 42nd Street 1933  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Una Merkel, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, George E. Stone, Allen Jenkins, Ned Sparks, Edward J. Nugent, Robert McWade, Louise Beavers, George Irving
Busby Berkeley's musical numbers highlight this entertaining film about what goes on behind the scenes of the Broadway musical show, "Pretty Lady." The show's director Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is in poor health but wants to enjoy one more hit before he retires. When the show's temperamental star, Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) breaks her ankle on the night of the show's opening, chorus girl Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler) fills in and takes over the lead. Featured numbers include" "You're getting to Be a Habit with Me," "Shuffle off to Buffalo," and "42nd Street." The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Donald Crisp, Gale Page, Thurston Hall, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Ward Bond, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Bert Hanlon, Curt Bois, Vladimir Sokoloff, Billy Wayne
While trying to discover what makes the criminal mind work, the psychiatrist Dr. Clitterhouse (Edward G. Robinson) cracks a safe while attending a party. He then contacts beautiful Jo Keller (Claire Trevor) who fences stolen gems, she introduces him to gangster "Rocks" Valentine (Humphrey Bogart), and Clitterhouse ends up becoming enthralled with the underworld–all of which will lead to murder. "Rocks" is his victim, and Clitterhouse uses his psychiatric expertise to make the jury members find that he is insane.
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Ball of Fire 1941   N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Dana Andrews, Richard Haydn, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Tully Marshall, Elisha Cook Jr., Leonid Kinskey, Dan Duryea, Aubrey Mather, Ralph Peters, Mary Field
Burlesque dancer Sugarpuss O'Shea (Barbara Stanwyck) moves into the home of seven professors, led by Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), who are writing the "Encyclopedia of Slang." Comedy abounds when the professors learn slang first hand from their new resident and her gangster cohorts. Barbara Stanwyck received an Oscar nomination. 1 User Review
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| | One of my favorite comedies | 1fatts 03/26/2007 | This comedy, famously modelled on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs places the great Barbara Stanwyck doing the "heart of gold tramp" in the middle of seven ivory tower professors living a monastic life, dedicating themselves to the writing of a new encyclopedia. (You remember written encycolopedias; you used to be able to find them in libraries near the microfiche.)
The professors are a splendid gathering of the best of the character actors of the time: "Cuddles" Sakall, Henry Travers, Hichard Haydn and on and on. Their leader and chief egghead is Gary Cooper playing wonderfully against type. (He did this in a great comic western once: See "Along Came Jones" when it comes along.) The result is funny and charming; and, yes, we really are touched by the innocence of long ago and far away.
For those who don't know the work of the young Barbara Stanwyck, this is a good one to serve as introduction. She really is a ball of fire. |
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Behave Yourself 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Beck
Cast: Farley Granger, Shelley Winters, William Demarest, Francis L. Sullivan, Lon Chaney Jr., Hans Conried, Elisha Cook Jr., Allen Jenkins, Sheldon Leonard
After Bill (Farley Granger) and Kate (Shelley Winters) take in a stray dog, their lives change when the dog's former owners, a group of mobsters, want the dog back.
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The Big Shakedown 1934 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Francis Dillon
Cast: Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Henry O'Neill, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Dewey Robinson, John Wray, Renee Whitney
When a young pharmacist (Charles Farrell) is drawn into the drug kingdom, his wife (Bette Davis) decides she cannot live in his new world.
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The Big Wheel 1949 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Mary Hatcher, Michael O'Shea, Spring Byington, Hattie McDaniel, Steve Brodie, Allen Jenkins, Richard Lane, Lina Romay
Racecar driver Billy Coy (Mickey Rooney) will do whatever it takes to get to the top–until he is responsible for a death during a race. He gets a job with a mechanic his late father used when he raced at Indy. Will Billy be able to redeem himself and follow in his father's footsteps?
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Blessed Event 1932 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Isabel Jewell, George Meeker, Frank McHugh, Tom Dugan, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell
Newspaper columnist Alvin Roberts (Lee Tracy) specializes in reporting on "blessed events" which are started before marriage. When he announces the pregnancy of Dorothy (Isabel Jewell), it changes the lives of both Alvin and Dorothy. Behind the humor is a powerful story.
