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Ranked at No. 30 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 all-time greatest American films, 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' is a genuine masterpiece that went on to win 3 Academy Awards. Bogart gives a tremendous performance as a vicious down-and-out wage worker who stakes his meagre earnings on a gold-prospecting expedition. - Director:
- John Huston
- Cast:
- Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
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Directed by a true genius of early cinema, Cecil B. DeMille's The King of Kings is both a sincere and major work of religious devotion and an epic milestone in cinema history. First premiered in 1927, the film follows the life of Jesus Christ from the conversion of Mary Magdalene through the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. Inspired by the works of the great Classical artists, DeMille composes each scene with breathtaking skill, while emphasising and celebrating the gentleness and dignity of Christ. At His triumphant resurrection, this black and white film suddenly bursts into colour - a truly stunning cinematic device portraying a world redeemed. A work of timeless passion and beauty, The King of Kings still has the power to move and inspire. - Director:
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Cast:
- H.B. Warner, Dorothy Cumming, Ernest Torrence
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Fredric March stars as Valjean, the ex-convict who rises against all odds from galley slave to mayor. Charles Laughton is Javert, the fanatical police inspector who dedicates his life to recapturing Valjean. A vivid depiction of the appalling poverty and social strife of 19th-century France, this version of Les Miserables does splendid justice to the original novel. - Director:
- Richard Boleslawski
- Cast:
- Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke
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In the antebellum South, headstrong coquette Julie Marsden (Bette Davis, who won the Best Actress Oscar) loves to kindle competition among men. Her machinations cost Julie her fiancé (Henry Fonda), though, after she makes a public display of herself. She vows to win back her man, but her scheming goes awry, resulting in another suitor's demise. Will the self-absorbed Julie rise to the occasion when the chance for atonement arises? - Director:
- William Wyler
- Cast:
- Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent
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