Movie Listings by Genre

Director: George Templeton    More Info
Starring: Robert Preston, Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, Cathy Downs, John Litel, Jack Elam, Don Haggerty, Stanley Price, Clem Fuller, John Drew Barrymore

 Lots of Western action is portrayed in this film, complete with range wars. In the midst of the wars are the Cloud brothers: desperado "Kid Wichita" (Robert Preston), Jeff (John Drew Barrymore), and Tom (Robert Sterling). While "Kid Wichita" wants to control the family, Tom wants only to have his own land apart from the family, and a showdown is inevitable.

Director: Billy Wilder    More Info
Starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Cecil B. DeMille, Jack Webb, Fred Clark, Hedda Hopper, Buster Keaton, Lloyd Gough

 Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) is an aging ex-Hollywood star who longs for a comeback. Aspiring screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) recognizes her weaknesses and moves into her home by flattering her with stories of her future regained stardom. In addition to three Oscars (Best Writing, Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Musical Score), the film received eight nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Holden), Actress (Swanson), Supporting Actress and Actor (Nancy Olson and Erich von Stroheim), and Director.

Director: Allan Dwan    More Info
Starring: Vera Ralston, John Carroll, Walter Brennan, Francis Lederer, William Ching, Jane Darwell, Roy Barcroft, Paul Fix, Esther Dale, Maria Palmer

 Violet Barton (Vera Ralston) is an evil woman for whom bigamy followed by murder are the events that lead to the framing of Johnny Hale (William Ching) in this adult Western.

Director: David Butler    More Info
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy De Wolfe, S.Z. Sakall, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Gibson, Crauford Kent

 Based on the Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," this delightful film is about Nan's (Doris Day) bet that she can get money needed for her Broadway musical show by not answering "NO!" for an entire weekend. Nan wins the bet and then learns that the money was wiped out in the Wall Street Stock Market crash. Jimmy (Gordon MacRae) is smitten with Nan and offers her the money. The show does go on and is a hit. The film's songs include "Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You," and "Do Do Do."

Director: Emilio Fernandez    More Info
Starring: Paulette Goddard, Pedro Armendariz, Gilbert Roland, Walter Reed, Jose Torvay, Julio Villarreal, Carlos Muzquiz, Margarito Luna, Pascual Garcia Pena, Antonia Daneem

 After taking over a small town in Mexico, General Jose Juan Reyes (Pedro Armendariz) falls in love with one of the town's beautiful residents, Maria Dolores Penafiel (Paulette Goddard) whose father Don Carlos (Julio Villarreal) is one of the town's wealthy men. At first, Maria hates Jose and slaps him in the face. This act–and others–only serve to encourage Jose, and he sets out to win Maria's love.

Director: Roy Rowland    More Info
Starring: Jane Powell, Louis Calhern, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Harding, Carleton Carpenter, Debbie Reynolds, Phyllis Kirk, Clinton Sundberg, Gary Gray, Tommy Rettig

 During the summer of 1913, Patti (Jane Powell), her sister Melba (Debbie Reynolds), their parents (Louis Calhern and Ann Harding), and her younger brothers (Gary Gray and Tommy Rettig) vacation in the Catskills. At 17, Patti feels that she is old enough to be dating and becomes interested in another resort guest Demi Armendez (Ricardo Montalban). But, Patti's friend Valerie (Phyllis Kirk) is also attracted to Demi and does not stand by and encourage a romance between Patti and Demi. Problems develop, but by story's end all ends happily. This was Debbie Reynolds' second movie, and her rendition of the song "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" hit the charts.

Director: Jack Donohue    More Info
Starring: Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Harvey, Herbert Anderson, John Butler, John Indrisano

 Augustus "Red" Pirdy (Red Skelton) invents an "unbreakable" glass and runs into major problems keeping from being stolen by the bad guys. A very funny Skelton romp.

Director: John Huston    More Info
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Theodore Bikel, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner, Gerald Onn, Peter Swanwick, Errol John

 Humphrey Bogart (in his second Oscar-winning role) and Katharine Hepburn are great together as liquor-loving steamboat captain Charlie and religious spinster Rose in Africa during World War I. After Rose's brother is killed by the Germans, Charlie gives her safe passage, but she has other ideas–such as using the steamer to attack a German gunboat. Academy Award nominations included Best Actress and Director.

Director: Vincente Minnelli    More Info
Starring: Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Dick Wessel, Paul Maxey, John Eldredge

 Based on the music of George and Ira Gershwin, dance and music sequences contributed to the Academy Award for Best Picture. The story is about ex-GI Jerry (Gene Kelly) who stays in Paris after the war to study art and then falls in love with Lise (Leslie Caron). The film also won five other Oscars, and Director Vincente Minnelli received a nomination.

