Golden Boy

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 1939
Country: USA
Runtime: 99
Rating: 9 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

  • A Famous Play…..Now A Great Picture!
  • BETRAYED…by misled ambition…reclaimed by a musicians heart!
  • The romantic stage success that captured a nation… is now a great motion picture

    • Writing by: Clifford Odets – (play)
    Lewis Meltzer – (screenplay) &
    Daniel Taradash – (screenplay) &
    Sarah Y. Mason – (screenplay) &
    Victor Heerman – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Rouben Mamoulian – producer
    William Perlberg – producer

    Cast: Barbara Stanwyck – Lorna Moon
    Adolphe Menjou – Tom Moody
    William Holden – Joe Bonaparte
    Lee J. Cobb – Mr. Bonaparte
    Joseph Calleia – Eddie Fuseli
    Sam Levene – Siggie
    Edward Brophy – Roxy Lewis (as Edward S. Brody)
    Beatrice Blinn – Anna Duchess
    William H. Strauss – Mr. Carp
    Don Beddoe – Borneo
    Charles Halton – Newspaperman (scenes deleted)

    Music: Victor Young
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Despite his musical talent, Joe Bonaparte wants to be a boxer.
    Plot: Joe Bonapartes father wants him to pursue his musical talent; but Joe wants to be a boxer. Persuading near-bankrupt manager Tom Moody to give him a chance, Joe quickly rises in his new profession. When he has second thoughts Moodys girl Lorna uses feminine wiles to keep him boxing. But when tough gangster Eddie Fuseli wants to \”buy a piece\” of Joe, Lorna herself begins to have second thoughts…for that and other reasons. Is it too late?

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Whiteness – Herman Melville

    Goofs: We know about 5 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Boom mic visible: A boom is clearly reflected in the glass windows behind the customers, when Mike is selling the Tutman shirts.

    Trivia: There are 6 entries in the trivia list – like these:

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    The Four Feathers

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Adventure
    All Genres: Adventure, Drama, War
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: UK
    Runtime: 130
    Rating: 7.4 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Zoltan Korda
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • See…The Dreaded Dervishes! – Kiplings Famous FUZZY WUZZIES!
  • Real Adventure! Real Life in the Raw! (from re-release print ad)

    • Writing by: A.E.W. Mason – (novel)
    R.C. Sherriff – (screenplay)
    Lajos Biró – (additional dialogue) (as Lajos Biro) &
    Arthur Wimperis – (additional dialogue)

    Produced by: Irving Asher – associate producer
    Alexander Korda – producer

    Cast: John Clements – Harry Faversham
    Ralph Richardson – Captain John Durrance
    C. Aubrey Smith – General Burroughs
    June Duprez – Ethne Burroughs
    Allan Jeayes – General Faversham
    Jack Allen – Lieutenant Thomas Willoughby
    Donald Gray – Peter Burroughs
    Frederick Culley – Dr. Sutton
    Clive Baxter – Young Harry Faversham
    Robert Rendel – Colonel
    Derek Elphinstone – Lieutenant Parker

    Music: Miklós Rózsa
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his units embarkation to a mission…
    Plot: A British army officer who resigns his commission on the eve of his units embarkation to a mission against Egyptian rebels seeks to redeem his cowardice by secretly aiding his former comrades disguised as an Arab. When his unit is overwhelmed and captured by the rebels, the hero finds an opportunity to return the feathers of cowardice sent to him by his former comrades by freeing them.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    \”Commander Courage\”, \”Codename: Courage\”, \”Liberty Lad\”, \”Liberty Lass\” and all fictional comic book and comic strip characters created by Mark Hamill.

    Goofs: We know about 8 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: Suttons position changes, when at the table and he tells General Faversham that General Gordon was killed.

    Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Marc Singer had never been a filmmaker prior to this project. He had moved underground to the tunnels as a lifestyle choice, and when he and his friends were sitting around one night, someone had said, according to Singer, \”Hey we should make a film about this,\” and tell their stories. Singers original hope was that the film would get some attention and help get the people out of the tunnels and into better, safer places. It did.
    • Singer was permitted to use a 16mm Bolex on loan from a camera house in New York without up-to-date payments. He was given left-over film stock on a \”pay-later\” basis from Kodak and other resources. The lab in New York that processed his negatives and prints also granted him this favor. He began editing on a flatbed, before he was granted the use of an avid at practically no charge from a friend of a friend. He also had complete and total creative control over the project and its final cut, also a rarity.
    • Singer employed his friends in the tunnels as his crew. Singer claims that these people, with no prior experience in filmmaking whatsoever, were incredible in their ability to set up lighting rigs, dollies, and electrical wiring, mostly without the use of tools or real grip equipment. To make the dolly for tracking shots, Singer and his carpenter built a rig made out of wood and metal scraps. Without a power drill, they would heat a metal rod and singe a hole into the wood to put a screw or dowel in for fixture.
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    The Flying Deuces

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Comedy
    All Genres: Comedy
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 69
    Rating: 4.7 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: A. Edward Sutherland
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • Mel Gibson blasting his way to hell and back

    • Writing by: Ralph Spence – (original story and screenplay) &
    Charley Rogers – (original story and screenplay) (as Charles Rogers) &
    Fred Schiller – (original story and screenplay) (as Alfred Schiller) &
    Harry Langdon – (original story and screenplay)

    Produced by: Boris Morros – producer

    Cast: Stan Laurel – Stan
    Oliver Hardy – Ollie Hardy
    Jean Parker – Georgette
    Reginald Gardiner – François
    Charles Middleton – Commandant
    Jean Del Val – Sergeant
    Crane Whitley – Corporal (as Clem Wilenchick)
    James Finlayson – Jailor
    Monica Bannister – Georgettes Girl Friend (uncredited)
    Bonnie Bannon – Georgettes Girl Friend (uncredited)
    Eddie Borden – Legionnaire (uncredited)

    Music: John Leipold Leo Shuken
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeepers daughter hes fallen in love with…
    Plot: Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeepers daughter hes fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, but crash after a wild ride.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    The closing title sequence, designed by Kyle Cooper/Prologue, begins on a massive abstract-art depiction of overdeveloped land and zooms all the way down to the surface to rest upon a single tree. Cooper requested his credit be \”Closing title/Cosmic Zoom Sequence\” which is what appears in the credit crawl.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The water pitcher changes position before and after Laurel slides the desk in front of the window.

    Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list – like these:

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    First Love

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Comedy
    All Genres: Comedy, Musical
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 84
    Rating: 7.2 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Henry Koster
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • Blood hurts.
  • The propaganda, the lies,… it all ends now.
  • Fight and you will never survive. Run and you will never escape.

    • Writing by: Lionel Houser – writer
    Bruce Manning – writer

    Produced by: Henry Koster – producer
    Joe Pasternak – producer

    Cast: Deanna Durbin – Constance (Connie) Harding
    Robert Stack – Ted Drake
    Eugene Pallette – James F. Clinton
    Helen Parrish – Barbara Clinton
    Lewis Howard – Walter Clinton
    Leatrice Joy – Grace Shute Clinton
    June Storey – Wilma van Everett
    Frank Jenks – Mike
    Kathleen Howard – Miss Wiggins
    Thurston Hall – Oliver Drake
    Marcia Mae Jones – Marcia Parker

    Music: Hans J. Salter Charles Previn Frank Skinner
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school…
    Plot: In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. Shes hardly received with open arms, especially by her snobby cousin Barbara. When the entire family is invited to a major social ball, Barbara sees to it that Connie is forced to stay home. With the aid of her uncle, who acts as her fairy godfather, Connie makes it to the ball and meets her Prince Charming in Ted Drake, her cousins boyfriend.

    Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: The position of Connies and Miss Wiggins arms as they hug each other.

    Trivia: There are 4 entries in the trivia list – like these:

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    Eternally Yours

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Comedy
    All Genres: Comedy, Drama
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 95
    Rating: 8.1 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Tay Garnett
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • She lived at the edge of life – with out-stretched arms . . . too short to reach it! Romance – a baffling reality.

