Classic Films
All About Eve

Aspiring actress Eve Harrington preys on the life and career of her idol, Broadway doyenne Margo Channing
Casablanca

Night club proprietor Rick encounters his long lost love and her Resistance-leader husband in Nazi-occupied North Africa
Citizen Kane 

The story of an immensely weathly newspaper publisher, as he is remembered by his friends and former wife after his death
City Lights

When the Tramp falls in love with a poor blind girl, he raises the money for the operation which restores her sight
Double Indemnity

An insurance salesman and an unhappy wife conspire to murder her husband and collect his insurance policy
The General

After being rejected by the Confederate Army, Johnny's locomotive, the General, is stolen and he sets out to get it back and once again win the heart of his beloved Annabelle
Gone With the Wind

Follows the life and loves of the beautiful and selfish Scarlett O'Hara set against the American Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction
Hans Christian Andersen

The Danish author fascinates the children of Copenhagen with his stories as they are brought to life with dancing and music
Lawrence of Arabia

Cinematic account of the life of T.E. Lawrence who, as a World War I British Army officer, helped unite rival Arab tribes in their fight against the Turkish
On the Waterfront

An ex-fighter gets caught up in the waterfront gangs after the death of his brother
Psycho

A woman on the run from her employer and the law stops at the mysterious Bates motel, and when she goes missing her sister and boyfriend and the employer's private investigator look into the disappearance
The Searchers

When Ethan Edwards returns from the Civil War to find that Comanches have killed his brother and his brother's wife and have taken their daughter, he sets out after them
Singin' in the Rain

A Hollywood actor who has risen from vaudeville to become a silent film star must make the difficult transition to sound films
Sunset Boulevard

Struggling Hollywood writer Joe Gillis becomes entangled with reclusive silent film star Norma Desmond, whose madness destroys them both
Vertigo

Police detective John "Scottie" Ferguson succumbs to his neuroses after the death of his partner and meets a look-a-like of his former lover
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