Dangerous Crossing 1953  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Max Showalter, Carl Betz, Mary Anderson, Marjorie Hoshelle, Willis Bouchey, Yvonne Peattie, Carl Ludwig Lindt, Gayne Whitman, Anthony Jochim, Charles Tannen, Stanley Andrews, William Tannen, Adrienne Marden
Ruth and John Bowman (Jeanne Crain and Carl Betz) are enjoying a trans-Atlantic honeymoon cruise when John disappears. Ruth searches for John, but no one remembers John being on board, and their cabin number does not match with their names. To make matters worse, the passenger list has Ruth listed under her maiden name. Then the ship's doctor, Paul Manning (Michael Rennie), gets involved and helps Ruth uncover what has really happened to her husband.
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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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