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Cecil Kellaway
Actor 1890 - 1973

Cecil Kellaway

Cape Town, South Africa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a South African-born character actor. Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author, and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in... Read full bio →

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Getting Straight

Getting Straight

Richard Rush 1970 2h 4m 6.5

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Stanley Kramer 1967 1h 48m 7.1

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

Spinout

Spinout

Norman Taurog 1966 1h 33m 4.0

Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.

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.

The Cardinal

The Cardinal

Otto Preminger 1963 3h 5m 6.0

A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Naziism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.

Zotz!

Zotz!

William Castle 1962 1h 27m 6.0

A professor comes into possession of an amulet with magical powers.

Tammy Tell Me True

Tammy Tell Me True

Harry Keller 1961 1h 37m

Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds in this and the third Tammy movie. This film introduces both a new theme song, "Tammy Tell Me True", and the character of Mrs. Annie Call, played by veteran Beulah Bondi.

Francis of Assisi

Francis of Assisi

Michael Curtiz 1961 1h 45m 4.5

The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross

The Shaggy Dog

The Shaggy Dog

Charles Barton 1959 1h 44m 6.0

Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inopportune times and the spell can only be broken by an act of bravery....

The Proud Rebel

The Proud Rebel

Michael Curtiz 1958 1h 43m

A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock-induced muteness and the Northerners' hatred.

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

Richard Thorpe 1955 1h 52m 5.0

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

Interrupted Melody

Interrupted Melody

Curtis Bernhardt 1955 1h 46m

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back when personal tragedy strikes.

Female on the Beach

Female on the Beach

Joseph Pevney 1955 1h 37m 5.0

Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Crandall fell from the cliff. To her annoyance, Lynn finds both her real estate agent and Drummond Hall, her beachcomber neighbor, making themselves quite at home.

Young Bess

Young Bess

George Sidney 1953 1h 52m 7.0

The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch -- the brilliant and cunning Queen Elizabeth I. Jean Simmons portrays young Bess in this rich tapestry of a film that traces the tumultuous, danger-fraught years from Elizabeth's birth to her unexpected ascension to the throne at a mere 25.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Eugène Lourié 1953 1h 20m 6.7

The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.

Francis Goes to the Races

Francis Goes to the Races

Arthur Lubin 1951 1h 28m

In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run.

Kim

Kim

Victor Saville 1950 1h 53m 5.0

During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loyalty to a Buddhist mystic and aiding the English secret service.

Harvey

Harvey

Henry Koster 1950 1h 44m 7.9
Down to the Sea in Ships

Down to the Sea in Ships

Henry Hathaway 1949 2h

During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark) engage in a battle of wills concerning the education of the captain's struggling grandson.

The Luck of the Irish

The Luck of the Irish

Henry Koster 1948 1h 39m 6.0

Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.

Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie

William Dieterle 1948 1h 26m 7.0

In Depression-era New York, an impoverished painter has a chance encounter with an enigmatic, old-fashioned little girl in Central Park who inspires him and changes his destiny.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Victor Fleming 1948 2h 25m 5.5

Georges Méliès tells the story of Joan of Arc.

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

George Marshall 1947 1h 33m

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful young ladies who come to Hollywood, exchange identities, and cause comic confusion (with slapstick interludes) throughout the Paramount studio.

Unconquered

Unconquered

Cecil B. DeMille 1947 2h 27m 5.0

Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Tay Garnett 1946 1h 53m 7.2

Illicit lovers plot to kill the woman's older husband.

Love Letters

Love Letters

William Dieterle 1945 1h 41m 7.0

When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always complications. The man with no talent for writing marries the girl, confesses one night he didn't write the letters and ends up with a knife in his back.

Kitty

Kitty

Mitchell Leisen 1945 1h 43m

London, 1783: Kitty, a saucy wench of the slums, meets the painter Gainsborough by stealing his shoes. He paints her as an "anonymous lady" who excites the interest of his noble friends, notably penniless Sir Hugh Marcy, who schemes to pass Kitty off as a genuine lady (a formidable task) and marry her off for financial gain.

Frenchman's Creek

Frenchman's Creek

Mitchell Leisen 1944 1h 52m

An English lady falls madly in love with a French Pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall.

It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay

Erle C. Kenton 1943 1h 20m 5.0

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.

The Mummy's Tomb

The Mummy's Tomb

Harold Young 1942 1h 1m 5.3

A high priest travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

René Clair 1942 1h 17m 8.0

A witch and her sorcerer father who were burned at the stake by Puritans in the 17th century return to the present to haunt the descendant of the man who condemned them.

Birth of the Blues

Birth of the Blues

Victor Schertzinger 1941 1h 26m 6.0

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city.

The Mummy's Hand

The Mummy's Hand

Christy Cabanne 1940 1h 7m 6.0

A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka.

The Letter

The Letter

William Wyler 1940 1h 35m 7.8

The wife of a rubber plantation administrator shoots a man to death claiming he "tried to make love to me" and killed him to save her honour. When a damning letter she wrote on the day of the shooting turns up in the hands of her attorney he becomes suspicious.

The Invisible Man Returns

The Invisible Man Returns

Joe May 1940 1h 21m 6.3

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

William Wyler 1939 1h 44m 7.3

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy.

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Gregory Ratoff 1939 1h 10m 7.3

A violinist's piano accompanist retires. He hears his daughter's piano teacher (Ingrid Bergman) play, asks her to play on his next international tour, and they fall in love.

Gunga Din

Gunga Din

George Stevens 1939 1h 57m 7.5

In 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.

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