Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire. Read More »
Tag Archives: Merle Oberon
The Lodger (1944) John Brahm, Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders
In late Victorian London, Jack the Ripper has been killing and maiming actresses in the night. Read More »
Temptation (1946) Irving Pichel, Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
In a flashback, late-Victorian beauty Ruby, a divorcee with a shady past, calculatingly marries rich Egyptologist Nigel, who installs her at his Cairo estate while he digs for mummies. Read More »
First Comes Courage (1943) Dorothy Arzner, Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Carl Esmond, War, Drama
Désirée (1954) Henry Koster, Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte Read More »
The Price of Fear (1956) Abner Biberman, Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Charles Drake, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
The co-owner of a racetrack discovers that his partner has sold out to a gangster. The gangster plans to take sole control of the track and plans to get rid of his new partner. Read More »
Lydia (1941) Julien Duvivier, Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotten, Edna May Oliver, Drama, Romance
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy old woman who has never married, is invited by an old beau, Dr. Michael Fitzpatrick Read More »
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Poor Mary Smith can’t go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father’s political career. Read More »
Wuthering Heights (1939) William Wyler, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Drama, Romance
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) Harold Young, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon, Raymond Massey, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
London fop Percy Blakeney is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. Read More »
Berlin Express (1948) Jacques Tourneur, Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
In divided Germany just after WWII, people from many different countries are passengers on a train. When one of the passengers, a German working for peace, is kidnapped by people who don’t want his ideas to work, the others must set aside their differences and work together to find him in time for an important conference.
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Night Song (1947) John Cromwell, Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore, Drama, Romance, Music
Cathy Mallory, beautiful socialite who prefers classical music, is taken by friends to a back-alley dance club. There, she meets blind pianist Dan Evans, who plays in Chick Morgan’s swing band but seems to be a composer of great promise. Attracted but spurned, Cathy feigns blindness herself to get past Dan’s bitter facade, scheming to get him to the doctor who can restore his sight…and to Carnegie Hall. But her actions bring about several twists in their relationship…
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The Dark Angel (1935) Sidney Franklin, Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall, Drama, Romance
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan. Gerald graciously gives them his blessing. Then, Gerald and Alan go to war. Angered over a misunderstanding involving Alan and Kitty, Gerald sends Alan on a dangerous mission that will change all their lives forever.
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