Russell Metty

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

Russell Louis Metty

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Born

September 20, 1906

Died

April 28, 1978

Biography

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Best known for his work on Orson Welles' "The Stranger" (1946) and "A Touch of Evil" (1958), and for his multi-film association with director Douglas Sirk....

Filmography

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Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (1976)

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The Runaways (1975)

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That's Entertainment! (1974)

Cinematographer

Brock's Last Case (1973)

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The Omega Man (1971)

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Midnight Lace (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Sexually Off The Track

Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) There's Never A Cop Around

Biography

Best known for his work on Orson Welles' "The Stranger" (1946) and "A Touch of Evil" (1958), and for his multi-film association with director Douglas Sirk.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence (1976)

Director Of Photography

The Runaways (1975)

Director Of Photography

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Cinematographer

Brock's Last Case (1973)

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The Omega Man (1971)

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The Harness (1971)

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Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971)

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How Do I Love Thee? (1970)

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Change of Habit (1969)

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Eye of the Cat (1969)

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Counterpoint (1968)

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The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)

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The Pink Jungle (1968)

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Rough Night in Jericho (1967)

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Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

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The Appaloosa (1966)

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Texas Across the River (1966)

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Madame X (1966)

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The War Lord (1965)

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Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)

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The Art of Love (1965)

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I'd Rather Be Rich (1964)

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Captain Newman, M. D. (1963)

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The Thrill of It All (1963)

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Tammy and the Doctor (1963)

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The Interns (1962)

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If a Man Answers (1962)

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That Touch of Mink (1962)

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Flower Drum Song (1961)

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The Misfits (1961)

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By Love Possessed (1961)

Cinematographer

Portrait in Black (1960)

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Spartacus (1960)

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Midnight Lace (1960)

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Platinum High School (1960)

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Imitation of Life (1959)

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This Earth Is Mine (1959)

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Touch of Evil (1958)

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A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

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Step Down to Terror (1958)

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The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

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The Female Animal (1958)

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Monster on the Campus (1958)

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The Midnight Story (1957)

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Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

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Written on the Wind (1957)

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Battle Hymn (1957)

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Mister Cory (1957)

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Man Afraid (1957)

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All That Heaven Allows (1956)

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Congo Crossing (1956)

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There's Always Tomorrow (1956)

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Miracle in the Rain (1956)

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Cult of the Cobra (1955)

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Man Without a Star (1955)

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Crashout (1955)

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The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)

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Naked Alibi (1954)

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Magnificent Obsession (1954)

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Sign of the Pagan (1954)

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Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)

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Four Guns to the Border (1954)

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It Happens Every Thursday (1953)

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Take Me to Town (1953)

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Seminole (1953)

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The Veils of Bagdad (1953)

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Tumbleweed (1953)

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The Man from the Alamo (1953)

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Against All Flags (1952)

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Because of You (1952)

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Scarlet Angel (1952)

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The World in His Arms (1952)

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Yankee Buccaneer (1952)

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Flame of Araby (1952)

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The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952)

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The Golden Horde (1951)

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The Raging Tide (1951)

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Little Egypt (1951)

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Up Front (1951)

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Katie Did It (1951)

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Buccaneer's Girl (1950)

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Curtain Call at Cactus Creek (1950)

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Wyoming Mail (1950)

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The Desert Hawk (1950)

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The Lady Gambles (1949)

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You Gotta Stay Happy (1949)

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We Were Strangers (1949)

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All My Sons (1948)

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Arch of Triumph (1948)

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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

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A Woman's Vengeance (1948)

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Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

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The Perfect Marriage (1947)

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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)

Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)

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The Stranger (1946)

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Whistle Stop (1946)

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It's in the Bag! (1945)

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The Story of G. I. Joe (1945)

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Pardon My Past (1945)

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Betrayal from the East (1945)

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Tender Comrade (1944)

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Government Girl (1944)

Background Photographer

Music in Manhattan (1944)

