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1. Rebecca (1940)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Judith Anderson, Nigel BruceBased on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, the classic psychological thriller Rebecca was Alfred Hitchcock's first American film. Joan Fontaine plays ... More
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2. A Damsel in Distress (1937)
directed by George Stevens
featuring Fred Astaire, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joan Fontaine, Reginald GardinerFred Astaire's first RKO musical without his longtime partner Ginger Rogers is one of his best from any period -- even though it's obvious that ... More
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3. Serenade (1956)
directed by Anthony Mann
featuring Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sarita Montiel, Vincent Price, Joseph CalleiaLoosely based on a novel by James M. Cain, this romantic drama centers on the struggles of a humble vineyard worker (real-life opera star Mario Lanza ... More
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4. Island in the Sun (1957)
directed by Robert Rossen
featuring James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael RenniePolitical intrigue and romantic gamesmanship send an already torrid Caribbean community to the boiling point in this drama. Maxwell Fleury (James ... More
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5. Ivanhoe (1952)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn WilliamsProduced by MGM's British facilities, the Technicolor Ivanhoe starred Robert Taylor in the title role. Returning to England from the Third Crusades, ... More
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6. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
directed by Max Ophüls
featuring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art SmithPerhaps the finest American film from the famed European director Max Ophüls, the film stars Joan Fontaine as a young woman who falls in love with a ... More
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7. Born to Be Bad (1950)
directed by Nicholas Ray
featuring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel FerrerOne of the most oft-revived of the pre-Technicolor Nicholas Ray efforts, Born to Be Bad offers us the spectacle of Joan Fontaine portraying a ... More
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8. The Women (1939)
directed by George Cukor
featuring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Paulette GoddardBased on the Clare Booth Luce play of the same name, this MGM comedy is famous for its all-female cast and deft direction by George Cukor. The plot ... More
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9. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
directed by Norman Z. McLeod
featuring Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh MarloweBob Hope tries to capture the comic magic of his 1946 costume farce Monsieur Beaucaire with the splashy Technicolor romp Casanova's Big Night (filmed ... More
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10. Until They Sail (1957)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Charles DrakeAdapted by Robert Anderson from a story by James A. Michener, the Robert Wise-directed soaper Until They Sail is set in World-War-II New Zealand. ... More
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11. Jane Eyre (1944)
directed by Robert Stevenson
featuring Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien, John Sutton, Peggy Ann Garner, Agnes Moorehead, Henry DaniellList of all editionsDirector Robert Stevenson collaborated with novelist Aldous Huxley and theatrical-producer John Houseman on the screenplay for this 1944 adaptation ... More
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12. Something to Live For (1952)
directed by George Stevens
featuring Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Richard Derr, Douglas DickList of all editionsSomething to Live For is the last of director George Stevens' "small" films, before he concentrated full-time on such blockbusters as Shane and Giant ... More
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13. A Million to One (1937)
directed by Lynn Shores
featuring Herman Brix, Joan Fontaine, Monte Blue, Kenneth HarlanList of all editionsPuritan Pictures seldom turned out a film that looked most expensive than it really was. The studio's Million to One appears to have been made on a ... More
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14. The Emperor Waltz (1948)
directed by Billy Wilder
featuring Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson, Richard HaydnList of all editionsSet in pre-World War I Austria, this relatively sweet and cheerful film marks writer/director Billy Wilder's first and last try at musical comedy. ... More
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15. September Affair (1950)
directed by William Dieterle
featuring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten, Françoise Rosay, Jessica Tandy, Robert ArthurList of all editionsWith location scenes lensed in Italy, September Affair is consistently good to look at, even when the pacing flags and the dialogue becomes too ... More
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16. Hitchcock, II Brivido Del Genio (1985)
directed by Claudio Masenza
featuring Patricia Hitchcock, Sylvia Sidney, Anne Baxter, Joan Fontaine, Judith AndersonFilm clips and interviews with actors and colleagues provide the material for this laudatory view of the career of Alfred Hitchcock. Among those ... More
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17. Suspicion (1941)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Dame May WhittyList of all editionsWealthy, sheltered Joan Fontaine is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Cary Grant. Though warned that Grant is little more than a fortune ... More
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18. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
directed by Irwin Allen
featuring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Michael Ansara, Robert SterlingList of all editionsWalter Pidgeon is the nominal star of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, portraying Admiral Harriman Nelson, the designer of the submarine Seaview, a ... More
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19. Gunga Din (1939)
directed by George Stevens
featuring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Sam Jaffe, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joan FontaineList of all editionsThough Rudyard Kipling's poem Gunga Din makes a swell recital piece, it cannot be said to have much of a plot. It's simply a crude cockney soldier's ... More
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20. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
directed by Fritz Lang
featuring Dana Andrews, Joan Fontaine, Sidney Blackmer, Sr., Barbara Nichols, Philip Bourneuf, Shepperd StrudwickList of all editionsCrusading publisher Austin Spenser (Sidney Blackmer) wants to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence. Spencer talks his ... More
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21. Decameron Nights (1953)
directed by Hugo Fregonese
featuring Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Binnie Barnes, Joan Collins, Godfrey Tearle, Mara LaneList of all editionsDirector Hugo Fregonese and writer George Oppenheimer do the unthinkable: they manage to transform Giovanni Boccaccio's bawdy -- and downright ... More
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22. The Constant Nymph (1943)
directed by Edmund Goulding
featuring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Brenda Marshall, Peter LorreList of all editionsWarner Bros.' The Constant Nymph was the third filmization of Margaret Dean's 1924 novel; the first two were filmed in Britain in 1928 and 1933 by ... More
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23. The Witches (1966)
directed by Cyril Frankel
featuring Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Ann Bell, Gwen Ffrangcon DaviesList of all editionsThis film was a pet project of Joan Fontaine, based on a novel by Peter Curtis. It was her last feature film. Fontaine stars as teacher Gwen Mayfield ... More
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24. Frenchman's Creek (1944)
directed by Mitchell Leisen
featuring Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Cordova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Cecil KellawayDaphne du Maurier's novel formed the basis for this romantic adventure saga. Lady Dona St. Columb (Joan Fontaine), an English noblewoman, is ... More
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25. The Bigamist (1953)
directed by Ida Lupino
featuring Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Jane DarwellList of all editionsThe title character is Edmond O'Brien, a lonely travelling salesman who ends up married to two women, Eve (Joan Fontaine)--and Phyllis (Ida Lupino). ... More







