Giant
Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean
Drama 1956
When Texas cattleman Bick Benedict (Hudson) goes to Virginia in the early 1920s to buy a prize
stallion, he falls in love with Leslie Lynnton (Taylor), an aristocratic, independent-minded beauty, and they quickly marry. He takes her back to Reata, his 600,000-acre ranch. Leslie befriends surly ranch hand Jett Rink (James Dean), who comes to worship her from afar, envying Bick for both his wealth and his wife. Jett strikes oil on his land and his wealth and power grow apace. As the years pass, the bewildered Bick finds his children thwarting his wishes and criticizing his beliefs, pushing the millionaire to question his values for the first time in his life.

Road to Morocco
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
Comedy 1942
Jim Peters and Turkey Jackson, two bumbling buffoons, are shipwrecked on an island off the coast of North Africa. When the beautiful Princess Shalimar comes to their rescue, Jim and Turkey think they've died and gone to heaven. But once her brawny, jealous husband finds out what these clowns have been up to, they're going to wish they had never left their island.

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Neptune's Daughter
Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Keenan Wynn, Ricardo Montalban
Musical 1949
This charming musical centers around aquatic goddess Esther Williams, who plays bathing suit manufacturer and model Eve Barrett. Eve's trying to deal with a number of family and friends who mean to help, but keep causing comic commotion instead: her business partner, her none-too-bright sister, a masseur, and a very handsome Latin polo star. But the story serves as a lighthearted frame for the most important thing of all -- the musical numbers, including Williams' brilliantly intricate, gloriously complex and richly glamorous water ballets.

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The Good Earth
Paul Muni, Walter Connolly, Charles Grapewin
Drama 1937
Excellent, painstaking adaptation of Pearl S. Buck's 1931 tome about a Chinese peasant family whose rise to wealth nearly destroys them, save for the saintly O-Lan. A story of humility and bravery. The special effects and the cinematography are wonderful and Luise Rainer won the
second of her consecutive Oscars for Best Actress. This was Irving Thalberg's last production and is dedicated to his memory.

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The Caine Mutiny
Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray
Drama 1954
In director Edward Dmytryk's classic seafaring drama, privileged mama's boy Ensign Keith (Robert Francis) gets assigned to the Caine, a rusty old minesweeper with a haggard, undisciplined crew during the latter days of WWII. Soon the paranoid, strawberry-loving Captain Queeg (Humprey Bogart) takes charge and tries to clean up the ship, arousing the hatred and suspicion of the other officers, especially a flippant lieutenant (Fred MacMurray). Eventually the men stage a mutiny, and a subsequent trial ensues, at which point a sharply intelligent military lawyer (José Ferrer) takes up the matter. Bogart's performance as Queeg is one of cinema's greats; a true departure from his usual tough guys, he captures his character's confused vulnerability with astounding finesse.

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Captain From Castile
Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Lee J. Cobb, John Sutton
Drama 1947
Spain, 1518: young caballero Pedro De Vargas (Tyrone Power) offends his sadistic neighbor De Silva (John Sutton), who just happens to be an officer of the Inquisition. Forced to flee, Pedro, friend Juan Garcia (Lee J. Cobb), and adoring servant girl Catana (Jean Peters) join Cortez' first expedition to Mexico. Arriving in the rich new land, Cortez decides to switch from exploration to conquest...with only 500 men. Embroiled in continuous adventures and a romantic interlude, Pedro almost forgets he has a deadly enemy....

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Easter Parade
Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller
Musical 1948
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) is crushed when his dancing partner, and object of affection, Nadine Hale (Ann Miller) refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protégé Hannah Brown (Judy Garland), vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade. This is the only picture in which the two superstars, Astaire and Garland, worked together. Academy Award winner for Best Music.

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Double Indemnity
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson
Drama 1944
Smooth talking insurance salesman Walter Neff meets attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband's automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and an affair begins. They cook up a scheme to murder Mr. Dietrichson for life insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does not go as planned…

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