    • Writing by: Gene Towne – (original screenplay) and
    C. Graham Baker – (original screenplay) (as Graham Baker)

    Produced by: Tay Garnett – producer
    Walter Wanger – executive producer (uncredited)

    Cast: Loretta Young – Anita
    David Niven – Tony
    Hugh Herbert – Benton
    Billie Burke – Aunt Abby
    C. Aubrey Smith – Gramps
    Raymond Walburn – Mr. Bingham
    Zasu Pitts – Mrs. Bingham
    Broderick Crawford – Don
    Virginia Field – Lola De Vere
    Eve Arden – Gloria
    Ralph Graves – Mr. Morrisey

    Music: Werner Janssen
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Anita Halstead, swept off her feet by magician Arturo, finds the results less than magical.
    Plot: Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, shes his wife and stage assistant on a world tour that seems never to end. Anita is mildly annoyed by Arturos constant flirtations, but his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. As for her plan to retire in a farmhouse, forget it. Finally, shes had enough and disappears for real…

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    rockn roll accountant Paul Martin

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: Freddy pulls up in a Dodge Viper at Carmens house. When they try to get away, Freddy hits his panic button to his car and the car explodes; the car is no longer a Dodge Viper. Looks like a Ferrari body kit.

    Trivia: There are 12 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • In the original concept King Ghidorahs wings were rainbow colored. Also, the creature was to breath fire from its three heads. In the final concept they emit gravity rays.
    • Director Ishirô Honda originally wanted Yoshio Tsuchiya for the role of Malness. But he was unavailable due to his commitment to the Akira Kurosawa film Akahige (1965).
    • Toho did not reveal to the public that Godzilla was played by a person in a costume until this film was released because the people who worked in the Japanese film industry in the 1950s and early 1960s tried to keep their techniques as secret as possible. The purpose was to create a mythical atmosphere, surrounding the industry. No one would be allowed to visit the set.
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    Drums Along the Mohawk

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Drama
    All Genres: Drama, Romance, War, Western
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 103
    Rating: 6.4 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: John Ford
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • Red-Blooded DRAMA !

    • Writing by: Walter D. Edmonds – (novel)
    Lamar Trotti – (writer) and
    Sonya Levien – (writer)
    William Faulkner – uncredited

    Produced by: Raymond Griffith – associate producer
    Darryl F. Zanuck – executive producer

    Cast: Claudette Colbert – Magdalena Lana Martin
    Henry Fonda – Gilbert Gil Martin
    Edna May Oliver – Sarah McKlennar
    Eddie Collins – Christian Reall
    John Carradine – Caldwell
    Dorris Bowdon – Mary Reall
    Jessie Ralph – Mrs. Weaver
    Arthur Shields – Rev. Rosenkrantz
    Robert Lowery – John Weaver
    Roger Imhof – Gen. Nicholas Herkimer
    Francis Ford – Joe Boleo

    Music: Alfred Newman
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Before the Revolutionary War farmer Martin brings bride Magdelana the Mohawk Valley where they are burned out by Indians…
    Plot: Before the Revolutionary War farmer Martin brings bride Magdelana the Mohawk Valley where they are burned out by Indians. Neighbors take them in and Martin joins the militia to fight the Indians.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Beginning movie title card: And the angel said unto me, wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.  - The Holy Bible, Book of Revelations, 17(7)

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: SPOILER: When Jaime gets up and runs away after sticking the heel in Hadleys ear, the waistband of her underwear can be seen for a moment and they are clearly some shade of purple. However, in the end scene, in the shot directly after Hadley says \”I am the machine\” and then pulls Jaime down on top of him, the waistband of her underwear can be seen again, only now they are black instead of purple.

    Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list – like these:

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    Dodge City

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Romance
    All Genres: Romance, Western
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 104
    Rating: 6.1 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Michael Curtiz
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • Its Errol Flynn In His Greatest Role . . . A picture for every red-blooded son and daughter of the stars and stripes !
  • West of Chicago there was no law!
  • West of Dodge City there was no God!

