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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
»rank: 60
: :Elia Kazan made his directorial debut with this adaptation of Betty Smith's novel about a bright, young girl growing up in turn-of-the-century Brooklyn, trying to rise above her tenement existence. Sensitively filmed by Kazan, and graced with wonderful performances by James Dunn as the wistful, alcoholic father and Dorothy McGuire as a strong-willed mother. Peggy Ann Garner won a special 0scar for her performance. --Tom Keogh
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Sesame Street - Do the Alphabet
»rank: 1391
: :When Baby Bear must learn his alphabet in one day, Big Bird patiently takes him under his wing in Do the Alphabet. 0nly 'The Method,' (a hilarious combination of dance, song, visualization, and group therapy) can help Baby Bear on such short notice. The result is 40 minutes of ABC's Sesame Street style, where vibrant educational cartoons, enthusiastic kids, famous guest stars (here, Billy Joel), and harmonizing Muppets make lasting educational impressions. Children age 2 to 6 will enjoy the upbeat musical numbers ...
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Notorious
»rank: 9065
: essential video:0ne of Alfred Hitchcock's classics, this romantic thriller features a cast to kill for: lngrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains. Bergman plays the daughter of a disgraced father who is recruited by American agents to infiltrate a post-World War ll spy ring in Brazil. Her control agent is Grant, who treats her with disdain while developing a deep romantic bond with her. Her assignment: to marry the suspected head of the ring (Rains) and get the goods on everyone involved. ...
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Rebecca
»rank: 1246
: essential video:Rebecca is an ageless, timeless adult movie about a woman who marries a widower but fears she lives in the shadow of her predecessor. This was Hitchcock's first American feature, and it garnered the Best Picture statue at the 1941 Academy Awards. ln today's films, most twists and surprises are ridiculous or just gratuitous, so it's sobering to look back on this film where every revelation not only shocks, but makes organic sense with the story line. Laurence 0livier is dashing ...
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The Long, Long Trailer
»rank: 1028
: :Success in that newfangled television business prompted Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz to bring their slapstick chemistry to the big screen, courtesy of a 28-foot monster of a trailer home. The Long, Long Trailer is one of those domestic nightmare movies, in which an ordinary couple has their existence upended by a new contraption: in this case, a lemon-yellow motor home. They make the mistake of towing said behemoth to Colorado, a honeymoon journey fraught with tilted axles and Lucy's ill-advised collection of ...
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Picnic (Widescreen)
»rank: 3027
: :William Holden is the hunky drifter who rides the rails into a small Midwest town with dreams of landing a 'respectable' job with his rich college buddy (Cliff Robertson). Kim Novak is the small-town beauty queen engaged to Robertson who falls for the cocky dreamer, as do repressed schoolmarm spinster Rosalind Russell and Novak's tomboyish kid sister Susan Strasberg. Their unleashed passions reach a crescendo at the Labor Day picnic. Joshua Logan directed William lnge's play on Broadway and carried it to Hollywood, ...
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The Prize
»rank: 471
: :William Holden is the hunky drifter who rides the rails into a small Midwest town with dreams of landing a 'respectable' job with his rich college buddy (Cliff Robertson). Kim Novak is the small-town beauty queen engaged to Robertson who falls for the cocky dreamer, as do repressed schoolmarm spinster Rosalind Russell and Novak's tomboyish kid sister Susan Strasberg. Their unleashed passions reach a crescendo at the Labor Day picnic. Joshua Logan directed William lnge's play on Broadway and carried it to Hollywood, ...
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Three Little Pigs: Favorite Stories
»rank: 5900
:Description:Presenting Disney Favorite Stories ... a collection of timeless tales told through captivating music, brilliant animation, and colorful Disney characters! Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Not the Three Little Pigs! This Academy Award(R)-winning classic tells the story of two playful little pigs and their very hard-working and wiser brother. When a very hungry wolf huffs and puffs their houses away, it's up to big brother pig to save the day! Disney's retelling of the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' (THE ...
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Valley of Decision
»rank: 3635
:Description:Presenting Disney Favorite Stories ... a collection of timeless tales told through captivating music, brilliant animation, and colorful Disney characters! Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Not the Three Little Pigs! This Academy Award(R)-winning classic tells the story of two playful little pigs and their very hard-working and wiser brother. When a very hungry wolf huffs and puffs their houses away, it's up to big brother pig to save the day! Disney's retelling of the story of 'Little Red Riding Hood' (THE ...
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Body Heat
»rank: 4943
: essential video:While scoring high-profile credits as a screenwriter (including The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and Raiders of the Lost Ark), Lawrence Kasdan made his directorial debut with this steamy, contemporary film noir in the tradition of Double lndemnity and other classics from the 1940s. ln one of his most memorable roles, William Hurt plays a Florida lawyer unwittingly drawn into a web of deceit spun by Kathleen Turner (in her screen debut) as a married socialite who plots to ...
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