Director: Jacques Tourneur    More Info
Starring: Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Debra Paget, Herbert Marshall, Thomas Gomez, James Robertson Justice, Sean McClory, Holmes Herbert, Francis Pierlot, Carleton Young

 A legendary pirate, Captain Anne Providence (Jean Peters), seizes a ship but spares the captain, Pierre La Rochelle (Louis Jourdan), from walking the plank. But, La Rochelle is a spy working against pirates, and when Anne catches on, she kidnaps his wife Molly (Debra Paget) and leaves her on a desert island. She later rescues Molly and redeems herself only to fall into the clutches of Blackbeard (James Robertson Justice).

Director: Frederick De Cordova    More Info
Starring: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Jesse White, Lucille Barkley, Herbert Heyes, Herb Vigran, Harry Tyler, Edward Gargan, Ann Tyrrell

 In this light-hearted film, a college professor (Ronald Reagan) raises a chimpanzee in order to prove that it is environment, not heredity, that determines personality traits.

Director: Vincente Minnelli    More Info
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Harvey, Richard Rober, Frank Faylen

 This sequel to "Father of the Bride (1950)" has Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) trying to adjust to becoming a grandfather. His daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now married to Buckley (Don Taylor), and they are expecting a baby. Stanley's overbearing wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) is worried throughout the pregnancy, but their young grandson arrives safely. The baby now screams whenever Stanley comes near–until Stanley mistakenly leaves the baby alone in his carriage for a half hour. When Stanley returns, he is greeted by a smiling baby, and he is finally a proud grandfather.

Director: Michael Curtiz    More Info
Starring: William Holden, Nancy Olson, Frank Lovejoy, Gene Evans, Dick Wesson, Paul Picerni, Katherine Warren, Ross Ford, Ron Hagerthy, Don Gordon

 This film, based on Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" is set in Italy during World War II where WAC nurse Lieutenant Eleanor McKay (Nancy Olson) falls in love with her patient, Sergeant Peterson (William Holden). After his recovery, Peterson is sent back to the front, and Eleanor waits anxiously for his return.

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone    More Info
Starring: David Niven, Vera-Ellen, Cesar Romero, Bobby Howes, Diane Hart, Gordon Jackson, Barbara Couper, Gladys Henson, Sandra Dorne, Hugh Dempster

 Stuffy millionaire B.G. Bruno (David Niven) gives young Janet (Vera-Ellen) a lift. Janet is a member of an American movie production shooting in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is seen exiting the limo. Rumors fly after the sighting, and the director, needing money, thinks B.G. might help. Meanwhile, a love affair takes place between B.G. and Janet. All ends well. Vera-Ellen's dance routines are a highlight.

Director: Roy Ward Baker    More Info
Starring: Tyrone Power, Ann Blyth, Michael Rennie, Dennis Price, Beatrice Campbell, Kathleen Byron, Raymond Huntley, Irene Browne, Felix Aylmer, Arthur Denton

 American nuclear physicist Peter Standish (Tyrone Power) is working in England and living in an 18th-century mansion he inherited from an ancestor. One rainy evening, Peter is strolling in the neighborhood when he is hit by lightening. He awakens transported back into the 18th century and is now his own ancestor. While "living" in the past, he meets and falls in love with his cousin Helen (Ann Blyth) and uses his scientific knowledge to help improve 18th-century living conditions. Another thunderstorm shoots Peter back to the 20th century, and he learns from old, family documents that Helen had died before ever marrying. Now his friend Roger (Michael Rennie) introduces him to his sister Martha (also played by Ann Blyth) who looks just like Helen, and Peter and Martha instantly fall in love. This film begins in black and white, and then switches to color when Peter awakens in the 18th century.

Director: Sidney Lanfield    More Info
Starring: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver

 Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells."

Director: Don Hartman    More Info
Starring: Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main, Barry Sullivan, Cedric Hardwicke, Debbie Reynolds, Mitchell Lewis, Ann Codee, Tony Marlo, Chick Chandler

 Singer Frederica Brown (Lana Turner) meets a man who introduces himself as "Mr. Imperium" (Ezio Pinza) while both are vacationing in Italy. They begin a short-lived love affair during which, he nicknames her "Fredda," and she calls him "Al." Al teaches Fredda some Italian, and she teaches him some American customs. They part, but 12 years later they are reunited. She is now a movie star, and he is king of a European throne. They try to fit into each others' lives but by story's end must say "arrivederci."

