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A High Wind in Jamaica
1965 · Drama
The Three Lives of Thomasina
1963 · Drama
Bed of Roses
1933 · Romance
Arzoo
1965 · Drama
I Met My Love Again
1938 · Drama
Now and Forever
1956 · Drama
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950 · Drama
The Great Man’s Lady
1941 · Western
Light in the Piazza
1962 · Drama
When The Bough Breaks
1947 · Drama
The Proud Valley
1940 · Drama
The Violet Seller
1958 · Music
One Froggy Evening
1955 · Comedy
Her Majesty Love
1931 · Comedy
Taxi Driver
1954 · Music
Puttin’ on the Ritz
1930 · Music
The Gift of Love
1958 · Romance
Heroes for Sale
1933 · Drama
Navrang
1959 · Drama
Lady in the Dark
1944 · Drama
Victoria the Great
1937 · Drama
Always Goodbye
1938 · Drama
The Greengage Summer
1961 · Comedy
Day of Anger
1967 · Western
A Place to Go
1963 · Drama
All I Desire
1953 · Drama
The Night Is Young
1935 · Romance
My Younger Brother
1962 · Drama
Love Nest
1951 · Drama
Difficult Years
1948 · Drama
This Happy Breed
1944 · Drama
The Hasty Heart
1949 · Drama
Manpower
1941 · Crime
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Drama
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953 · Drama
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Drama
The Facts of Life
1960 · Drama
The Doctor and the Girl
1949 · Drama
Star!
1968 · Romance
Broken Dreams
1933 · Drama
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