Lady Sings the Blues. Poster of the 1972 movie and cover of the 1956 book
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Lady Sings the Blues
Billie Holiday, William Dufty, 1956
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Sidney J. Furie, 1972

The rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Beginning with Holiday’s traumatic youth, the film depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday’s brightest moments is the vocalist’s severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.


Brewster's Millions. Poster of the 1985 movie and cover of the 1902 book
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Brewster's Millions
George Barr McCutcheon, 1902
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Walter Hill, 1985

Monty Brewster is a Minor League Baseball pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls. At the Manhattan law office of Granville & Baxter, Brewster is told that his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert Horn, whom he has never met, has left him his entire $300 million fortune, but only if he can complete a challenge with several conditions.


Superman III. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the 1938 comic book, Superman
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Superman
Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, 1938
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Richard Lester, 1983

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.


Superman III. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Superman III
William Kotzwinkle, 1983
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Richard Lester, 1983

Aiming to defeat the Man of Steel, wealthy executive Ross Webster hires bumbling but brilliant Gus Gorman to develop synthetic kryptonite, which yields some unexpected psychological effects in the third installment of the 1980s Superman franchise. Between rekindling romance with his high school sweetheart and saving himself, Superman must contend with a powerful supercomputer.