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Manhattan (1979) -- Original Trailer

Suspiria (1977) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Murderer!

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The Gay Desperado - Movie Poster

Here is an original half-sheet movie poster from The Gay Desperado (1936), starring Nino Martini and Ida Lupino. Half-sheets measured 22 x 28 inches.

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Suspiria (1977) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Murderer! Pat (Eva Axén, who mysteriously fled the German dance school where American heroine Jessica Harper just arrived) didn’t want to explain to Sonia (Susanna Javicoli) what happened, and it turns out real bad for them both, early in Dario Argento’s notorious horror spectacle, Suspiria, 1977.

vLes Enfants Terribles (1950) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Keep The Boys Out Of Trouble Vacationing at the beach, the uncle (Roger Gaillard) brings nephew Gerard (Jacques Bernard) and his two weird, orphaned friends (Nicole Stéphane and Edouard Dermit as Elisabeth and Paul) to a shop, where novelist, screenwriter and narrator Jean Cocteau further describes their strange game, in Les Enfants Terribles, 1950, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.

Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore (1996) -- (Movie Clip) Living In Zamboni At home overhearing her never-seen parents, then at school for the first time, Lisa Gerstein (title character), covering for disinterested classmates, runs the group movie, with her punk friends from the movie theater, Beth Allen as Ericka and Marny Snyder Spoons as Grace, profane as ever, in Sarah Jacobson’s Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore, 1996.

Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore (1996) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Too Normal On the same night of her first unhappy sexual encounter, with streaming profanity, high schooler Lisa Gerstein (title character) visits with Dave (Greg Cruikshank), the boss at the independent theater where all the kids work, talking about movies and his first time, in Sarah Jacobson’s Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore, 1996.

Mary Jane's Not A Virgin Anymore (1996) -- (Movie Clip) It Only Counts If You Say Yes Montage of encounters at the independent theater popcorn stand, then Lisa Gerstein (title character) and Grace (Marny Snyder Spoons), with interjection from Ryan and Tom (Bwana Spoons, Chris Enright) talk about sex, with more explicit language, in writer-director Sarah Jacobson’s Mary Jane’s Not A Virgin Anymore, 1996.

Star 80 (1983) -- (Movie Clip) The Personality Of A Pimp Sleazy Vancouver native Paul Snider (Eric Roberts) just arrived in LA, agonizing with his fianceè, future playmate Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway) after meeting Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner (Cliff Robertson), who explains the problem with his staff, writer-director Bob Fosse manipulating time in flashback, in Star 80, 1983.

Star 80 (1983) -- (Movie Clip) Open, They Go For Art Writer-director Bob Fosse’s ambitious, arresting opening, introducing Mariel Hemingway in voice and photos as his subject, Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, and Eric Roberts as her promoter and husband Paul Snider in a damning flashback, in the fact-based Star 80, 1983.

Star 80 (1983) -- (Movie Clip) Make It A Wild Animal More complex montage from writer-director Bob Fosse, with Eric Roberts as Paul Snider and Mariel Hemingway as Dorothy Stratten in her first Vancouver photo session, Hugh Hefner’s brother Keith as the photographer, Cliff Robertson as the Playboy impresario himself, and Carroll Baker her distraught mother, early in Star 80, 1983.

Muriel's Wedding (1994) -- (Movie Clip) Looks Like I'm Next! Director P.J. Hogan's opening scene, Toni Collette the wallflower title character, scorned by bride Tanya (Sophie Lee) and tearful Cheryl (Rosalind Hammond), then observing treacherous Nicole (Pippa Grandison), in Muriel's Wedding, 1994.

Muriel's Wedding (1994) -- (Movie Clip) Waterloo Rhonda (Rachel Griffiths) has just befriended fellow outcast and high school dropout Muriel (Toni Collette) and together they approach their old rivals (Sophie Lee as Tania, Pippa Grandison as Nicole) at the resort, then the famous Abba song in the talent show, in Muriel's Wedding, 1994.

Gay Desperado, The -- (Movie Clip) Senor` Troubadour Braganza (Leo Carillo) hijacks a Mexican radio station as a platform for his kidnapped adviser Chivo (Opera star Nino Martini) in Rouben Mamoulian's The Gay Desperado, 1936.

Rocking Horse Winner, The -- (Movie Clip) There Must Be More Money Wealthy uncle Oscar (Ronald Squire) discusses finances with sister Hester (Valerie Hobson) and her husband Richard (Hugh Sinclair) in director Anthony Pelissier's The Rocking Horse Winner, 1949.

Manhattan (1979) -- Original Trailer Borrowing the opening from the feature, the original trailer for Woody Allen’s critically acclaimed Manhattan, 1979, starring Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Meryl Streep and Mariel Hemingway.

Manhattan -- (Original Trailer) Woody Allen stars in and directs this gorgeous black-and-white valentine to New York City, Manhattan (1979) co-starring Diane Keaton.

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