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Agnes Moorehead
Actress 1900 - 1974

Agnes Moorehead

Clinton, Massachusetts, USA

Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. Although she began with the Mercury Theatre, appeared in more than seventy films beginning with Citizen Kane and on dozens of television shows during a career that spanned more than thirty... Read full bio →

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Bewitched

Bewitched

Nora Ephron 2005 1h 42m 3.9

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment!

Jack Haley Jr. 1973 2h 15m

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

Iwao Takamoto, Charles August Nichols 1973 1h 34m 8.0

Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

Dear Dead Delilah

Dear Dead Delilah

John Farris 1972 1h 35m 5.0

The stern matriarch of a family that lives in a creepy mansion finds that a killer is hiding in the house, searching for a $500,000 fortune rumored to be hidden there and chopping off the heads of anyone who gets in the way.

What's the Matter with Helen?

What's the Matter with Helen?

Curtis Harrington 1971 1h 41m 6.0

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

The Singing Nun

The Singing Nun

Henry Koster 1966 1h 37m

Belgian nun Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled souls, like Nichole and little Dominic. When Father Clementi hears Sister Ann's uplifting singing style, he takes her to a talent contest. Sister Ann is signed to a record deal and everyone is listening to her lighthearted songs.

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Robert Aldrich 1964 2h 13m 8.4

The arrival of a lost relative, engulfs terror upon an aging southern belle, forever plagued by a horrifying family secret.

Bewitched

Bewitched

1964 25m 7.6

A witch marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical housewife.

Who's Minding the Store?

Who's Minding the Store?

Frank Tashlin 1963 1h 30m

Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store dynasty. Mrs. Tuttle, Barbara's mother, is determined to split the two lovers, and hires Norman in an attempt to humiliate him enough that Barbara leaves him. Will she ruin their love, or will he ruin her store?

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

John Ford, George Marshall 1962 2h 44m 7.2

Hollywood's most celebrated luminaries - behind the camera as well as in front of it - combine talents to present this epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Bachelor in Paradise

Bachelor in Paradise

Jack Arnold 1961 1h 49m 5.0

A bachelor author of sleazy books moves to a family-oriented subdivision where he becomes an unofficial relationship advisor to unhappy local housewives, to the dismay of their respective husbands who suspect him of sexual misconduct.

Pollyanna

Pollyanna

David Swift 1960 2h 14m 6.5

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts it's attitude with her determination to see the best in life

The Bat

The Bat

Crane Wilbur 1959 1h 20m 8.5

Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat".

The True Story of Jesse James

The True Story of Jesse James

Nicholas Ray 1957 1h 32m 6.7

Biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of Jesse James' life and focused on the relationship between brothers Jesse and Frank James.

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

Irwin Allen 1957 1h 40m

The Spirit of Man (Ronald Colman) debates history with the devil (Vincent Price) before a court of fate, because of the hydrogen bomb.

Raintree County

Raintree County

Edward Dmytryk 1957 3h 8m 7.0

A graduating poet/teacher falls in love with a Southern woman, and then the Civil War and her past create problems.

Jeanne Eagels

Jeanne Eagels

George Sidney 1957 1h 49m

Biographical film based loosely on the life of 1920s stage star Jeanne Eagels.

The Swan

The Swan

Charles Vidor 1956 1h 52m 4.5

When a crown prince visits, the princess's mother tries to push the prince into marrying her daughter by presenting a "rival" at the ball - her children's handsome tutor.

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

The Revolt of Mamie Stover

Raoul Walsh 1956 1h 32m 6.0

In the early ’40s, a San Francisco prostitute is run out of town just as World War II has begun to intensify. She settles down in Hawaii, hoping to start a new life.

The Conqueror

The Conqueror

Dick Powell 1956 1h 51m 3.7

Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

Pardners

Pardners

Norman Taurog 1956 1h 28m 6.0

Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner.

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Meet Me in Las Vegas

Roy Rowland 1956 1h 52m 5.0

Chuck Redwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning...

