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Salt of the Earth (1954)

94 min. Dir Herbert J. Biberman. Stars Will Geer, David Wolfe.

Johnny Guitar (1954)

110 min. Dir. Nicholas Ray. Stars Joan Crawford. Sterling Hayden.

Carmen Jones (1954)

105 min. Contemporary version of Bizet opera with new lyrics and African American cast. Dir. Otto Preminger. Stars Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge.

Seven Samurai (1954)

207 min. Japanese. Dir Akira Kurosawa. Stars Toshiro Mifune.
WE OWN: Amazon Prime

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

128 min. Dir Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner. Oscar Winner. Italian & American.

Silver Lode (1954)

81 min. DirAllan Dwan. Stars John Payne.

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

124 min. Japanese. Dir Kenji Mizoguchi.

Senso (1954)

123 min. Italian. Dir Luchino Visconte.

Rear Window (1954)

112 min. Dir Alfred Hitchcock. Stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly.
WE OWN: on DVD.

A Star Is Born (1954)

154 min. Dir George Cukor. Stars Judy Garland, James Mason.

Les Diaboliques (1955)

117 min. French. Dir Henri-Georges Clouzot

La Strada (1954)

108 min. Dir Federico Fellini. Stars Anthony Quinn. Oscar Winner. (First ever Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film). Italian.

On The Waterfront (1954)

108 min. Dir Elia Kazan. STars Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger. Won 8 Oscars.

The Big Heat (1953)

89 min. Dir Fritz Lang. Stars Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin. Gloria Grahame.

Roman Holiday (1953)

118 min. Dir William Wyler. Stars Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

91 min. Dir Howard Hawks. Stars Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe.

Shane (1953)

118 min. Dir George Stevens. Stars Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance. Oscar Winner.

Viaggio de Italia (1954)

aka Journey to Italy. 97 min. Italian. Dir Roberto Rossellini. Stars Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders,

Ugetsu (1953)

96 min. Japanese. Dir Kenji Mizoguchi.

From Here To Eternity (1953)

118 min. Dir. Fred Zinnerman. Stars Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Frank Sinatra. Won 8 Oscars.

Tokyo Story (1953)

136 min. Japanese. Dir. Yasujiro Ozu.

The Naked Spur (1953)

91 min. DIr. Anthony Mann. Stars James Stewart, Janet Leigh,

The Bigamist (1953)

80 min. Dir. Ida Lupino. Stars Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Edmond O'Brien.

The Wages of Fear (1953)

131 min. Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot. Stars Yves Montand. French.

Madame De... (1953)

aka The Earrings of Madame De.... 105 min. Dir. Max Ophuls. French.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

aka Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot. 83 min. French. Dir Jacques Tati. Stars Jacques Tati.

The Band Wagon (1953)

112 min. Dir. Vincente Minelli. Stars Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant.

Pickup on South Street (1953)

80 min. Dir Samuel Fuller. Stars Richard Widmark, Thelma Ritter.

Summer with Monika (1953)

96 min. Swedish.  Dir Ingmar Bergman.

The Golden Coach (1952)

Le Carrosse d'or. French. Dir Jean Renoir.

High Noon (1952)

85 min. Dir Fred Zinnerman. Stars Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Grace Kelly. Won 4 Oscars.

Umberto D (1952)

89 min. Dir Vittorio De Sica. Italian.

Ikiru (1952)

143 min. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Japanese.

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)

118 min. Dir Vincente Minnelli. Stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Gloria Grahame. Won 5 Oscars.

Singin' in the Rain (1952)

103 mins. Dir Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. STars Gene Kelly, Donald O' COnner, Debbie Reynolds, Cyd Charisse, Rita Moreno.

Europe '51 (1952)

118 min. Dir. Roberto Rossellini. Stars Ingrid Bergman. Italian.

Forbidden Games (1952)

86 min. Dir Rene Clement. French.

The Quiet Man (1952)

129 min. Dir. John Ford. Stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara. Won 2 Oscars.

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951)

92 min. Dir Robert Wise. Stars Michael Renner, Patricia Neal.

Diary of a Country Priest (1951)

95 min. Dir. Robert Bresson. French.

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

78 min. Dir. Charles Crichton. Stars Alec Guiness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James. Oscar Winner.

A Place in the Sun (1951)

122 mins. Dir, George Stevens. Stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters. Won 6 Oscars.

The African Queen (1951)

105 min. Dir. John Huston. Stars Huphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn. Oscar Winner.
WE HAVE  Recording 10/11/19 (1 hr 45)

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)

122 min. Dir Albert Lewin. Stars James Mason, Ava Gardner. Filmed in Tossa de Mar, Girona, and Palamos.
WE OWN: on DVD.

