Showing posts with label George Cukor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Cukor. Show all posts

Monday, January 11, 2021

A double life (1947) - lesser known film noir from director George Cukor, starring Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien and Shelley Winters

Rating 7.0/10
Runtime: 105 min
Language: English/Italian/Swedish
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039335/

Cast

Ronald Colman ... Anthony John
Signe Hasso ... Brita Kaurin
Edmond O'Brien ... Bill Friend
Shelley Winters ... Pat Kroll
Ray Collins ... Victor Donlan
Philip Loeb ... Max Lasker
Millard Mitchell ... Al Cooley
Joe Sawyer ... Ray Bonner

Description: Anthony John is an actor whose life is strongly influenced by the characters he plays. When he's playing comedy, he's the most enjoyable person in the world, but when he's playing drama, it's terrible to be around him. That's the reason why his wife Brita divorced him; although she still loves him and works with him, she couldn't stand living with him anymore. So when Anthony accepts to play Othello, he devotes himself entirely to the part, but it soon overwhelms him and with each day his mind gets filled more and more with Othello's murderous jealousy.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/nyr6uj21


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.56 GB, 2123 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 648*480 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 337 MB, 448 Kbps, 44100 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC-3, CBR


Subtitles Separate English, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, Turkish) posters and screenshots included

Friday, February 14, 2020

Lust for life (1956) - classic drama from directors Vincente Minnelli and George Cukor, starring late Kirk Douglas as Vincent Van Gogh

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 122 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli and George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049456/

Cast

Kirk Douglas ... Vincent Van Gogh
Anthony Quinn ... Paul Gauguin
James Donald ... Theo Van Gogh
Pamela Brown ... Christine
Everett Sloane ... Dr. Gachet
Niall MacGinnis ... Roulin
Noel Purcell ... Anton Mauve
Henry Daniell ... Theodorus Van Gogh
Madge Kennedy ... Anna Cornelia Van Gogh

Description: Vincent Van Gogh is the archetypical tortured artistic genius. His obsession with painting, combined with mental illness, propels him through an unhappy life full of failures and unrewarding relationships. He fails at being a preacher to coal miners. He fails in his relationships with women. He earns some respect among his fellow painters, especially Paul Gauguin, but he does not get along with them. He only manages to sell one painting in his lifetime. The one constant good in his life is his brother Theo, who is unwavering in his moral and financial support.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SN-c0289TQQxoHf6OKpH4PRvwnoVhX08

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00243217715960636779


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.98 GB, 2314 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 1024x402 (2.55:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 392/79 MB (main/commentary), 448/90 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 6/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/AAC, VBR/CBR


Subtitles (English, Spanish, French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, Portuguese-Brazilian, French, Greek, Italian, Turkish) 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 historian Drew Casper. 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)

Monday, March 11, 2019

Born yesterday (1950) - classic comedy/drama from director George Cukor, starring Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford and William Holden

Rating 7.6/10
Runtime: 103 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042276/

Cast

Judy Holliday ... Billie Dawn
Broderick Crawford ... Harry Brock
William Holden ... Paul Verrall
Howard St. John ... Jim Devery
Frank Otto ... Eddie
Larry Oliver ... Congressman Norval Hedges

Description: Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn. Brock hires newspaperman Paul Verrall to see if he can soften her rough edges and make her more presentable in capital society. But Harry gets more than he bargained for as Billie absorbs Verall's lessons in U.S. history and not only comes to the realization that Harry is nothing but a two-bit, corrupt crook, but in the process also falls in love with her handsome tutor.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e29C3vuxCBeGusQbjeTP01jGJtItvDW5

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=05571143729968269895


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.59 GB, 3632 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 148
Audio : 69 MB, 94 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English 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, Greek, Italian, Dutch, German, Polish, Hungarian) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Dinner at eight (1933) - classic drama from director George Cukor, starring Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Jean Harlow and Lionel Barrymore

Rating 7.8/10
Runtime: 111 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023948/

