 A Day at the Races 1937  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Douglass Dumbrille, Leonard Ceeley, Esther Muir
Veterinarian Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) poses as a medical doctor to convince the wealthy hypochondriac, Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont), to give financial assistance to Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), which will save Judy's sanitarium. Then a new plot is hatched: win a steeplechase race and use the winnings to pay off Judy's debts. This comedy features Groucho, Harpo, and Chico at their best.
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Honeymoon in Bali 1939  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: My Love for Yours
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff, Helen Broderick, Osa Massen, Astrid Allwyn, Georgia Caine, John Qualen, Monty Woolley
Gail Allen (Madeleine Carroll) manages a department store, and, although she is all business and has no plans for marriage, she has two men (Fred MacMurray and Allan Jones) interested in marrying her. Will her career continue to come first in her life?
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 A Night at the Opera 1935  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Sig Ruman, Walter Woolf King, Edward Keane, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Gino Corrado, Frank Yaconelli, Billy Gilbert, Al Bridge, Jonathan Hale
When the Marx Brothers become part of the hoity-toity opera world, comedy abounds in this Marx Brothers' classic. In an attempt to reunite with his lover Rosa (Kitty Carlisle), Ricardo (Allan Jones) joins up with Fiorello and Tomasso (Chico Marx and Harpo Marx) to stow away on a ship headed for New York. They are prepared to pull out all stops to get Ricardo a job as the leading tenor in the New York Opera Company where Rosa is starring as the leading lady. They arrive in New York, but the authorities, who want to catch the stowaways, are on their trail, and they join up with Otis P. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) in their attempt to stay one step ahead of the authorities.
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One Night in the Tropics 1940 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Cummings, Mary Boland, William Frawley, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo, Don Alvarado, Eddie Acuff
This is Bud Abbott's and Lou Costello's movie debut. The story is about a romantic trio (Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, and Robert Cummings), but the real stars shine on Abbott and Costello.
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 Show Boat 1936 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: James Whale
Cast: Irene Dunne, Helen Morgan, Allan Jones, Paul Robeson, Charles Winninger, Hattie McDaniel, Helen Westley, Donald Cook, Sammy White, J. Farrell MacDonald, Queenie Smith, Francis X. Mahoney, Marilyn Knowlden, Arthur Holh, Charles Middleton
This is the film that first brought Jerome Kern's Broadway musical to the screen. Cap'n Andy Hawk's (Charles Winninger) show boat troupe features married actors Julie and Steve (Helen Morgan and Donald Cook), but when it is revealed that Julie is a mulatto, she is fired, and Steve leaves with her. Cap'n Andy's daughter Magnolia (Irene Dunn) takes over the leading role and is joined by gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Allan Jones) as her leading man. Later, Magnolia and Gaylord leave the show boat dreaming of a perfect life together, but problems lie ahead. Paul Robeson's poignant rendition of "Old Man River" is the highlight of this very good version.
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Stage to Thunder Rock 1964  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William F. Claxton
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Keenan Wynn, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar, Wanda Hendrix, Anne Seymour, Allan Jones, Robert Strauss
Sheriff Horne (Barry Sullivan) is forced to arrest family members who raised him in this tale of gunslingers on the trail of the same people–but they are coming from different perspectives.
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True to the Army 1942  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Judy Canova, Jerry Colonna, Clarence Kolb, William Demarest, Arthur Loft, Rod Cameron, Eddie Acuff, Mary Treen
This film is a remake of "She Loves Me Not," and was later remade as "How to Be Very, Very Popular." The plot involves a young woman (Judy Canova) who witnesses a murder and then hides out from the perpetrators.
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| 1. A Day at the Races (1937)
2. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
aka: My Love for Yours
3. A Night at the Opera (1935)
4. One Night in the Tropics (1940)
5. Show Boat (1936)
6. Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
7. True to the Army (1942)
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