Magnificent Obsession (1954) is an American romance drama. It follows the unexpected journey of Bob Merrick, a wealthy and reckless playboy whose life undergoes a profound transformation after a ...

Criterion has long harbored a weakness for helmer Douglas Sirk, and this two-disc release of his 1954 version of "Magnificent Obsession" furthers the love affair. But though this issue offers ample ...

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The life of spoiled rich Robert Merrick is saved through the use of a hospital's sole resuscitator, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death of Dr.

Barbara Rush, an elegant, hazel-eyed actress who worked with Rock Hudson, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Paul Newman, appearing in mid-century melodramas like “Magnificent Obsession” as well as the ...

John M. Stahl, master of melodrama, directs Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor in Lloyd Douglas’s uplifting tale (1935) about a playboy who becomes a doctor in order to restore the eyesight of a woman ...

Selfish Rock Hudson survives a horrific boating accident, then falls for Jane Wyman, the widow of a man whose death he feels responsible for. Two thirds of Sirk’s 1954 melodrama is a masterpiece, but ...