Directed by Dorothy Arzner • 1940 • United States
Starring Maureen O’Hara, Lucille Ball, Louis Hayward
Judy (Maureen O’Hara) and Bubbles (Lucille Ball) move to New York City with dreams of ballet success, but Bubbles soon falls into a career in burlesque. And when Judy’s ballet company fails, she resorts to a demeaning job working for Bubbles. Their tenuous friendship soon devolves into all-out war when they both fall in love with the same man.
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La Pointe Courte
Directed by Agnès Varda • 1955 • France
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Three Cases of Murder
Directed by David Eady, George More O’Ferrall, Wendy Toye, and Orson Welles • 1955 • United Kingdom
Starring Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth SellarsThree strange and sinister tales of murder and supernatural mystery make up this atmospheric omnibus chiller. First, a museum worker crosses ...
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Araya
Directed by Margot Benacerraf • 1959 • Venezuela
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