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From Frank Borzage, the acclaimed director of Bad Girl, Little Man, What Now?, The Mortal Storm and Moonrise, comes the classic romantic comedy Desire. Screen legends Marlene Dietrich (The Blue Angel, Touch of Evil) and Gary Cooper (Beau Geste, High Noon) star in this story about a crime spree that leads to love. In the most elaborate jewel heist in European history, the beautiful and conniving “Countess” Madeline (Dietrich) embezzles a small fortune of pearls.

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Concert violinist Holger Brandt (Leslie Howard) was immediately taken by the skill-and the beauty-of Anita Hoffman (Ingrid Bergman), his daughter's piano teacher. The invitation to join his next tour leads to a passionate affair... and, possibly, the destruction of the virtuoso's happy home. Producer David O. Selznick procured the remake rights on Bergman's same-named 1936 Swedish vehicle for a splashy introduction to American audiences; Edna Best, Ann Todd, John Halliday, Cecil Kellaway also star. 70 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; theatrical trailer.

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Gloria Swanson and Laurence Olivier star in this sparkling high society romantic comedy as a young couple that decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That arrangement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman and a hilarious battle of the sexes unfolds... This lighthearted gem, co-written by famed director Michael Powell, was produced by Swanson and is the only film she made in Britain.