An American In Paris (1951)

114 min. Dir Vincente Minelli. Stars Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, OScar Levant. Won 6 Oscars.

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

122 min. Dir. Elia Kazan. Stars Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. Won 4 Oscars.

Strangers on a Train (1951)

101 min. Dir Alfred Hitchcock.
WE HAVE  recording 01/11/19 (1hr 41)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

111 min. Dir. Billy Wilder. Stars Kirk Douglas.

In a Lonely Place (1950)

94 min. Dir. Nicholas Ray. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame.

Los Olvidados (1950)

The Young and The Damned. 80 min. Dir Luis Bunuel. Mexican.

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

110 min. Dir. Billy Wilder. Stars William Holden, Gloria Swanson. Won 3 Oscars.

Rio Grande (1950)

105 min. Dir. John Ford. Stars John Wayne, Maureen O' Hara.

Wincester '73 (1950)

92 min. Dir Anthony Mann. Stars James Stewart, Shelley Winters.

All About Eve (1950)

138 min. Dir Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Stars Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Marilyn Monroe, Thelma Ritter.  Won 6 Oscars.
WE OWN: on Rakuten TV.

Rashomon (1950)

88 min. Dir. Akira Kurosawa. Stars Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura.  Japanese.

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

112 min. Dir. John Huston.

Orpheus (1950)

95 min. Dir Jean Cocteau. Stars Jean Marais. French.

On The Town (1949)

98 min. Dir. Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly. Stars Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller. Oscar Winner.

Whisky Galore (1949)

80 min. Dir. Alexander Mackendrick. Stars Basil Radford. UK.

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

106 min. Dir. Robert Hamer. Stars Dennis Price, Alec Guiness. UK.

The Third Man (1949) ✓

93 min. Dir Carol Reed. Stars Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles. Oscar Winner.  UK.
WE OWN: on Rakuten TV.
WATCHED: date unknown.

The Heiress (1949)

115 min. Dir. William Wyler. Stars Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson. Won 4 Oscars.

Adam's Rib (1949)

101 min. Dir. George Cukor. Stars Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn.

White Heat (1949)

114 min. Dir. Raoul Walsh. Stars James Cagney, Edmond O'Brien.

The Reckless Moment (1949)

82 min. Dir. Max Ophuls. Stars James Mason.

Gun Crazy (1950)

87 min. Dir. Joseph H. Lewis.

Louisiana Story (1948)

78 min. Dir. Robert J. Flaherty.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) ✓

126 min. Dir. John Huston. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston. Won 3 Oscars.
WATCHED: date unknown.

The Red Shoes (1948)

134 min. Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Stars Marius Goring. Won 2 Oscars. UK.

Rope (1948)

80 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Farley Granger, James Stewart.
WE OWN: on DVD.

The Lady From Shanghai (1947)

87 min. Dir. Orson Welles. Stars Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles.

The Snake Pit (1948)

108 min. Dir. Anatole Litvak. Stars Olivia de Havilland. Oscar Winner.

The Paleface (1948)

91 min. Norman Z. McLeod. Stars Bob Hope, Jane Russell.  Oscar Winner.

Red River (1948)

133 min. Dir. Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson. Stars John Wayne, Montgomery Clift.

Spring In a Small Town (1948)

98 min. Dir. Mu Fei. Chinese.

Force of Evil (1948)

Dir Abraham Polonsky, stars John Garfield. 79 min / 1hr 19min.

Secret Beyond The Door (1948)

99 min. Dir. Fritz Lang.

Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)

87 min. Dir. Max Ophuls. Stars Joan Fontaine.

Bicycle Thieves (1948)

89 min. Dir. Vittorio De Sica. Italian.
WE OWN: Rakuten TV.

Odd Man Out (1947)

116 min. Dir. Carol Reed. Stars James Mason.  UK.

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

124 min. Dir. Charles Chaplin. Stars Charles Chaplin.

Out of the Past (1947)

97 min. Dir Jacques Tourneur. Stars Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas.

Black Narcissus (1947)

101 min. Dir Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. STars Deborah Kerr, Sabu, Jean Simmons.  Won 2 Oscars. UK.

Notorious (1946)

102 min. Dir Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains.

My Darling Clementine (1946)

97 min. Dir. John Ford. Stars Henry Ford, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan.

Great Expectations (1946)

118 min. Dir. David Lean. Stars John Mills. Jean SImmons, Alec Guiness.Won 2 Oscars. UK.

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

104 mins. Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.  Stars David Niven, Kim Hunter, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring. UK.

Gilda (1946)

110 min. DirCharles Vidor. Stars Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford.

The Big Sleep (1946)

114 min. Dir. Howard Hawks. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall.
WE OWN: on DVD.

