Gary Cooper won the **Academy Award** for the Best Actor in this classic tale of a lawman who stands alone to defend a town of cowardly citizens against a gang of revenge-seeking criminals. In the greatest showdown in the history of cinema, Cooper stands to lose not only the town but his new wife, Grace Kelly. The film also stars one of Hollywood's most beloved and prolific actors, Lloyd Bridges, and marks the first starring role for a beautiful young actress and internationally adored screen legend Grace Kelly. HIGH NOON garnered a total of four **Academy Awards** including Best Film Editing, Score and Original Song. *"Meaningful in its implications, as well as loaded with interest and suspense, HIGH NOON is a western to challenge Stagecoach for the all-time championship."* - Bosley Crowther, ***The New York Times***

A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.

The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig. **Academy Award** Winner.

While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.

A group of professors working on a new encyclopedia encounter a mouthy nightclub singer who is wanted by the police to help bring down her mob boss lover. Nominated for 4 **Academy Awards**.

A small American contingent tries to train rural tribesmen to defend themselves against fanatical Muslim radicals in 1906 Philippines.

Falling on hard times after fast-living success, novelist Tony Barrett (Gary Cooper) and his wife, Dora (Helen Vinson), leave New York City for the rundown family farm in Connecticut. After Tony sells a piece of land to farmer Mr. Novak, Dora returns to the city, but Tony remains behind, intent on writing about the Novaks -- including enchanting daughter Manya

Judge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge in Vinegarroon, Texas, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean's policy against homesteaders. **Academy Award** winner.

A reporter (Barbara Stanwyck) writes a fictitious column about someone named "John Doe," who is distraught at America's neglect of the little people and plans to kill himself. The newspaper then hires an ex-ballplayer (Gary Cooper) to pose as John Doe. In a series of radio addresses written by a publisher with fascist leanings, Doe captures the public's imagination. When he finally realizes he has been used, Doe comes to his senses and becomes the man he never knew he could be. Nominated for Best Writing, Original Story at the **Academy Awards**. *"With an excellent script by Mr. Riskin ... Mr. Capra has produced a film which is eloquent with affection for gentle people ... Many of his camera devices are magnificent in the scope of their suggestion, and always he tells his story well, with his customary expert spacing of comedy and serious drama." - Bosley Crowther, **The New York Times***

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman (Hollywood's first "It-girl," Clara Bow), become fighter pilots in World War I. Stunningly realistic flying sequences, all filmed without faking or processing shots, highlight this story of two airmen pals and an ambulance nurse they both love, first winner of an **Academy Award** for Best Picture. Winner of Best Picture and Best Effects, Engineering Effects at the **Academy Awards**. Chosen for preservation by the **National Film Preservation Board, USA**. *"It is, in fact,* the *masterpiece of war production." - Irene Thirer, **The New York Daily News***