Posted on May 16, 2018 |
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The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance
A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Sir Guy Charteris, wealthy entrepreneur, has purchased a large area of Shanghai, forcing Gin Sling to vacate by the coming Chinese New Year. Under orders from Gin Sling, who has found out Poppy is Charteris' daughter, the smarmy Doctor Omar leads Poppy deeper and deeper into an addiction to gambling and alcohol. Gin Sling, realizing that Charteris was her long-ago husband who she thinks abandoned her, plans her revenge by inviting Charteris to a Chinese New Year dinner party to expose his past indiscretions. Charteris, however, has a suprise of his own to spring on Gin Sling.
Starring: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann
Director: Josef von Sternberg
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Tags: Albert Bassermann, Gene Tierney, Josef von Sternberg, Ona Munson, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Mature, Walter Huston
Posted on February 28, 2016 |
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The Red Shoes (1948)
Drama | Music | Romance
Michael Powell directs Hans Christian Andersen's tale of a famous ballerina who must choose between art and love filmed in glorious Technicolor Jack Cardiff cinematography.
Starring: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius Goring, Robert Helpmann, Albert Bassermann, Ludmilla Tchérina
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
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Tags: Albert Bassermann, Anton Walbrook, Emeric Pressburger, Ludmilla Tchérina, Marius Goring, Michael Powell, Moira Shearer, Robert Helpmann
Posted on February 25, 2014 |
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Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Mystery | Romance | Thriller | War
An American reporter in London finds himself in the middle of intrigue on the eve of World War II.
Starring: George Sanders, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Tags: Albert Bassermann, Alfred Hitchcock, George Sanders, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Robert Benchley
