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Gone With The Wind

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Gone With The Wind
© 1939 Selznick International Pictures − All right reserved.

Gone with the Wind

Poster for the movie "Gone with the Wind"
Release Date  15 December 1939 (3 h 58 min)
Directed by  Victor Fleming
Writer  Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten
Composer  Max Steiner
Genres  Drama, Romance, War
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

  • Year of production  1939
  • Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Local Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Revenue  $3,000,000,000
  • Budget  $4,000,000
  • Language  English


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Overview

The greatest romance of all time!

An American classic in which a manipulative woman and a roguish man carry on a turbulent love affair in the American south during the Civil War and Reconstruction.


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  • Movie Rating  Not rated
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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  770
  • Original Title  Gone with the Wind
  • Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Local Release Date  15 December 1939
  • Runtime  3 h 58 min
  • Production  Selznick International Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Drama, Romance, War
  • Director  Victor Fleming
  • Producer  David O. Selznick
  • Director of Photography  Ernest Haller, Lee Garmes
  • Original Music Composer  Max Steiner
  • Author 
  • Writer  Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten
  • Certification  G
  • Budget  $4,000,000
  • Revenue  $3,000,000,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0031381
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

Directors


Actors and Actresses


Scénario

Oliver H.P. Garrett
Ben Hecht
Jo Swerling
John Van Druten

Soundtrack

Max Steiner

Production

David O. Selznick

Companies

Selznick International Pictures
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

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The Thin Man

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The Thin Man
© 1934 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) − All right reserved.

The Thin Man

Poster for the movie "The Thin Man"
Release Date  25 May 1934 (1 h 33 min)
Directed by  W.S. Van Dyke
Writer 
Composer 
Genres  Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

  • Year of production  1934
  • Release Date  25 May 1934
  • Local Release Date  25 May 1934
  • Revenue  $1,423,000
  • Budget  $226,408
  • Language  English


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Overview

A laugh tops every thrilling moment!

A husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  3529
  • Original Title  The Thin Man
  • Release Date  25 May 1934
  • Local Release Date  25 May 1934
  • Runtime  1 h 33 min
  • Production  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Comedy, Crime, Mystery
  • Director  W.S. Van Dyke
  • Producer  Hunt Stromberg Jr.
  • Director of Photography  James Wong Howe
  • Original Music Composer 
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $226,408
  • Revenue  $1,423,000
  • IMDb Id  tt0025878
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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The Philadelphia Story

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The Philadelphia Story
© 1940 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) − All right reserved.

The Philadelphia Story

Poster for the movie "The Philadelphia Story"
Release Date  5 December 1940 (1 h 52 min)
Directed by  George Cukor
Writer 
Composer  Franz Waxman
Genres  Comedy, Romance
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord throws out her playboy husband C.K. Dexter Haven shortly after their marriage. Two years later, Tracy is about to marry respectable George Kittredge whilst Dexter has been working for "Spy" magazine. Dexter arrives at the Lord mansion the day before the wedding with journalist Mike Connor and photographer Liz Imbrie, determined to spoil things.

  • Year of production  1940
  • Release Date  5 December 1940
  • Local Release Date  5 December 1940
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  0
  • Language  English


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Overview

Broadway's howling year-run comedy hit of the snooty society beauty who slipped and fell - IN LOVE!

Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord throws out her playboy husband C.K. Dexter Haven shortly after their marriage. Two years later, Tracy is about to marry respectable George Kittredge whilst Dexter has been working for "Spy" magazine. Dexter arrives at the Lord mansion the day before the wedding with journalist Mike Connor and photographer Liz Imbrie, determined to spoil things.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  981
  • Original Title  The Philadelphia Story
  • Release Date  5 December 1940
  • Local Release Date  5 December 1940
  • Runtime  1 h 52 min
  • Production  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English
  • Genres  Comedy, Romance
  • Director  George Cukor
  • Producer  Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Director of Photography  Joseph Ruttenberg
  • Original Music Composer  Franz Waxman
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification  NR
  • Budget  0
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0032904
  • Adult 
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Arsenic and Old Lace

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Arsenic and Old Lace
© 1944 Warner Bros. − All right reserved.

Arsenic and Old Lace

Poster for the movie "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Release Date  23 September 1944 (1 h 58 min)
Directed by  Frank Capra
Writer 
Composer  Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein
Genres  Comedy, Crime
Country   United States of America
Rating 
Not rated yet!

Synopsis and Details

Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.

  • Year of production  1944
  • Release Date  23 September 1944
  • Local Release Date  23 September 1944
  • Revenue  0
  • Budget  $1,120,175
  • Language  English, German


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Overview

She Passed Out On Cary! No Wonder . . . She's just discovered his favorite aunts have poisoned their 13th gentleman friend!

Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. We watch him being married at city hall in the opening scene. Now all that is required is a quick trip home to tell Mortimer's two maiden aunts. While trying to break the news, he finds out his aunts' hobby; killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar. It gets worse.


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Metadata

  • TMDb ID  212
  • Original Title  Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Release Date  23 September 1944
  • Local Release Date  23 September 1944
  • Runtime  1 h 58 min
  • Production  Warner Bros.
  • Country   United States of America
  • Languages  English, German
  • Genres  Comedy, Crime
  • Director  Frank Capra
  • Producer  Frank Capra, Jack Warner
  • Director of Photography  Sol Polito
  • Original Music Composer  Max Steiner, Leo F. Forbstein
  • Author 
  • Writer 
  • Certification 
  • Budget  $1,120,175
  • Revenue  0
  • IMDb Id  tt0036613
  • Adult 
  • Homepage 

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