Richard Haydn

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    Cluny Brown (1946)

    Cluny Brown (1946)

    Twentieth Century Fox released Cluny Brown on June 2, 1946. Ernst Lubitsch directed the film starring Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, and Peter Lawford.

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  • Golden Age of the Silver Screen
    Cluny Brown (1946)

    Cluny Brown (1946)

    Twentieth Century Fox released Cluny Brown on June 2, 1946. Ernst Lubitsch directed the film starring Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, and Peter Lawford.

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  • SummariesCluny Brown (1946)

    Cluny Brown (1946)

    Film and Plot Synopsis Cluny Brown takes place in 1938 England on the verge of a new war. Czech Professor Adam Belinski escapes his homeland and Hitler’s persecution for the safety in England. Cluny Brown is free-spirited orphan niece of a plumber who is secretly learning her uncle’s trade. Adam and Cluny have a chance meeting at the London apartment of Hilary Ames who’s sink is clogged. Cluny’s uncle doesn’t know she’s there to fix the plumbing, but when he finds her, he angrily sends her off to be a servant at Friars Carmel Manor in the English countryside. It’s there that Cluny meets Adam again when he arrives there as a guest at the manor. Belinski quickly falls in love with Cluny, and tries to keep her from marrying a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. ‘Cluny Brown’ Movie Summary The summary below contains spoilers. In Cluny Brown, Czech Professor Adam Belinski (Charles Boyer), a famed writer in support of global freedom, finds himself ostracized from his native land in June 1938. He winds up in England where he’s free from Hitler’s persecution. Also in London is a young orphan woman named Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones). She lives with her …

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  • SummariesThe Sound of Music (1965)

    The Sound of Music (1965)

    It’s 1938, and the hills are alive with The Sound of Music. Maria is a young Austrian at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg.

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  • Golden Age of the Silver Screen
    Ball of Fire (1941)

    Ball of Fire (1941)

    RKO Radio Pictures released Ball of Fire to theaters on December 2, 1941. Howard Hawks directed film which starred Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, and Oskar Homolka.

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  • SummariesBall of Fire (1941)

    Ball of Fire (1941)

    In New York City, a group of professors, all of whom are bachelors, live in a mansion together. They are busy compiling an encyclopedia of all human knowledge.

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  • SummariesYoung Frankenstein (1974)

    Young Frankenstein (1974)

    Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, pronounced frahn-ken-steen, grandson of the Frankenstein of monster fame, renounces his grandfather’s work and pursues a career as a respectable scientist.

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  • Movie House Memories
    The Sound of Music (1965)

    The Sound of Music (1965)

    Twentieth Century Fox released The Sound of Music to theaters on March 29, 1965. Robert Wise directs the film which stars Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker.

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  • Movie House Memories
    Young Frankenstein (1974)

    Young Frankenstein (1974)

    20th Century Fox released Young Frankenstein on December 15, 1974. Mel Brooks directed the film starring Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, and Marty Feldman.

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