Above Suspicion 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen, Richard Ainley, Cecil Cunningham, Ann Shoemaker, Felix Bressart, Sara Haden
Newlyweds (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are honeymooning in Europe when World War II breaks out. The British Secret Service recruits them to find plans for a secret weapon, and as they become involved in espionage they travel from Paris to Salzburg on a trip filled with intrigue.
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Alice Adams 1935  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Ann Shoemaker, Evelyn Venable, Charley Grapewin, Hedda Hopper, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Albertson, Jonathan Hale
Alice Adams (Katharine Hepburn) believes in upward mobility (socially at least) as she tries to step from her lower-middle-class surroundings into the upper-class world. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Actress (Hepburn).
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An Angel from Texas 1940  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Ruth Terry, John Litel, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ann Shoemaker, Tom Kennedy
Based on George S. Kaufman's "The Butter and Egg Man," this popular story is about a young couple who learn the foibles of the big city when they attempt to find a shortcut to success on Broadway.
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Babes in Arms 1939 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Charles Winningham, Guy Kibbee, June Preisser, Rand Brooks, Henry Hull, Margaret Hamilton, Lon McCallister, Joseph Crehan, Douglas McPhail, Johnny Sheffield, Barnett Parker, Ann Shoemaker
This is the original Judy Garland/Mickey Rooney musical extravaganza featuring Busby Berkeley production numbers. Mickey Moran (Rooney) does not want to be sent to a work farm when his vaudeville parents go on tour. So, at his girlfriend Patsy Barton's (Garland) urging, he writes his own show, and he and Patsy hit the road on their musical tour. Nineteen-year-old Rooney was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award.
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Conflict 1945 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart, Charles Drake, Grant Mitchell, Patrick O'Moore, Ann Shoemaker, Frank Wilcox, James Flavin
When Richard Mason (Humphrey Bogart) kills his wife, Katherine (Rose Hobart), in order to marry her sister, Evelyn (Alexis Smith), he is tricked into a confession by Dr. Mark Hamilton (Sidney Greenstreet).
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House by the River 1950 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Ann Shoemaker, Jody Gilbert, Sarah Padden, Peter Brocco, Howland Chamberlain, Margaret Seddon, Kathleen Freeman, Will Wright
After Stephen (Louis Hayward) accidentally murders a maid, his brother, John (Lee Bowman), helps him hide the body. But, when police find the body, John, not Stephen, becomes the prime suspect.
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Magic Town 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks, Wallace Ford, Regis Toomey, Donald Meek, Ann Doran, Ann Shoemaker, Mickey Kuhn, Larry Wheat
After a pollster, Rip Smith (James Stewart), finds the quintessential American town, troubles brew when the resulting publicity exposes the quiet town to the rest of the world.
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 My Favorite Wife 1940 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Garson Kanin
Cast: Cary Grant, Irene Dunne, Gail Patrick, Randolph Scott, Ann Shoemaker, Donald MacBride, Scotty Beckett, Hugh O'Connell, Pedro de Cordoba, Granville Bates
After being stranded on an island for seven years, Ellen (Irene Dunne) is finally rescued. Comedy and complications reign when she returns home to find that her husband (Cary Grant) has begun a new life with another woman. Doris Day takes on Dunne's role in the remake: "Move Over, Darling."
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 Shall We Dance? 1937 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, Ben Alexander, Mantan Moreland, Ann Shoemaker, J.M. Kerrigan
While crossing the Atlantic by steamer, a Russian ballet dancer (Fred Astaire) and an American ballroom dancer (Ginger Rogers) meet and pretend to be husband and wife. George and Ira Gershwin songs in this film are great and include "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They All Laughed," and "They Can't Take That Away from Me."
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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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 Strike Up the Band 1940 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Preisser, Ann Shoemaker, William Tracy, George Lessey, Milton Kibbee, Helen Jerome Eddy, Virginia Brissac, Margaret Early
This is not one of Busby Berkeley's better films, but a good Gershwin score helps. The plot involves high-school bandleader Jimmy Connors (Mickey Rooney) and his band's vocalist Mary Holden (Judy Garland) who enter the competition in Paul Whiteman's nationwide band contest.
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Sunrise at Campobello 1960 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen, Tim Considine, Ann Shoemaker, Lyle Talbot, Walter Sande, Herbert Anderson, Zina Bethune
This story is centered on Franklin D. Roosevelt's bout with polio and how he learned to deal with misfortune. Greer Garson is a very believable Eleanor helping her husband through troubled times and she was nominated for an Oscar.
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A Woman's Secret 1949  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Bill Williams, Victor Jory, Mary Philips, Jay C. Flippen, Robert Warwick, Curt Conway, Ann Shoemaker
Susan (Gloria Grahame) lies in a coma with a gunshot wound. Marian (Maureen O'Hara) confesses that she did it, and the story of their relationship is then told in flashbacks. Marian, an up-and-coming singer, had lost her voice, and took scatterbrained Susan under her wing to make Susan the star Marian had hoped to become. But, did Marian really shoot Susan?
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| 1. Above Suspicion (1943)
2. Alice Adams (1935)
3. An Angel from Texas (1940)
4. Babes in Arms (1939)
5. Conflict (1945)
6. House by the River (1950)
7. Magic Town (1947)
8. My Favorite Wife (1940)
9. Shall We Dance? (1937)
10. Stella Dallas (1937)
11. Strike Up the Band (1940)
12. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
13. A Woman's Secret (1949)
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