Robert Wise

Robert Wise

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor, film editor, film producer and director. He won Academy Awards as Best Director for The Sound of Music (1965) and West Side Story (1961) as well as nominations as Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane (1941) and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles (1966). Among his other films are Born to Kill; Destination Gobi; The Hindenburg; Star Trek: The Motion Picture; The Day the Earth Stood Still; Run Silent, Run Deep; The Andromeda Strain; The Set-Up; The Haunting; and The Body Snatcher. Wise's working period spanned the 1930s to the 1990s. Often contrasted with contemporary "auteur" directors such as Stanley Kubrick who tended to bring a distinctive directorial "look" to a particular genre, Wise is famously viewed to have allowed his (sometimes studio assigned) story to dictate style. Later critics such as Martin Scorsese would go on to expand that characterization, insisting that despite Wise's notorious workaday concentration on stylistic perfection within the confines of genre and budget, his choice of subject matter and approach still functioned to identify Wise as an artist and not merely an artisan. Through whatever means, Wise's approach would bring him critical success as a director in many different traditional film genres: from horror to noir to Western to war films to science fiction, to musical and drama, with many repeat hits within each genre. Wise's tendency towards professionalism led to a degree of preparedness which, though nominally motivated by studio budget constraints, nevertheless advanced the moviemaking art, with many Academy Award-winning films the result. Robert Wise received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1998.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Wise, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title : Robert Wise
  • Popularity : 5.513
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1914-09-10
  • Place of Birth : Winchester, Indiana, USA
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Robert Wise Movies

  • 2009
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    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2004
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    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

    1 2004 HD

    Film noir, which enjoyed particular success in the 1930s and 1940s, is probably the most profound genre of classic Hollywood cinema. Eckhart Schmidt...

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  • 1999
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    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

    1 1999 HD

    Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of...

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  • 1992
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    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    6.9 1992 HD

    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

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  • 1995
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    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    Darryl F. Zanuck: 20th Century Filmmaker

    4 1995 HD

    A biography of Darryl F. Zanuck, mogul and the power behind 20th Century Fox throughout the Golden Age.

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  • 2005
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    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    9.4 2005 HD

    Documentary about the great 1940s horror movie producer Val Lewton, featured on the 2005 DVD release "The Val Lewton Horror Collection."

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  • 1998
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    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    Mythos Hollywood - Das Geheimnis des Erfolgs

    1 1998 HD

    Ekchart Schmidt examines the machinery behind the dream factory; the Hollywood myth is unmasked. How does the studio industry work? What role does...

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  • 1997
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    Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

    Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

    8 1997 HD

    Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula uncovers the life and career of legendary actor Bela Lugosi, examining his early life in Hungary and Germany through his...

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  • 2014
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    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    7.5 2014 HD

    Join foremost experts discussing true Horror Classics - Frankenstein, Dracula, The Black Cat, Wolfman, King Kong, Bride of Frankenstein, and more....

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  • 1996
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    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    7.315 1996 HD

    Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and...

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  • 2014
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    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins

    6 2014 HD

    From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red...

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  • 1989
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    William Holden: The Golden Boy

    William Holden: The Golden Boy

    1 1989 HD

    It was said of him that in more than 70 films, he never once gave a bad performance.

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  • 1990
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    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    1 1990 HD

    Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never...

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  • 2001
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    Making The Earth Stand Still

    Making The Earth Stand Still

    1 2001 HD

    A documentary about the 1951 sci-fi film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," featuring clips from the film and interviews with some of the cast and crew...

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  • 1986
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    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    7.5 1986 HD

    Among the legends of Hollywood, George Pal takes his place as a true visionary, an innovator and a showman who profoundly shaped the art of motion...

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  • 1995
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    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    1 1995 HD

    One of the first film noir documentaries, made for British Channel Four, and including interviews with Paul Schrader, Robert Wise, John Dahl, Bryan...

