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41) A patch of blue
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Selena D'Arcy is accidentally blinded by her prostitute mother, Rose-Ann, at the age of five. For the next 13 years she is confined in the tiny Los Angeles apartment that they share with her grandfather. One afternoon at the local park, Selena meets Gordon Ralfe, an office worker whose kind treatment of her results in her falling in love with him, unaware that he is black. They continue to meet in the park every afternoon and he teaches her how to...
42) Each dawn I die
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Framed for manslaughter after he breaks a story about city corruption, reporter Frank Ross is sure he₂ll prove his innocence. But that₂s not how the system works at Rocky Point Penitentiary. There, cellblock guards are vicious, the jute-mill labor is endless, and the powers Ross fought on the outside conspire to keep him in. Frank₂s hope has turned to hopelessness. And he₂s starting to crack.
44) Footlight parade
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Footlight Parade is sheer cinematic joy. In this Depression-era romp, a timid stenographer (Ruby Keeler) removes her glasses and wow! she's a star. A gee-whiz tenor (Dick Powell) asserts his independence. Plucky chorines tap, greedy hangers-on get their comeuppances, and an indefatigable producer/dancer (James Cagney) and his Girl Friday (Joan Blondell) work showbiz miracles to stage live prologues for talkie houses to keep their company afloat during...
45) Cabin in the sky
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Musical legends in this musical fantasy as temptation pulls a man toward Satan and his loving and God-fearing wife fights for his eternal soul. Seriously injured in a barroom brawl, Little Joe Jackson hovers between life and death, dreaming that he is the centerpiece of an epic struggle between Heaven and Hell for his soul: On his side are the prayers of his loyal, pious wife, Petunia battling on the side of darkness is Lucifer Jr. and his most powerful...
46) Finian's rainbow
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A mysterious Irishman, Finian, and his daughter arrive one day in a small Southern town of sharecroppers and plant a stolen crock of leprechaun gold.
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James McParlan is an operative working for the Pinkerton Detective Agency, who is hired by a major coal company to infiltrate and expose an underground terrorist organization, the "Molly Maguires". The Mollies operate within the improverished mining communities of Pennsylvania and are mostly Irish emigrants. McParlan is selected to infiltrate the organization to pose as a new member, but it quickly becomes apparent that the working conditions are...
49) D.O.A
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When a California businessman shows up at the San Francisco police station to report a murder, the police captain asks him who was murdered. His reply: 'I was.' So begins the tale of a man who is poisoned at a dark jazz club and, with only hours left to live, is determined to find out who poisoned him and why.
50) Being human
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In five distinct yet cleverly interlocked roles, tells of a man who is a cave dweller, a Roman slave, a medieval wayfarer, a Portuguese nobleman shipwrecked in Africa and a modern Manhattanite whose homelife has hit the rocks. Each character reaches for survival, love, belonging; for all the things that made humankind draw together in the first place. Each is a human being faced with an unforgettable and universal challenge: Being Human.
51) Mr. Lucky
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Spirited comedy of a professional gambler trying to raise a new bankroll by fleecing a wealthy young woman.
52) Dodsworth
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"Sam Dodsworth is a small town rags-to-riches millionaire who finds that his money cannot bring him happiness. His unsatisfied wife Fran, seeking glamour and sophistication, persuades him to take her on a grand tour of Europe, where she promptly deserts him for a romantic but penniless baron. Brokenhearted, Sam meets Edith, a widow who arouses passions he never thought he had and sets him on a collision course with his wife, unleashing a torrent of...
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"After a crash disfigures his face and maims his body pilot Oliver Bradford (Robert Young) hides from family and friends in a seaside cottage. There he befriends homely gentle Laura Pennington (Dorothy McGuire). The two marry for companionship -- until some rare magic within the cottage transforms them into ardent and beautiful lovers"--Container.
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Harry Morgan is an honest charter-boat captain who is facing hard times, takes on dangerous cargo to save his boat, support his family, and preserve his dignity. Left in the lurch by a freeloading passenger, Harry starts to entertain the criminal propositions of a sleazy lawyer, as well as the playful come-ons of a cheeky blonde, making a series of compromises that stretch his morality, and his marriage, farther than he₂ll admit.
55) Meet John Doe
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"John Doe," a genial and aimless tramp, is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero; John Doe clubs are formed and a spontaneous movement begins. John Doe is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of...
56) In name only
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Wealthy New Yorker Alec Walker meets a young widow, Julie Eden, and a romantic relationship quickly develops. However, Alec has not told her that he is already locked into a loveless marriage to the avaricious Maida, who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife. A coincidental car crash alerts the two women to each other's existence, a situation to which they each react very differently. Maida, who married Alec for his money and...
58) The naked jungle
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"A powerful, brooding plantation owner of a plantation in the wild and treacherous South American jungle is wary [of] his charming American mail-order bride and wonders why she would leave America for the rigors of jungle life. They're both threatened by the advance of billions of relentless killer ants that are making their way across the jungle cutting a path of creeping horror 20 miles long and two miles wide"--Container.
60) Les girls
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When a former member of the cabaret act "Les Girls" publishes a tell-all memoir chronicling her days with the three girl-one guy troupe, another member cries "Libel!", setting in motion a talons-and-fact-baring litigation proves girls will be girls.
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