Frances C. Richardson
Nascimento : , Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Morte : 1995-08-31
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Clássico musical ambientado no coração do Pacífico Sul e com pano de fundo na Segunda Guerra Mundial. É a história de amor de uma jovem e ingênua enfermeira da Marinha (Mitzi Gaynor) e de um não tão jovem fazendeiro francês (Rossano Brazzi), que se conhecem em uma ilha ocupada pelos norte-americanos. Um jovem soldado (John Kerr) e uma bela garota nativa (France Nuyen) também se apaixonam. Ray Walston, no papel de um marinheiro que vive aprontando tramóias, e Juanita Hall, como a rainha nativa do mercado negro, completam o elenco. A trilha sonora inclui pérolas da dupla Rodgers e Hammerstein como "Some Enchanted Evening", "Bali Ha'i", "There is Nothin' Like a Dame" e "Younger Than Springtime".
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Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
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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.
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A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
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An Irish rascal and inveterate gambler uses his considerable skills at the gaming tables of New Orleans to become fabulously rich.
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In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
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A woman reminisces about her teenage years in the 1920s, when she fell in love with her teacher.
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Three sisters go to Atlantic City with hopes of finding rich husbands.
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Em 1862, uma jovem inglesa torna-se Tutora Real no Sião e faz amizade com o Rei. Refilmado em 'O Rei e Eu (1956)'. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)
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In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
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Clint Barkley first sees Smoky as a runaway, and drives him back to the ranch where he meets the owner, Julie Richards. He is given a job on her ranch, but the head cowhand is doubtful about Clint and fears that since he refuses to talk about himself, he must have some dreadful secret in his past. Clint and Smoky become close to each other, weathering the hardships of Western life and the suspicions of others together, until one day, Smoky tragically vanishes. Will Clint ever see him again?
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Uma jovem menina Inglesa, com aspirações de se tornar uma encanadora, vem ajudar um jovem cuja pia fica entupida enquanto ele está dando uma festa. Ela conhece um escritor checo, e lhe são dados vários cocktails. Quando seu tio, o encanador, chega, ele fica horrorizado, e dá um jeito para ela ir num serviço em uma casa rica. Lá, ela conhece o escritor tcheco novamente.
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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.
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Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business.
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An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that she is ill and has only a short time to live. She decides to adopt the child so that her husband Bill will not be alone when she dies. Unfortunately, Bill is not charmed by Hitty.
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The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
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In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a next-door neighbor, Janet Stewart. As Janet attempts to convince her husband of the doctor's dastardly deed, Cross shows up to advise him that Janet is in dire need of some in-depth counseling.
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The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
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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.
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An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
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Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
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The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.
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Durante sua visita anual à Feira Estadual de Iowa, a família Frake desfruta de muitas aventuras. O patriarca orgulhoso Abel (Charles Winninger) tem grandes esperanças para seu campeão de suínos Blueboy, e sua esposa Melissa (Fay Bainter) entra no concurso de picadinho e picles... com resultados hilários. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
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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.
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WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
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A Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed by Henry Hathaway, the film was released in 1945.
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Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.
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Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
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In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
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When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
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Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the five struggle through the rigid training and grueling tests involved in becoming pilots. Not all of them succeed, and tragedy awaits for some.
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Um jovem sacerdote, padre Chisholm é enviado à China para estabelecer uma paróquia católica entre chineses não cristãos. Enquanto seu amigo de infância, também sacerdote, prospera em seu chamado como um sacerdote em uma área mais cristã do mundo, padre Chisholm luta muito. Ele encontra hostilidade, isolamento, doenças, pobreza e uma variedade de contratempos que o humilham, mas que o tornam mais determinado do que nunca em ter sucesso. Durante um período de muitos anos ele ganha a aceitação e uma crescente congregação entre os chineses, por sua calma determinação, compreensão e paciência.
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Uma família pobre na Flórida economiza todo o dinheiro que puder a fim de planejar algo especial para o soldado que convidou para o jantar de domingo. Eles não percebem que o seu pedido para convidar o soldado nunca foi enviado. No dia do jantar agendado, um outro soldado é trazido a sua casa e o amor logo floresce entre ele e Tessa.
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Três primos que não se conhecem descobrem que herdaram Magnolia Manor, uma plantação do sul: Chiquita (Carmen Miranda) que sintoniza rádio através dos dentes!, Harry (Phil Silvers) que é um trambiqueiro e Blossom (Vivian Blaine) uma cantora de Teatro de Revista. Os três abandonam seus empregos, que não eram lá muito bons, vão para lá e descobrem que a fazenda está cheia de dívidas. Felizmente o Sargento Rocky Fulton (Michael O'Shea), de um campo do exército próximo, aparece com um plano para converter o lugar em um hotel para esposas de militares que estão no front, mas para pagar contas até então, eles decidem fazer um show. Naturalmente, complicações românticas e militares aparecem.
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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.
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The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations.
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Alexander (Tyrone Power) escandaliza a sociedade ao montar uma orquestra de Ragtime, estilo musical popular demais para se levar a sério. Vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Trilha Sonora.