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Vincente Minnelli
Filmography
Vincente Minnelli - filmography
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Two Weeks in Another Town
(1962)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson, Cyd Charisse
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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One of Hollywood's great directors, Vincente Minnelli, turns a jaundiced eye towards the film industry in this drama about the inner workings of the movie business. Jack Andrus (Kirk Douglas) is an actor whose career has gone into a tailspin along with his personal life; after a severe bout with ..read more »
 
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Some Came Running
(1958)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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After the success of From Here to Eternity, pairing Frank Sinatra with another James Jones novel made perfect sense. Set in the aftermath of World War II, the film stars Sinatra as a recently discharged soldier whose promising writing career has derailed. After a drunken card game, Sinatra finds ..read more »
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Gigi
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Isabel Jeans, Monique Van Vooren, Jacques Bergerac
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Set in Paris at the turn of the century, this delightful Lerner and Loewe musical, based on a story by Collette, follows a precocious French girl as she is groomed into a would-be courtesan, blossoming into a stunning woman. The story provides plenty of opportunity for Minnelli and MGM to pull out ..read more »
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Lust For Life
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, James Donald, Anthony Quinn
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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This filmed biography of Vincent Van Gogh was adapted by Norman Corwin from the best-selling novel by Irving Stone, which was in turn inspired by the written correspondence between Van Gogh and his brother Theo. Kirk Douglas plays the tormented genius, whose obsessive devotion to his art engulfs, ..read more »
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Kismet
(1955)
Starring: Howard Keel
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Like a tale spun by Schehrazade, Kismet follows the remarkable and repeated changes of fortune that engulf a poor poet. It all happens in one incredible day when Kismet (Fate) takes a hand.
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Brigadoon
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Reportedly, Vincente Minnelli turned down the opportunity to film Brigadoon on location in Scotland insisting that MGM's studio mockups looked more Scottish than the genuine article. This lavish adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe Broadway musical stars Gene Kelly as an American tourist who stumbles ..read more »
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The Long, Long Trailer
(1954)
Starring: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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At the height of their TV fame, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were contracted by MGM to make two theatrical films. The first of these, The Long, Long Trailer, stars Lucy and Desi as an upwardly mobile couple who decide to buy a trailer so they can live together while his job takes him around the ..read more »
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The Band Wagon
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Jack Buchanan
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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One of the most subtle and sophisticated of the musical comedies that came out of MGM's Arthur Freed Unit in the '40s and '50s, The Band Wagon stars Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His ..read more »
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The Bad And The Beautiful
(1952)
Starring: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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An egotistical producer, Jonathan Shields (Douglas), determined to prove himself the finest filmmaker of all, gladly steps all over those who helped him when he was starting out. Told from the perspective of three victims -- an actress (Turner), a writer (Powell), and a director (Sullivan) -- this ..read more »
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An American In Paris
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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One of the greatest of 1950s screen musicals is a happy collaboration between the grace and athleticism of Gene Kelly and colourful palette of Vincente Minnelli. An American G.I. lingers in Paris after the war to study painting and soon falls in love with Caron, an engaged mademoiselle, much to the ..read more »
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Father's Little Dividend
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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This sequel to the hugely popular FATHER OF THE BRIDE reunited the entire cast for another charming turn. Although Tracy's hoping for some peace and quiet now that Taylor's been married off, he soon learns he's in for more chaos as an expectant grandfather. Also in a computer colorized version.
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The Pirate
(1948)
Starring: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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On a Caribbean isle in the early 19th century, sheltered young Manuela comes to believe that traveling troubadour Serafin is in reality "Mack the Black," a notorious pirate. Serafin realizes that the surest way to win Manuela's heart is to impersonate the romantic buccaneer, and this is what he ..read more »
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The Clock
(1945)
Starring: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp
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Meet Me in St. Louis
on DVD
(1944)
Starring: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Vincente Minnelli's classic romantic musical about a well-off family, the Smiths, in 1903 St. Louis. As the two oldest girls fret about boys and love, a darker, more serious cloud appears on the horizon: their father is being transferred to a job in far-off New York City just as the World's Fair is ..read more »
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