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None Shall Escape - Movie Poster

None Shall Escape - Movie Poster

Having a Wild Weekend - Movie Poster

Having a Wild Weekend - Movie Poster

Darktown Strutters - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the Blaxploitation picture Darktown Strutters (1975). One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

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From Beyond The Grave (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Sausages Again? First sketch of the home life of Ian Bannen as downtrodden London middle manager Lowe, who bought shoelaces from the will-be villain, in the second segment (titled An Act Of Kindness) of the horror anthology, carrying little weight with his wife (Diana Dors as Mabel) or son (John O'Farrell), the first feature from the later Hollywood-based prolific TV director Kevin Connor, in From Beyond The Grave, 1973, from stories by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.

The T.A.M.I. Show (1964) — (Movie Clip) Surfin’ U.S.A. Jan & Dean mastering ceremonies toss to their friends, The Beach Boys, with co-composers Brian Wilson and Mike Love out front (with their lyric fused to Chuck Berry’s Sweet Little Sixteen music) with a performance striking for its musicianship even in the rarified climate of the historic October, 1964 Santa Monica concert, in The T.A.M.I. Show, 1964.

Boy Meets Girl (1938) -- (Movie Clip) What Is Our Story? Actor Larry (Dick Foran) and his agent (Frank McHugh) discover the elaborate diversion by screenwriters Benson & Law (Pat O'Brien, James Cagney), who are up to other studio mischief, in Warner Bros.' back-lot comedy Boy Meets Girl, 1938.

Give A Girl A Break (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Applause, Applause Finally on-stage for the big show that gives the movie its name, Bob (Bob Fosse) and Suzy (Debbie Reynolds) perform Applause, Applause, by Burton Land and Ira Gershwin, in Give A Girl A Break, 1954, directed by Stanley Donen.

Red Shoes, The (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Patron Of The Arts Student Julian (Marius Goring) realizing his work has been stolen by Professor Palmer (Austin Trevor), who is then invited by Lady Nelson (Irene Browne), her niece Victoria (Moira Shearer) in waiting, early in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Red Shoes, 1948.

Our Time (1974) -- (Movie Clip) You'd Never Hurt Me, Would You? Outside the mixer for the neighboring Massachusetts prep schools, we’ve learned that Abby and Michael (Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson, later partners in TV’s Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries) shared a summer romance, with George O’Hanlon Jr. as pesky Malcolm, in Our Time, 1974.

Our Time (1974) -- (Movie Clip) The Pennington Academy Opening the teen boarding school melodrama from later-prominent director Peter Hyams, Roderick Cook the preachy headmaster, Pamela Sue Martin is Abby late to assembly, Betsy Slade her friend Muffy and Karen Balkin the prissier Laura, in Warner Bros.’ Our Time, 1974, also starring Parker Stevenson.

Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) That's How It Went, All Right It's been said that Bobby Darin's secret was that he could deliver any song like it was the one you'd been waiting for all night, example here with Cantinflas (title character) watching, tune by Andre and Dory Previn, in George Sidney's celebrity cavalcade Pepe, 1960.

Pepe (1960) -- (Movie Clip) The Rumble Second part of a long number in an L-A club where waitress Suzie (Shirley Jones, not a double) also dances, Eugene Loring choreography with two uncredited partners, her friend Cantinflas (title character) panicking when it gets a little too West Side Story, in Pepe, 1960.

Muppets Take Manhattan, The (1984) -- (Movie Clip) A Frog With A Musical Just graduated from college and shopping their senior class musical on Broadway, the Muppets (Jim Henson voicing Kermit, director Frank Oz for Miss Piggy, etc.) meet a producer portrayed by Dabney Coleman, the first star cameo in the third Muppets feature, The Muppets Take Manhattan, 1984.

Devil's Bride, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) They're Just For Decoration Old family friends De Richleau (Christopher Lee) and Van Ryn (Leon Greene) surmise that they've crashed a secret satanic ritual and Simon (Patrick Mower) needs rescuing, early in Hammer Films' The Devil's Bride, 1968.

Devil's Bride, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) The Goat Of Mendes Christopher Lee (as "De Richleau") and colleague Van Ryn (Leon Greene), stay composed when they recognize the guest, as Mocata (Charles Gray) leads satanic rites, Simon and Tanith (Patrick Mower, Nike Arrighi) the subjects, in Hammer Films' The Devil's Bride, 1968.

Gigi (1958) -- (Original Trailer) A Parisian girl (Leslie Caron) is raised to be a kept woman but dreams of love and marriage in Gigi (1958), directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Titanic (1997) - (Original Trailer) Eleven Academy Awards went to director James Cameron's $200 million recreation of the 1912 maritime disaster Titanic (1997).

Stepping Out - (Original Trailer) A Broadway burn-out (Liza Minnelli) turns a tap-dancing class into a life-changing experience for all involved in Stepping Out (1991).

Godspell - (Original Trailer) Hippies relive the story of Christ's ministry and crucifixion in the musical Godspell (1973).

Girl Who Had Everything, The - (Original Trailer) Elizabeth Taylor is The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) in this remake of A Free Soul (1931).

Dead Ringer - (Original Trailer) Bette Davis vs. her evil twin in Dead Ringer (1964), a thriller directed by her former Now, Voyager co-star Paul Henreid.

Capricorn One - (Original Trailer) The government fakes a Mars landing then sets out to kill the astronauts involved in the thriller Capricorn One (1978).

2010 - (Original Trailer) In 2010 (1984), the sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a U.S.-Soviet crew investigates a mysterious monolith orbiting Jupiter.

Designing Woman - (Original Trailer) Gregory Peck, in character as sportswriter "Mike Hagen," leads off the trailer to Vincente Minnelli's Designing Woman, 1957, co-starring Lauren Bacall, from an original idea by MGM fashion designer Helen Rose.

Kiss Me, Stupid - (Original Trailer) A roadside waitress (Kim Novak) is set as bait for a barely disguised Dean Martin in Billy Wilder's Kiss Me, Stupid (1964).

Terminator, The - (Original Trailer) A deadly robot from the future travels back in time to kill a woman whose son will one day defeat its masters in James Cameron's The Terminator (1984).

Spirited Away - (Original Trailer) A young girl escapes her family to a world of witches and monsters in Hayao Miyazaki's animated masterpiece Spirited Away (2002).

Kate Flannery -- (TCM Podcast) November 2012 Kate Flannery, best known as feisty "Meredith Palmer" on the hit NBC sitcom "The Office," is an avid TCM fan and the guest in the first TCM Podcast for November, 2012.

2010 - (Original Promo Featurette) A film featurette on the making of the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's visionary science fiction epic which stars Roy Scheider.

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