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· 26
72 min
William Cameron Menzies
Address Unknown
In 1930s Germany, a congenial gallery owner falls under the spell of Nazism. A chilling…
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Robert Rossen
All the King's Men
A remarkable adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s novel about southern demagoguery, the…
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Nicholas Ray
Bitter Victory
Pessimistic CinemaScope milestone by Nicholas Ray about two WWII commando officers…
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Walter Lang
Brothers
Rarely seen, pacey early talkie from Columbia Pictures with Bert Lytell in the dual role…
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Dorothy Arzner
Craig's Wife
Dorothy Arzner’s chilling character study marks 24 hours in the life of a dying marriage.…
17 min
Preston Black
Disorder in the Court
The Three Stooges testify in a court of law and summon a peculiar witness to give…
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Max Nosseck
Girls Under 21
A teacher in a blackboard jungle tries to bring young female delinquents onto the…
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Raoul Walsh
Gun Fury
When his bride is kidnapped by a gang of outlaws, a pacifist (Rock Hudson) is forced to…
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Phil Karlson
Gunman's Walk
Phil Karlson’s seminal CinemaScope Western with an obsessive focus on dark familial…
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William A. Seiter
If You Could Only Cook
Utterly charming screwball comedy directed with great zeal by William Seiter. A wealthy…
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George Cukor
It Should Happen to You
Canny comedy with Jack Lemmon hopelessly devoted to Judy Holliday who is determined to…
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John Brahm
Let Us Live
Before Hitchcock’s The Wrong Man (1956), there was this extraordinarily dark tale of an…
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Frank Borzage
Man's Castle
Censored on release but now almost completely restored to its original form, this lyrical…
115 min
Frank Capra
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Beautifully shot by Joseph Walker, Capra's film is about a country man who inherits $20…
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Irving Lerner
Murder by Contract
A taut, hugely influential low-budget thriller about a lonely hitman who finds his…
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Alexander Hall
My Sister Eileen
The first of the two Columbia films based on Ruth McKenney’s short stories, following two…
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Richard Quine
My Sister Eileen
The underrated auteur Richard Quine’s glittering CinemaScope musical remake of a 1942…
61 min
William Castle
Mysterious Intruder
The best of the Whistler series – those eerie expositions of fate and the knack of being…
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André De Toth
None Shall Escape
A rare exposé of Nazi crimes at a time when they were still being committed,…
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Del Lord
Pest From the West
Buster Keaton as the world-weary captain of a sailing boat goes to Mexico – dressed in a…
78 min
Hugo Haas
Pickup
A bored wife plans to kill her husband with the help of her lover. No one was interested…
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Joshua Logan
Picnic
William Holden, a drifter in a Kansas town, meets the local beauty (Kim Novak) in this…
73 min
Budd Boetticher
Ride Lonesome
An austere revenge drama marked by tersely poetic dialogue and majestically bleak…
98 min
Zoltan Korda
Sahara
This thrilling remake of the Soviet film The Thirteen (1937) was penned by…
89 min
Fritz Lang
The Big Heat
A feverish noir in which Glenn Ford’s anguished cop hunts down the syndicated crime…
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Frank Tashlin
The First Time
Frank Tashlin’s sole work for Columbia is an enchanting comedy about parenthood narrated…
