Charles Brackett
The King and I
This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynner's Academy Award®-winning performance, an unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein® score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins. It tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860's. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another.
Titanic
Titanic is a poignant retelling of the 1912 sinking of the luxury liner and of the lives that were lost during its slow descent into the Atlantic. The film is a feast for the eyes, with lavish production values and a painstaking attention to detail, in particular to the authenticity of the design of the ship. The film's Oscar-winning screenplay is a deft blending of fact and fancy that poignantly explores the lives of those aboard this doomed vessel. The sinking of the Titanic serves as the backdrop for a several fictional subplots, chief of which involves snobby socialite Richard Sturges and his wife, Julia. Mrs. Sturges has booked passage on the ill-fated passenger ship with her daughter and son, leaving her husband far behind. Richard manages to board the ship at the last minute, but to no avail: immediately Julia reveals her plans to divorce him. When the Titanic sideswipes an iceberg, Richard shows considerable bravery, ensuring that the women and children aboard are ushered to safety. He is reunited and reconciled with his son, and poignantly the two face their final moments on earth together.
Niagara
George og Rose Loomis er på bryllupsreise på et motell i Niagara Falls. Sammen med Ted Patrick planlegger hun å myrde mannen sin, men det går ikke helt som planlagt. Etter at Loomis blir meldt savnet, ser Polly Cutler ham på motellet, men ektemannen Bud tror hun innbiller seg ting. Marilyn synger "Kiss".
Sunset Boulevard
En aldrende tidligere stumfilmstjerne lever tilbaketrukket i sin mørke villa i Beverly Hills mens hun drømmer om et grandiost comeback
Forspilte dager
Billy Wilder's searing portrait of an alcoholic features an Oscar-winning performance by Ray Milland as Don Birnam, a writer whose lust for booze consumes his career, his life, and his loves. In addition to the trophy for Milland, this classic, trailblazing film won Oscars for Best Picture, and for Wilder's direction and screenplay (shared with Charles Brackett)
Ninotchka
Da de sovjetiske myndighetene sender tre dystre diplomater til Paris for å selge gamle juveler fra keisertiden, ber edelsteinenes tidligere eier, storhertuginne Swana, sin kjekke kjæreste, grev Leon, om å få tilbake eiendelene. Med Leons hjelp blir de tre sovjeterne raskt fristet av kapitalismens dekadens. For å redde oppdraget sender Sovjet sin mest ubestikkelige agent, Nina Ivanovna Yakushova. Idet Leon forsøker å myke opp den vakre, men tilsynelatende kalde kommisæren, er det han som først taper sitt hjerte - ved å forelske seg i Ninotchka - i denne klassiske romantiske komedien.