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Sunday, 1 January 2012

Queen of Spades (1948 Thorold Dickinson)

Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard

Ph. Otto Heller
Music Georges Auric

Clock stops as she dies.
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Casablanca (1942 Michael Curtiz)

Warning: Old pros at work!
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