Genre: Classic Dramas
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Woman in Love / Ice from Space (2008)
Cast: Paul Newman, Arnold Moss, Gaby Rodgers …
Directed by: Don Medford, Robert Mulligan
A few years before he became a big-screen icon, Paul Newman appeared in these episodes from the early-1950s TV series "Tales of Tomorrow" and "Suspense." In "Ice from Space," the American…
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Bang the Drum Slowly / The Battler (2008)
Cast: Paul Newman, Albert Salmi, Rudy Bond …
Directed by: Arthur Penn
At the beginning of his legendary career, Paul Newman shines in two sports-themed TV movies from the 1950s. In Bang the Drum Slowly, baseball pitcher Henry Wiggen (Newman) keeps secret the…
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Johnny Legend Presents: Rock Baby Rock It (2004)
Cast: Johnny Carroll, Don Coats, Roscoe Gordon …
Directed by: Murray Douglas Sporup
Rock 'n' roll music mixed with rockabilly is at the forefront of this fast-paced crime flick set in 1957 Dallas. Comedy reaches new heights when one of the baddies finds himself…
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Ebony Elegance (2004)
Cast: James Earl Jones, Sidney Poitier, Mario Van Peebles …
Award-winning black actors are showcased in this collection of nuanced films. In Mark of the Hawk, Sidney Poitier struggles with issues of racial equality in modern-day Africa. In The River…
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James Michener's Dynasty (2004)
Cast: Amy Irving, Sarah Miles, Stacy Keach …
Directed by: Lee Philips
Brothers John (Harris Yulin) and Matt (Stacy Keach) establish a family home on the Ohio frontier, but the two have a grave falling out when Matt steals John's wife, Jennifer (Sarah…
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Adventures in Iraq / The Legion of Missing Men (2003)
Cast: Ruth Ford, John Loder, James Aubrey …
Directed by: Hamilton MacFadden, D. Ross Lederman
This double feature presents two classic B-movie adventures set in the deserts of World War II-era Arabia. After surviving a plane crash, a pilot (Warren Douglas) and his passengers try to…
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Thanhouser Collection (2002)
Cast: James Cruze, Marie Eline
Along with the Thomas Edison-owned Edison Studios and Biograph Studios, the Thanhouser Company, founded by Edwin Thanhouser in 1909, was one of the American film industry's first…
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King Richard II (2001)
Cast: John Devlin, Paul Shenar, William H. Bassett …
Directed by: William Woodman
David Birney stars as the ill-fated Richard II in this adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of a monarch who unwisely banishes his relative and nobleman Henry Bolingbroke (Paul Shenar), who…
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Beat the Devil / That Uncertain Feeling (2000)
Cast: Merle Oberon, Humphrey Bogart, Melvyn Douglas …
Directed by: John Huston, Ernst Lubitsch
A dab of film noir colors these two classic comedies. In Beat the Devil, four travelers (including Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones) board a ship with a quartet of gangsters in search of…
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The Best of Film Noir (1999)
Cast: Lana Turner, Cary Grant, Orson Welles …
Tough-talking private investigators meet melodramatic dames in this documentary about the film noir genre of the 1940s and '50s. Jeffrey Wells discusses the history of the genre, and…
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The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Rag Nymph (1997)
Cast: Crispin Bonham-Carter, Christine Anderson, Neil Daglish …
Directed by: David Wheatley
Part of a collection of TV epics based on Catherine Cookson's best-selling novels, this 19th-century drama traces the childhood of Millie Forester (Perdita Weeks), an orphan taken in by…
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The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Moth (1997)
Cast: Margaretta Scott, Jeremy Clyde, Rupert Penry-Jones …
Directed by: Roy Battersby
When poor carpenter Robert Bradley (Jack Davenport) falls in love with the daughter (Juliet Aubrey) of his wealthy employer, he has no reason to expect her to reciprocate. But when she does,…
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The Canterville Ghost (1996)
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, Joan Sims …
Directed by: Sydney Macartney
Patrick Stewart stars in the title role of this spirited made-for-television adaptation of Oscar Wilde's classic fantasy tale. The fun begins as the unsuspecting Otis family moves into…
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Landmarks of Early Film (1994)
Cinephiles will savor this phenomenal compendium of silent short films, which captures the birth of an artistic metamorphosis, providing a compelling glimpse into history and a practical…
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The Fisher King (1991)
Cast: Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Mercedes Ruehl …
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Racked with guilt after he inadvertently inspires a listener's murderous rampage, pompous shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) has hit rock bottom when he meets Parry (Robin Williams), a…
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Awakenings (1990)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Julie Kavner …
Directed by: Penny Marshall
In this stirring fact-based drama set in 1969, a reclusive neurologist is given authorization to test an experimental drug on a catatonic patient -- who awakens from his 30-year stupor and…
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Tapestry Series: Memories of Hollywood (1990)
Cast: Miklos Rozsa, Bill Conti, John Morris …
Film buffs can see clips of their favorite stars from Hollywood's golden age in this Tapestry Series tribute to classic movies. Clips are set to the music of master film composers and…
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Steel Magnolias (1989)
Cast: Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Featuring a star-studded cast, this bittersweet drama follows the abiding friendship among five tight-knit women who congregate at a beauty parlor in a small Louisiana town to laugh, cry and…
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The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Fifteen Streets (1989)
Cast: Owen Teale, Sean Bean, Anny Tobin …
Directed by: David Wheatley
Part of a collection of small-screen epics based on the best-selling books of novelist Catherine Cookson, this turn-of-the-century British drama follows the romantic struggles of two…
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Death of a Salesman (1985)
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, Kate Reid …
Directed by: Volker Schlondorff
Dustin Hoffman won an Emmy for his first-rate performance as embittered traveling salesman Willy Loman, who's forced to dispense with delusions of success and come to grips with his…
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King Lear (1984)
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Anna Calder-Marshall …
Directed by: Michael Elliott
Having sent his loving daughter Cordelia (Anna Calder-Marshall) into exile, King Lear (Laurence Olivier) finds himself stripped of his status, his belongings and his pride by his other…
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Giorgio Moroder Presents Metropolis (1984)
Cast: Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich, Alfred Abel …
Directed by: Fritz Lang
Oscar-winning composer Giorgio Moroder's labor of love restores Fritz Lang's silent sci-fi classic and adds songs by the biggest names in 1980s pop. Color tinting and sound effects…
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Cannery Row (1982)
Cast: Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, John Huston …
Directed by: David S. Ward
In Monterey, Calif., a town populated by hookers and hobos, marine biologist Doc (Nick Nolte) and mercurial Suzi (Debra Winger) seem out of place … but their shared experience as…
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Mon Oncle D'Amerique (1980)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Nicole Garcia, Roger Pierre …
Directed by: Alain Resnais
Gerard Depardieu stars in the fascinating story of two men and one woman from different generations and backgrounds, whose paths meet at a crisis point. Faced with disappointment and…
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The Great Santini (1979)
Cast: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe …
Directed by: Lewis John Carlino
Ace fighter pilot Bull Meechum (Robert Duvall) understands the ins and outs of war but has a tough time comprehending peace, especially where his family is concerned. Self-dubbed "The Great…