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Avalon

A Polish-Jewish family comes to the USA at the beginning of the Twentieth Century. There, the family and their children try to make themselves a better future in the so-called promised land.

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A man and woman look at each other.

A man and woman look at each other.

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Yours, Mine and Ours

Lonely, widowed nurse Helen North meets up with widower Frank Beardsley, and the two fall in love and plan to marry. The only problem that lies in the way of their blessed union is that Helen has eight children, and Frank has ten more of his own.

A man wears a smug expression.

A man wears a smug expression.

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Twelfth Night

Twins Viola and Sebastian each presume the other is dead after a shipwreck near Illyria. Disguised as her brother, Viola enters Illyrian society, a move that sets into motion a delirious dance of mistaken identity and gender confusion.

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West Side Story

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy.

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Oliver!

(1968) Lionel Bart's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist." Stars Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Mark Lester, Jack Wild, and Hugh Griffith.

A dancer performs passionately in an empty performance hall. | "White Nights"

A dancer performs passionately in an empty performance hall. | "White Nights"

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White Nights

(1985) A Russian ballet star who has defected is forced by a twist of fate back to the USSR. Stars Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Geraldine Page, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini.

A dancer performs passionately in an empty performance hall. | "White Nights"

A dancer performs passionately in an empty performance hall. | "White Nights"

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White Nights

(1985) A Russian ballet star who has defected is forced by a twist of fate back to the USSR. Stars Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Geraldine Page, Helen Mirren and Isabella Rossellini.

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Risky Business

A Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.

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Best In Show

A colorful array of characters compete at a national dog show.

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Arthur

Charming but incessantly intoxicated multimillionaire Arthur Bach stands on the brink of an arranged marriage to properly pedigreed heiress Susan Johnson, but his heart belongs to a working-class filcher.

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The Apartment

A man tries to rise in his company by letting its executives use his apartment for trysts, but complications and a romance of his own ensue.