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The first of Douglas Sirk's series of Technicolor soap operas that so endeared him to R.W. Fassbinder, among other cultists and auteurists.

IT'S A GREAT FEELING is a rather bizarre but mildly amusing Warner Bros. comedy starring Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, and Jack Carson.

An acting student helps a friend hide when he's suspected of killing the husband of his lover, a musical comedy star .

I am emotionally exhausted, drained absolutely. For no sooner do I discover on Zone Romantica that The Thorn Birds are flying once more, than I realise that its reruns are being sandwiched between repeats of ...

Those in search of a trivia question about Hollywood could not possibly hope to top the following: "Which actress, the ex-wife of an American president, was buried in a nun's habit?" The actress of course was ...

Left: Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in "Magnificent Obsession." Right: Patrick McGoohan in "The Quare Fellow." Good gracious, but we're buried in fascinating new DVDs this winter here at Beyond the Multiplex ...

Top picks this week include an adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd , Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona , and Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman in 1954's Magnificent Obsession .

The story is nuts: spoiled-rotten playboy Bobby Merrick crashes his speedboat, indirectly causing the death of saintly Dr.

Wilmington on DVD: Magnificent Obsession , George Wallace , Max Payne , The Express , and City of Ember Mike Wilmington on Friday 01/23/2009 12:00 pm PICKS OF THE WEEK Magnificent Obsession U.S.; Douglas Sirk, ...

Magnificent Obsession 1954, Criterion, unrated, $40 The first -- and soapiest -- of the Douglas Sirk/Ross Hunter melodramas stars Rock Hudson as a selfish playboy who turns a new leaf when he romances a ...

HUNKY heartthrobs of two dif ferent generations - Robert Taylor and Rock Hudson - both had career breakthroughs in different versions of "Magnificent Obsession." The 1936 original, co-starring Irene Dunne and ...

"Once you find the way, you'll be bound. It will obsess you. But believe me, it will be a magnificent obsession." Although he directed nearly 50 films in the U.S. and Germany, Douglas Sirk is perhaps most ...

Restrained passion, brooding desire, and undying love are painted on the screen in glorious Technicolor.

Dear David Inman: In regards to K.J.K.'s question in the Dec. 21 column about a movie with Jane Wyman as a nanny, I think it's The Blue Veil with Jane Wyman and Richard Carlson.

CHEYENNE is an entertaining Raoul Walsh Western starring Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyman.