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ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS
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One of the best films from one of American cinema's finest directors. A scathing attack on the American Dream, in which a widow (Jane Wyman) faces the wrath of her friends and family when she becomes romantically involved with a younger man (Rock Hudson). Succumbing to the pressures of society, she stops seeing the man and settles back into her lonely life, trying to find the courage to rebel against her conformist surroundings and find love with him again. "A stylized, beautifully photographed commentary on the emotional numbness of suburban life" (The Motion Picture Guide). Later remade by Fassbinder as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Douglas Sirk---USA---1955---89 mins.
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BATTLE HYMN
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Rock Hudson stars in this Sirk film about a fighter pilot who accidentally kills 37 orphans in WWII, only to re-enlist and establish an orphanage in Korea.
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COFFRET DOUGLAS SIRK
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Coffret Douglas Sirk comprises four masterful, subversive melodramas from Douglas Sirk. Magnificent Obsession (1954, 103 mins.) is an elegan t transposition of Lloyd Douglas' best seller, starring Rock Hudson as an irresponsible playboy who causes the widowhood and blindness of a beautiful woman (Jane Wyman). Expect lavish color photography and Sirk's brilliant mise-en-scene. All That Heaven Allows (1955, 85 mins.) is a scathing attack on the American Dream, in which a widow (Jane Wyman) faces the wrath of her friends and family when she becomes romantically involved with a younger man (Rock Hudson). Adapted from a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958, 126 mins.) is a deeply dramatic romance about a furloughed German soldier (John Gavin) who hastily marries a childhood friend (Lilo Pulver) while home from the brutality of the Russian front during WWII. Finally, Imitation of Life (1959, 119 mins.) is Sirk's remake of the 1934 soaper and the director's final Hollywood feature. Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner, Robert Alda, and Troy Dona hue star in the moving tale of the friendship between a white actress and the black mother who becomes her maid, while her light-skinned daughter tries to Douglas Sirk---USA---1954-1959---923 mins.
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IMITATION OF LIFE (1934&59)
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Douglas Sirk's remake of the 1934 soaper is a moving tale of friendship between a white actress (Lana Turner) and the black mother who becomes her maid.
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LA HABANERA
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A lush, early feature from the master of the Hollywood melodrama, Douglas Sirk, filmed under his real name, Detlef Sierck, prior to his defection from Germany to the U.S. to escape the Nazis. Astree (Zarah Leander), a young Swede on vacation in Puerto Rico, succumbs to the island's romantic spells and quickly falls into the waiting arms of charming land baron Don Pedro de Avila (Ferdinand Marian). Ten years later, Astree's former beau arrives to find the island and his old love both in states of disarray. In German with English Douglas Sirk---Germany---1937---93 mins.
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LURED
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Known best for his elegant melodramas, Douglas Sirk could also craft a thriller with the best of them, as evidenced by this overlooked and highly entertaining feature. In a rare dramatic role, Lucille Ball plays an American dancer working in London who agrees to help out a Scotland Yard detective (Charles Coburn) after her friend falls prey to a killer who traps his victims through romantic personal ads in the newspaper. Acting as a decoy, Ball's character encounters several menacing suspects, including a demented clothing designer played by Boris Karloff and an international playboy played by George Sanders. A sharp, efficient genre offering from one of Hollywood's top stylists. Also known as Personal Column. Douglas Sirk---USA---1947---103 mins.
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MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (SIRK)
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Douglas Sirk's elegant transposition of Lloyd Douglas' bestseller stars Rock Hudson as an irresponsible playboy who causes the widowhood and blindness of a beautiful woman (Jane Wyman). Lavish color photography and Sirk's brilliant mise-en-scene. Douglas Sirk---USA---1954---108 mins.
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SCANDAL IN PARIS
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George Sanders stars as the debonair master thief Francois Eugene Vidocq in this witty romantic adventure from Douglas Sirk. The director's sure hand, some lavish sets, and the charming performances make this a delightful entertainment. Carole Landis and Gene Lockhart also star. Also known as Douglas Sirk---USA---1946---100 mins.
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SLEEP, MY LOVE/ SCHLINGEN DER
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An early stateside noir by German-emigre Douglas Sirk, starring Don Ameche as a no-good husband trying to cause a mental breakdown in his wealthy wife (Claudette Colbert) and run away with mistress Barby (Rita Johnson). Fortunately, Robert Cummings senses something is wrong. Like Lured before it, Sleep, My Love showcases the director's radical melodramatics and formal precision well before his widescreen color masterpieces of the 1950s. Based on a Leo Rosten novel. In English with German subtitles. Douglas Sirk---USA---1948---92 mins.
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SUMMER STORM (1944)
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Linda Darnell plays a beautiful Russian peasant in this moody Sirk melodrama, based on Chekhov's "The Shooting Party."
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THERE'S ALWAYS TOMORROW
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WRITTEN ON THE WIND
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In Douglas Sirk's box office champ, Robert Stack is the irresponsible son of an oil magnate. Lauren Bacall is his suffering wife. Rock Hudson is his best friend.
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