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THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920) Dir: Robert Wiene. Writer: Hans Janowitz, Carl Mayer. Dr. Caligari: Werner Krauss, Cesare: Conrad Veidt, Francis: Friedrich Feher, Jane Olsen: Lil Dagover, Alan: Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. Francis tells the story of Dr. Caligari, a carnival entertainer, who comes to town with the somnambulist, Cesare. When aroused from his sleep, Cesare can read the future. He tells Alan that he will be dead by dawn. When Alan is murdered, Cesare is the main suspect. Cesare kidnaps Alan's fiance, Jane Olsen. Francis follows Caligari to an insane asylum where he is the head of the medical staff.
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CASABLANCA (1942) Dir: Michael Curtiz. Writer: Jules J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein. Rick Blaine: Humphrey Bogart, Ilsa Lund: Ingrid Bergman, Victor Laszlo: Paul Henreid, Captain Renault: Claude Rains, Major Strasser: Conrad Veidt, Sam: Dooley Wilson, Carl: S. Z. Sakall, Signor Ferrari: Sydney Greenstreet, Ugarte: Peter Lorre, Yvonne: Madeleine Lebeau, Emil the Croupier: Marcel Dalio, The Pickpocket: Curt Bois. American expatriate, Rick Blaine runs a bar in Casablanca, the capitol of French Moroco during World War 2. When his foirmer lover, Ilsa Lund, walks into his bar, accompanied by her husband Victor Laszlo, the leader of the European anti-Nazi movement. They seek to escape to the United States and are after letters of transit stolen by Ugarte. Rick has to decide whether to help them or not, while German Major Strasser tries to prevent the escape, and Vichy French police captain Renault, plays both sides.
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THE CHEAT (1915) Dir: Cecil B. DeMille. Writer: Hector Turnbull, Jeanie Macpherson. Edith Hardy: Fannie Ward, Hishuru Tori: Sessue Hayakawa, Richard Hardy: Jack Dean, Jones: James Neill, Tori's Valet: Yatake Abe. When socialite Edith Hardy, worried that her stockbroker husband Richard may loose their money in a deal, she impulsively embezzles $10,000 from a charity committee that she chairs so that she can make her own investment. When she loses the money, she turns to Burmese ivory king, Hishuru Tori. He gives her the money to cover up her theft, but he also brands her to symbolise his ownership of Edith. When Jack finds out he confronts Tori and in the struggle that follows, he shoots Tori. Tori survives and charges Richard with attempted murder. To avoid the scandal, Richard refuses to implicate Edith.
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CHESS FEVER (1925) Dir: Vsevolod Pudovkin. Writer: Nikolai Shpikovsky. The Hero: Vladimir Fogel, His Fiancee: Natalya Glan. A young man's obsession with chess threatens his relationship with his chess hating fiancee.
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CHOOSE ME (1984) Dir: Alan Rudolph. Writer: Alan Rudolph. Mickey: Keith Carradine, Eve: Lesley Ann Warren, Dr. Nancy Love/Ann: Genevieve Bujold, Zack Antoine: Patrick Bauchou, Pearl Antoine: Rae Dawn Chong. Mickey can either not tell the truth, or he's incapable of lying. He wanders away from a mental institution and ends up at Eve's a bar in Los Angeles. He meets and falls for Eve, and Pearl the wife of a gangster. Meanwhile Eve calls talk radio shrink, Dr. Nancy Love, who has emotional problems of her own. Using the name Ann, she ends up as Eve's house mate. Despite all of the romantic complications, Mickey and Eve end up together.
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A CORNER IN WHEAT (1909) Dir: D.W. Griffith. Writer: Griffith, based on a novel by Frank Norris. The Wheat King: Frank Powell, The Wheat King's Wife: Grace Henderson, A Farmer: James Kirkwood, The Farmer's Wife: Linda Arvidson. A tycoon decides to corner the world's wheat market, doubles the price of bread, causes hunger and poverty.
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