    • Writing by: Robert Buckner – (original screenplay)

    Produced by: Robert Lord – associate producer (uncredited)
    Hal B. Wallis – executive producer (uncredited)

    Cast: Errol Flynn – Wade Hatton
    Olivia de Havilland – Abbie Irving
    Ann Sheridan – Ruby Gilman
    Bruce Cabot – Jeff Surrett
    Frank McHugh – Joe Clemens
    Alan Hale – Rusty Hart
    John Litel – Matt Cole
    Henry Travers – Dr. Irving
    Henry ONeill – Col. Dodge
    Victor Jory – Yancey
    William Lundigan – Lee Irving

    Music: Max Steiner Adolph Deutsch
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Dodge City. A wide-open cattle town run by Jeff Surrett. Even going on a childrens Sunday outing is not a safe thing to do…
    Plot: Dodge City. A wide-open cattle town run by Jeff Surrett. Even going on a childrens Sunday outing is not a safe thing to do. What the place needs is a fearless honest Marshal. A guy like Wade Hatton, who helped bring the railroad in. It may not help that he fancies Abbie Irving, who wont have anything to do with him since he had to shoot her brother. But thats the West.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Introducing Sally Field as \”Mercy\” and introducing Katherine Justice.

    Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Factual errors: Lee Irving fires his six-shooter revolver eight times without reload it.

    Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The man Flynn throws through the window of the barbershop was none other than his pal and long-time drinking companion, stuntman Buster Wiles.
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    Destry Rides Again

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Comedy
    All Genres: Comedy, Western
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 94
    Rating: 4 (0)
    Languages: English, Russian
    Director: George Marshall
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • They make the fighting sinful west blaze into action before your eyes!

    • Writing by: Max Brand – (suggested by novel “Destry Rides Again”)
    Felix Jackson – (story)
    Gertrude Purcell – (screenplay) and
    Henry Myers – (screenplay)

    Produced by: Islin Auster – associate producer
    Joe Pasternak – producer (uncredited)

    Cast: Marlene Dietrich – Frenchy
    James Stewart – Thomas Jefferson Tom Destry Jr.
    Mischa Auer – Callahan / Boris Aleksandrovich Stavrogin
    Charles Winninger – Washington Wash Dimsdale
    Brian Donlevy – Kent – town boss
    Allen Jenkins – Gyp – jailed henchman in black hat
    Warren Hymer – Bugs – henchman in gray hat
    Irene Hervey – Janice Tyndall
    Una Merkel – Lily Belle – Mrs Callahan
    Billy Gilbert – Bartender at Last Chance Saloon
    Samuel S. Hinds – Mayor Hiram J Slade

    Music: Frank Skinner
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions…
    Plot: Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game that gives Kent a stranglehold over the local cattle rangers. The mayor, who is in cahoots with Kent appoints the town drunk, Washington Dimsdale, as the new sheriff assuming that hell be easy to control. But what the mayor doesnt know is that Dimsdale was a deputy under famous lawman, Tom Destry, and is able to call upon the equally formidable Tom Destry Jr to be his deputy. Featuring a career reviving performance from Marlene Dietrich as bar singer Frenchie, which could well have been the inspiration for Madeline Kahns \”Blazing Saddles\” character, Lili Von Schtupp.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    The end credits show the opening credits sequence in reverse (the toy soldiers are falling up instead of down).

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Miscellaneous: When Jake visits The Vietnam Memorial Wall, Henry Hocknell Jr.s name is up there. But Henry didnt die in Vietnam, he showed up at Jakes place with his daughter 35 years later, sick, but very much alive.

    Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1996
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    Dark Victory

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Drama
    All Genres: Drama, Romance
    Release Year: 1939
    Country: USA
    Runtime: 104
    Rating: 4.6 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Edmund Goulding
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • “Ive Crammed EVERY MINUTE SO FULL of waste. And now theres so little time. I dont know what to do. Im afraid!”

