Jane Murfin — Playwright (16)
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Our Betters (1933)
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George Cukor actor: Constance Bennett / Violet Kemble Cooper …
other title: Haute Société / Nuestros superiores
Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maintain a loveless marriage, a trade-off Pearl accepts in order to gain admittance to her husband's aristocratic social circle. While Pearl pursues her own affair with gigolo Pepi D'Costa, her visiting sister, Bessie, arrives and is appalled when Pearl's arrangement is revealed.
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I'll Take Romance (1937)
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Edward H. Griffith actor: Grace Moore / Melvyn Douglas …
other title: 歌台艷史 / La vuelta del ruiseñor …
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
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A Slave of Fashion (1925)
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Hobart Henley actor: Norma Shearer / Lew Cody …
other title: 时髦的奴隶
Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in a train wreck in which another woman is killed. Katherine finds the woman's purse and, among its contents, discovers an invitation for the woman to spend 6 months in an unoccupied luxury apartment in Manhattan. Katherine seizes this opportunity and sets up housekeeping in the elegant suite, living well and dressing in the newest fashions.
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Lilac Time (1928)
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乔治·菲兹莫里斯 actor: 柯丽恩·摩尔 / 加里·库珀 …
other title: 丁香时光 / Love Never Dies …
All of those handsome young men in their flying machines are billeted in a field next to the Widow Berthelot's farmhouse in France. Her daughter Jeannine is curious about the young men fighting for England in World War I and their airplanes. Then one of the aviators is killed. His replacement is Captain Philip Blythe who can't help but notice Jeannine. When he lands the first time, she is standing in the middle of his "runway." She makes a more favorable impression when he sees her later by the lilacs. When all of the young men depart on a mission, Blythe promises to return.
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What Price Hollywood? (1932)
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乔治·库克 actor: 康斯坦斯·贝内特 / 洛威·舍曼 …
other title: 好莱坞的价值 / 影城何价？ …
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.
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The Little Minister (1934)
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Richard Wallace actor: 凯瑟琳·赫本Katharine Hepburn
other title: 小牧师 / 流氓女杰 …
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one of his parishioners, the hot-blooded Gypsy girl Babbie. A village-wide scandal soon erupts over the minister's relationship with this feisty, passionate young woman, who holds a secret about the village's nobleman, Lord Milford Rintoul, and his role in an increasingly fractious labor dispute.
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The Women (1939)
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★ 7.6 9 ratings
乔治·库克 actor: 瑙玛·希拉 / 琼·克劳馥 …
other title: 女人们 / 女人风光(港) …
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Dragon Seed (1944)
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★ 8.7 39 ratings
哈罗德·S·巴奎特 / 杰克·康威 actor: 凯瑟琳·赫本 / 沃尔特·休斯顿 …
other title: Les fils du dragon / Estirpe de Dragón …
The lives of a small Chinese village are turned Upside down when the Japanese invade it. An heroic young Chinese woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against Japanese Invaders.