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Now showing — 1959 · 5 works

  • Desert Hearts Film · 1980s

    Desert Hearts is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by Donna Deitch. The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation of the 1964 lesbian novel Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule. Set in Reno, Nevada, in 1959, it tells the story of a university professor awaiting a divorce who finds her true self...

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  • The Great War Film · 1950s

    The Great War is a 1959 film from France and Italy, associated with Mario Monicelli. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.

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  • The Hound of the Baskervilles is a 1959 film from United Kingdom, associated with Terence Fisher. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.

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  • Maurice Books · 1970s

    Maurice is a novel by E. M. Forster. A tale of homosexual love in early 20th-century England, it follows Maurice Hall from his schooldays through university and beyond. It was written in 1913–1914, and revised in 1932 and 1959–1960.

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  • Jo's Boys Television

    1959 television series

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