Cast

Marie Dressler ... Carlotta Vance
John Barrymore ... Larry Renault
Wallace Beery ... Dan Packard
Jean Harlow ... Kitty Packard
Lionel Barrymore ... Oliver Jordan
Lee Tracy ... Max Kane
Edmund Lowe ... Dr. Wayne Talbot
Billie Burke ... Millicent Jordan
Madge Evans ... Paula Jordan
Jean Hersholt ... Jo Stengel
Karen Morley ... Mrs. Lucy Talbot

Description: Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Her husband Oliver is in failing health, and he is also worried because someone is trying to buy up the stock in his shipping business - even his old friend Carlotta wants to sell her stock. Hoping to get help from businessman Dan Packard, he persuades Millicent, against her wishes, to invite Packard and his wife to the dinner. As Oliver's problems get worse, Millicent is increasingly quick-tempered because the plans for the party are not going smoothly. As the time for the dinner approaches, it appears that the hosts and the guests will all have plenty on their minds...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qtM1T996WB0r9ybCqlYLfqibKBWVX8EW

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=00396341712853429237


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.00 GB, 2583 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x480 ~> 720x540 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 142
Audio : 152 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


Subtitles (Separate English, Spanish, French, Turkish, Greek, Hungarian subtitles, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player) posters and screenshots included

Sunday, February 11, 2018

Gaslight (1944) - classic crime/film noir from director George Cukor, starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten

Rating 7.9/10
Runtime: 114 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/

Cast

Charles Boyer ... Gregory Anton
Ingrid Bergman ... Paula Alquist
Joseph Cotten ... Brian Cameron
May Whitty ... Miss Thwaites (as Dame May Whitty)
Angela Lansbury ... Nancy
Barbara Everest ... Elizabeth
Emil Rameau ... Maestro Guardi
Edmund Breon ... General Huddleston

Description: After the death of her famous opera-singing aunt, Paula is sent to study in Italy to become a great opera singer as well. While there, she falls in love with the charming Gregory Anton. The two return to London, and Paula begins to notice strange goings-on: missing pictures, strange footsteps in the night and gaslights that dim without being touched. As she fights to retain her sanity, her new husband's intentions come into question...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/129uMieLJS_eI99gnzS4kbxYCyxPDLtj5

http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=97483149839204462849


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.04 GB, 3822 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x480 ~> 720x540 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 129
Audio : 156 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


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

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Little women (1933) - classic drama directed by George Cukor, starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett and Paul Lukas

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 116 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024264/

Cast

Katharine Hepburn ... Jo
Joan Bennett ... Amy
Paul Lukas ... Prof. Bhaer
Edna May Oliver ... Aunt March
Jean Parker ... Beth
Frances Dee ... Meg
Henry Stephenson ... Mr. Laurence
Douglass Montgomery ... Laurie
John Lodge ... Brooke
Spring Byington ... Marmee

Description: Josephine March and her three sisters Margaret, Amy, and Beth grow up with their mother's guidance while their father fights in the American Civil War. The vivacious quartet are very close and happy despite limited means. Laurie Laurence, the well off boy next door, takes a liking to Jo, and his tutor John Brooke eyes older sister Margaret during a party. Margaret marries Mr. Brooke but Jo rejects Laurie's proposal and moves to New York for new adventures. When Beth starts to lose her battle with Scarlet Fever Jo returns to her deathbed. Sister Amy returns married to Jo's one true love, Laurie, and we wonder if she will ever find someone to replace him.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/CMXhxLQTgu6


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.59 GB, 4428 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 164
Audio : 67 MB, 81 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


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

Sunday, November 5, 2017

The women (1939) - classic drama from director George Cukor, starring Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine and Paulette Goddard

Rating 8.0/10
Runtime: 133 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032143/

Cast

Norma Shearer ... Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary
Joan Crawford ... Crystal Allen
Rosalind Russell ... Mrs. Howard Fowler - Sylvia
Mary Boland ... The Countess De Lave - Flora
Paulette Goddard ... Miriam Aarons
Joan Fontaine ... Mrs. John Day - Peggy
Lucile Watson ... Mrs. Morehead
Phyllis Povah ... Mrs. Phelps Potter - Edith

