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Porgy and Bess Poster
Porgy and Bess ( 1959) | IMDb: 7
In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, loves the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully.
Produced by:
Samuel Goldwyn
Guys and Dolls Poster
Guys and Dolls ( 1955) | IMDb: 7.1
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
A Song Is Born Poster
A Song Is Born ( 1948) | IMDb: 6.9
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
Directed by:
Howard Hawks
Produced by:
Samuel Goldwyn
The Best Years of Our Lives Poster
The Best Years of Our Lives ( 1946) | IMDb: 8.1
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
Produced by:
Samuel Goldwyn
Up in Arms Poster
Up in Arms ( 1944) | IMDb: 6.2
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship.
The Adventures of Marco Polo Poster
The Adventures of Marco Polo ( 1938) | IMDb: 5.6
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
Directed by:
Archie Mayo
The Hurricane Poster
The Hurricane ( 1937) | IMDb: 7.2
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Poster
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ( 1925) | IMDb: 7.8
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.