River of No Return (
1954) | IMDb:
6.6
An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.
Starring:
Robert Mitchum
,
Marilyn Monroe
,
Rory Calhoun
,
Tommy Rettig
,
Murvyn Vye
,
Douglas Spencer
Produced by:
Stanley Rubin
South Sea Woman (
1953) | IMDb:
6.2
Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.
Starring:
Burt Lancaster
,
Virginia Mayo
,
Chuck Connors
,
Arthur Shields
,
Barry Kelley
,
Leon Askin
Directed by:
Arthur Lubin
Produced by:
The Valley of Decision (
1945) | IMDb:
7.3
Mary Rafferty comes from a poor family of steel mill workers in 19th Century Pittsburgh. Her family objects when she goes to work as a maid for the wealthy Scott family which controls the mill. Mary catches the attention of handsome scion Paul Scott, but their romance is complicated by Paul's engagement to someone else and a bitter strike among the mill workers.
Starring:
Greer Garson
,
Gregory Peck
,
Donald Crisp
,
Lionel Barrymore
,
Preston Foster
,
Marsha Hunt
National Velvet (
1945) | IMDb:
7.3
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
Starring:
Mickey Rooney
,
Donald Crisp
,
Elizabeth Taylor
,
Anne Revere
,
Angela Lansbury
,
Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins
Directed by:
Clarence Brown
The Keys of the Kingdom (
1944) | IMDb:
7.2
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Vincent Price
,
Rose Stradner
,
Roddy McDowall
,
Edmund Gwenn