Description: Wealthy Mary Haines is unaware her husband is having an affair with shopgirl Crystal Allen. Sylvia Fowler and Edith Potter discover this from a manicurist and arrange for Mary to hear the gossip. On the train taking her to a Reno divorce Mary meets the Countess and Miriam (in an affair with Fowler's husband). While they are at Lucy's dude ranch, Fowler arrives for her own divorce and the Countess meets fifth husband-to-be Buck. Back in New York, Mary's ex is now unhappily married to Crystal who is already in an affair with Buck. When Sylvia lets this story slip at an exclusive nightclub, Crystal brags of her plans for a still wealthier marriage, only to find the Countess is the source of all Buck's money. Crystal must return to the perfume counter and Mary runs back to her husband.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/mn9gc13h


Video and audio information:

Video : 3.13 GB, 3360 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x480 ~> 720x540 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 79
Audio : 183 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


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

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Romeo and Juliet (1936) - classic drama based on William Shakespeare play from director George Cukor, starring Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer, John Barrymore and Basil Rathbone

Rating 6.7/10
Runtime: 124 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028203/

Cast

Norma Shearer ... Juliet - Daughter to Capulet
Leslie Howard ... Romeo - Son to Montague
John Barrymore ... Mercutio - Kinsman to the Prince and Friend to Romeo
Edna May Oliver ... Nurse to Juliet
Basil Rathbone ... Tybalt - Nephew to Lady Capulet
C. Aubrey Smith ... Lord Capulet
Andy Devine ... Peter - Servant to Juliet's Nurse
Conway Tearle ... Escalus - Prince of Verona
Ralph Forbes ... Paris - Young Nobleman Kinsman to the Prince
Henry Kolker ... Friar Laurence
Robert Warwick ... Lord Montague
Virginia Hammond ... Lady Montague - Wife to Montague
Reginald Denny ... Benvolio - Nephew to Montgue and Friend to Romeo
Violet Kemble Cooper ... Lady Capulet - Wife to Capulet

Description: The Montagues and the Capulets, two powerful families of Verona, hate each other. Romeo, son of Montague, crashes a Capulet party, and there meets Juliet, daughter of Capulet. They fall passionately in love. Since their families would disapprove, they marry in secret. Romeo gets in a fight with Tybalt, nephew of Lady Capulet, and kills him. He is banished from Verona. Capulet, not knowing that his daughter is already married, proceeds with his plans to marry Juliet to Paris, a prince. This puts Juliet in quite a spot, so she goes to the sympathetic Friar Laurence, who married her to Romeo. He suggests a daring plan to extricate her from her fix. Tragedy ensues...

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/i3hsynym


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.39 GB, 2800 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720x480 ~> 720x540 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 120
Audio : 171 MB, 192 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3, CBR


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

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Pat and Mike (1952) - another of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn duo comedies

Rating 6.9/10
Runtime: 95 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: George Cukor
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045012/

Cast

Spencer Tracy ... Mike Conovan
Katharine Hepburn ... Patricia 'Pat' Pemberton
Aldo Ray ... Davie Hucko
William Ching ... Collier Weld
Sammy White ... Barney Grau
George Mathews ... Sylvester 'Spec' Cauley
Charles Bronson ... Henry 'Hank' Tasling

Description: Pat's a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiance is around. The lady's golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she can't give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.

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Download link (torrent file):

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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzph8sb3Hdu_TE95RjNwOEIxaHM


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.21 GB, 1850 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 720*480 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Audio : 109 MB, 160 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 1 channel, 0x55 = AC3 , CBR


English and French subtitles embedded in movie - select your language in VLC Player by using Video=> Subtitles track menu after opening the movie and also English, Spanish, Greek, Serbian, Turkish as separate SRT files, sample, posters and screenshots included