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1) Charade
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Regina finds herself pursued through the streets of Paris by several men in search of the fortune that her murdered husband stole from them. As her world becomes entangled with suspense, murder and plots twists, she finds herself leaning on a suave, charming stranger whose motives are unclear.
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Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him. After surviving the desert they are found by natives and brought to their chief, Twala. Umbopa reveals himself to be the true heir to the tribal throne, having been exiled years earlier by Twala...
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The film that made Charles Laughton a star tells the story of the infamous King Henry VIII and his tumultuous matrimonial journey. Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII took on six wives during his rule, each marriage ending more violently than the last. Instances of treason, execution, and beheading are all cited as reasons for divorce for Henry VIII and his bundle of brides. This comedic take on English royalty is widely considered to be the...
5) The kid
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The Tramp rescues an abandoned baby and raises him to become his inseparable sidekick.
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Tragic disfigured Erik haunts the corridors and cellars of the Paris Opera House. He befriends and secretly coaches a beautiful aspiring understudy named Christine, who covets the lead role. Through an ever-building campaign of terror, the Phantom drives the lead soprano to flee her role, allowing his protege to take her place. Convinced that she will now return his love in spite of his disfigurement, he persuades her to join him in his subterranean...
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Sir Percy Blakeney seems a thoroughly fatuous and affected English nobleman without a thought in his pomaded head. But when the sun goes down, he becomes the dashing and courageous Scarlet Pimpernel, determined to save every nobleman from the clutches of Robespierre and the Terreur of the French Revolution.
11) The lodger
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A landlady suspects her new lodger is the madman killing women in London. This silent film, adapted from the novel that was loosely based on serial killer Jack the Ripper, is credited as the movie that launched Hitchcock's career as a master in suspense.
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A documentary filmed at an Army hospital which records actual treatment of World War II veterans suffering from neuropsychiatric conditions, commonly referred to as "shell shock" and "battle fatigue, " as a result of their battle experiences. Treatment methods include hypnosis, narcotherapy and psychiatric therapy. In 1946, just before its first public showing, the film was confiscated by the policy group of Army Public Relations. It wasn't made available...
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