Gene Tierney

Martin Scorsese is among those paying tribute to Gene Tierney, the Academy Award-nominated American actress who was a leading lady in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and '50s.

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 itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.

A&E Biography about life and times of the beautiful actress of the '40s and feature interview of her ex-husband, her second daughter and her co-star.

This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such memorable films as Anatomy of a Murder, Exodus, Laura, Forever Amber, Advise and Consent, In Harm's Way, The Moon Is Blue, The Man with the Golden Arm, and many other movies made from the '30s through the '70s. Interviews with actors Frank Sinatra, Vincent Price, James Stewart, Michael Caine, and others who worked with the flamboyant and sometimes control-obsessed director add information and insight to the story.

Professor Samuel Hale Constable is a government expert in the field of cybernetics. He and his wheelchair-bound wife Lenore became parents late in life, only to lose their daughter Mary before she reached adolescence. Now their daughter's spirit seems to be reaching out to her grief-stricken father from beyond the grave, encouraging him to give up the important project on which he's been working.

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the silver screen. It shows how the movie industry changed its depiction of sex and actresses' portrayal of sex from the silent movie era to the present. Classic scenes are shown from the silent movie 'True Heart Susie,' starring Lillian Gish, to 'Love Me Tonight' (1932), blending sex and sophistication, starring Jeanette MacDonald (pre-Nelson Eddy), and to Elizabeth Taylor in 'A Place in the Sun' (1951), plus much , much more.

A trio of gorgeous American tourists hope to find love while vacationing in Spain. Secretary Maggie Williams falls hard for a married newsman named Paul Barton while fighting off the advances of one of his employees. Singer Fran Hobson sets her sights on a handsome European doctor. And coed Susie Higgins receives an unexpected proposal from smooth-talking womanizer Emilio Lacaya.

Julian Berniers returns from Illinois with his young bride Lily Prine to the family in New Orleans. His spinster sisters Carrie and Anna welcome the couple, who arrive with expensive gifts. The sisters hope Julian will help with their expenses, and he tells them that while his profitable factory went out of business, he did manage to save money. It turns out that Julian pulled off a real estate scam and took off with the money. Carrie is obsessed with her brother. Her jealousy of Lily pushes her to discover the shady land deal for herself and she does everything she can to wreck their marriage.

Indicado pelo Presidente dos Estados Unidos para o cargo de Secretário de Estado, Robert Leffingwell comparece perante uma comissão do Senado, presidida pelo senador idealista Brig Anderson, que deve decidir se ele é a pessoa certa para o cargo.

Em uma missão católica na China, o muito aguardado "padre O'Shea" prova ser um cara durão, perturbadoramente atraente para a enfermeira-missionária Anne. Um homem em vestes sacerdotais, aparentemente o muito aguardado padre O'Shea, chega a uma missão católica pouco frequentada em 1947 na China. Embora o homem pareça curiosamente desconfortável com seus deveres sacerdotais, suas táticas duras revelam-se muito bem-sucedidas nas Sete Aldeias, à medida que a China se desintegra na guerra civil e na revolução. Mas ele tem um segredo, e sua amizade com a enfermeira de missão Anne (uma atraente viúva de guerra) parece estar assumindo um tom peculiar.

A young stage hopeful is murdered and suspicion falls on her mentor, a Broadway producer.

No Egito antigo, Sinhue, um órfão pobre, se torna um médico brilhante e é indicado para servir o novo faraó. Conforme Sinhue descobre as intrigas e segredos da corte da turbulenta 18a. dinastia, ele tem as respostas que procurava há muitos anos.

A British girl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

Christopher Jones é o turrão, tenaz capitão cujo objetivo é levar um punhado de calvinistas de Plymouth, na Inglaterra, até as terras da América, do outro lado do Atlântico. Entre perigos variados, tempestades e diversos obstáculos, nasce um romance entre John Alden e Priscilla Mullins. Outra passageira importante é Dorothy Bradford, a noiva do futuro governador William Bradford. O capitão se apaixona por ela, que não lhe é indiferente.

In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.

A journalist's wife insists on adopting an abandoned child.

After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.

Nesta homenagem ao Folies Bergere de Maurice Chevalier, o talentoso Danny Kaye desempenha dois papeis. Tanto um artista quanto um heroico piloto militar francês. Jack Martin (Danny Kaye), um artista americano que trabalha com cabarets na Riviera Francesa, faz uma personificação do industrialista Henri Duran (Kaye, de novo) de forma tão convincente que até a bela esposa de Duran (Gene Tierney) é enganada por ela. Quando os interesses empresariais de Duran o obrigam a estar em Londres quando ele deveria estar hospedando um grande soiree em sua casa, Martin é persuadido a personificar Duran na festa. Mas as coisas ameaçam sair de controle quando Martin (como Duran) é confrontado por várias mulheres do empresário namorador Duran, e pelo implacável rival de Duran, M. Periton (Jean Murat). e Livre.

Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. When Ellen arrives, her daughter-in-law mistakes her for the maid she has hired for a big party they are throwing. Rather than cause any embarrassment, Ellen goes along with the charade, which leads to many complications.

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume Designer was part of The Industry Film Project, a twelve-part series produced by the film studios and the Academy. Each series episode was produced to inform the public on a specific facet of the motion picture industry.

O Sargento Detetive Mark Dixon quer ser algo que seu velho pai não era: um cara do lado certo da lei. Será que a natureza cruel de Dixon vai extrair dele a melhor?

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.

Uma mulher secretamente sofrendo de cleptomania é hipnotizada em um esforço para curar sua condição. Logo depois, ela é encontrada no local de um assassinato sem memória de como ela chegou lá e aparentemente não há como provar sua inocência.

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married.

The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.

Um ano após a morte do marido, Lucy Muir (Gene Tierney) decide não mais viver com a sogra e a cunhada e aluga o "Chalé Gaivota", uma casa a beira-mar, e para lá se muda com sua filha e sua empregada. Porém, logo o fantasma de Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison), o falecido proprietário da casa que morrera em um suposto suicídio, surge para a amendrontá-la, mas isto não surte efeito e entre os dois nasce gradativamente uma amizade. Assim, quando ela se vê em uma grave situação financeira, ele decide lhe narrar sua vida para ser transformada em livro e tirá-la deste aperto. Posteriormente, Lucy acaba conhecendo um escritor de histórias para crianças e pensa em se casar com ele. Apesar de não concordar com esta decisão, Daniel decide não mais aparecer e fazer com que Lucy acredite que todas as conversas que tiveram juntos foi produto da imaginação dela.

Um jovem Bem-de-Vida de Chicago, Larry Darrell, rompe seu noivado com Isabel e viaja pelo mundo em busca da iluminação. Acaba encontrando o seu guru na Índia. Isabel se casa com Gray, e na sequência da crise de 1929, é convidada a viver em Paris com seu rico tio Elliot, um alpinista social. Durante uma temporada em Paris, Larry, tendo alcançado seu objetivo, está junto com Isabel. Quando numa noite resolvem passear por um bairro barra pesada. Larry, Isabel e acompanhantes ficam chocados ao descobrir Sophie, uma amiga de Chicago. Depois de ter perdido o marido e filho em um trágico acidente, Sophie está vivendo uma vida de submundo, com a ajuda de drogas e de um homem bruto e abusivo. Larry tenta reabilita-la, mas seus esforços são sabotados por Isabel, que tenta em vão reacender o interesse de Larry por ela.

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

A bela Ellen Harland (Gene Tierney) é noiva do influente político Russell Quinton (Vincent Price). Mesmo assim, sente-se atraída pelo jovem Richard (Cornel Wilde) no momento em que o conhece e o seduz, para poucos dias depois casar-se com ele. Não demora muito e Richard descobre, a partir de relatos da irmã (Jeanne Crain) e da mãe (Mary Philips), que o egoísmo e o amor possessivo de Ellen arruinou a vida de outras pessoas. Indicado para quatro Oscar, levou a estatueta de melhor fotografia.

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.

Baseado em um conto de Vera Caspary, este mistério sobre o assassinato da personagem principal mostra um detetive se apaixonando pelo retrato dessa bela vítima. Ele investiga três suspeitos para tentar solucionar o crime: um jornalista, o noivo de Laura, a vítima, e sua tia.

Henry Van Cleve apresenta-se às portas do inferno mas descobre que está sendo rigorosamente criticado em suas qualificações para a entrada. Surpreso por existir qualquer dúvida sobre sua idoneidade, ele relata sua vida animada e as mulheres que ele conheceu, começando por sua mãe, mas, principalmente, concentrando-se em seus felizes, mas por vezes difíceis, 25 anos de casamento com Martha.

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Stackhouse, competes with Britt for the affections of Kay Saunders, the daughter of a local rancher. Despite their differences, Britt makes sure Sutton passes his training and becomes a combat pilot -- even though he loses Kay to the young man in the process.

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Scott) Belle Shirley (Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation amongst the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

A família Lester, oprimida, vive na Geórgia rural, numa terra agrícola que outrora fora próspera, ao lado da antiga estrada de tabaco. Durante a crise de 29, a miséria toma conta da família Lester, que impossibilitada de pagar o aluguel, corre o risco de ser despejada. Sua permanência também se vê ameaçada pelos planos de um banco em ter controle da terra.

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson's Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the French, and convinces King Charles II to sponsor an expedition of conquest.

Frank James deixou sua vida de crimes e se tornou um pacífico fazendeiro. Nem quando Clem Tom Grayson, um jovem e grande amigo, lhe conta que Jesse James foi baleado pelas costas pelos irmãos Ford, Frank procura se vingar, pois crê na justiça. Aparentemente isto acontece, pois Bob e Charles são condenados por assassinato. Porém meia hora após o veredicto o governador lhes dá total perdão, e ainda recebem uma recompensa. Ao ver isto Frank constata que precisa fazer justiça com as próprias mãos.