Showing posts with label Robert Alda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Alda. Show all posts

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

Monday, June 24, 2013

Nora Prentiss (1947) - lesser known film noir starring Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith and Bruce Bennett

Rating 6.8/10
Runtime: 111 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039666/

Cast

Ann Sheridan ... Nora Prentiss
Kent Smith ... Dr. Richard Talbot aka Robert Thompson
Bruce Bennett ... Dr. Joel Merriam
Robert Alda ... Phil Dinardo, Cafe Owner
Rosemary DeCamp ... Lucy Talbot
John Ridgely ... Walter Bailey, Heart Patient
Robert Arthur ... Gregory Talbot

Description: Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/u3n0as94


Video and audio information:

Video : 1.38 GB, 1768 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 640*480 (4:3), XviD 1.2.1 (UTC 2008-12-04)
Audio : 84 MB, 115 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MP3, VBR


Trailer, posters and screenshots included

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Cloak and dagger (1946) - Gary Cooper and Lilli Palmer in classic espionage movie

Rating 6.6/10
Runtime: 107 min
Language: English/German/Italian
Country: USA
Directed by: Fritz Lang
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038417/

Cast

Gary Cooper ... Prof. Alvah Jesper
Lilli Palmer ... Gina
Robert Alda ... Pinkie
Vladimir Sokoloff ... Giovanni Polda
J. Edward Bromberg ... Trenk
Marjorie Hoshelle ... Ann Dawson
Ludwig Stössel ... The German
Helen Thimig ... Dr. Katerin Lodor

Description: Near the end of World War II, the Allies must find out how much the Axis knows about building atomic bombs. The OSS recruits a physicist, Alvah Jesper, to reach his former colleague, Katerin Lodor, now in Switzerland, and bring her out for debriefing. He reaches her, but a German agent is quickly onto him, and Lodor dies. Jesper must now get into Italy, go underground with the help of Gina, a resistance leader, and convince Polda, a physicist there, to leave with him. Polda won't go until his daughter is rescued from German detention. As Jesper's pal Pinky works on rescuing Polda's daughter and as time for escape runs down, Jesper and Gina fall in love.

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Download links:

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Video and audio information:

Video : 1.37 GB, 1845 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 640*480 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4 1.2.1
Audio : 98 MB, 128 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3


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