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  • 2003
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    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

    The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film

    6 2003 HD

    The making of "The Andromeda Strain".

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  • 2014
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    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    6.7 2014 HD

    The extraordinary life of Orson Welles (1915-85), an enigma of Hollywood, an irreducible independent creator: a musical prodigy, an excellent...

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  • 1995
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    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    8 1995 HD

    Documentary exploring the career of noted film directer William A. Wellman.

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  • 1996
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    The Stupids

    The Stupids

    4.715 1996 HD

    An incredibly dull-witted family unknowingly stumble upon an illegal weapons deal while on the trail of their "stolen" garbage.

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  • 1990
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    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    1 1990 HD

    A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.

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  • 1996
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    A Century of Science Fiction

    A Century of Science Fiction

    6.9 1996 HD

    American Documentary, narrated by Christopher Lee

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  • 2014
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    And the Oscar Goes To...

    And the Oscar Goes To...

    6.971 2014 HD

    The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy...

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  • 2003
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    West Side Memories

    West Side Memories

    1 2003 HD

    Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was...

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  • 1996
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    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    6.2 1996 HD

    Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the...

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  • 1994
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    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

    1 1994 HD

    As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of women, sex and race — on stage, in films, on radio...

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  • 2013
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    Robert Wise: American Filmmaker

    Robert Wise: American Filmmaker

    1 2013 HD

    From Star Trek to The Sound of Music, award-winning director Robert Wise was dedicated, inventive, and ready to tackle any genre. He helmed...

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  • 1965
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    Salzburg Sight and Sound

    Salzburg Sight and Sound

    8 1965 HD

    Charmian Carr, who played Liesl in the movie "The Sound of Music", takes a tour of the Austrian town of Salzburg, where the location shots of the...

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  • 1997
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    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years

    7.2 1997 HD

    The first half century of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation from its beginnings under Hungarian immigrant William Fox to it emergence as a major...

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  • 2000
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    Buñuel in Hollywood

    Buñuel in Hollywood

    1 2000 HD

    This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through...

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  • 1941
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    Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane

    8.003 1941 HD

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  • 1979
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    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    Star Trek: The Motion Picture

    6.5 1979 HD

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  • 1961
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    West Side Story

    West Side Story

    7.3 1961 HD

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  • 1961
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    West Side Story

    West Side Story

    7.3 1961 HD

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  • 1951
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    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    The Day the Earth Stood Still

    7.5 1951 HD

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  • 1939
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    Fifth Avenue Girl

    Fifth Avenue Girl

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Andromeda Strain

    The Andromeda Strain

    7 1971 HD

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  • 1971
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    The Andromeda Strain

    The Andromeda Strain

    7 1971 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Body Snatcher

    The Body Snatcher

    7 1945 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Sand Pebbles

    The Sand Pebbles

    7.2 1966 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    7.2 1939 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Haunting

    The Haunting

    7.1 1963 HD

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  • 1963
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    The Haunting

    The Haunting

    7.1 1963 HD

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  • 1959
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    Odds Against Tomorrow

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    6.7 1959 HD

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  • 1959
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    Odds Against Tomorrow

    Odds Against Tomorrow

    6.7 1959 HD

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  • 1947
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    Born to Kill

    Born to Kill

    6.7 1947 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Fallen Sparrow

    The Fallen Sparrow

    5.7 1943 HD

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  • 1951
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    The House on Telegraph Hill

    The House on Telegraph Hill

    6.339 1951 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Curse of the Cat People

    The Curse of the Cat People

    6.135 1944 HD

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  • 1958
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    I Want to Live!

    I Want to Live!