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Seven Days Ashore (1944)

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The Master Race (1944)

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Around the World (1944)

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The Sky's the Limit (1943)

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Hitler's Children (1943)

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Forever and a Day (1943)

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Behind the Rising Sun (1943)

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Joan of Paris (1942)

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Four Jacks and a Jill (1942)

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The Big Street (1942)

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The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Addl Photographer

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)

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Army Surgeon (1942)

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The Falcon's Brother (1942)

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Week-End for Three (1941)

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A Girl, a Guy and a Gob (1941)

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Citizen Kane (1941)

Photographer of early tests

Too Many Girls (1940)

Fill-in Director of Photographer

Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)

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Curtain Call (1940)

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No, No Nanette (1940)

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The Great Man Votes (1939)

The Girl and the Gambler (1939)

Everything's on Ice (1939)

The Spellbinder (1939)

Bad Lands (1939)

Three Sons (1939)

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That's Right--You're Wrong (1939)

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The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

Next Time I Marry (1938)

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938)

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

They Wanted to Marry (1937)

Behind the Headlines (1937)

You Can't Beat Love (1937)

Forty Naughty Girls (1937)

Annapolis Salute (1937)

Night Waitress (1936)

West of the Pecos (1935)

His Greatest Gamble (1934)

Camera Operator

Morning Glory (1933)

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The Bowery (1933)

Lucky Devils (1933)

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One Man's Journey (1933)

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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

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Penguin Pool Murder (1932)

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Girl Crazy (1932)

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Symphony of Six Million (1932)

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Is My Face Red? (1932)

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State's Attorney (1932)

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Secret Service (1931)

Public Defender (1931)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Harness (1971)

Life Events

Videos

Midnight Lace (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Sexually Off The Track Having been harassed in the fog and now on the phone, American Kit (Doris Day) and English financier husband Tony (Rex Harrison) visit Scotland Yard where inspector Byrnes (John Williams) comments on local miscreants, in MIdnight Lace, 1960.

Omega Man, The (1971) -- (Movie Clip) There's Never A Cop Around Everything’s cool as Charlton Heston cruises downtown LA, which we soon realize is improbably vacant, Boris Sagal directing, in the second movie version of Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend, The Omega Man, 1971, co-starring Rosalind Cash and Anthony Zerbe.

Flower Drum Song (1961) -- (Movie Clip) Chop Suey Another Rodgers & Hammerstein original which has long split opinion (Is it cultural stereotyping or knowing commentary?), Juanita Hall reprising her stage role as Madame Liang of San Francisco, receiving a citizenship award then supported by Jim Shigeta (who, it is sometimes forgotten, started out as a singer), Jack Soo, Benson Fong et al, in Flower Drum Song, 1961.

Spartacus (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Have We Learned Nothing? Producer and title character Kirk Douglas is disgusted with his fellow slave gladiators, making their former masters fight after their rebellion, confronting colleague Crixus (John Ireland), looking to inspire action against Rome, planning to find some ships, in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, 1960.

Tender Comrade (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Kind Of Red And Uncomfortable On their first night in their new shared house, WWII defense factory workers Jo (Ginger Rogers) and just-married Doris (Kim Hunter) share fairly intimate info, in Tender Comrade, 1943, featuring future blacklist targets Hunter, Mady Christians, writer Dalton Trumbo and director Edward Dmytryk.

Tender Comrade (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You Made Me Love You Speedy path to a flashback getting top-billed Ginger Rogers, as Southern California wartime factory gal Jo, into a sexy outfit (with three, maybe four-inch heels in the back yard!), recalling the proposal by now-deployed Chris (Robert Ryan), in the home-front drama Tender Comrade. 1943.

Tender Comrade (1943) -- (Movie Clip) You Have Very Small Ears Kind of a moment for Ruth Hussey (as Barbara, married to deployed Pete, who might well be a heel), with WWII California factory worker housemates, Kim Hunter, Patricia Collinge and Ginger Rogers (as newlywed Doris, Helen and Jo), about dating other men, in Tender Comrade. 1943.

Tender Comrade (1944) -- (Movie Clip) Awful Bed-Hog Direction by Edward Dnytryk, script by Dalton Trumbo, both future blacklist-ees, soldier Chris (Robert Ryan) comes home to wife Jo (Ginger Rogers), opening Tender Comrade, 1944.

Tender Comrade (1944) -- (Movie Clip) White For Dumbrowski? Looks like at least the crew visited the Douglas Aircraft plant in Long Beach, CA, military wives Jo (Ginger Rogers), Barbara (Ruth Hussey), Helen (Patricia Collinge) and Doris (Kim Hunter, one of her earliest roles), getting lunch in Tender Comrade, 1944.

Sky's The Limit, The (1943) -- (Movie Clip) One For My Baby Bummed out pilot Fred Astaire introduces the Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer original that became a Frank Sinatra standard, with lots of real broken glass, which caused some fuss at the time due to wartime shortages, and medics were standing by off camera, in The Sky’s The Limit, 1943.

Falcon's Brother, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) A Touch Of Homicide Following a murder at a New York fashion house, George Sanders as Gay Lawrence, star of the RKO sleuth series, finally meets his brother, Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence, who’s been lurking but not heard from until now and who, for all we know, may have done the latest shooting, in The Falcon’s Brother, 1942.

Falcon's Brother, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) The Women Are Very Tall George Sanders as Gay Lawrence, star of RKO’s Falcon features, is recovering from being hit by a car, helped by his (real-life) brother Tom (Conway, who took over the series after this entry) and servant Jerry (Keye Luke),who together brush back cop Donovan (Cliff Clark), dismiss a nurse (Mary Halsey) and dodge a reporter (Jane Randolph), in The Falcon’s Brother, 1942.

Ben (1972) -- (TV Trailer) Following the surprise box office success of the rat-thriller Willard, in 1971, this was the TV trailer for the quickly produced sequel, in which the title character was not a human, but a rat, in Ben, 1972, starring Lee Harcourt Montgomery, Meredith Baxter and Joseph Campanella.

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off - (Original Trailer) A millionaire will stop at nothing to turn his son into a star athlete in Mr. Doodle Kicks Off (1938) co-starring Jack Carson.

Against All Flags - (Original Trailer) A British officer (Errol Flynn) must face off against the pirates of Madagascar in Against All Flags (1952).

By Love Possessed - (Original Trailer) Lana Turner's desperate search for love leads to an affair with her husband's law partner in John Sturges' By Love Possessed (1961).

Big Street, The - (Re-issue Trailer) Lucille Ball plays a selfish showgirl who ignores Henry Fonda's lovestruck waiter until she is injured in The Big Street, 1942, produced by Damon Runyon from his short story.

All That Heaven Allows - (Original Trailer) A lonely widow (Jane Wyman) defies small-town gossip when she falls for a younger man (Rock Hudson) in Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows (1955).

Affairs of Annabel, The - (Original Trailer) Lucille Ball got her first starring role playing a screen queen who suffers through harebrained publicity stunts in The Affairs of Annabel (1938).

Imitation of Life (1959) - (Original Trailer) Two mothers, one white, one black, face problems with their rebellious daughters in Douglas Sirk's Imitation Of Life (1959) starring Lana Turner.

Citizen Kane -- (Original Trailer) The investigation of a publishing tycoon's dying words reveals conflicting stories about his life in this famous trailer for Citizen Kane (1941).

That's Entertainment! - (Original Trailer) An all-star cast, including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, introduce clips from MGM's greatest musicals in That's Entertainment! (1974).

Sky's The Limit, The - (Original Trailer) A pilot on leave (Fred Astaire) falls for a pretty news photographer in the musical The Sky's The Limit (1943).

Flower Drum Song - (Original Trailer) A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride in Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical comedy Flower Drum Song (1961).

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