
01 Jan 1991

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
It's Here!
In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
Curly McLain
Ado Annie Carnes
Will Parker
Aunt Eller
Laurey Williams
Ali Hakim
Mr. Carnes
Jud Fry
Gertie
Skidmore
Marshal
Dream Curly / Dancer
Dream Laurey / Dancer
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01 Jan 1991
Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.
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20 Jan 1936
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14 Feb 1953
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24 Sep 1972
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10 May 1973
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26 Jan 2017
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30 Aug 1950
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03 Apr 2006
"Do We Really Have to Give Up Our Day Jobs?" - A documentary about the making of the album Speak & Spell, featuring interviews with the group including former band member Vince Clarke and other relevant personnel such as Daniel Miller. It features various vintage footage, such as appearances on Top of the Pops and BBC Speak & Spell Tour recordings.
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Ballet performance by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, July 1984.
17 Sep 1950
Johnny Mack Brown follows his tried-and-true western formula in Law of the Panhandle. This time, U.S. Marshal Brown backs up Sheriff Tom Stocker (Riley Hill) in an ongoing battle against a marauding outlaw gang. The thieves, led by snarling Henry Faulkner (Myron Healey), hope to scare all the local ranchers off the land that will soon be purchased by the railroad that's coming through the territory.
01 Nov 1996
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22 Dec 1955
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17 Jul 1964
Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.
14 Jan 1981
The story of a German singer named Willie, who while working in Switzerland, falls in love with a Jewish composer named Robert, whose family is helping people to flee from the Nazis. Robert’s family is skeptical of Willie, thinking she could be a Nazi as she becomes famous for singing the song “Lili Marleen”.
19 Sep 1984
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When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.