Back Street 1961   N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer, Alex Gerry, Tammy Marihugh, Robert Eyer, Doreen McLean, Karen Norris, Hayden Rorke, Mary Lawrence, Joseph Cronin
In this remake of earlier productions of "Back Street," Susan Hayward and John Gavin take on the roles of Rae Smith and Paul Saxon who meet and fall in love, but, due to a mix-up, they do not marry. Years later, they meet again, and now Paul is married to alcoholic Liz (Vera Miles). Unable to get a divorce from Liz, Walter enters into a love affair with Rae that will last for years to come. 2 User Reviews
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| | anonymous 02/14/2008 | | I am 66 years old now, but i still think about this movie. i loved susan hayward from my teenager years to today. i quote that line where John Gavin showed her his picture in their new house and asks her if she can decorate around it, and her reply was; why not, i built my whole life around it. i love it, i love it. where can you buy her movies? |
| | Anonymous 07/19/2007 | | If you are a romantic at heart, you will love this film. John Gavin is easy on the eyes and Susan Hayward is outstanding. You keep wishing throughout the movie that the two will end up together. |
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 Funny Face 1957  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Suzy Parker, Robert Flemyng, Ruta Lee, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Jean Del Val, Alex Gerry, Dovima, Virginia Gibson, Sue England, Paul Smith
Fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) uses a bookstore to shoot a layout and is fascinated with hapless clerk Jo Stockton (Audrey Hepburn) who has been left with the cleanup after models and photographer have left. Not to worry, Jo is rescued by Dick who takes her to Paris and turns her into a glamorous fashion model. All this, and a love story to boot, makes a good movie.
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A House Is Not a Home 1964 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Shelley Winters, Robert Taylor, Cesar Romero, Ralph Taeger, Kaye Ballard, Broderick Crawford, Mickey Shaughnessy, Stanley Adams, Roxanne Arlen, Lewis Charles, Alex Gerry, Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch has a small part as one of the "girls" in this story about the infamous madam, Polly Adler (Shelley Winters).
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How Do I Love Thee? 1970  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Maureen O'Hara, Shelley Winters, Rosemary Forsyth, Rick Lenz, Clinton Robinson, Don Beddoe, Alex Gerry, Maurice Marsac, J. Edward McKinley
Based on the Peter De Vries novel, this is the story of strained relations between Stanley Waltz (Jackie Gleason) and his son Tom (Rick Lenz).
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 The Jazz Singer 1952 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Mildred Dunnock, Eduard Franz, Tom Tully, Allyn Joslyn, Alex Gerry, Harold Gordon, Hal Ross, Justin Smith, Anitra Stevens, Gayne Whitman, Anthony Jochim
Danny Thomas takes over the Al Jolson role in this remake of the 1927 film about the cantor's (Eduard Franz) jazz-singing son Jerry Golding (Thomas) who strives for a musical career. Jerry returns from the Korean War to his home in Philadelphia where his father wants him to be the cantor in their synagogue. But Jerry, who wants to sing on Broadway, breaks his father's heart when he favors show business over being a cantor. He does find romance with musical comedy star Judy (Peggy Lee) and rises to stardom. By story's end, his father has given Jerry his blessing. Songs include "Lover," "Birth of the Blues," and "Just One of Those Things."
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Jumping Jacks 1952 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss, Ray Teal, Richard Erdman, Edwin Max, Alex Gerry, Charles Evans
Chick Allen (Dean Martin) and Hap Smith (Jerry Lewis) are vaudeville buddies who entertain paratroopers and end up over their heads in Army brass.
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Love Is Better Than Ever 1952  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Tom Tully, Elinor Donahue, Gene Kelly, Ann Doran, Kathleen Freeman, Alex Gerry, Dick Wessel
Jud Parker (Larry Parks) is a Broadway vaudeville agent who meets and falls in love with Anastacia (Elizabeth Taylor), a dance teacher who has just arrived in the big city.
