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The Frightened Lady 1940

The story is athrillerthat revolves around the Lebanon family who live at Marks Priory. Lady Lebanon (Helen Haye) tells her son, Lord William Lebanon (Marius Goring) that he must marry his cousin Isla Crane (Penelope Dudley Ward) to continue the family line. However, William has no intention of marrying Isla and matters are made more complicated due to Isla falling in love with architect, Richard Ferraby (Patrick Barr), who has come to Marks Priory to draw up renovation plans. At the same time, the strange behavior of two footmen and the family physician (Felix Aylmer) add to the mystery surrounding the family and eventually rumor and speculation lead to a murderous conclusion.

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Lonely Wives 1931

Edward Everett Horton plays a dual role in this early comedy, a sober lawyer by day and a woman-chaser by night. A convoluted sex farce from Hollywood’s Pre-Code days when some sexual innuendo was allowed. ;

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The Courageous Avenger 1935

An agent sent to investigate the thefts of gold bullion shipments discovers that the mine owner is behind it. He also finds out that the owner has his gang capture travelers in the desert to use as slave labor in the mine.

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The Red Balloon (Le Ballon rouge) 1956

The Red Balloon (French: Le Ballon rouge) is a 1956 fantasy

short film, directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse.

The thirty-four minute short, which follows the adventures

of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red

balloon, was filmed in the Menilmontant neighborhood of

Paris, France.

It won numerous awards, including an Oscar for Lamorisse for

writing the best original screenplay in 1956 and the Palme

d’Or for short films at Cannes. The film also became popular

with children and educators

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Radiation Safety in Nuclear Energy

Do you know what to do in the event of a nuclear plant malfunction? Do you have a plan for your family? Do you live near a nuclear energy plant? Do you trust your government to keep safety standards up to snuff? Do you want a regulation hating Republican Congress to be in charge of making sure business interest don’t sell you and your family our for a profit? Are you sure that Wall Street investors care if your children and their children will have more than one head? If you can’t answer in the affirmative, then you’d better start paying attention to what is happening in Japan. This could be a dress rehearsal for an American nuclear plant accident.
If the US response to hurricane Katrina is any indication of how competent our government will be reacting to a catastrophic nuclear event, we are going to have more diversity in human evolution than you ever thought possible.

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Are We Civilized? 1934

1934 drama of man’s inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin Carewe, screenplay by Harold Sherman. This film explores the question of how mankind can consider itself civilized when we treat each other so badly… We know, this one sucks! ;

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The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954 Starring Elizabeth Taylor

As World War II ends in Europe, Stars and Stripes journalist Charles Wills (Van Johnson) is on the streets of Paris, covering the celebrations. He is suddenly grabbed by a beautiful woman, who kisses him and disappears. Charles follows the crowd to Café Dhingo and meets another pretty woman named Marion Elliswirth (Donna Reed). The mutual attraction is instant and she invites him to join her father’s celebration of the end of the war in Europe. Charles, Marion and her persistent French suitor Claude Matine (George Dolenz) arrive at the Elliswirth household, and we find that the woman who had kissed Charles is Marion’s younger sister Helen (Elizabeth Taylor).Their father, James Elliswirth (Walter Pidgeon), had survived World War I and promptly joined the Lost Generation. Unlike most drifters, he never grew out of it; raising his two daughters to desire such a lifestyle. Helen takes after her father and uses her beauty to sustain a life of luxury even though they are flat broke. Marion goes the other way and looks for serious-minded and conventional young men such as Claude, an aspiring prosecutor, and Charles, the future novelist.

Charles and Helen fall in love and start dating. After Helen recovers from a near-death case of pneumonia, they get married and settle in Paris. James good-naturedly joins the happy family of Charles, with Helen eventually having a daughter Vickie (Sandy Descher). Marion, having lost Charles to Helen, agrees to marry Claude. Charles struggles to make ends meet with his meagre salary, unsuccessfully works on his novels and looks after Vickie.At about this time, the barren oil fields in Texas James had bought years before finally begin to produce. Charles, to whom James had given the oil fields as a dowry, quits his job, and Helen and James begin to host parties instead of going to them. Sudden wealth changes Helen, who becomes more responsible, while Charles parties his wealth away after quitting his newspaper job and having all his novels rejected by publishers. They also each start to pursue other interests: Helen flirts with handsome tennis player Paul Lane (Roger Moore), while Charles competes in a local Paris-to-Monte Carlo race with professional divorcee Lorraine Quarl (Eva Gabor).After the race Charles returns to Paris, only to find Helen sitting in Café Dhingo with Paul. A fight breaks out between Paul and Charles, and an angry Charles goes home first and puts the chain on the door, preventing it from being opened all the way. When Helen comes home and tries to enter she can’t. She calls out to him, but Charles is in a drunken stupor on the staircase and we hear the bottle drop from his hands as Helen calls. Helen ends up having to walk all the way to her sister’s in the snow and rain. She catches pneumonia again and dies.Marion petitions for and gets full custody of Vickie, while Charles returns home to America. A few years later, having straightened himself out, published a book, and stopped boozing, Charles returns to Paris, hoping his reform will persuade Marion to give Vickie back to him. Marion refuses, still feeling resentful towards Charles for having fallen for Helen instead of her. Seeing that Charles and Vickie belong together, Claude steps in and tells Marion that she is punishing Charles for his not realizing that Marion loved him. It is painful for him to tell her that he, Claude, could not have all of her love, but Charles should not be punished any more.Marion goes into Café Dhingo (on whose main wall is a big picture of Helen) to look for Charles (who is gazing at the painting) and tells him that Helen would not have wanted him to be alone. Outside the cafe, Claude is with Vickie. The child runs to Charles and Charles and the child walk off together as the movie ends.

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Saint Benny the Dip 1951

Three roving con men get cornered and find their only way out is to pretend to be something they aren’t–Reverends! Fighting their old natural inclinations and dodging the police is trouble enough, but the lessons they learn along the way create for a feel good experience for the viewers. Note the old mission basement in the movie…it is likely one of the original AA meeting locations in a New York church basement…you can tell by the signs on the walls.

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Man With A Camera starring Charles Bronson

Waging a war against gambling, murder and organized crime, Bronson shows classic TV lovers how to cover a story, bust the criminals and get the girl in less that 30 minutes. That my friends is classic cool. Enjoy!

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A Yank in Libya 1942

American correspondent Mike Malone uncovers a Nazi plot for an uprising of the Arab tribes in Lybia. Pursued by Sheik David and his men, Mike takes refuge in the suite of Nancy Brooks, who is in the British Intelligence. He asks her to hide a gun and escapes through a window. Reporting the affair to British Consul Herbert Forbes, the latter tries to discourage him from further investigation, as the British are aware of the plot and are planning on staging a coup. He goes with Mike to Nancy’s apartment, and she denies having ever seen him before. Sheik Ibrahim, next in command of the Arab tribe to Sheik David, is plotting with Nazi agent Yussof Streyer to kill David who is friendly with the British. Mike and Nancy have gone to David’s camp, escape from Ibrahim’s henchmen, and get back to El Moktar before the Arabs attack the garrison. This description obtained from IMDb.

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