    • Writing by: George Emerson Brewer Jr. – (play) and
    Bertram Bloch – (play)
    Casey Robinson – (writer)

    Produced by: David Lewis – associate producer
    Hal B. Wallis – executive producer

    Cast: Bette Davis – Judith Traherne
    George Brent – Dr. Frederick Steele
    Humphrey Bogart – Michael OLeary
    Geraldine Fitzgerald – Ann King
    Ronald Reagan – Alec Hamm
    Henry Travers – Dr. Parsons
    Cora Witherspoon – Carrie
    Dorothy Peterson – Miss Wainwright
    Virginia Brissac – Martha, housekeeper
    Charles Richman – Col. Mantle
    Herbert Rawlinson – Dr. Carter

    Music: Max Steiner Howard Jackson
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, and must decide whether shell meet her final days with dignity.
    Plot: Judith Traherne is at the height of young society when Dr. Frederick Steele diagnoses a brain tumor. After surgery she falls in love with Steele. The doctor tells her secretary that the tumor will come back and eventually kill her. Learning this, Judith becomes manic and depressive. Her horse trainer Michael, who loves her, tells her to get as much out of life as she can. She marries Steele who intends to find a cure for her illness. As he goes off to a conference in New York failing eyesight indicates to Judith that she is dying.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    Cast: Seсor Chin — himself

    Goofs: We know about 4 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: Lottie Williams is credited onscreen as playing \”Lucy\”, but she plays Agatha. Lucy is played by Diane Bernard.

    Trivia: There are 15 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • Originally there was to have been a final scene where Judith Trahernes horse wins the Grand National, reducing Michael OLeary (Humphrey Bogart) to tears. Preview audiences found it anticlimactic and it was cut.
    • The original play opened in New York on 9 November 1934.
    • Bette Davis said that this was her favorite role to play.
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    The Dark Eyes of London

    Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kim

    Category: Crime
    All Genres: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Drama
    Release Year: 1940
    Country: UK
    Runtime: 76
    Rating: 5.9 (0)
    Languages: English
    Director: Walter Summers
    Sound: Mono
    Taglines:

  • Based on “The Dark Eyes Of London” By Edgar Wallace [Poster under title of The Human Monster]

    • Writing by: Edgar Wallace – (novel “The Dark Eyes of London”)
    John Argyle – writer (as J.F. Argyle)
    Patrick Kirwan – writer
    Walter Summers – writer
    Jan Van Lusil – additional dialogue

    Produced by: John Argyle – producer

    Cast: Bela Lugosi – Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
    Hugh Williams – Det. Insp. Larry Holt
    Greta Gynt – Diana Stuart
    Edmon Ryan – Lieutenant Patrick OReilly
    Wilfred Walter – Jake
    Alexander Field – Fred Grogan
    O.B. Clarence – Prof. John Dearborn (voice) (uncredited)
    May Hallatt – Policewoman Grady (uncredited)
    Bryan Herbert – Police Supt. Walsh (uncredited)
    Arthur E. Owen – Blind Lou (uncredited)
    Charles Penrose – Morrison, undercover detective (uncredited)

    Music: Guy Jones
    Official Website: Visit Website

    Plot Outline: Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
    Plot: A series of strange deaths takes place in London. All are accidents but the victims are single men with no family and they all have a link to a life insurance company run by the mysterious Dr. Orloff.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    After the introductory credits there is a faked film tear, the screen becomes white and the shadow silhouette of a man can be seen, shouting Bescheid (Whats on!). This cannot really be translated but spoofes a more popular joke of Werner, one of which has been widely integrated in ordinary day language in Germany.

    Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: Alex wipes all of the green face mask off of her face, except from a patch above her right eye. We then see Kim wipe the patch off for her. But then, when Ben and Zoe enter the tent, the green patch above her eye has reappeared.

    Trivia: There are 1 entries in the trivia list – like these:

    • The first film in Britain to receive the H (for Horror) certificate.
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