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Brother Orchid 1940  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins, Charles D. Brown, Cecil Kellaway, Richard Lane, Paul Guilfoyle, Morgan Conway, John Ridgely, Joseph Crehan, Wilfred Lucas, Tom Tyler
When Little John Sarto (Edward G. Robinson) retires, gangland is quickly taken over by Jack Buck (Humphrey Bogart) who is not about to relinquish his position when Sarto gets bored. Sarto eventually finds happiness in a monastery after a failed attempt at starting another gang. 1 User Review
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| | Entertaining, informative, fine casting | H.V. Brooke 03/02/2007 | | A splendid example of Hollywood film making ate its best. Great story, great casting with Edward G. Robinson at his best. |
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Bureau of Missing Persons 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly, Alan Dinehart, George Chandler, Marjorie Gateson
Police officer Butch Saunders (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with fugitive Norma Phillips (Bette Davis) and helps prove her innocence in a murder charge.
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Cain and Mabel 1936 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns, Walter Catlett, E.E. Clive, Robert Paige, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ruth Donnelly, William Collier Sr.
A musical star, Mabel O'Dare (Marion Davies), pretends to be in love with a championship fighter, Larry Cain (Clark Gable), as part of a publicity stunt, but the stunt takes on new dimensions when the romance turns serious.
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Case of the Baby-Sitter 1947  N/R, 40 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Allen Jenkins, Pamela Blake, Virginia Sale, George Meeker, Tom Kennedy, Rebel Randall, Keith Richards, Lona Andre, Crane Whitley, Eddie Kane, Bill Kennedy
Russ Ashton's (Tom Neal) detective agency is hired to provide baby-sitting duties for a duke and duchess (George Meeker and Rebel Randall), and Russ assigns his inept, but funny, assistant, Harvard (Allen Jenkins), to the job. But the duke and duchess are really jewel thieves, and a rival gang wants loot from the last heist, which brings Russ into action. Filmed concurrently with "The Hat Box Mystery" with several of the same stars.
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The Case of the Howling Dog 1934 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alan Crosland
Cast: Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins, Grant Mitchell, Helen Trenholme, Helen Lowell, Dorothy Tree, Gordon Westcott, Harry Tyler, Arthur Aylesworth
This is the first film of Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason, and the series continued for five more movies; Warren William stars as our hero defender in the first four. Unlike the sober entries starring Raymond Burr, these are light-hearted, if not as well written and acted. In this episode, Perry gets involved in a family feud that ends up in murder. He amazes all as he identifies the killer in the courtroom.
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The Case of the Lucky Legs 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Warren William, Genevieve Tobin, Patricia Ellis, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane, Peggy Shannon, Porter Hall, Craig Reynolds, Henry O'Neill
Margie (Patricia Ellis) wins the Lucky Lady contest, but the shady promoter probably has skipped town with the prize money. Perry Mason (Warren William) is called in to help find him, which he does–but the promoter is dead. Whodunit? Good, humorous entry.
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The Dark Horse 1946 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Will Jason
Cast: Phillip Terry, Donald MacBride, Ann Savage, Jane Darwell, Edward Gargan, Allen Jenkins, Si Jenks, Mary Gordon, Lane Chandler, Dick Crockett
George Kelly (Terry) is a war veteran who is persuaded to run for city office by the "machine." He finds that his war record is being used to get crooked legislation passed, and with the help of a government employee (Ann Savage), he takes action and goodness prevails, as well as love.
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A Date with the Falcon 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, Mona Maris, Victor Kilian, Frank Moran, Hans Conried, Edward Gargan, Alec Craig
A stolen formula for synthetic diamonds and its murdered inventor are the bases of this case for the Falcon (George Sanders).
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Destry Rides Again 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Charles Winninger, Mischa Auer, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Una Merkel, Samuel S. Hinds, Jack Carson, Warren Hymer
Bottleneck is a Western town badly in need of help, and Destry (James Stewart) is hired to do the job. Through peaceful means, mild-mannered Destry cleans up the town.