Director: Norman Z. McLeod    More Info
Starring: Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Morris Ankrum, Iris Adrian, Frank Faylen, Mike Mazurki, Marc Lawrence

 Burlesque comic Peanuts White (Bob Hope) is recruited by the FBI to impersonate his look-alike, Eric Augustine (also played by Hope), who is an international spy. Eric holds vital microfilm that the FBI wants Peanuts to bring back to them. Peanuts heads off to Tangiers and meets Eric's girlfriend, Lily Dalbray (Hedy Lamarr). Peanuts tries to get his hands on the microfilm, but Lily's superior, Karl Brubaker (Francis L. Sullivan), also wants it. Good slapstick comedy ensues.

Director: Joseph Kane    More Info
Starring: Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills, William Ching, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lydon, Douglas Kennedy, William Haade

 Cavalry officer Captain Calhoun's (Rod Cameron) charter to protect the Sioux Indians and their land from prospectors is made even more difficult due to his boss, cavalry unit leader Lieutenant Colonel Unger (Forrest Tucker), who is an Indian hater. When war breaks out, the Indians attack Unger's fort, and only Calhoun survives.

Director: Roy Del Ruth    More Info
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Jack Smith, Esther Dale, Eddie Marr

 Based on Booth Tarkington's "Penrod" series, this film is set in Indiana just prior to World War I. It is the love story of Marjorie Winfield (Doris Day) and about-to-be soldier William Sherman (Gordon MacRae). Great songs by Doris include the title song. Followed by "By the Light of the Silvery Moon."

Director: Albert Lewin    More Info
Starring: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, John Laurie, Marius Goring, Abraham Sofaer, Pamela Mason, Mario Cabre

 Spanish singer Pandora Reynolds (Ava Gardner) falls in love with Hendrik van der Zee who is a Dutch sea captain (James Mason). She then learns that he is the legendary Flying Dutchman, a ghost who has been condemned by God to sail the seas until he finds a woman willing to die for him.

Director: George Stevens    More Info
Starring: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Raymond Burr, Keefe Brasselle, Fred Clark, Herbert Heyes, Shepperd Strudwick, Frieda Inescort

 A tragic love triangle occurs when George Eastman (Montgomery Clift) falls in love with wealthy Angela Vickers (Elizabeth Taylor); however, his girlfriend Alice (Shelley Winters) becomes pregnant, presenting a rather large obstacle! This is a remake of 1931's "An American Tragedy," which is the title of Theodore Dreiser's story. The film won six Academy Awards, including one for Best Director (George Stevens), and nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Montgomery Clift), and Actress (Shelley Winters).

Director: Mervyn LeRoy    More Info
Starring: Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, Peter Ustinov, Patricia Laffan, Finlay Currie, Abraham Sofaer, Buddy Baer, Felix Aylmer, Marina Berti

 One of MGM's biggest productions at the time, "Quo Vadis," stars Peter Ustinov as the Roman Emperor Nero. Robert Taylor plays the Roman warrior, Marcus Vinicius, who loves the beautiful Christian, Lygia (Deborah Kerr), but, at first, she wants nothing to do with a soldier. As time passes, Marcus converts to Christianity, and Lygia falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Nero's actions against the Christians becomes more violent as he burns Rome and then throws the Christians to the lions. Nero's former aide Petronius (Leo Genn) posthumously delivers the final insult to Nero. The film received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and two for Best Supporting Actor (Leo Genn and Peter Ustinov).

Director: Henry Hathaway    More Info
Starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Jeff Corey, Kenneth Tobey, James Millican

 A stagecoach, carrying Vinnie Holt (Susan Hayward) and her baby niece, arrives at the stagecoach stop, Rawhide. The station assistant manager Tom Owens (Tyrone Power) tells Vinnie about an outlaw gang nearby and advises her to stay until the following day. While Vinnie waits, Zimmerman (Hugh Marlowe) and his outlaw gang arrive at the station with plans to rob the incoming stagecoach. The gang kills stationmaster Sam Todd (Edgar Buchanan). Zimmerman assumes that Tom, Vinnie, and the baby are a family and holds them captive. Struggles ensue, and Tom tries to find the means for their escape. This is the Western remake of 1935's "Show Them No Mercy!"

Director: Stanley Donen    More Info
Starring: Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford, Sarah Churchill, Keenan Wynn, Albert Sharpe, James Finlayson, Mae Clarke, Henri Letondal, Alex Frazer

 Fred Astaire performs his famous dance on the ceiling in this film about brother/sister stars–Tom (Astaire) and Ellen Bowen (Jane Powell)–who set out to perform in London during the exciting time of Queen Elizabeth's wedding. While sailing to England, Ellen meets Lord John Brindale (Peter Lawford), and, after missing a rehearsal, the act is broken up. Once in England, Tom holds auditions and meets Anne Ashmond (Sara Churchill), and love takes over as they become romantically involved.