It's A Wonderful LIfe (1946)

130 min. Dir Frank Capra. Stars James Stewart, Donna Reed, Gloria Grahame.

The Killers (1946)

103 min. Dir. Robert Siodmak. Stars Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien.

La Belle at la Bete (1946)

aka Beauty and the Beast. 93 min. Dir. Jean Cocteau, Rene Clement. Stars Jean Marais. French.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)

113 mins. Dir. Tay Garnett. Stars Lana Turner, John Garfield.

Paisan (1946)

120min. Dir. Roberto Rossellini. Italian.

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

170 min. Dir. William Wyler. Stars Myrna Loy, Virginia Mayo, Hoagy Carmichael. Won 7 Oscars.

Rome, Open City (1945)

103 min.Dir. Roberto Rossellini. Italian.

Brief Encounter (1945)

86 min. Dir. David Lean. Stars Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard. UK.
WE OWN: on Amazon Prime

San Pietro (1945)

32 min. Documentary. The Battle of San Pietro Infine in December 1943. Dir. John Huston.

Children of Paradise (1945)

aka Les Enfants du Paradis. 189 min. Dir. Marcel Carne. French.

The Lost Weekend (1945)

101 min. Dir. Billy Wilder. Stars Ray Miland, Jane Wyman. Won 4 Oscars.

I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)

91 min. Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. UK.

Detour (1945)

68 min. Dir. Edgar G. Ulmer.

Mildred Pierce (1945)

111 min. Dir Michael Curtiz. Stars Joan Crawford, Jack Carson. Oscar Winner.

Ivan the Terrible Part 1 (1944)

95 min. Dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein. Russian.

Murder, My Sweet (1944)

95 min. Dir. Edward Dmytryk. Stars Dick Powell.

Double Indemnity (1944)

107 min. Dir. Billy Wilder. Stars Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson.
WE HAVE recording 13/11/19 (2hr 15m)

Henry V (1944)

137 min. Dir Laurence Olivier.  UK.

Gaslight (1944)

114 min. Dir. George Cukor. Stars Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Angela Lansbury. Won 2 Oscars.

To Have and Have Not (1944)

100 min. Dir. Howard Hawks. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Nrennan, Lauren Bacall, Hoagy Carmichael.
WE OWN: on DVD

Meet Me In St. Louis (1944)

113 min. Dir. Vincente Minnelli. Stars Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Margaret O'Brien.

Laura (1944)

88 min. Dir Otto Preminger. Stars Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price.  Oscar Winner.
WE HAVE recording 26/10/19 (1hr 28)

Ossessione (1943)

140 min. Dir. Luchino Visconti. Italian.

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

108 min. Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. Stars Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotton.
WE OWN: on DVD

The Man In Grey (1943)

90 min. Dir Leslie Arliss. Stars James Mason,Stewart Granger, Margaret Lockwood, Phyllis Calvert. UK.

The Seventh Victim (1943)

71 min. Dir. Mark Robson. Stars Tom Conway, Jean Brooks., Kim Hunter.

Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

14 min. Dir Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

163 min. Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. UK.

The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)

75 min. Dir. William A. Wellman. Stars Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn

Fires Were Started (1943)

63 min. Dir Humphrey Jennings.  UK.

Cat People (1942)

73 min. Dir. Jacques Torneur. Stars Tom COnway,

Casablanca (1942)

102 min. Dir. Michael Curtiz. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre. Won 3 Oscars.
WE OWN: on DVD

Mrs Miniver (1942)

134 min. Dir. William Wyler. Stars Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon. Won 6 Oscars.

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

126 min. Dir. Michael Curtiz. Stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston. Won 3 Oscars.

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

88 min.  Dir. Orson Welles. Stars Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter,

To Be Or Not To Be (1942)

99 min. Dir. Ernst Lubitsch. Stars Carole Lombard, Jack Benny.

Now Voyager (1942)

117 min. Dir. Irving Rapper. Stars Bette Davis, Claude Rains. Oscar Winner.

The Palm Beach Story (1942)

88 min. Dir. Preston Sturges.

Dumbo (1941)

64 min.  Disney animation. Oscar Winner.

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

100min. Dir. John Huston. Stars Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre.
WE OWN: on DVD

Sullivan's Travels (1941)

90 min. Dir. Preston Sturges. Stars Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake.

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

118 min. Dir. John Ford. Stars Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowell. Won 5 Oscars.

High Sierra (1941)

100 min. Dir. Raoul Walsh. Stars Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis.

The Wolf Man (1941)

70 min. Dir. George Waggner. Stars Lon Chaney Jr, Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, Ralph Bellamy.

The Lady Eve (1941)

Dir. Preston Sturges. Stars Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda. 1hr 34min. Comedy, Romance.