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Dive Bomber 1941 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Regis Toomey, Craig Stevens, Robert Armstrong, Allen Jenkins, Alexis Smith, Herbert Anderson, Moroni Olsen
In pre-Pearl Harbor bombing days, scientist Doug Lee (Errol Flynn) tries to solve the problem of blackouts suffered by pilots training for possible future air battles.
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Easy Come, Easy Go 1947 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Diana Lynn, Sonny Tufts, Dick Foran, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, John Litel, Arthur Shields, Frank Faylen, James Burke
Irish gambler Martin (Barry Fitzgerald) is hooked on horse racing, and his daughter Connie (Diana Lynn) has the money that keeps the habit going. So, when she intends to get married, Martin just can't let that happen.
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Eyes in the Night 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Donna Reed, Katherine Emery, Allen Jenkins, Reginald Denny, Rosemary DeCamp, Barry Nelson, Mantan Moreland, John Emery
Duncan Maclain (Edward Arnold) is a blind detective who investigates a murder, but his sleepy-eyed dog is the real star of this film. Followed by "The Hidden Eye."
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The Falcon Takes Over 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, James Gleason, Helen Gilbert, Edward Gargan, George Cleveland, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Allen Jenkins, Ward Bond, Hans Conried
This entry in the "Falcon" series is one of the best as the Falcon (George Sanders) is helped by a reporter (Lynn Bari) to find a missing woman.
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Five Came Back 1939 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins, Joseph Calleia, C. Aubrey Smith, Patric Knowles, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Faylen
This is an interesting, if somewhat dated, film concerning passengers who attempt survival in a jungle full of headhunters after their plane crashes. This was remade as "Back from Eternity."
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Footsteps in the Dark 1941 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale, Lee Patrick, Allen Jenkins, Lucile Watson, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Grant Mitchell
While looking for ideas for crime novels, writer Francis Warren (Errol Flynn) heads for the seamy side of the city and ends up solving a real crime.
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The Gay Falcon 1941 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, Anne Hunter, Gladys Cooper, Edward Brophy, Arthur Shields, Turhan Bey, Hans Conried, Damian O'Flynn
The Falcon gets to the bottom of a case involving jewel thieves and a phony insurance plot in this, the first of a series of Falcon films.
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Go West, Young Lady 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Glenn Ford, Penny Singleton, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles, Allen Jenkins, Jed Prouty, Bob Wills, Edith Meiser, Onslow Stevens
It's tough to clean up a town of the bad outlaws, especially if the outlaw is Pecos Pete, but that is what Marshal Tex Miller (Glenn Ford) was sent to do. Then there are the two women who (physically) fight over the marshal. This comedy/western/musical falls short of its mark, but old-timers will enjoy Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys' songs. Director Strayer and Penny Singleton took time off from their "Blondie" series for this one.
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Going Places 1938 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Allen Jenkins, Ronald Reagan, Louis Armstrong, Maxine Sullivan
In this musical comedy, based on the Broadway play "Hottentot" about a sporting-goods salesman, Dick Powell plays the salesman, Peter Mason, who tries to win a steeplechase.
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Hard to Get 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger, Allen Jenkins, Bonita Granville, Melville Cooper, John Ridgely, Penny Singleton, Isabel Jeans, Thurston Hall
Bill (Dick Powell) is an architect who depends on a new job of pumping gas when the Great Depression hits. One day a millionaire (Olivia de Havilland) stops for gas and falls in love with Bill.
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Hard to Handle 1933 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: James Cagney, Mary Brian, Ruth Donnelly, Allen Jenkins, Claire Dodd, Gavin Gordon, Emma Dunn, Robert McWade, Douglass Dumbrille, Matt McHugh
Lefty Merrill (Cagney) is a press agent/con artist who gets into a number of humorous situations, including a get-rich-quick dance marathon. Lots of wisecracking.
