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Out In The Dark (Hebrew: עלטה) is a 2012 Israeli romantic drama film Starring – Nicholas Jacob – Michael Aloni

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    Out in the Dark (Hebrew: עלטה) is a 2012 Israeli romantic drama film which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2012 and in Israel in the Haifa International Film Festival in October 2012. It is the directorial debut of Michael Mayer (Israeli director) (מיכאל מאיר).[1][2][3][4]

    The film tells the story of the relationship between Roy, an Israeli lawyer, and Nimer, a Palestinian psychology student. The film was released commercially in Israel on 28 February 2013.

    The film has been accredited with 25 awards[5] throughout its creation, which includes the Audience Award at the Berlin Jewish Film Festival in 2013,[5][6] along with the FilmOut San Diego in 2013.[5][6]

    Plot

    The film is set in Israel and Palestine, where Palestinian student Nimer Mashrawi (Nicholas Jacob) is heading to Tel Aviv to meet his friend Mustafa N’amnais (Loai Nofi) at a gay bar. While at the bar, he meets a Jewish lawyer named Roy Scheffer (Michael Aloni). They fall in love, though Nimer struggles with the reality of their relationship. Later in the story, Palestinian society rejects Nimer because of his sexual orientation, whereas initially Israeli society rejects him due to his nationality. The situation is made worse for Nimer when he realises his brother Nabil Mashrawi (Jamil Khoury) is hiding a weapon stockpile for his militant friends.

    Nimer is granted a student visa to study at an Israeli university, giving him more opportunity to see Roy. However, he is soon approached by the Israeli Secret Service who pressure him into becoming an informant by threatening to cancel his visa. Nimer refuses and his visa is cancelled. Unbeknownst to Nimer, Mustafa has been living illegally in Tel Aviv under a similar arrangement. When he is unable to provide any more information, he is forcibly deported back to the West Bank where he is immediately abducted by Nabil and his gang of extremists. Nimer is forced to watch as his friend is tortured and executed for being homosexual and an informant.

    Later, while going through Mustafa’s phone, Nabil and his friends find a photo of Nimer. Despite their differences, Nabil lets Nimer escape rather than killing him. Nimer makes it to Roy’s house and hides there. Meanwhile, Nabil’s cache of weapons is discovered by the authorities. He is arrested and the police search for Nimer as an accomplice.

    Unable to hide him forever, Roy convinces an underworld figure and client of his law firm to smuggle Nimer to France. Though he promises to meet him there in the future, Roy is arrested while distracting the police so Nimer can escape. Nimer makes it to his ship and sails away, unaware of what has happened to Roy.

    Cast

    • Nicholas Jacob as Nimer Mashrawi
    • Michael Aloni as Roy Scheffer
    • Jamil Khoury as Nabil Mashrawi
    • Alon Pdut as Gil
    • Loai Nofi as Mustafa N’amna
    • Khawlah Hag-Debsy as Hiam Mashrawi
    • Maysa Daw as Abir Mashrawi
    • Shimon Mimran as Daniel
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    Rosie – Movie – Tribute 1967 Starring Rosalind Russell- Sandra Dee- Brian Aherne- James Farentino

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    Rosie! is a 1967 American comedy film directed by David Lowell Rich, based on Ruth Gordon‘s play A Very Rich Woman.

    Plot

    Rosie Lord is a widowed millionaire who, much to the dismay of her daughters Mildred and Edith, spends her money generously. When she announces she intends to buy a $2.5 million closed theater in a run-down part of Los Angeles, because it is the location where her late husband proposed to her and it is now threatened to be turned into a parking lot, her daughters decide that they have had enough. Edith and her husband Cabot complain that they are only granted $100,000 a year, and work together with cold-hearted and recently divorced Mildred to discourage Rosie from buying the theater. They are unable to convince her and her legal advisor Oliver to let them take care of her money, and thus decide to try to declare her incompetent, thereby hoping to put her in an insane asylum. Edith and Cabot’s young daughter Daphne is appalled to overhear the scheme, and vows to help her grandmother.

    Daphne rushes to Oliver’s office, but runs into his much younger associate David Wheelwright, who promises to help her after an emotional conversation. Oliver is upset to find out that one of his workers is taking matters in own hands, and meets with David to hear him out. David advises that they should put someone with Rosie to prevent her from doing anything outrageous, because their daughters are sending a private investigator to the case. Oliver takes his advice, but sends him on the job. David reluctantly starts the job, but is quickly drawn to Rosie’s extraverted personality. Simultaneously, he goes on a few romantic dates with Daphne and they fall in love.

