67% (1) Out of the Blue 84 min, APPROVED, [Comedy] [Leigh Jason] [21 Apr 1947]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 67%, External Reviews
Actors: Ann Dvorak, George Brent, Turhan Bey, Virginia Mayo
Writer: Walter Bullock (screenplay), Vera Caspary (screenplay), Edward Eliscu (screenplay), Vera Caspary (story)
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Plot: Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian artist, David Galleo and his always-there model, Deborah Tyler; and Olive Jensen, a Greenwich Village type who is always slightly-but-continuously inebriated, and whose motto is "love and let love." She calls on George while his wife is out, and when she passes out during his attempts to get her out before his wife returns, he thinks she is dead and deposits her on Galleo's terrace. Galleo takes advantage of the situation by using it in a blackmail scheme against Arthur, which is shaky, at best, as Olive refuses to stay dead.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this goofy romantic comedy, a cheap floozy creates trouble for an innocent young groom when one night she staggers into his apartment and passes out on his floor. Knowing his wife will surely jump to conclusions, and fearing that the mysterious woman is dead, he attempts to dispose of the body.
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64% (1) The Amazing Mr. X 78 min, APPROVED, [Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller] [Bernard Vorhaus] [29 Jul 1948]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, External Reviews
Actors: Cathy O'Donnell, Lynn Bari, Richard Carlson, Turhan Bey
Writer: Crane Wilbur (original story), Muriel Roy Bolton (screenplay), Ian McLellan Hunter (screenplay)
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Plot: On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow, thinks she hears her late husband Paul calling out of the surf...then meets a tall dark man, Alexis, who seems to know all about such things. After more ghostly manifestations, Christine and younger sister Janet become enmeshed in the eerie artifices of Alexis; but he in turn finds himself manipulated into deeper deviltry than he had in mind...
Rotten Tomatoes: Also known as The Amazing Mr. X, The Spiritualist stars Turhan Bey as the title character, a mysterious mystic named Alexis. Making a comfortable living by fleecing the gullible wealthy, Alexis' latest target is grieving young widow Christine Faber (Lynn Bari). Hoping to communicate with her husband, who supposedly died in a car crash two years earlier, Christine submits to Alexis' crystal-ball act. Our hero finds out more than he bargained for when the "deceased" Mr. Faber (Donald Curtis) turns up very much alive as the central figure in an elaborate fraud scheme.
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64% (1) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves 87 min, Approved, [Adventure, Fantasy, Romance] [Arthur Lubin] [14 Jan 1944]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, External Reviews
Actors: Andy Devine, Jon Hall, Maria Montez, Turhan Bey
Writer: Edmund L. Hartmann (original screenplay)
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Plot: Ali Baba, son of the Kalif of Bagdad is brought up by the 40 Thieves after his father is killed by the soldiers of Hugalu Khan, who received the necessary information by traitor Cassim. Ali becomes the leader of the thieves and they are fighting for the freedom of his land. Per chance Ali captures the fiancée of Hugalu Khan, who turns out to be his girl friend Amara. After a few misunderstandings Ali uses her wedding day with Hugalu Khan as the day for the liberation of Bagdad.
Rotten Tomatoes: Introduce your five-to-ten year old to the most breathtaking story on all of The Arabian Nights in this animated tale of adventure featuring shimmering treasure, secret caves, and noble heroes as they battle against fiendish villains. A colorful introduction to one of literature's most beloved tales, this release will enthrall children while sparking their imaginations and peaking their interest in classic literature.
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56% (1) Night in Paradise 84 min, [Comedy, Drama] [Arthur Lubin] [03 May 1946]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 56%, External Reviews
Actors: Gale Sondergaard, Merle Oberon, Thomas Gomez, Turhan Bey
Writer: George S. Hellman (novel), Emmet Lavery (adaptation), Ernest Pascal
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Plot: Story-teller Aesop tries to help loony King Croesus and manages to fall in love on the way.
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54% (1) The Climax 86 min, UNRATED, [Horror, Music, Thriller] [George Waggner] [20 Oct 1944]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 54%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Boris Karloff, Gale Sondergaard, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey
Writer: Curt Siodmak (screenplay), Lynn Starling (screenplay), Curt Siodmak (adaptation), Edward Locke (play), George Waggner (librettos)
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Plot: Dr. Hohner (Karloff), theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer (Foster) reminds Hohner of the late diva, and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever. The singer's fiancée (Bey) rushes to save her in the film's climax.
Rotten Tomatoes: The Climax was hurriedly and economically filmed on leftover sets from Universal's super-production The Phantom of the Opera. In his Technicolor debut, Boris Karloff plays Dr. Hohner, a brilliant but unstable theatrical physician who murders a beautiful opera star when she rejects him. Ten year later, a beautiful young opera singer named Angela (Susannah Foster) makes her debut at the Royal Opera House. Convinced that Angela is the reincarnation of his murdered sweetheart, Dr. Hohner fiendishly hypnotizes the girl so that she will be unable to sing. The spell is broken by the combined efforts of Angela's boyfriend Franz (Turhan Bey) and an opera-loving "boy king" (Scotty Beckett). As for Hohner, well, what usually happens to Boris Karloff in films of this nature?
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