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My Geisha 1962 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Cardiff
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Yves Montand, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Cummings, Yoko Tani, Tatsuo Saito, Alex Gerry, Tamae Kyokawa, Ichiro Hayakawa, Tsugundo Maki
Lucy Dell (Shirley MacLaine) covets a role in her theater producer husband's (Yves Montand) play. To that end she even poses as a geisha to obtain her goal.
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 Pillow Talk 1959  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick Adams, Julia Meade, Lee Patrick, Allen Jenkins, Marcel Dalio, Alex Gerry, Mary McCarty, Hayden Rorke, Valerie Allen, Jacqueline Beer, Arlen Stuart
This was the first of several Doris Day/Rock Hudson romantic comedies. In this story, Brad (Hudson) and Jan (Day) share a telephone party line, and Brad is often on the phone wooing women. He and Jan argue, but, after his old college friend Jonathan Forbes (Tony Randall) falls for Jan, Brad decides to seduce Jan over the phone. Knowing that she would never be interested in him, Brad pretends to be a Texas Rancher, "Rex Stetson." He calls Jan; however, she soon catches on to his ploy, but romance takes over, and they fall in love. Day received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, Thelma Ritter was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Jan's hung-over maid Alma, and the film won an Oscar for Best Writing.
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Tammy and the Doctor 1963 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda, Macdonald Carey, Beulah Bondi, Margaret Lindsay, Reginald Owen, Alice Pearce, Adam West, Stanley Clements, Doodles Weaver, Joan Marshall, Mitzi Hoag, Alex Gerry, Robert Foulk, Forrest Lewis
Tammy (Sandra Dee) is now a nurse's aide for wealthy Annie Call (Beulah Bondi) who has been hospitalized. Dr. Mark Cheswick (Peter Fonda) takes a special interest in Tammy, but his boss, Dr. Wayne Bendley (Macdonald Carey), tells him that his job will be in jeopardy if he becomes involved with her. Meanwhile, head nurse Rachel Coleman (Margaret Lindsay) and Bentley become romantically involved. By story's end, Tammy saves Annie's life, Rachel and Dr. Wayne get together, and Tammy and Dr. Mark find love and hope for a future together. This film marks Fonda's film debut.
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This Happy Feeling 1958 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Curt Jurgens, John Saxon, Alexis Smith, Mary Astor, Estelle Winwood, Hayden Rorke, Troy Donahue, Gloria Holden, Alex Gerry
Young Janet Blake (Debbie Reynolds) has a crush on an older man, Preston Mitchell (Curt Jurgens), while neighbor Bill Tremaine (John Saxon) pines for her attentions.
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The Thrill of It All 1963 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts, Elliott Reid, Hayden Rorke, Alex Gerry, Paul Hartman
When she becomes a star in TV commercials, Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) runs into marriage problems as her husband, Dr. Gerald Boyer (James Garner), has problems adjusting to his wife's new lifestyle.
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Whirlpool 1949 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Gene Tierney, Richard Conte, Jose Ferrer, Charles Bickford, Barbara O'Neil, Eduard Franz, Constance Collier, Fortunio Bonanova, Alex Gerry, Ian MacDonald
Ann (Gene Tierney) suffers from kleptomania, a disorder that haunts her. When she is caught stealing, a hypnotist (Jose Ferrer) keeps her from being arrested and now intends to use her in a murder scheme. A good, gripping presentation.
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A Woman of Distinction 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Ray Milland, Rosalind Russell, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Mary Jane Saunders, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland, Gale Gordon, Alex Gerry, Lucille Ball
College dean Susan Middlecott (Rosalind Russell) is embarrassed when newspapers write about a visiting professor and former boyfriend, Alec Stevenson (Ray Milland), and announce that he is her lover.
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| 1. Back Street (1961)
2. The Bellboy (1960)
3. Funny Face (1957)
4. A House Is Not a Home (1964)
5. How Do I Love Thee? (1970)
6. The Jazz Singer (1952)
7. Jumping Jacks (1952)
8. Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)
9. My Geisha (1962)
10. Pillow Talk (1959)
11. Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
12. This Happy Feeling (1958)
13. The Thrill of It All (1963)
14. Whirlpool (1949)
15. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
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