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God

Edward Dmytryk 1955 1h 27m 5.5

At a Catholic mission in China, long-awaited "Father O'Shea" proves to be a tough guy, disturbingly attractive to mission nurse Anne

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows

Douglas Sirk 1955 1h 29m 8.6

Friends and family want a rich widow (Jane Wyman) to end her romance with a tree surgeon (Rock Hudson) about 15 years her junior.

Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession

Douglas Sirk 1954 1h 48m 8.3

Reckless playboy Bob Merrick crashes his speedboat, requiring emergency attention from the town’s only resuscitator while a local hero, Dr. Phillips, dies waiting for the life-saving device. Merrick then tries to right his wrongs with the doctor’s widow, Helen, falling in love with her in the process.

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves

Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt 1953 2h 2m 7.0

Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.

The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

Curtis Bernhardt 1951 1h 53m

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Show Boat

Show Boat

George Sidney 1951 1h 47m 5.0

A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

Henry Hathaway 1951 1h 32m 7.0

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.

Adventures of Captain Fabian

Adventures of Captain Fabian

William Marshall 1951 1h 40m 5.0

It all begins with the discreet romance between the Creole maid Lea Mariotte and her young boss, George Brissac, an amoral bourgeois who plans to inherit his uncle's fortune and marry a young woman from a good family.

Caged

Caged

John Cromwell 1950 1h 36m 8.4

Caged tells the story of a teenage newlywed, who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery. Her experiences while incarcerated, along with the killing of her husband, change her from a very frightened young girl into a hardened convict.

Without Honor

Without Honor

Irving Pichel 1949 1h 9m

Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer, the two struggle and Dennis is stabbed in the chest and collapses.

The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story

Sam Wood 1949 1h 46m 5.0

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

Summer Holiday

Summer Holiday

Rouben Mamoulian 1948 1h 33m

Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.

Station West

Station West

Sidney Lanfield 1948 1h 27m

When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda

Jean Negulesco 1948 1h 42m 8.5

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

The Lost Moment

The Lost Moment

Martin Gabel 1947 1h 29m 7.0

In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19th-century poet, Jeffrey Ashton, who disappeared mysteriously. Using a false name, Lewis Venable rents a room from Juliana Bordereau, once Jeffrey Ashton's lover, now an aged recluse.

Dark Passage

Dark Passage

Delmer Daves 1947 1h 46m 8.0

Bogart is Vincent Parry, a prison escapee framed for murder who emerges from plastic surgery with a new face. Bacall is Irene Jansen, his lone ally.

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Richard Thorpe 1945 1h 52m

In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes to find him again. While staying at one of the city's finest hotels she meets a kind-hearted bellhop who mistakes her for a maid.

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross

Fred Zinnemann 1944 1h 50m 6.0

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.

Since You Went Away

Since You Went Away

John Cromwell 1944 2h 57m 8.0

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.

Dragon Seed

Dragon Seed

Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway 1944 2h 28m

Chinese peasants fight to survive the Japanese occupation during World War II.

Journey Into Fear

Journey Into Fear

Norman Foster 1943 1h 8m 7.0

Naive American engineer Howard Graham (Joseph Cotton) is taken by a fellow employee to an Istanbul nightclub, where he becomes attracted to dancer Josette Martel (Dolores del Rio). An attempt to murder him results in the death of an unfortunate magician instead.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Robert Stevenson 1943 1h 37m 8.7

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

The Magnificent Ambersons

The Magnificent Ambersons

Orson Welles 1942 1h 28m 8.0

The Magnificent Ambersons is director Orson Welles’ second film which according to him is better than his first film Citizen Kane. The family saga tells the fate of the Amberson family.

The Big Street

The Big Street

Irving Reis 1942 1h 28m 6.0

A busboy in unrequited love with a nightclub performer grows closer to her after she is paralyzed in an attack by her gangster boyfriend.

Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

Orson Welles 1941 1h 59m 8.9

Orson Wells was 26 when he made his first feature film Citizen Kane. The film became known as one of the greatest of all time and earned him international celebrity. The story is about the publishing business and how one thrill-seeker’s struggle for power negatively affected everybody he came in contact with and eventually lead to a merciless war.

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