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Too Young To Kiss (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Revolutionary Etude Both billed above the title in their 4th picture starring together, June Allyson is twenty-something pianist Cynthia posing as her fictional kid sister Molly, and Van Johnson is Wainright, the impresario holding auditions for a youth orchestra, Hans Conreid introducing her, for the familiar Chopin composition, in MGM’s Too Young To Kiss, , 1951, with impressive fake playing by June, who had some piano training as a child.

Christmas Carol, A (1951) -- (Movie Clip) Addressing Mr. Scrooge Opening scene, introducing Scrooge (Alastair Sim), arriving at his office where Cratchit (Mervyn Johns) has received two businessmen (Peter Bull, the narrator, and Douglas Muir), in Brian Desmond-Hurst's A Christmas Carol, 1951, from the Dickens novel.

Corvette Summer (1978) -- (Movie Clip) We Found Our Car! Delightful opening from producer, director and co-writers Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins, Mark Hamill known then only as “Luke Skywalker,” and company, with their auto-shop teacher (Eugene Roche), finding their project car at an LA junkyard, in Corvette Summer, 1978.

Annie Hall (1977) -- (Movie Clip) La-De-Da With pal Rob (Tony Roberts), who likes to call him "Max," Alvy Singer (writer-director Woody Allen) meets Annie (Diane Keaton, who won the Best Actress Academy Award) for the first time, in Annie Hall, 1977.

Five Easy Pieces (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Chopin Prelude To Opus 28 Home from his low-rent wanderings due to family illness, trained pianist Robert (Jack Nicholson) plays Chopin's Prelude to Opus 28 in E Minor #4 for Catherine (Susan Anspach), his brother's fianceè, with a famous camera move, in director Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces, 1970.

Casino Royale -- (Movie Clip) Between Mind And Body Dusty Springfield with Bacharach ad David's The Look Of Love, as timid Baccarat genius Evelyn Tremble (Peter Sellers) gets reeled in by super-spy Vesper Lynd (Ursula Andress), in the James Bond spoof Casino Royale. 1967.

Stakeout On Dope Street (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Other Racy Items Nick (Morris Miller, later better known as Steven Marlo) taking the lead with mild-mannered junkie Danny (Allen Kramer), who's been moving the heroin he and buddies Jim (Yale Wexler) and Ves (Jonathon Haze) found, no trouble yet, in Stakeout On Dope Street, 1958.

Stakeout On Dope Street (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Suspect In Custody Opening scene, cops Matthews and Donahue (Matt Resnick, Slate Harlow) have a suspect (Charles Guasti) cuffed, they radio in when unexpected thugs (Herman Rudin, Phillip Mansour) intrude, taking the stash, in director Irvin Kershner's Stakeout On Dope Street, 1958.

Stakeout On Dope Street (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Fortune In Dope Layabout teen Jim (Yale Wexler) hanging with virtuous Kathy (Abby Dalton), splits when he hears about the briefcase they found, the police captain (Frank Harding) briefs troops, while he tells buddies Nick and Ves (Morris Miller, Jonathon Haze) the news, in Stakeout On Dope Street, 1958.

Carnegie Hall (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Artur Rubinstein Possibly the heftiest piece in the picture, the celebrated pianist plays Chopin's "Heroic" Polonaise, the director Edgar G. Ulmer feeling it as well, in the loosely-dramatic mostly-performance tribute film Carnegie Hall, 1947.

Song To Remember, A -- (Movie Clip) Spirit Of Poland Professor Elsner (Paul Muni) is failing to persuade Frenchman Pleyel (George Coulouris) to promote Polish pianist Chopin (Cornel Wilde), until Franz Liszt (Stephen Bekassy) lights into the Polonaise, in A Song To Remember, 1945.

Hugo (2011) -- (Original Trailer) Original trailer for Martin Scorsese's acclaimed feature based on the Caldecott Award-winning book by Brian Selznick, featuring Asa Butterfield in the title role, with Ben Kingsley, Chlöe Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone and Jude Law, Hugo, 2011.

Big Night - (Original Trailer) A failing Italian restaurant run by two brothers (Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci) gambles on one special night to try to save the business in Big Night (1996).

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