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Tag Archives: Rouben Mamoulian
Porgy and Bess (1959) Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian, Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr.
In this legendary Gershwin opera set among the black residents of a fishing village in 1912 South Carolina Read More »
Blood and Sand (1941) Rouben Mamoulian, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Rita Hayworth
Brash young Spanish peasant Juan Gallardo (Tyrone Power) aspires to follow his dead father’s Read More »
Love Me Tonight (1932) Rouben Mamoulian, Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Charles Ruggles
When Parisienne tailor Maurice Courtelin learns that one of his aristocratic clients Read More »
We Live Again (1934) Rouben Mamoulian, Anna Sten, Fredric March, Jane Baxter
Nekhlyudov, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha Read More »
Becky Sharp (1935) Rouben Mamoulian, Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke
Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Vanity Fair by Thackeray. Read More »
City Streets (1931) Rouben Mamoulian, Gary Cooper, Sylvia Sidney, Paul Lukas
Nan, a racketeer’s daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Read More »
Applause (1929) Rouben Mamoulian, Helen Morgan, Joan Peers, Fuller Mellish Jr.
This early example of the “backstage” musical genre tells the story of Kitty Darling Read More »
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Rouben Mamoulian, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone
Tired of Governor Quintero’s (J. Edward Bromberg) exploitation of poor Californians, Don Diego (Tyrone Power) decides to fight back and assumes the identity of Zorro. Read More »
Silk Stockings (1957) Rouben Mamoulian, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Janis Paige
A musical remake of Ninotchka: After three bumbling Soviet agents fail in their mission to retrieve a straying Soviet composer from Paris Read More »