Navy nurse Helen North (Lucille Ball) & Naval officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda) are both widowed, & when they meet discover that this is not the only thing they have in common. Both have large families
- she has eight children, he ten
- & when they fall in love & decide to wed this causes the first problems. The North & Beardsley offspring are extremely resentful of each other, & set out to do whatever they can to sabotage their parents' imminent union.

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Merilee has planned her wedding to Matt since they were seven. Yet with the big day drawing near, she has serious cold feet. Her three sisters have found sexy new loves & she envies them the passion that has been lacking with Matt. Though Matt is shocked when she calls off the wedding, he has to admit that he, too, has a craving for something. ...

Senegalese superstar Youssou N' Dour & Tunisian-born pianist Moncef Genoud take their music on a journey beginning in New Orleans & ending in Goree in Senegal. Travelling, in reverse, the route taken by the millions of slaves exported from West Africa to the Americas, N' Dour uncovers a musical legacy, which has had an enormous influence on the music of today. Director Pierre-Yves Borgeaud's film climaxes with a final concert in Goree. ...

A student in 1950s South Africa has long been plotting an escape from his country. Studying mathematics, reading poetry, saving money, he tries to ensure that when he arrives in the real world, he will be prepared to experience life to its full intensity. Arriving at last in London, however, he finds neither poetry nor romance. ...

In " Youth", the seaman Marlow tells the story of a young man's coming of age on his first voyage to the East. " Heart of Darkness" describes the slide into corruption of an idealistic trader
- Kurtz
- in the Belgian Congo. The accompanying music is by Schreker, Szymanowski & Tanneyev.

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