The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep is a 1946 film noir directed by Howard Hawks, the first film version of Raymond Chandler's 1939 novel of the same name. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart as detective Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall as the female lead in a film about the "process of a criminal investigation, not its results." William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett, and Jules Furthman co-wrote the screenplay. In 1997, the U.S. Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," and added it to the National Film Registry. Watch the trailer below and the classic film here or here.

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Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella"

Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella"

Cinderella is a teenage girl forced to do all of the menial tasks in the home she shares with her coldhearted stepmother and homely stepsisters. One day when home alone, Cinderella shares a cup of water with a thirsty and handsome traveler, not realizing until he continues on his journey that he is the crown prince of the kingdom. Shortly thereafter, the king and queen invite every young maiden in the kingdom to a royal ball so that the crown prince can find a girl to marry. Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters go to the ball, leaving Cinderella behind to wish about how her life could be. While she is daydreaming, she is visited by her fairy godmother, who makes it possible for her wishes to come true.

Stars Lesley Ann Warren and Stuart Damon with Celeste Holm, Jo Van Fleet, Barbara Ruick, Pat Carroll, Walter Pidgeon, and Ginger Rogers as the Queen. Originally broadcast in the United States on February 22, 1965.

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Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

00:00 - Overture (Orchestra)
09:24 - Loneliness of Evening (Stuart Damon)
11:58 - Cinderella March (Orchestra)
16:16 - In My Own Little Corner (Lesley Ann Warren)
20:47 - The Prince Is Giving a Ball (Don Heitgerd, Ensemble)
27:58 - In My Own Little Corner (Reprise) (Lesley Ann Warren)
33:07 - Impossible/It's Possible (Celeste Holm, Lesley Ann Warren)
39:03 - Gavotte (Orchestra)
47:10 - Waltz for a Ball (Orchestra)
49:00 - Ten Minutes Ago (Stuart Damon, Lesley Ann Warren)
52:37 - Stepsisters' Lament (Barbara Ruick, Pat Carroll)
54:43 - Ten Minutes Ago (Reprise) (Ensemble)
57:07 - Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (Stuart Damon, Lesley Ann Warren)
1:03:41 - When You're Driving Through the Moonlight (Lesley Ann Warren, Jo Van Fleet, Barbara Ruick, Pat Carroll)
1:06:51 - A Lovely Night (Lesley Ann Warren)
1:10:35 - Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (Reprise) (Stuart Damon, Lesley Ann Warren)
1:12:56 - The Search (Orchestra)
1:18:15 - The Wedding (Orchestra)
1:21:45 - Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful? (Finale) (Ensemble)

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Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes: The down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class.

Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and gentle woman with whom he has three daughters. He is carrying on a torrid affair with a redheaded woman named Tula. Nick is basically a good, hardworking man driven forward by will and blinded by his urges. Like Oedipus at Colonus, he is sent into exile and searches to find his way back through the damage he has done. Explores the cost and value of a relationship through life and death. When the characters can no longer express themselves with language, they break into song...

Watch the trailer below and watch the movie on Putlocker one two or three, Sockshare or 56.

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The Cask of Amontillado

Adapted from the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado tells the story of Montresor, who leads a drunken Fortunato through a series of chambers beneath his home with the promise of a taste of Amontillado.

Directed By
Jared Mancuso
Edited By
Damian Bartolacci

Starring
Louis Palena
Bob Marcus
Nicole Calabrese


The Cask of Amontillado from Damian Bartolacci on Vimeo.

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