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Henry King

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In Old ChicagoIn Old Chicago (1937)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
Lavish disaster movie based on the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 which almost completely destroyed the original city in a huge fireball. Although the…
Alexander's Ragtime BandAlexander's Ragtime Band (1938) Recommended
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
Irving Berlin contributes over two dozen songs as well as the screenplay for this rousing story of the history of (white) jazz music from ragtime to…
Jesse JamesJesse James (1939)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly
Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda play the legendary James brothers in this somewhat romanticised version of their fable. Sequel: THE RETURN OF FRANK…
Black Swan, TheBlack Swan, The (1942)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara
Premium pirate hokum with a spirited assortment of heroes and villains and a plot that never lulls.
Song of Bernadette, TheSong of Bernadette, The (1943) Recommended
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Vincent Price, Charles Bickford
Religious melodrama set in 19th century rural France, where Jones controversially has visions of the Virgin Mary. Over–lavish (and long), this…
A Bell For AdanoA Bell For Adano (1945)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix
Hodiak plays an army major assigned to restore order in a small Italian town in this gentle–natured drama. The luminous –and blonde…
Captain from CastileCaptain from Castile (1947)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero
Extravagant technicolour epic set in the early years of the 16th century, recounting the adventures of a young nobleman (Tyrone Power) who flees…
Twelve O'Clock HighTwelve O'Clock High (1949) Recommended
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck is at his peak as a General brought in to restore morale to a squadron engaged in daily bombing raids over Germany. One of the great…
Gunfighter, TheGunfighter, The (1950) Recommended
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell
Right up there with the best cowboy flicks is this bleak yet brilliant tale of a retiring gunfighter (Gregory Peck) who is challenged by a young punk…
David and BathshebaDavid and Bathsheba (1951)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Raymond Massey
The Hollywood romance as Biblical epic, with Gregory Peck as an adulterous King David who falls for the foxy Bathsheba (Hayward) – nevermind…
Snows of Kilimanjaro, TheSnows of Kilimanjaro, The (1952)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward
One of the more convincing attempts to adapt Ernest Hemingway for the screen, this follows the deathbed reverie of an American writer (Peck) from his…
Love is a Many-Splendoured ThingLove is a Many-Splendoured Thing (1955)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. William Holden, Jennifer Jones
Romantic splendour set in Hong Kong at the time of the Korean war about a married US war correspondent who embarks on a forbidden love affair.
CarouselCarousel (1956)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell
Rodgers and Hammerstein carnival musical has some of their best songs. A darker than usual storyline – possibly partly why it wasn't such a…
Bravados, TheBravados, The (1958)
Dir. Henry King
Feat. Gregory Peck, Joan Collins, Lee Van Cleef
Peck sets out on the grim task of annihilating the rapists and killers of his wife in this taut, if occasionally obvious Western. As Peck works his…

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