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Metropolis (1926) -- (Movie Clip) The Tower Of Babel

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Metropolis (1926) -- (Movie Clip) The Tower Of Babel In the secret chapel in the catacombs beneath the city, Maria (Brigitte Helm) with one of the wildest sequences supporting her parable, directed by Fritz Lang from his script, co-written with his wife Thea von Harbau, from her novel, in Metropolis, 1926.

Blackmail (1929) -- (Movie Clip) Got A Real Criminal To Direct The director very much at play here, his cameo on the London underground, then protagonists Alice (Anny Ondra, voice by Joan Barry) and boyfriend policeman Frank (John Longden) feuding at tea, with witty insights about the pictures, in Alfred Hitchcok's first partial-talkie, Blackmail, 1929.

Blood And Sand (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Whom Have We Served? First appearance by Tyrone Power as the now-adult Juan, returning with his mates home to Seville, "Nacional" (John Carradine) wistful, Manolo (Anthony Quinn) jealous, Maurice Cass the passenger recruited to read the newspaper, in Rouben Mamoulian's Blood And Sand, 1941.

Blood And Sand (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Death Of This Noble Bull In Seville, big coming-out for humble bullfighter Juan (Tyrone Power), the noted temptress Dona Sol (Rita Hayworth, escorted by George "Superman" Reeves) in the crowd, won over along with stubborn critic Curro (Laird Cregar), in Rouben Mamoulian's Blood And Sand, 1941.

Blood And Sand (1941) -- (Movie Clip) I Want Your Band Returned to Seville after a decade away learning his trade, bullfighter Juan (Tyrone Power) making good on his promise to marry childhood sweetheart Carmen (now grown up and become Linda Darnell) in Blood And Sand, 1941, celebrated guitarist Vicente Gomez in the band.

Never Cry Wolf (1983) -- (Movie Clip) Territorial Dispute Researcher Tyler (Charles Martin Smith) catches on to his neighbor's methods and amuses himself with Gilbert & Sullivan in director Carroll Ballard's Never Cry Wolf, 1983.

Never Cry Wolf (1983) -- (Movie Clip) 23 Mice Tyler (Charles Martin Smith) comes up with a theory about how the wolves survive, requiring an outlandish experiment in director Carroll Ballard's Never Cry Wolf, 1983.

Never Cry Wolf (1983) -- (Movie Clip) Get a Grip In narration he co-wrote, Charles Martin Smith (as Tyler) surveys his situation after being dropped on Alaskan ice for his wolf-research mission in Carroll Ballard's Never Cry Wolf, 1983.

Metropolis (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Maria Freder (Gustav Frolich) is desperate to rescue Maria (Brigitte Helm) from inventor Rotwang (Rudolf Klein-Rogge), who aims to steal her face for his robot, cinematographer Gunther Rittau credited with the double-exposure process creating the light rings, in Fritz Lang's Metropolis, 1926.

Metropolis (1926) -- (Movie Clip) In Search Of The Girl Freder (Gustav Frolich), son of the big boss, searching for the working class beauty Maria, plunges into the machines where the industrial monster "Moloch" is revealed to him, a famous sequence from Fritz Lang's dystopian fantasy Metropolis, 1926.

Metropolis (1926) -- (Movie Clip) Club Of The Sons The opening of the still very broad narrative, director Fritz Lang exploiting outrageous sets and various instances of the famous "Schufftan Process" matte effect developed for the film, and the first look at Freder (Gustav Frolich), in Metropolis, 1926.

Friendly Persuasion (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Go Get 'Em Quaker! Lured into the wrestling exhibition at their Indiana county fair, Quakers Caleb (John Smith) and Josh (Anthony Perkins), whose parents Jess (Gary Cooper) and Eliza (Dorothy McGuire) come to the rescue, in William Wyler's Friendly Persuasion, 1956.

Eyes Without a Face - (Original Trailer) A surgeon steals young women's faces hoping to heal his daughter's scars in Eyes Without A Face (1960).

Captain Sindbad - (Original Trailer) Sindbad (Guy Williams) takes on an evil wizard to save the princess he loves in Captain Sindbad (1963).

Hitler's Madman - (Original Trailer) The Nazis take revenge on a Czech village after one of their most sadistic commanders (John Carradine) is assassinated there. Directed by Douglas Sirk.

Hustler, The - (Original Trailer) A pool shark (Paul Newman) falls into the clutches of a crooked gambler (George C. Scott).

Metropolis - (2010 Re-release trailer) A trailer for the newly restored silent science-fiction masterpiece, Metropolis (1927).

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