phantom stars Odette Joyeaux as...

  • The Time of Their Lives picture
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    The Time of Their Lives (1946)

    While perhaps not Abbott & Costello's best film, The Time of Their Lives is certainly their most...

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    Topper (1937)

    The ghosts of socialites George (Cary Grant) and Marion (Constance Bennett) decide to help their...

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    The Vampire's Ghost

    It is altogether typical of Republic Pictures that the studio's 1945 horror effort The Vampire's...

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    Destiny

    A 19th-century woman (Lil Dagovar) bargains with Death for her lover, snatched by Fate. Silent.

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    The Bamboo Blonde (1946)

    A B-29 pilot (Russell Wade) meets a nightclub singer (Frances Langford), and his crew paints her...

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    Between Two Worlds (1944)

    A ship sails on with a cynical newsman (John Garfield), a suicidal couple (Paul Henreid, Eleanor...

  • The Cockeyed Miracle picture
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    The Cockeyed Miracle

    A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their...

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    Go Down Death

    Spencer Williams, one of the most important African-American filmmakers of the 1940s (along with...

  • E Più Facile Che Un Camello picture
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    E Più Facile Che Un Camello (1950)

    Two masters of Italian neorealism--screenwriter Cesare Zavattini and director Luigi...

  • Les Jeux Sont Faits picture
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    Les Jeux Sont Faits

    Two people learn to love each other in the afterlife and get a second chance.

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    Liliom (1930)

    This first film version of Ferenc Molnar's poignant fantasy Liliom was supposed to have reunited the...

  • The Man from Yesterday picture
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    The Man from Yesterday

    Written by John Gilling, The Man From Yesterday is an other-worldly melodrama in the same vein as J....

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    Outward Bound (1930)

    A ship sails on with a businessman, a snob, a suicidal couple (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Helen...

  • Peter Ibbetson picture
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    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    "I'll See You in My Dreams" could well have been the theme music of Peter Ibbetson, the second film...

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    The Scoundrel

    This modern "Flying Dutchman" story stars actor/playwright Noel Coward as a class-A heel. Coward...

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    That's the Spirit (1945)

    The producer/screenwriter team of Michael Fessler and Ernest Pagano turned out several offbeat...

  • You Never Can Tell picture
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    You Never Can Tell (1951)

    The most delightful aspect of You Never Can Tell is the film's ability to successfully sustain its...

  • The Bespoke Overcoat picture
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    The Bespoke Overcoat

    Nikolai Gogol's classic short story The Overcoat was adapted for British consumption into The...

  • Dante's Inferno picture
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    Dante's Inferno

    Loosely adapted from Dante's Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré the...