Henry Koster

Dear Brigitte

Admin — Fri, 01 Jan 1965 00:00:00 +0000

Professor Leaf, an absent-minded poet with a prejudice against the sciences, is forced to face the fact that his son is a math prodigy with little artistic talent of his own.

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation

Admin — Fri, 15 Jun 1962 00:00:00 +0000

Banker Roger Hobbs wants to spend his vacation alone with his wife, Peggy, but she insists on a family vacation at a California beach house that turns out to be ugly and broken down. Daughter Katey, embarrassed by her braces, refuses to go to the beach, as does TV-addicted son Danny. When the family is joined by Hobbs’ two unhappily married daughters and their husbands, he must help everyone with their problems to get some peace.

Flower Drum Song

Admin — Thu, 09 Nov 1961 00:00:00 +0000

A refugee travels to Chinatown as a mail-order bride.

D-Day the Sixth of June

Admin — Tue, 29 May 1956 00:00:00 +0000

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.

A Man Called Peter

Admin — Thu, 31 Mar 1955 00:00:00 +0000

Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a “calling” from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the position of pastor of the Church of the Presidents in Washington, D.C. and eventually he becomes Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.

Désirée

Admin — Tue, 16 Nov 1954 00:00:00 +0000

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor’s downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.

The Robe

Admin — Wed, 16 Sep 1953 00:00:00 +0000

“مارسلوس” در زمان مسیح یک تریبون بود. او مسئول گروهی می شود که ماموریت دارند مسیح را به صلیب بکشند. سپس لباس مسیح را به دست می آورد و پس از آن اتفاق دچار کابوسهای وحشتناکی می شود که…

My Cousin Rachel

Admin — Thu, 25 Dec 1952 00:00:00 +0000

A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty.

O. Henry’s Full House

Admin — Thu, 07 Aug 1952 00:00:00 +0000

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic’s acclaim was “The Cop and the Anthem”. Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can’t even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are “The Clarion Call”, “The Last Leaf”, “The Ransom of Red Chief”, and “The Gift of the Magi”.

No Highway in the Sky

Admin — Thu, 28 Jun 1951 00:00:00 +0000

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.