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The Hat Box Mystery 1947  N/R, 44 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Tom Neal, Pamela Blake, Allen Jenkins, Virginia Sale, Leonard Penn, Olga Andre, Tom Kennedy, Edward Keane, Al Hill, Jack Cheatham, Zon Murray, Bob Nunes, William Ruhl
An assignment of private detective Russ' (Tom Neal) assistant/secretary Susan (Pamela Blake) turns into a murder case, and Susan is the primary suspect. Russ comes to her rescue. Filmed concurrently with "Case of the Baby-Sitter" and with several of the same stars.
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 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang 1932 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson, Preston Foster, Allen Jenkins, Edward Ellis, Harry Woods, Douglass Dumbrille, Irving Bacon, John Wray, Noel Francis, Berton Churchill, David Landau, Hale Hamilton, Sally Blane
This powerful story, based on the autobiography of Robert E. Burns, concerns an innocent man, James Allen (Paul Muni) who went through Hell-on-Earth at the hands of a Southern justice system. After escaping the chain gang once only to be turned in later by scorned wife Helen (Glenda Farrell), he again escapes. This is not a pleasant story, but it is one that should hold the watcher's attention. The ending is classic.
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The Irish in Us 1935 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Mary Gordon, J. Farrell MacDonald, Thomas E. Jackson, Harvey Perry
Two brothers, Danny (James Cagney) and Pat (Pat O'Brien) O'Hara vie for the attentions of beautiful Lucille Jackson (Olivia de Havilland).
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Jimmy the Gent 1934 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Alice White, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Hohl, Alan Dinehart, Philip Reed, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ralf Harolde, Dennis O'Keefe
This offbeat gangster comedy has Cagney trying to find heirs for unclaimed fortunes. The two stars invigorate a weak script.
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Lady on a Train 1945 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles David
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley
As her train pulls into Grand Central Station, Nikki (Deanna Durbin) glimpses a murder being committed in a nearby building. She reports the crime, but the police won't listen. So, Nikki investigates and gets involved with the dead man's off-beat family.
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Marked Woman 1937 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Jane Bryan, Eduardo Ciannelli, Isabel Jewell, Allen Jenkins, Lola Lane, Ben Welden, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Damian O'Flynn, Raymond Hatton, Frank Faylen
Mary Dwight (Bette Davis) works at a nightclub, owned by mob boss Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli), where she performs as a hostess and prostitute. After one of the customers is killed, Mary swears to turn states evidence to help prosecutor David Graham (Humphrey Bogart). But when she appears in court, Mary clams up. Later her sister Betty (Jane Bryan) joins the group and is killed by a gangster for not submitting to his advances. Mary again threatens to testify but is beaten and scarred for life. Finally, from her hospital bed, she begs fellow prostitutes to testify. The five women–including Mary–appear in court, testify, and help bring Vanning to his knees.
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The Mayor of Hell 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: James Cagney, Madge Evans, Allen Jenkins, Dudley Digges, Frankie Darro, Dorothy Peterson, Charles C. Wilson, Hobart Cavanaugh, Robert Barrat, Harold Huber, Sheila Terry, William V. Mong, G. Pat Collins, Edwin Maxwell, John Marston
This unusual story involves ex-gangster Richard 'Patsy' Gargan (James Cagney) who is appointed Deputy Commissioner of a reform school. He takes the position after the nurse (Madge Evans) at the school confides in him about the inhumane treatment being inflicted on the boys. He works to improve conditions at the reform school and the way the kids are being treated. But, Gargan leaves the reform school to kill a rival gangster, and then he goes into hiding. Meanwhile the poor conditions return at the reform school, and when the boys learn that Gargan is really a ruthless mobster they lose faith in him. But, Gargan returns, gets the warden Mr. Thompson (Dudley Digges) kicked out, and regains the boys' respect.
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Naughty But Nice 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dick Powell, Gale Page, Helen Broderick, Ronald Reagan, Allen Jenkins, Zasu Pitts, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Jerry Colonna, Luis Alberni
Professor Hardwick (Dick Powell) composes songs with his partner Zelda Manton (Ann Sheridan), but singer Linda McKay (Gale Page) has other plans for his song-writing methods.