    After attending a piano recital, Rosie is abducted by two men, and later awakens in a locked rest home for the mentally unstable in the Santa Monica mountains. Rosie is heartbroken to learn that her daughters committed her to a sanitarium, and rejects an offer from Cabot to sign the papers for her release in exchange for making them responsible of her finances. He assures her that they can keep her in the sanitarium indefinitely if she does not obey their wishes, prompting Rosie to reconsider. Meanwhile, Daphne finds out what has happened, and furiously leaves the home, despite her mother’s plea not to leave her.

    With the help of Oliver and David, Daphne enters the rest home and breaks Rosie out. Rosie, who cannot believe what her own daughters did to her, is next sued in court. Mildred and Edith’s lawyer puts Rosie’s sanity at debate, and Rosie is ready to announce her defeat during the process. Daphne and Oliver console her during the trial, and when Oliver announces his love for her, Rosie decides to fight again. She faints in court and pretends to be dying, to get her daughters to admit that she is sane (in order for Rosie to change her will just before dying). The case is thereby dismissed and Rosie is now free to marry Oliver.

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    Beach 38th Street – Edgemere , Rockaway Long Island, New York. The Photographs of Murray Cooper. And The Brown House Which Was My Families Home For Summer Guests

    Hope you enjoy my tribute to this wonderful place.

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    The Valley of Decision is a 1945 American drama film directed by Tay Garnett. Stars Greer Garson and Gregory Peck.

    How I love this film . Hope you enjoy my tribute .

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    The Valley of Decision is a 1945 American drama film directed by Tay Garnett, adapted by Sonya Levien and John Meehan from Marcia Davenport‘s 1942 novel of the same name. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the 1870s, it stars Greer Garson and Gregory Peck. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Greer Garson) and Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. This was Garson’s sixth nomination and her fifth consecutive, a record for most consecutive Best Actress nominations that still stands (tied with Bette Davis).

    Plot

    In 1873 Pittsburgh, Irish immigrant Mary Rafferty lives with her crippled father Pat and her sister Kate Shannon. Mary tells her father she was hired as a housemaid for steel mill owner William Scott. Pat disapproves of his daughter’s decision, as he became crippled while working for William’s mill.

    On Mary’s first work day, William’s son Paul arrives home from London and is greeted by his mother Clarissa and his siblings, Ted, Constance and William Jr. Later that evening, the Scotts host a dinner where Mary becomes acquainted with Paul.

    At the steel mill, Paul expresses interest in modernizing the furnace to produce finer steel. Paul’s friend Jim Brennan shows him a model of the furnace at Mary’s residence, but Pat forces him to leave. Angered at her father, Mary steps out and begins to fall in love with Paul.

    One night, Constance attempts to sneak out and elope with Giles, the Earl of Moulton, but is prevented by Mary. Impressed with Mary’s loyalty, Clarissa invites her aboard a cruise to William Jr.’s wedding in Boston. There, Mary and Paul kiss on the decks.

    After several months, Paul has failed to modernize the furnace and is losing sleep. Having fallen in love with Mary, Paul proposes, much to her concern due to their differing status. Mary gives the Scotts her notice and Constance tells her parents she has married the Earl of Moulton. With Clarissa’s permission, Mary accompanies them to England and bids farewell to her family, but not to Paul.

    Two years later, Mary receives a letter from Paul – the steel mill workers are on strike, and Paul’s father is stricken with pneumonia. Knowing her feelings for Paul, Constance suggests that Mary reply to Paul’s letter, but Mary is unable to do so. Back in Pittsburgh, Paul is in a loveless relationship with Louise Kane. Clarissa tells her husband that Paul is in love with Mary; he then contacts Mary and asks her to return to Pittsburgh. When they return home, William gives Mary and Paul his blessing and they resume their romance.

    Meanwhile, Paul learns that the strike, led by Jim, has turned violent. With matters left unresolved, William plans to recruit strikebreakers. The next morning, Mary visits Jim and arranges a reconciliation meeting between the strikers and the Scotts. At the meeting, William decides to recognize the union. However, violence breaks out when the strikebreakers arrive, and Pat and William are killed. Mary, filled with grief, decides she can never marry Paul.

    Ten years pass; Paul marries Louise and they have a son. The now-elderly Clarissa decides to pass in her will her share of the business to Mary, trusting her to preserve the mills. Shortly after, Clarissa dies. At a meeting, Paul’s siblings vote to sell their shares, but Mary persuades Constance to keep hers. Paul decides to leave Louise and returns to Mary.

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    Casting

    Actor John Hodiak, who was born in Pittsburgh, was cast in the lead role during pre-production in 1943.[3] However, Gregory Peck replaced him before shooting began. Additionally, actor Marshall Thompson replaced Hume Cronyn as Peck’s onscreen brother due to the height disparity between Peck and Cronyn.[4] Actor Dean Stockwell, who was eight years old during filming, made his cinema debut in The Valley of Decision.