Stephen Bekassy

Arch of Triumph (1948)

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Charles Boyer  •  Charles Laughton  •  Louis Calhern

In the winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. One rainy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Milestone
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Charles Boyer  •  Charles Laughton  •  Louis Calhern

A Song to Remember (1945)

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Merle Oberon  •  Cornel Wilde  •  Nina Foch

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Paul Muni  •  Merle Oberon  •  Cornel Wilde  •  Nina Foch

Interrupted Melody (1955)

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Eleanor Parker  •  Roger Moore  •  Cecil Kellaway

Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence. She’s a foremost Wagnerian, equal to the vocal and physical demands of the composer’s oeuvre. And she’s a beacon of triumph to anyone who fights back ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Glenn Ford  •  Eleanor Parker  •  Roger Moore  •  Cecil Kellaway

Serenade (1956)

A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Mario Lanza  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Sara Montiel  •  Vincent Price

A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps make him a star but then breaks his heart. He flees in misery to Mexico where he meets a sweet farm girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Mario Lanza  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Sara Montiel  •  Vincent Price

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)

Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl became a general ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Glenn Ford  •  Charles Boyer  •  Lee J. Cobb

Karl from Germany and Marcelo from France emigrated to Argentina and became brothers-in-law. Karl soon returned to Germany to serve in the army. Marcelo and his children Julio and Chichi became Argentinean citizens but later returned to Paris. Karl became a general ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Glenn Ford  •  Charles Boyer  •  Lee J. Cobb

Woman of the North Country (1952)

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Ruth Hussey  •  John Agar  •  Gale Storm

In 1890 Minnesota Christine Powell is the scheming head of the Powell dynasty, the richest mining empire of the era. But the Powell mine deposits are diminishing. The Mesabi range represents a whole new productive area but the rights to mine there are held by a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Ruth Hussey  •  John Agar  •  Gale Storm

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)

In 1960, a pilot testing an experimental rocket powered aircraft accidentally flies into the future and finds himself in a sealed city whose people suspect he is a spy from outside their walls, but who want to keep him to procreate with the ruler's daughter because ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Robert Clarke  •  Darlene Tompkins  •  Vladimir Sokoloff  •  Boyd 'Red' Morgan

In 1960, a pilot testing an experimental rocket powered aircraft accidentally flies into the future and finds himself in a sealed city whose people suspect he is a spy from outside their walls, but who want to keep him to procreate with the ruler's daughter because ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Robert Clarke  •  Darlene Tompkins  •  Vladimir Sokoloff  •  Boyd 'Red' Morgan

The Pathfinder (1952)

Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who have brought death and pillage to his people. He takes on a mission to retrieve secret plans from within the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Salkow
CAST:  George Montgomery  •  Helena Carter  •  Jay Silverheels  •  Walter Kingsford

Pathfinder, a white man raised by the Mohican Indians, joins forces with the British army to avenge himself on the Mingo warriors and the French, who have brought death and pillage to his people. He takes on a mission to retrieve secret plans from within the French ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Salkow
CAST:  George Montgomery  •  Helena Carter  •  Jay Silverheels  •  Walter Kingsford

The Light in the Forest (1958)

A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herschel Daugherty
CAST:  Fess Parker  •  Wendell Corey  •  Joanne Dru  •  James MacArthur

A young white man who spent his whole life raised by a Native American tribe is sent to live with his true family and must learn to fit in with the people he was taught to hate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herschel Daugherty
CAST:  Fess Parker  •  Wendell Corey  •  Joanne Dru  •  James MacArthur

Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)

A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Warren Douglas  •  Lois Hall  •  June Vincent  •  Stephen Bekassy

A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Warren Douglas  •  Lois Hall  •  June Vincent  •  Stephen Bekassy

The Purple Mask (1955)

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Colleen Miller  •  Gene Barry  •  Dan O'Herlihy

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Colleen Miller  •  Gene Barry  •  Dan O'Herlihy

Prisoner of War (1954)

American soldiers, captured by North Korean's, are periodically brainwashed into giving up their capitalist ways to join the communist movement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Marton
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Steve Forrest  •  Dewey Martin  •  Robert Horton

American soldiers, captured by North Korean's, are periodically brainwashed into giving up their capitalist ways to join the communist movement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Marton
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Steve Forrest  •  Dewey Martin  •  Robert Horton

Bachelor Flat (1962)

Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen goes on vacation, Bruce decides to stay at her apartment but is surprised by the arrival of Libby, Helen's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tashlin
CAST:  Tuesday Weld  •  Richard Beymer  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Celeste Holm

Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen goes on vacation, Bruce decides to stay at her apartment but is surprised by the arrival of Libby, Helen's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tashlin
CAST:  Tuesday Weld  •  Richard Beymer  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Celeste Holm

Black Magic (1949)

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Orson Welles  •  Nancy Guild  •  Raymond Burr  •  Akim Tamiroff

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory Ratoff
CAST:  Orson Welles  •  Nancy Guild  •  Raymond Burr  •  Akim Tamiroff

Purple Lilacs (1934)

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DIRECTION:  Steve Sekely
CAST:  Irén Ágay  •  Irén Biller  •  György Nagy  •  Gyula Kabos

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DIRECTION:  Steve Sekely
CAST:  Irén Ágay  •  Irén Biller  •  György Nagy  •  Gyula Kabos

Hell and High Water (1954)

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Fuller
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Bella Darvi  •  Victor Francen  •  Cameron Mitchell

A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Samuel Fuller
CAST:  Richard Widmark  •  Bella Darvi  •  Victor Francen  •  Cameron Mitchell

Calypso Joe (1957)

Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in spite of the efforts made by her former boyfriend, Lee Darling, a television star, to win her back. Rico's sister, Astra, makes a play for Lee, who only responds to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dein
CAST:  Herb Jeffries  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Ed Kemmer  •  Stephen Bekassy

Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in spite of the efforts made by her former boyfriend, Lee Darling, a television star, to win her back. Rico's sister, Astra, makes a play for Lee, who only responds to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dein
CAST:  Herb Jeffries  •  Angie Dickinson  •  Ed Kemmer  •  Stephen Bekassy