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"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing...
2) Oklahoma!
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In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
4) Palmy Days
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The assistant of a phony psychic leaves the fraudulent business and becomes an efficiency expert.
5) Misty
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Based on Marguerite Henry's award-winning novel, this heartwarming drama centers on Paul and his sister, Maureen, who set out to catch a beautiful, elusive mare called Phantom during Chincoteague Island's annual Pony Penning event.
6) On the Yard
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In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Then he admits he can't pay for it and becomes indebted to him and the interest is rising daily.
7) The Rebel
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Anthony Hancock sets out for Paris in an effort to prove his worth as an artist. He becomes friendly with a young English artist, Paul, and agrees to share his studio. He makes statements about art which are absolute nonsense, but are so convincing, he is dubbed a genius. Paul returns to London, leaving all his work at Anthony's disposal. When Anthony's fame spreads, an art connoisseur visits the studio and notices Paul's paintings and, overwhelmed...
8) Arrowsmith
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A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
10) Elmer Gantry
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When traveling salesman Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) stumbles into a revival meeting and discovers he can hustle money in a tent-show as easily as in a saloon, he converts to evangelism. Joining forces with Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), he delivers demon-bashing oratories that bring him fame and fortune. But when an old flame (Shirley Jones) reappears, Gantry is forced to confront long-buried secrets that will make his "saintly" life a Hell...
12) Going Places
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Two thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor.
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Academy Award winners Frank Sinatra and Shirley MacLaine star in this taut drama of a World War II veteran whose return to his Indiana hometown catalyzes change among people whose failures and frustrations have built up the point of explosion in SOME CAME RUNNING. Dave Hirsh (Sinatra--From Here to Eternity) has faced the horror of war and endured the disillusionment of trying to make a living as a writer. When he returns to Parktown, Indiana, Hirsh...
16) Take a Chance
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Archie Burton is watching the exercising of his horses, one of which, TAKE A CHANCE, is entered for the Gold Cup. With Burton is Grayson, his trainer. Grayson's wife, Cicely, arrives. She is irritated by her husband's seeming indifference towards her and is friendly with Carfax, a young man whose real object is to learn the secrets of her husband's stables ...
17) Mary White
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The true story of the relationship between famed author William Allen White and his teenaged daughter Mary, who died in a horseback-riding accident at age 16, and the powerful effect the tragedy had on the life of her father.
18) She Freak
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A waitress leaves the greasy-diner business for the carnival and quickly discovers that she despises freaks and human oddities.
19) Woman Chases Man
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Former millionaire B.J. Nolan is useless with money, having lost most of his fortune on crazy schemes. His son, Kenneth, has the opposite problem thanks to good sense and a large inheritance bequeathed by his mother. In order to raise the cash for a housing project, B.J. enlists the help of young architect Virginia Travis to con the money out of Kenneth. At the same time Kenneth is being pursued by a pair of small-time hucksters and chaos results...
20) The Wild Ride
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Johnny Varron is a rebellious youth gang leader who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking. But when he fatally runs a police officer off the road, the walls begin closing in on Johnny and his world.
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