    6.873 1958 HD

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  • 1956
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    Somebody Up There Likes Me

    Somebody Up There Likes Me

    7.231 1956 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Desert Rats

    The Desert Rats

    6.272 1953 HD

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  • 1948
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    Blood on the Moon

    Blood on the Moon

    6.1 1948 HD

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  • 1956
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    Helen of Troy

    Helen of Troy

    6.2 1956 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music

    7.7 1965 HD

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  • 1954
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    Executive Suite

    Executive Suite

    7 1954 HD

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  • 1950
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    Three Secrets

    Three Secrets

    6.4 1950 HD

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  • 1946
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    Criminal Court

    Criminal Court

    5.2 1946 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Captive City

    The Captive City

    6.1 1952 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Set-Up

    The Set-Up

    7.317 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Set-Up

    The Set-Up

    7.317 1949 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg

    6.281 1975 HD

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  • 1977
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    Audrey Rose

    Audrey Rose

    5.6 1977 HD

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  • 1958
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    Run Silent, Run Deep

    Run Silent, Run Deep

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1953
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    So Big

    So Big

    5.6 1953 HD

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  • 1968
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    Star!

    Star!

    6.9 1968 HD

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  • 1956
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    Tribute to a Bad Man

    Tribute to a Bad Man

    7 1956 HD

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  • 1962
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    Two for the Seesaw

    Two for the Seesaw

    6.462 1962 HD

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  • 1944
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    Mademoiselle Fifi

    Mademoiselle Fifi

    5.8 1944 HD

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  • 1957
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    This Could Be the Night

    This Could Be the Night

    5.636 1957 HD

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  • 1953
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    Destination Gobi

    Destination Gobi

    5.7 1953 HD

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  • 1950
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    Two Flags West

    Two Flags West

    6.2 1950 HD

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  • 1957
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    Until They Sail

    Until They Sail

    6.4 1957 HD

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  • 1945
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    A Game of Death

    A Game of Death

    6.2 1945 HD

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  • 2000
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    A Storm in Summer

    A Storm in Summer

    5.8 2000 HD

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  • 1948
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    Mystery in Mexico

    Mystery in Mexico

    5.8 1948 HD

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  • 1973
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    Two People

    Two People

    4.2 1973 HD

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  • 1986
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    Wisdom

    Wisdom

    5.8 1986 HD

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  • 1942
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    Seven Days' Leave

    Seven Days' Leave

    6 1942 HD

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  • 1943
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    Bombardier

    Bombardier

    5.4 1943 HD

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  • 1952
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    Something for the Birds

    Something for the Birds

    1 1952 HD

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  • 1989
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    Rooftops

    Rooftops

    4.8 1989 HD

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  • 1939
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    Bachelor Mother

    Bachelor Mother

    7.1 1939 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Baby Maker

    The Baby Maker

    6.1 1970 HD

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  • 1966
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    The Sand Pebbles

    The Sand Pebbles

    7.2 1966 HD

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  • 1973
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    Two People

    Two People

    4.2 1973 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Hindenburg

    The Hindenburg

    6.281 1975 HD

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  • 1965
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    The Sound of Music

    The Sound of Music

    7.7 1965 HD

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  • 1941
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    All That Money Can Buy

    All That Money Can Buy

    7.1 1941 HD

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  • 1971
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    Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    Happy Birthday, Wanda June

    5.5 1971 HD

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  • 1951
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    The House on Telegraph Hill

    The House on Telegraph Hill

    6.339 1951 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    7.328 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    6.4 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Magnificent Ambersons

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    7.328 1942 HD

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  • 1940
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    My Favorite Wife

    My Favorite Wife

    6.945 1940 HD

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  • 1962
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    Two for the Seesaw

    Two for the Seesaw

    6.462 1962 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Informer

    The Informer

    6.714 1935 HD

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  • 1953
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    The Oscars

    The Oscars

    7 1953 HD

    An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a...

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  • 1971
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    Great Performances

    Great Performances

    5.2 1971 HD

    The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular...

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  • 1987
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    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    The RKO Story: Tales From Hollywood

    8 1987 HD

    Ed Asner tells the story of RKO Pictures from the 1920s to the 1960s.

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