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Off a Greek coastal island, a beautiful sponge diver (Sophia Loren) discovered a fabulous golden statue within a sunken galleon. She shares her find with a visiting American archeologist (Alan Ladd), who implores her to donate it to a museum... but when her grasping boyfriend allies with an unscrupulous art dealer (Clifton Webb), a perilous race to recover the ship's treasures is on. Long-sought adventure, Loren's English-language debut, also stars Jorge Mistral, Laurence Naismith; Jean Negulesco directs. 111 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; theatrical trailers.

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This classic cinemascope musical directed Jean Negulesco (Road House) received three 1955 Oscar nominations and featured the incomparable Fred Astaire (Top Hat) in some of his most stunning dance sequences. Daddy Long Legs follows a young French girl (Leslie Caron, An American in Paris) through college, her education sponsored by a mysterious man with long legs. Millionaire Jervis Pendleton III (Astaire) is from old money, and although generous with his wealth, he must learn how to give of his emotions. Amid sparkling musical numbers and dream sequences, comic relief comes from Fred Clark (Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine) as Pendleton s assistant and Thelma Ritter (Pillow Talk) as his secretary. Beautifully shot by the great Leon Shamroy, the cinematographer for The King and I, Cleopatra and Planet of the Apes. Nominations include Best Original Score, Best Original Song, and Best Art Direction. Special Features: -Audio Commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes and Ava Astaire McKenzie -Movietone News with optional commentary by Film Historian Ken Barnes and Ava Astaire McKenzie -Daddy Long Legs London Premiere -Original Theatrical Trailer

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The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)�based on a Louis Bromfield novel and an earlier Twentieth Century Fox hit The Rains Came (1939)�is a juicy full-bore melodrama directed by Fox�s own master of the genre the great Jean Negulesco. Starring Lana Turner as a heartless vixen who first lures then falls in love with an honorable Indian physician (Richard Burton) the film plays out against the magnificent sweep of the Indian subcontinent torn by the harsher powers of nature and lushly photographed by Milton Krasner. Also starring Fred MacMurray as a potentially heroic drunk Michael Rennie as Turner�s cruelly cuckolded husband Eugenie Leontovich as a worldly-wise Maharani and Joan Caulfield as a loyal innocent the film is further highlighted by a romantic score from the incomparable Hugo Friedhofer (available here as an isolated track) and thrilling special effects that were nominated for an Academy Award.Enjoy the extensive Julie Kirgo liner notes and film art packaged with the Blu-ray

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When love turns to rage... The consequences are deadly! This slam-bang drama of troubled love, murder and unique revenge in a sleazy nightclub is a noir classic filled with suspense, dramatic punch and a macabre demonstration of a wildly jealous man who is bent on ruining two lives. Jefferson Robbins (Richard Widmark, Yellow Sky) owns a roadhouse near the Canadian border that is managed by his playboy buddy Pete Morgan (Cornel Wilde, Storm Fear) and cashier Susie Smith (Celeste Holm, All About Eve). After a trip to Chicago, Robbins brings back Lily Stevens (Ida Lupino, On Dangerous Ground), a chanteuse with whom he is obviously smitten. When Robbins goes on a hunting trip with some pals and plans to ask Lily to marry him upon his return... Pete and Lily share some intimate time together and fall in love. The news sends Robbins into a psychopathic tailspin, beginning a game of endless brutality, making the lovers suffer for their betrayal. Directed by Jean Negulesco (Daddy Long Legs, Three Strangers).

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Three American women living in Rome search for love and meaning, each wishing that tossing a coin into the Trevi Fountain will grant her romantic destiny.

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