Anne of Green Gables 1934   N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy
Director: George Nicholls Jr.
Cast: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Sara Haden, Murray Kinnell, Charley Grapewin, Frank Darien, Paul Stanton, Hilda Vaughn, Gertrude Messinger, June Preston, Ann Miller, Bonita Granville, George Offerman Jr.
Prince Edward Island, Canada, is the 1908 setting for this story of teenager Anne (Anne Shirley) who is taken in by Matthew Cumbert and his sister Marilla (O.P. Heggie and Helen Westley) who thought they wanted a boy to help on their farm, Green Gables. Anne eventually endears herself to her foster parents, and, despite problems, she finds a future with her true love Gilbert Blythe (Tom Brown). 1 User Review
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| | jl 03/04/2007 | | About love generally speaking,nature and faith.Watching this movie will make you better. |
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Bombardier 1943 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Eddie Albert, Walter Reed, Robert Ryan, Barton MacLane, John Miljan, Russell Wade, Richard Martin
A Flying Fortress crew performs precision aerial-bombing missions during World War II.
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The Devil and Daniel Webster 1941  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror
aka: Daniel and the Devil
All That Money Can Buy
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon, James Craig, Gene Lockhart, John Qualen, George Cleveland, Jeff Corey, Anne Shirley, H.B. Warner, Frank Conlan, Lindy Wade, Alec Craig, Eddie Dew
Set in the1840s, Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) is the Devil with whom Jabez Stone (James Craig) traded his soul for riches. Now, Stone refuses to live up to his part of the bargain and insists on a legal trial. Daniel Webster (Edward Arnold) represents Stone in this classic Stephen Vincent Benet tale. Walter Huston received an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor.
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Government Girl 1943  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dudley Nichols
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker, James Dunn, Paul Stewart, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Davenport, Sig Ruman, Jane Darwell
When Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) is hired to develop bomber planes, a pretty secretary, Smokey Allard (Olivia de Havilland), shows him the ropes of wartime bureaucracy in Washington D.C.
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Mother Carey's Chickens 1938  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Fay Bainter, Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Walter Brennan, Frank Albertson, Virginia Weidler, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, Alma Kruger, Donnie Dunagan
The "chickens" in this story are a mother's (Fay Bainter) children (Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler); this mother sacrifices her all to protect her youngsters. Remade in 1963 as "Summer Magic."
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Murder, My Sweet 1944 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Farewell My Lovely
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Dick Powell, Anne Shirley, Mike Mazurki, Claire Trevor, Otto Kruger, Miles Mander, Douglas Walton, Donald Douglas, Ralf Harolde, Esther Howard
This remake of 1942's "The Falcon Takes Over" is the film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's book, "Farewell My Lovely," in which Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) is on the trail of a missing woman. Remade in 1975 as "Farewell, My Lovely."
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Riders of the Purple Sage 1925 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lynn Reynolds
Cast: Tom Mix, Warner Oland, Beatrice Burnham, Fred Kohler, Arthur Morrison, Harold Goodwin, Marian Nixon, Mabel Ballin, Wilfred Lucas, Anne Shirley
Based on Zane Grey's novel, Texas Ranger Jim Lassiter (Tom Mix) is after the man who abducted his sister and her daughter. Jim takes on a job at a ranch where love blooms and finds out that the man he's after is now a judge in town. Good silent flick.
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Steamboat Round the Bend 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette, Raymond Hatton, Stepin Fetchit, John McGuire, Berton Churchill, Francis Ford, Roger Imhof
Fleety Belle (Anne Shirley) falls for Doctor John Pearly (Will Rogers), owner of a steamboat, whose goal is to win a great steamboat race that becomes the exciting climax for this film. Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska before this film was released.
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Stella Dallas 1937 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main, Tim Holt, Ann Shoemaker, Nella Walker, Jimmy Butler
Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in her role of Stella Dallas, the young woman from a mill town who marries a wealthy man (John Boles) but cannot find happiness because they never reconcile their differences in upbringing. Anne Shirley also received an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actress).
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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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Young America 1932 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Tom Conlon, Doris Kenyon, Ralph Bellamy, Beryl Mercer, Louise Beavers, Raymond Borzage, Robert Homans, Sarah Padden, Anne Shirley
It takes his role of preventing a robbery to allow orphaned Arthur Simpson (Tom Conlon) to gain a place of respect among his friends, relatives, and community.
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| 1. Anne of Green Gables (1934)
2. Bombardier (1943)
3. The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
aka: Daniel and the Devil
aka: All That Money Can Buy
4. Government Girl (1943)
5. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
6. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
aka: Farewell My Lovely
7. Riders of the Purple Sage (1925)
8. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
9. Stella Dallas (1937)
10. Three on a Match (1932)
11. Young America (1932)
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