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The Perfect Speciman 1937 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward Everett Horton, Dick Foran, May Robson, Beverly Roberts, Allen Jenkins, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell
A wealthy woman (May Robson) shelters her grandson (Errol Flynn) from the outside world until a beautiful woman (Joan Blondell) enters the picture, and the grandmother loses control.
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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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Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Falk, Bing Crosby, Barbara Rush, Victor Buono, Allen Jenkins, Edward G. Robinson, Hans Conried, Hank Henry, Robert Foulk, Jack La Rue, Sig Ruman, Richard Bakalyan
Robbo (Frank Sinatra), who leads Chicago gangsters during Prohibition, is given $50,000 by Marian (Barbara Rush) to hunt down the man who killed her gangster father Big Jim (Edward G. Robinson). Robbo gives the money to his henchman Will (Sammy Davis Jr.) who, in turn, gives the money to Allen A. Dale (Bing Crosby) who runs the Blessed Shelter Orphans Home. Dale informs the press about the gift, and Robbo becomes a celebrity, known as Chicago's Robin Hood. Now, Robbo and his gang open up their own mission and, of course, use it as a cover for back-room gambling. "My Kind of Town" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
Director: George S. Kaufman
Cast: William Powell, Ella Raines, Arleen Whelan, Peter Lind Hayes, Ray Collins, Allen Jenkins, Hans Conried, Charles D. Brown, Whit Bissell, Norma Varden
Senator Ashton (William Powell) wants to be President of the United States and hires a press agent to help him attain his lofty ambition.
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A Slight Case of Murder 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker, John Litel, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber, Paul Harvey, Margaret Hamilton, Eric Stanley, Bobby Jordan, Joe Downing, Bert Hanlon
Edward G. Robinson is again excellent as he plays a gangster who goes broke after Prohibition ends. His brewery collapses due to the terrible tasting product, and he heads to his summer home where the fun begins as assorted guests appear, and bodies of gangsters are discovered along with half a million dollars of their loot. A fine, funny flick.
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The Spy in the Green Hat 1966 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Jack Palance, Janet Leigh, Leo G. Carroll, Leticia Roman, Eduardo Ciannelli, Allen Jenkins, Joan Blondell, Elisha Cook Jr.
This film is a result of splicing together parts of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." TV series and is a watchable James Bond and 1930s gangster film spoof. Jack Palance plays the bad guy who is the target of the U.N.C.L.E. agents.
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St. Louis Kid 1934 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: James Cagney, Patricia Ellis, Allen Jenkins, Robert Barrat, Hobart Cavanaugh, Spencer Charters, Addison Richards, Arthur Aylesworth, Charles C. Wilson, William B. Davidson
Eddie (James Cagney) and Buck (Allen Jenkins) are two truck drivers who manage to get mixed up in a dairy farmer dispute in this light-hearted action film.
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Swing Your Lady 1938 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Louise Fazenda, Penny Singleton, Leon Weaver, Nat Pendleton, Ronald Reagan, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Frank Weaver, Ronald Reagan
Ed (Humphrey Bogart) sets up a phony wrestling match between strong-woman Sadie (Louise Fazenda) and Joe (Nat Pendleton).
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They All Kissed the Bride 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Allen Jenkins, Andrew Tombes, Helen Parrish, Emory Parnell, Mary Treen, Nydia Westman
This entertaining comedy is centered on the inane premise that a man could be arrested for kissing the bride during her wedding festivities.
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Three on a Match 1932 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Joan Blondell, Warren William, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lyle Talbot, Patricia Ellis, Sheila Terry, Grant Mitchell, Clara Blandick, Virginia Davis, Anne Shirley, Betty Carse, Allen Jenkins, Edward Arnold
Schoolmates from the past–actress Mary Keaton (Joan Blondell), high-society matron Vivian Revere (Ann Dvorak), and Ruth Westcott (Bette Davis)–meet at a restaurant and use one match to light their cigarettes. Over the next years, Vivian divorces Henry (Warren William), leaves her baby son with him, and marries gambler Mike (Lyle Talbot). Mary marries Henry, and Ruth works as the baby's governess. By now, Vivian is a drug addict and alcoholic and has become involved in a plot to kidnap her own son when her husband Mike hires "Harve the Mug" (Humphrey Bogart) to perform the kidnapping. During the kidnapping, both Vivian and her son are taken captive, but Vivian jumps out of a window, and the police rescue her son.
