 All About Eve 1950  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates, Walter Hampden, Randy Stuart, Craig Hill
This Oscar winner for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (George Sanders), and three other awards tells the story of young actress Eve's (Anne Baxter) attempts to reach stardom without paying her dues by joining a group of famous Broadway types. A candid and humorous look at New York theater is the result. Bette Davis: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride." The film also received eight other Oscar nominations including two for Best Actress (Bette Davis and Anne Baxter) and two for Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter). The 14 total nominations tied 1997's "Titanic" as the most received by any film.
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All Ashore 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan, Ray McDonald, Barbara Bates, Jody Lawrance, Dick Crockett, Fay Roope, Jean Willes
Three sailors (Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, and Ray McDonald) head off on shore leave but find they are broke.
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Belles on Their Toes 1952  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael, Barbara Bates, Martin Milner, Robert Arthur, Verna Felton, Marnie Alton, Jennifer Carmichael
In this sequel to "Cheaper by the Dozen," family patriarch Frank Bunker Gilbreth has died, and his widow (Myrna Loy) is left to raise their 12 children by herself.
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 Cheaper by the Dozen 1950  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Bates, Mildred Natwick, Sara Allgood, Jimmy Hunt, Carol Nugent
This film is based on the true story of the Gilbreth family whose father (Clifton Webb) was an advocate of work efficiency in raising his family of 12 children who endure a multitude of comedic situations to achieve their father's goal. A sequel to this movie, "Belles on Their Toes," followed in 1952.
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Inspector General 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Rhys Williams, Benny Baker, Norman Leavitt, Nestor Paiva, Byron Foulger, Jimmy Conlin, Fred Kelsey
A case of mistaken identity results in a very funny story as an illiterate stooge, Georgi (Danny Kaye), is wrongly identified as a man of power in the government. When he arrives in their town, corrupt town officers believe that Georgi is the Inspector General and grant him wishes and bribes to keep them from being arrested for stealing tax money. When the real Inspector General (Rhys Williams) arrives on the scene, the corruption is brought to an end, and Georgi is appointed the town's mayor–free to live happily ever after with the woman of his dreams, Leza (Barbara Bates). Songs include "The Gypsy Drinking Song."
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Susan Hayward, William Lundigan, Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart, Lynn Bari, Ruth Donnelly, Kathleen Lockhart, Alexander Knox
Although unprepared for life in a rural community, Mary (Susan Hayward) gamely accompanies her minister husband, William Asbury Thompson (William Lundigan), to his new post in the Georgia hill country.
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June Bride 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Cast: Bette Davis, Robert Montgomery, Fay Bainter, Betty Lynn, Tom Tully, Barbara Bates, Jerome Cowan, Mary Wickes, James Burke, Debbie Reynolds
A foreign correspondent (Robert Montgomery) is less than pleased when he is assigned to help his ex-love (Bette Davis), an editor of a woman's magazine. Look (quickly) for Debbie Reynolds in her film debut.
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Let's Make It Legal 1951 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Barbara Bates, Robert Wagner, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Cady, Jim Hayward, Kathleen Freeman, Roger Moore
After an amicable divorce following 20 years of marriage, Miriam (Claudette Colbert) and Hugh (Macdonald Carey) prepare to go their separate ways–until Mariam's old love, Victor (Zachary Scott), appears on the scene and stirs up old feelings for everyone involved.
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Quicksand 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Jeanne Cagney, Barbara Bates, Peter Lorre, Taylor Holmes, Art Smith, Wally Cassell, Richard Lane, John Gallaudet, Minerva Urecal, Patsy O'Connor, Sidney Marion, Jimmy Dodd, Kitty O'Neil, Lester Dorr
Auto mechanic Dan (Mickey Rooney) falls for conniving waitress Vera (Jeanne Cagney). Needing money to take her out, Dan lifts $20 from the garage cash register, intending to return it before the accountant checks the books. But, this initiates a downward spiral when he takes on ever more debt to pay the last one, which leads to destruction.
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Rhapsody 1954 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Vittorio Gassman, John Ericson, Louis Calhern, Barbara Bates, Stuart Whitman, Michael Chekhov, Celia Lovsky, Richard Hageman, Madge Blake
Beautiful Louise Durant (Elizabeth Taylor) leaves her violinist lover for a young pianist but still cannot find happiness.
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The Secret of Convict Lake 1951 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ethel Barrymore, Gene Tierney, Zachary Scott, Ann Dvorak, Barbara Bates, Ruth Donnelly, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hylton, Helen Westcott
In the 1870s, a group of convicts escape and hide out in a small California community of women.
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| 1. All About Eve (1950)
2. All Ashore (1953)
3. Belles on Their Toes (1952)
4. The Caddy (1953)
5. Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
6. Inspector General (1949)
7. I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
8. June Bride (1948)
9. Let's Make It Legal (1951)
10. One Last Fling (1949)
11. Quicksand (1950)
12. Rhapsody (1954)
13. The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
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