Home town story. 2005. Rain. 2005. Three guys named Mike. 2005. Whistle stop. 2005. King Lear. 2005. Oliver Twist. 2005. Private life of Henry VIII. 2005. Rise of Catherine the Great. 2005.
Notes:
Title from container. Home town story: Marilyn Monroe, Jeffrey Lynn, Melinda Plowman. Rain: Joan Crawford, Walter Huston. Three guys named Mike: Jane Wyman. Whistle stop: Ava Gardner, George Raft. King Lear: Orson Welles. Oliver Twist: Dickie Moore, Irving Pichel. The private life of Henry VIII: Charles Laughton. The rise of Catherine the Great: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Elisabeth Bergner.
Contents:
Home town story (1950; 61 min.): A man believes that big business is the working man's enemy and uses his uncle's newspaper to campaign his ideas. Only after his kid sister gets trapped in a tragic cave-in that requires big business technology to get her out does he re-examine his views. -- Rain (1932; 76 min.): An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's story of a Bible-thumping preacher who attempts to show a prostitute the error of her ways but discovers he's being led into temptation instead. -- Three guys named Mike (1951; 89 min.): An airline stewardess has her pick among three guys named Mike. When all three find out about each other, she is forced to choose among them but discovers it's going to be a harder job than she thought. -- Whistle stop (1945; 84 min.): Returning from Chicago to her whistle-stop hometown, a woman takes up with a nightclub owner after she learns that her former flame is still the lazy guy he was when she left for the big city. A bitter rivalry between the two men soon develops into a deadly confrontation. -- King Lear (1953; 73 min.): An adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of a powerful king who makes a fateful decision and loses everything. -- Oliver Twist (1933; 72 min.): An adaptation of Charles Dickens's story of a young orphan in London. -- The private life of Henry VIII (1932; 96 min.): The colorful and scandalous story about the British king who had six wives. -- The rise of Catherine the Great (1934; 88 min.): In 1745, Princess Catherine of Germany arrives in Russia to wed the Grand Duke Peter. As he assumes the crown, he becomes unstable, and untimately is overthrown and executed. Catherine, who has proven her loyalty, rises to power as the country's new Czarita.
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