Judy Garland
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Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and dog, Toto in Kansas. When a horrible neighbor, Miss Gulch, takes Toto away, Toto escapes back to Dorothy. Soon, she runs away from home, and runs into the fake psychic, Professor Marvel. When he tells Dorothy that her Auntie Em is sick, Dorothy and Toto run back home just ahead of a tornado that whisks Dorothy and Toto to Oz, a place somewhere over the rainbow. When the house lands in Munchkinland,...
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If you can't join 'em, beat 'em. When his longtime dance partner abandons him for the Ziegfeld Follies, Don Hewes decides to show who's who what's what by choosing any girl out of a chorus line and transforming her into a star. So he makes his choice and takes his chances.
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John Cassavetes directs a sobering expose of society's prejudice toward mentally challenged children. Jean Hansen (Judy Garland) is an experienced city transplant who takes a job at a Down syndrome institution and befriends Reuben, one of the boys afflicted with the disease. Reuben latches on to Jean, to the dismay of Dr. Matthew Clark (Burt Lancaster), the head of the institution. He feels that Jean's affection for Reuben will disturb the other children,...
13) A Star is born
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Judy Garland had no better showcase of her singing and acting talent than as the title 'star' of this moving, memorable classic directed by George Cukor. Shortened after its 1954 premiere, the film was famously reconstructed to near its original length in 1983 under the leadership of film historian Ronald Haver. Using cutting-edge digital restoration tools, this timeless movie has been meticulously preserved and restored from the original camera negative,...
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American judge Daniel Haywood presides over the trial of four German jurists accused of "legalizing" Nazi atrocities. But as graphic accounts of sterilization and murder unfold in the courtroom, mounting political pressure for leniency forces Haywood into making the most harrowing and difficult decision of his career.
20) Ziegfeld follies
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A dead showman looks down upon the Earth and dreams of his perfect show. Features many stars of the WWII era.