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Tin Pan Alley 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Allen Jenkins, Esther Ralston, Fred Keating, Billy Gilbert, Ben Carter, Elisha Cook Jr.
During 1915, songwriters Harry Calhoun (Jack Oakie) and Skeets Harrigan (John Payne) find success when they team up with singing sisters Katie (Alice Faye) and Lily Blane (Betty Grable). Then a rift develops when a new tune is given to a more famous singer, and the sisters leave for England. But Harry and Skeets soon enlist in the army, are shipped overseas, and find Katie and Lily in England. Excellent Academy Award-winning musical score.
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Tomorrow at Seven 1933 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Chester Morris, Vivienne Osborne, Frank McHugh, Allen Jenkins, Henry Stephenson, Grant Mitchell, Charles Middleton, Oscar Apfel, Cornelius Keefe, Virginia Howell
The "Ace of Spades" is a killer on the loose in Chicago when mystery writer Neil Broderick (Chester Morris) along with bumbling detectives Clancy (Frank McHugh) and Dugan (Allen Jenkins) step in to save the day.
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Tortilla Flat 1942 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard, John Qualen, Donald Meek, Allen Jenkins, Connie Gilchrist, Henry O'Neill, Arthur Space, Mercedes Ruffino, Nina Campana, Betty Wells
This film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel features Spencer Tracy in the role of Pilon the leader of a group of friends living in the poor, Mexican community bordering on the town of Monterey, California. Pilon plots to steal the money that "the Pirate" (Frank Morgan has saved, while another of the friends, Danny (John Garfield), woos Dolores "Sweets" Ramirez (Hedy Lamarr). When Danny inherits two small houses, and the friends move in, Pilon moves away from his plan to steal "the Pirate's" money, and his attention switches to Dolores who he plans to steal away from Danny. But, after Danny is injured in a fight, Pilon changes his tune and helps Danny and Dolores get together. Frank Morgan was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actor).
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Wonder Man 1945 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, Steve Cochran, Otto Kruger, Huntz Hall, Eddie Acuff
Danny Kaye stars as two brothers: Buzzy is a nightclub entertainer who is murdered by gangsters and studious twin Edwin who is called on to help get the killers. The film won an Oscar for special effects and was nominated for the music.
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| 1. 42nd Street (1933)
2. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
3. Ball of Fire (1941)
4. Behave Yourself (1951)
5. The Big Shakedown (1934)
6. The Big Wheel (1949)
7. Blessed Event (1932)
8. Brother Orchid (1940)
9. Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
10. Cain and Mabel (1936)
11. Case of the Baby-Sitter (1947)
12. The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)
13. The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
14. The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)
15. The Dark Horse (1946)
16. A Date with the Falcon (1941)
17. Destry Rides Again (1939)
18. Dive Bomber (1941)
19. Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
20. Eyes in the Night (1942)
21. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
22. Five Came Back (1939)
23. Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
24. The Gay Falcon (1941)
25. Go West, Young Lady (1941)
26. Going Places (1938)
27. Hard to Get (1938)
28. Hard to Handle (1933)
29. The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
30. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
31. The Irish in Us (1935)
32. Jimmy the Gent (1934)
33. Lady on a Train (1945)
34. Marked Woman (1937)
35. The Mayor of Hell (1933)
36. Naughty But Nice (1939)
37. The Perfect Speciman (1937)
38. Pillow Talk (1959)
39. Racket Busters (1938)
40. Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
41. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
42. A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
43. The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)
44. St. Louis Kid (1934)
45. Swing Your Lady (1938)
46. They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
47. Three on a Match (1932)
48. Tin Pan Alley (1940)
49. Tomorrow at Seven (1933)
50. Tortilla Flat (1942)
51. Wild Harvest (1947)
52. Wonder Man (1945)
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