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Dubbed "Lust in the Dust" by Hollywood wags and at 5 millio ... Read more

Dubbed "Lust in the Dust" by Hollywood wags and at 5 million the most expensive film made up to that time DUEL IN THE SUN stars Jennifer Jones as Pearl Chavez a stunning young half-breed. After her father's death she's taken in by distant relative Laura Belle McCanles Lillian Gish whose husband Senator Lionel Barrymore is a Texas cattle baron of immense wealth. She soons finds herself attracted to the two McCanles sons: the magnetic hell-raiser Lewt Gregory Peck and the educated restrained Jesse Joseph Cotten. Since Pearl is presumed to have inherited her mother's hot-blooded disposition she's tagged as a bad girl by Lewt who quickly makes a pass at her without success. But with Jesse away on business she and Lewt eventually become lovers although she still can't decide which of the two she loves. Meanwhile Senator is embroiled in a dispute over the invasion of his property by railroad interests becoming enraged when Jesse chooses the pen over the shotgun as a negotiating tool. Saturated in sexual innuendo this fabulously overripe overproduced melodrama which constantly teeters on the edge of camp is more than anything else the product of David O. Selznick's megalomaniacal desire to top his earlier epic GONE WITH THE WIND. That said the acting is very good as is Dimitri Tiomkin's score and the crowd scenes are superbly orchestrated. Minimize

A young man returning home to his mother after an unsuccess ... Read more

A young man returning home to his mother after an unsuccessful romance finds himself on jury duty in the trial of a woman he has secretly loved since grade school. Convinced she has been framed, he sets out to prove her innocence and that's when everything gets wildly out of hand. Minimize

Starring David Niven and Theresa Wright as two star-crossed ... Read more

Starring David Niven and Theresa Wright as two star-crossed lovers whose relationship was never meant to be ENCHANTMENT is a fascinating study in how family fortunes can take a strange yet familiar twist over the years. Niven plays Rollo whose younger days saw him wooing Lark Wright but coming unstuck when faced with her formidable older sister who kept the pair apart. A considerable time passes and Rollo finds that his niece and Lark's nephew are caught up in the throes of a blossoming romance. But with the demands of war threatening to tear the lovers apart Rollo fears history may be about to repeat itself. A taut absorbing drama from 1948 Niven and Wright are at the top of their game throughout. Minimize