Beatrice Roberts

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Scarlet Street -- When a man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, her venal fianc persuades her to con him out of some of the fortune she thinks he has.

Things really get shaken up when an aspiring opera singer becomes involved with a bawdy saloon owner and his high-society rival during the devastating earthquake of 1906. Spectacular special effects are second only to the stellar performances of Oscar-winner Clark Gable ("Gone With the Wind", "It Happened One Night"), Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy ("Mutiny on the Bounty," "Adam's Rib") and Jeanette MacDonald ("Love Me Tonight"). Nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Writing and Director. Spencer Tracy received his first of nine nominations. Look for The Three Stooges in one of their few feature appearances. With buildings crumbling, streets opening up, and fires erupting, this is the disaster picture that set the standard.

The inimitable William Powell stars as Arthur Peabody, a businessman who seeks to cure his midlife blues by vacationing in the Caribbean with his wife, Polly (Irene Hervey). But his fishing trip hits a snag when he reels in an amazing catch: a gorgeous mermaid (Ann Blyth). Naming his new companion Lenore, Arthur promptly falls in love with her, although her habit of disappearing around strangers makes her existence a little difficult to prove.