Search results for "Bette Davis"
Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando…
Wicked Stepmother (1989)
A mother/daughter pair of witches descend on a yuppie family’s home and cause havoc, one at a time since they share one body & the other must live in a…
The Whales of August (1987)
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Right of Way (1983)
Miniature Dwyer is named after her mother, who was making miniature doll houses when Minnie was born. Minnie, too, has built doll houses for years, and when she learns that…
Family Reunion (1981)
Elizabeth Winfield is a retired teacher, who desperately tries to keep her family together. While she’s traveling through the country and meeting her relatives, back in her hometown, a group…
Death on the Nile (1978)
As Hercule Poirot enjoys a luxurious cruise down the Nile, a newlywed heiress is found murdered on board and every elegant passenger becomes a prime suspect.
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a display of their supernatural skill catches…
Burnt Offerings (1976)
A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time someone gets hurt on the…
Scream Pretty Peggy (1973)
A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
Madame Sin (1972)
A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman’s plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Connecting Rooms (1970)
Explores the relationships shared by the residents of a seedy boarding house in London. Based on the play The Cellist, by Marion Hart.
The Anniversary (1968)
Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for it to continue. None of…
The Nanny (1965)
Nanny, a London family’s live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he’s been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses…
Hush… Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964)
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
A divorced couple’s teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother’s latest lover.
Dead Ringer (1964)
The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is…
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
The Scapegoat (1959)
An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Storm Center (1956)
Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She’s quickly labeled a Communist.
The Catered Affair (1956)
An Irish cabby in the Bronx watches his wife go overboard planning their daughter’s wedding.
The Virgin Queen (1955)
Sir Walter Raleigh overcomes court intrigue to win favor with the Queen in order to get financing for a proposed voyage to the New World.
The Star (1952)
Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret…
Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were,…
Another Man’s Poison (1951)
Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary’s fiancé and when her…
Payment on Demand (1951)
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to…
All About Eve (1950)
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers…
Beyond the Forest (1949)
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she…
June Bride (1948)
A magazine’s staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
Deception (1946)
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
A Stolen Life (1946)
A twin takes her deceased sister’s place as wife of the man they both love.
The Corn Is Green (1945)
When a teacher reads an essay written by Morgan Evans, one of the boys, moved by his rough poetry she decides to hold classes in her house and believes that…
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
Old Acquaintance (1943)
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara’s wealthy mother near…
Now Voyager (1942)
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
In This Our Life (1942)
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister’s husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.