Showing posts with label Douglas Sirk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Douglas Sirk. Show all posts

Thursday, January 18, 2024

Lured (1947) - little known film noir directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, Boris Karloff and Cedric Hardwicke

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 102 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039589

Cast

George Sanders ... Robert Fleming
Lucille Ball ... Sandra Carpenter
Charles Coburn ... Inspector Harley Temple
Boris Karloff ... Charles van Druten
Cedric Hardwicke ... Julian Wilde
Joseph Calleia ... Dr. Nicholas Moryani
Alan Mowbray ... Lyle Maxwell
Alan Napier ... Detective Gordon

Description: A serial killer in London is murdering young women he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. He announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist an American friend of hers, Sandra Carpenter, to answer advertisements in the personal columns, and lure the killer.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/mpwh8JRkd6s


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.38 GB, 3312 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 788*576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 144
Audio : 162/71 MB (main/commentary), 220/96 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x2000 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English hearimg impaired closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Turkish, Swedish, Czech) posters and screenshots included


Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English and other is commentary by film Historian Jeremy Arnold. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Saturday, April 8, 2023

There's always tomorrow (1956) - lesser known drama directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Joan Bennett

Rating 7.5/10
Runtime: 84 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049843/

Cast

Fred MacMurray ... Clifford Groves
Barbara Stanwyck ... Norma Miller Vale
Joan Bennett ... Marion Groves
William Reynolds ... Vinnie Groves
Pat Crowley ... Ann
Gigi Perreau ... Ellen Groves
Jane Darwell ... Mrs. Rogers
Race Gentry ... Bob

Description: Clifford Groves, toy manufacturer, is in full charge at the factory but feels left out and taken for granted by his wife and children at home. Alone and depressed, he meets old flame Norma, and one thing leads to another. While their relationship is still fairly innocent, his son Vinnie sees them together and suspects the worst. It's time for tortured souls behind rain-streaming windows...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/ugckcygu


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.26 GB, 3830 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 854x462 (1.85:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 63/116 MB (main/commentary), 104/192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AAC/AC3, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek) posters and screenshots included

Double audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film historian Samm Deighan. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Friday, February 12, 2021

The tarnished angels (1957) - little known drama directed by Douglas Sirk, starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone and Jack Carson

Rating 7.1/10
Runtime: 91 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051055/

Cast

Rock Hudson ... Burke Devlin
Robert Stack ... Roger Shumann
Dorothy Malone ... LaVerne Shumann
Jack Carson ... Jiggs
Robert Middleton ... Matt Ord
Alan Reed ... Colonel Fineman
Alexander Lockwood ... Sam Hagood
Christopher Olsen ... Jack Shumann
Robert J. Wilke ... Hank

Description: 1932. The Flying Schumanns entourage - decorated Great War fighter pilot Roger Schumann, his daredevil parachutist wife LaVerne Schumman, mechanic Jiggs, and the Schumanns' now nine year old son Jack Schumann - travel the air show circuit, largely living off prize money won in air races. At their latest stop at the Delta Field Air Show in New Orleans, they are befriended by New Orleans Picayune reporter Burke Devlin, who, due to their tight finances, offers them accommodations in his small one bedroom apartment with him. Burke, covering the air show, wants to do a story on the nomadic lives of the pilots and their entourages traveling the air circuit, especially when he learns of the complex relationship between Roger, LaVerne and Jiggs, which is not always harmonious due to a long held issue, and despite LaVerne and Jack idolizing imperfect Roger. Burke, in getting involved personally with the Schumanns, adds an extra level of complexity to their already troubled family life, which is made even more complex with the involvement of businessman Matt Ord into their livelihood. What happens within this collective makes Burke further examine his work as a reporter, which he sees as not just stating the facts.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/140Sy550AkPlaJHcJoBvp15Zq1PALAAAm


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.55 GB, 2450 KBps, 23.976 fps, 854x364 (2.35:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 66/54 MB (main/commentary), 101/82 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1/2 channel(s), 0x55 = AAC/AAC, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English (including hearing impaired) closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, German, Turkish, Greek, Polish) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film critic Adrian Martin. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Imitation of life (1959) - Lana Turner and John Gavin starring in classic drama from director Douglas Sirk

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 124 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052918/

Cast

Lana Turner ... Lora Meredith
John Gavin ... Steve Archer
Sandra Dee ... Susie - 16
Susan Kohner ... Sarah Jane - 18
Robert Alda ... Allen Loomis
Dan O'Herlihy ... David Edwards
Juanita Moore ... Annie Johnson
Karin Dicker ... Sarah Jane - 8
Terry Burnham ... Susie - 6

Description: In Coney Island, the widow aspiring actress Lora Meredith finds her six-year-old daughter Susie playing with eight-year-old Sarah Jane, who is the daughter of the black homeless housekeeper Annie Johnson. Lora brings Annie and her daughter to live in her small apartment in New York and they become close friends. Lora has a love affair with the photographer Steve Archer and sooner he proposes her. But the ambitious Lora dreams on becoming a star in Broadway and prioritizes her career and also neglects Susie. The light-skinned Sarah Jones rejects her mother and tries to pass as white for her friends. Lora is well-succeeded in her career and reaches stardom. Ten years later, she meets Steve by chance and he gives attention to Susie while Lora is shooting a film in Italy. When she returns, she decides to get married with Steve; but Susie has fallen in love with Steve. Meanwhile Sarah Jane runs away home to work in fleshpots.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/k1xpe6pm


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.76 GB, 3168 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x512 (2:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 570 MB, 640 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French, Croatian, Portuguese, Turkish, Vietnamese closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Greek, Turkish, Portuguese-Brazilian, Serbian), posters and screenshots included