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George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His heavy upper-class English accent and smooth bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in Rebecca (1940), Scott ffolliott in Foreign Correspondent (1940, a rare heroic part), The Saran of Gaza in Samson and Delilah (1949), the most popular film of the year, Addison DeWitt in All About Eve (1950, for which he won an Oscar), Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in Ivanhoe (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Mr. Freeze in a two-parter episode of Batman (1966), the voice of the malevolent man-hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney's The Jungle Book (1967), the suave crimefighter The Falcon during the 1940s (a role eventually bequeathed to his elder brother, Tom Conway), and Simon Templar, The Saint, in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s.

Blonde ( 2022) | IMDb: 5.5

Drama

From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

Starring:

Ana de Armas , Adrien Brody , Bobby Cannavale , Sara Paxton , Lucy DeVito , Julianne Nicholson

Directed by:

Aaron C. Fitzgerald , Kristin Bree Calabrese , Andrew Dominik

Produced by:

Jeremy Kleiner , Laray Mayfield , Kristan Berona

The Kremlin Letter ( 1970) | IMDb: 6.2

Action , Thriller

After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.

Starring:

Bibi Andersson , Richard Boone , Nigel Green , Dean Jagger , Lila Kedrova , Micheál Mac Liammóir

Directed by:

John Huston

Produced by:

Carter DeHaven , Robert Lennard , Sam Wiesenthal

The Jungle Book ( 1967) | IMDb: 7.6

Adventure , Animation , Family

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Starring:

Bruce Reitherman , Phil Harris , Sebastian Cabot , George Sanders , Sterling Holloway , Louis Prima

Directed by:

Basil Davidovich , Tom Codrick , Dale Barnhart

Produced by:

Don A. Duckwall , Walt Disney

Solomon and Sheba ( 1959) | IMDb: 6.1

History , Romance

Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the court, swearing he will become king. Other rulers are concerned that Solomon's benevolent rule and interest in monotheism will threaten their tyrannical, polytheistic kingdoms. The Queen of Sheba makes an agreement with the Egyptian pharaoh to corrupt Solomon for their mutual benefit.

Starring:

Yul Brynner , Gina Lollobrigida , George Sanders , Marisa Pavan , David Farrar , John Crawford

Directed by:

Noël Howard , Bernard Vorhaus , Elaine Schreyeck

Produced by:

Eduardo García Maroto , Tyrone Power , Tadeo Villalba

Ivanhoe ( 1952) | IMDb: 6.7

Adventure , History , Romance

Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.

Starring:

Robert Taylor , Elizabeth Taylor , Joan Fontaine , George Sanders , Emlyn Williams , Robert Douglas

Directed by:

Richard Thorpe

Produced by:

Pandro S. Berman

Samson and Delilah ( 1949) | IMDb: 6.8

Adventure , Drama , Romance

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.

Starring:

Hedy Lamarr , Victor Mature , George Sanders , Angela Lansbury , Henry Wilcoxon , Olive Deering

Directed by:

Edward Salven , Bill Shanks , Cecil B. DeMille

Produced by:

Cecil B. DeMille

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