The Shop Around the Corner. Poster of the 1940 movie and cover of the 1937 book, Parfumerie
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Parfumerie
Miklós László, 1937
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Ernst Lubitsch, 1940

Alfred Kralik is the top salesman at a leathergoods shop in Budapest owned by the high-strung Mr. Hugo Matuschek. One morning, Kralik reveals to his friend and coworker Pirovitch that he’s been corresponding anonymously with an intelligent and cultured woman whose ad he came across in the newspaper.


The Wizard of Oz. Poster of the 1939 movie and cover of the 1900 book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, 1900
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Victor Fleming, George Cukor, 1939

Dorothy is a young girl who lives with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and dog, Toto, on a farm on the Kansas prairie. One day, she and Toto are caught up in a cyclone that deposits them and the farmhouse into Munchkin Country in the magical Land of Oz. The falling house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East, the evil ruler of the Munchkins.


The Wizard of Oz. Poster of the 1939 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Wizard Of Oz
Horace J. Elias, 1976
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Victor Fleming, George Cukor, 1939

Dorothy is a young girl who lives with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and dog, Toto, on a farm on the Kansas prairie. One day, she and Toto are caught up in a cyclone that deposits them and the farmhouse into Munchkin Country in the magical Land of Oz. The falling house has killed the Wicked Witch of the East, the evil ruler of the Munchkins.


The Three Musketeers. Poster of the 1948 movie and cover of the 1844 book
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The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
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George Sidney, 1948

D’Artagnan, an inexperienced Gascon youth, travels to Paris to join the elite King’s Musketeers. On his way, he encounters a mysterious lady at a roadside inn. When he picks a fight with one of her escorts, she becomes suspicious and has him knocked unconscious. His letter of introduction from his father to de Treville, the commander of the Musketeers, is burned. When he awakens, he continues on to the city.


Tortilla Flat. Poster of the 1942 movie and cover of the 1935 book
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Tortilla Flat
John Steinbeck, 1935
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Victor Fleming, 1942

Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather in the central coastal area of California, so Pilon and his poor, idle friends move in. One of the houses burns down, so Danny allows his friends to move into the other house with him, and in gratitude Pilon tries to make life better for his friend.