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1. Notorious (1946)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine KonstantinThough Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious was produced by David O. Selznick's Vanguard Films, Selznick himself had little to do with the production, which ... More
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2. The Student Prince (1954)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Ann Blyth, Edmund Purdom, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Edmund GwennEdmund Purdom plays Prince Karl, but Mario Lanza sings the bold tunes coming out of Purdom's mouth, in this MGM remake of the 1927 Ernst Lubitsch ... More
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3. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
directed by John Huston
featuring Sterling Hayden, Louis Calhern, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Sam JaffeThe Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime -- or, as director John Huston and scripter Ben Maddow put it, "a left ... More
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4. Blackboard Jungle (1955)
directed by Richard Brooks
featuring Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern, Vic MorrowIn this gritty urban drama, war veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) wants to begin his career as a teacher and is given an assignment at a boys high ... More
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5. Rhapsody (1954)
directed by Charles Vidor
featuring Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Michael ChekhovRhapsody is high-gloss soap opera in the grand MGM manner. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Louise Durant, the beautiful but spoiled daughter of millionaire ... More
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6. The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
directed by John Sturges
featuring Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe, Eduard FranzLouis Calhern repeats his Broadway role as Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in this 1950 cinemazation of Emmet Lavery's stage play The Magnificent ... More
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7. Forever Darling (1956)
directed by Alexander Hall
featuring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Louis Calhern, John EmeryWhen Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz beat the odds against TV stars succeeding on the big screen in The Long, Long Trailer (1954), MGM contracted America ... More
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8. The Blot (1921)
directed by Lois Weber, Phillips Smalley
featuring Phillip Hubbard, Margaret McWade, Claire Windsor, Louis Calhern, Marie WalcampLois Weber was generally championing something or someone in her films; this time around it's underpaid white-collar workers. Professor Griggs ... More
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9. The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
directed by Rowland V. Lee
featuring Lynn Bari, Akim Tamiroff, Francis Lederer, Alla Nazimova, Louis CalhernFirst filmed in 1928, Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey is given a ponderous treatment in this 1944 remake. Like ... More
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10. Diplomaniacs (1933)
directed by William Seiter
featuring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Marjorie White, Phyllis Barry, Louis CalhernTwo barbers from an Indian reservation (Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey) are sent as the delegates of the Adoop tribe to an international peace ... More
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11. Invitation (1952)
directed by Gottfried Reinhardt
featuring Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman, Louis Calhern, Ray CollinsList of all editionsBronislau Kaper's haunting musical score for A Life of Her Own (1951) was recycled in the romantic melodrama Invitation. Dorothy McGuire stars as ... More
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12. The Man with Two Faces (1934)
directed by Archie Mayo
featuring Edward G. Robinson, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Louis CalhernList of all editionsThe Man with Two Faces is based on The Dark Tower, a stage comedy-mystery by Alexander Woollcott and George S. Kaufman. Edward G. Robinson is at his ... More
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13. Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
directed by Robert Z. Leonard
featuring Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis CalhernList of all editionsAnn Sothern closed out her MGM contract with the Technicolor musical Nancy Goes to Rio. As Frances Elliot, Sothern is billed second to Jane Powell, ... More
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14. Blonde Crazy (1931)
directed by Roy Del Ruth
featuring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Guy KibbeeList of all editionsBlonde Crazy is the kind of amoral fun that disappeared from Hollywood after 1933, once the Production Code forced morality down the throats of the ... More
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15. Latin Lovers (1953)
directed by Mervyn LeRoy
featuring Lana Turner, Ricardo Montalban, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Jean HagenLana Turner stars in this musical/romantic comedy amalgam from director Mervyn Leroy. Turner plays Nora Taylor, a wealthy heiress who finds herself ... More
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16. They Call It Sin (1932)
directed by Thornton Freeland
featuring Loretta Young, George Brent, David Manners, Louis Calhern, Una MerkelList of all editionsThough only 19, Loretta Young was an established Hollywood star in 1932, appearing in six films in that year alone. In They Call It Sin, Young plays ... More
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17. Julius Caesar (1953)
directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
featuring Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Greer Garson, Edmond O'Brien, Deborah KerrList of all editionsJoseph L. Mankiewicz directed this exquisite version of William Shakespeare's play. Louis Calhern is Julius Caesar, whose conquests have enabled him ... More
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18. The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
directed by Rowland V. Lee, Wilfred Lucas
featuring Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Sr., Raymond WalburnList of all editionsFew famous novels have been filmed as often as Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo--and few versions are as enjoyable as this 1934 adaptation ... More
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19. The Prodigal (1955)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Audrey Dalton, James Mitchell, Neville BrandList of all editionsOne critic has noted that The Prodigal was aptly titled, inasmuch as it was all too prodigal with the funds of the then-flagging MGM studios. In its ... More
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20. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
directed by George Sidney
featuring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward ArnoldList of all editionsJudy Garland was originally slated to star in MGM's film version of Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, but she was forced to pull out of the ... More
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21. Betrayed (1954)
directed by Gottfried Reinhardt
featuring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature, Louis Calhern, O.E. HasseList of all editionsClark Gable's final effort for his longtime home studio MGM, Betrayed is an exciting espionage thriller set during World War II. Intelligence agent ... More
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22. The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
featuring Preston S. Foster, Basil Rathbone, David Holt, Alan Hale, John Wood, Louis CalhernList of all editionsRKO Radio's spectacular production The Last Days of Pompeii utilizes the title but precious little else of the famous Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton ... More
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23. The Man with a Cloak (1951)
directed by Fletcher Markle
featuring Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Leslie Caron, Joe de SantisList of all editionsSet in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is ... More
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24. Devil's Doorway (1950)
directed by Anthony Mann
featuring Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond, Marshall Thompson, Edgar Buchanan, James MitchellList of all editionsDevil's Doorway was the first of many top-rank westerns directed by Anthony Mann. RobertTaylor is cast against type as a Native American named Lance ... More
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25. The Red Pony (1949)
directed by Lewis Milestone
featuring Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Shepperd Strudwick, Gerald Perreau-SaissineList of all editionsOne of themost acclaimed films to emerge from Republic studios, The Red Pony is an adaptation of the John Steinbeck story of the same name. Top ... More







