Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
This adventure borrows from Doyle’s “The Adventure of the Dancing Men” to reimagine Holmes and Watson as World War II counterspies.
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
A beautiful youth makes a wish that has ugly consequences. From Oscar Wilde’s novel.
Of Human Bondage (1934)
A sensitive man falls for a cruel woman. Can the kindness of another save him? Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
She (1935)
A group of explorers chase a legend into the Arctic—and finds an immortal queen. From H. Rider Haggard’s “lost world” novel.
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Gregory Peck stars in this iconic adaptation of Harper Lee’s classic novel about compassion and justice in Depression-era America.
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