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Victor Young

Born August 8, 1900 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died November 11, 1956 · aged 56

Victor Young (August 8, 1900 - November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor.

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Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.

Samson and Delilah · 1949

Samson and Delilah

★ 6.61949

MovieRomanceDrama

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

Sands of Iwo Jima · 1950

Sands of Iwo Jima

★ 6.41950

MovieWarDrama

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 6.71956

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

The Tall Men · 1955

The Tall Men

★ 6.41955

MovieWesternAdventure

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Written on the Wind · 1956

Written on the Wind

★ 7.01956

MovieDramaRomance

Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle, is an alcoholic playboy, and his daughter, Marylee, is the town tramp. Mitch harbors a secret love for Kyle's unsatisfied wife, Lucy -- a fact that leaves him exposed when the jealous Marylee accuses him of murder.

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Samson and Delilah · 1949

Samson and Delilah

★ 6.61949

MovieRomanceDrama

When strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks vengeance that brings horrible consequences they both regret.

Original Music Composer

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

Original Music Composer

Original Music Composer

Sands of Iwo Jima · 1950

Sands of Iwo Jima

★ 6.41950

MovieWarDrama

Original Music Composer

Around the World in 80 Days · 1956

Around the World in 80 Days

★ 6.71956

MovieAdventureComedy

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

Original Music Composer

The Tall Men · 1955

The Tall Men

★ 6.41955

MovieWesternAdventure

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

Original Music Composer

Written on the Wind · 1956

Written on the Wind

★ 7.01956

MovieDramaRomance

Songs

The Country Girl · 1954

The Country Girl

★ 7.01954

MovieDrama

An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.

Original Music Composer

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pulled in town that results in a man's death, Emma Small, Vienna's rival, rallies the townsfolk to take revenge on Vienna's saloon – even without proof of her wrongdoing.

Original Music Composer

The Courtship of Eddie's Father · 1963

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

★ 5.91963

MovieDramaComedy

Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.

Songs

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Original Music Composer

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

Original Music Composer

Night Has a Thousand Eyes · 1948

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

★ 6.81948

MovieThrillerMystery

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.

Original Music Composer

The Greatest Show on Earth · 1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

★ 6.31952

MovieDramaRomance

To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.

Original Music Composer

Scaramouche · 1952

Scaramouche

★ 7.01952

MovieAdventureRomance

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

Original Music Composer

The Blue Dahlia · 1946

The Blue Dahlia

★ 6.71946

MovieCrimeMystery

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.

Original Music Composer

The Palm Beach Story · 1942

The Palm Beach Story

★ 7.01942

MovieComedyRomance

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.

Original Music Composer

For Whom the Bell Tolls · 1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

★ 6.51943

MovieWarRomance

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

Original Music Composer

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Original Music Composer

Bart Tare, an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival alongside her. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, at Starr's behest, the couple embarks on a crime spree for cash.

Original Music Composer

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

Original Music Composer

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

★ 7.51937

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Original Music Composer

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Original Music Composer

Medic is an American medical drama that aired on NBC beginning in 1954. Medic was television's first doctor drama to focus attention on medical procedures. Created by its principal writer James E. Moser, Medic tried to create realism which would typify medical shows from then on. Moser had previously written for the radio shows Dragnet and Dr. Kildare. He went on to write the television series Ben Casey.

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