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All Mine to Give (1957)
This is a story based on fact that follows a husband and wife who emigrate from Scotland to Wisconsin in the 1850’s. They work very hard and become welcome citizens of their new town, Eureka. They have six children. They prosper in the husband’s boat building business. But when their eldest is 12, tragedy strikes the family, and the 12-year old is burdened with a terrible task which he handles as well as any adult could.
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Loser Takes All (1956)
Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the accounts. Dreuther is highly impressed by the young accountant’s skilful explanation of the error and, hearing that Bertrand is soon to marry his spirited young fiancée, tells him to spend the honeymoon not in Bournemouth, but Monte Carlo at the company s expense! However, events in the fabulous Mediterranean paradise do not work out quite as Bertrand had envisaged…
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The Court Jester (1955)
A 12th century court jester in England becomes involved with a desperate band of outlaws who are attempting to overthrow the king.
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Mad About Men (1954)
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
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The Seekers (1954)
A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
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Personal Affair (1953)
A British girl (Glynis Johns) disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife (Gene Tierney) of a Latin teacher (Leo Genn) she loves.
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The Card (1952)
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing – some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman…
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No Highway in the Sky (1951)
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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Encore (1951)
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: “The Ant and the Grasshopper”, directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; “Winter Cruise”, helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; “Gigolo and Gigolette”, directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
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Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
A present-day version of Arnold Bennett’s novel telling of a Treasury official who, despite keeping a firm control on the handling of public money, has no idea how to cope with the large fortune which he unexpectedly inherits. (BFI Website)
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