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Design for Scandal 1941 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Lee Bowman, Jean Rogers, Mary Beth Hughes, Guy Kibbee, Thurston Hall, Donald Meek, Barbara Jo Allen

  Newsman Judson M. Blair (Edward Arnold) plots to set up and frame Judge Cornelia Porter (Rosalind Russell) in a scandal, but he falls in love with her in the process.

Girl Rush 1944 1 star

    N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford, Barbara Jo Allen, Robert Mitchum, Paul Hurst

  While hunting for gold, vaudeville comedians attempt to stage a show for the all-male mining town of Red Creek. In an attempt to attain an audience, they promise to deliver women to the area.

Lake Placid Serenade 1944 2 stars

    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Roy Rogers, Vera Ralston, John Litel, Walter Catlett, Robert Livingston, Stephanie Bachelor, Eugene Pallette, Barbara Jo Allen, William Frawley, Ruth Terry, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor

  A foreign ice skater attending an ice carnival is stranded in the U.S. when war breaks out. Love ensues when she meets her uncle's young partner. Many old standards are sung.

Larceny, Inc. 1942 3 stars

    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Harry Davenport, Jackie Gleason, Grant Mitchell, George Meeker, John Qualen, Barbara Jo Allen, Andrew Tombes, Joe Downing, Joseph Crehan

  After being released from Sing Sing Prison, attempting one last robbery before going straight, three ex-cons Pressure Maxwell (Edward G. Robinson), Jug Martin (Broderick Crawford), and Leo Dexter (Anthony Quinn) join forces to tunnel through to a bank vault. Jackie Gleason plays the bit part of a soda jerk, Hobart. Very funny.

The Mad Doctor 1941 2 stars

    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen, Kitty Kelly, Ralph Morgan, Martin Kosleck, Hugh O'Connell, Hugh Sothern, George Chandler

  Doctor George Sebastian (Basil Rathbone) marries women for their money, but he is finally tripped up by a newsman, Gil Sawyer (John Howard), when he plans to marry his next victim (Vera Vague).

Melody Ranch 1940 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Horace McMahon, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jerome Cowan, Barbara Jo Allen, Joe Sawyer, Mary Lee, Clarence Wilson

  Gene Autry returns to his hometown where a sheriff is needed. Guess who takes the job.

Mohawk 1956 2 stars

    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Lori Nelson, Allison Hayes, John Hoyt, Barbara Jo Allen, Rhys Williams, Ted de Corsia, Mae Clarke, Tommy Cook, Michael Granger, John Hudson, James O'Hara, Chabon Jadi

  In this "Eastern" Western, Boston artist Jonathan Adams (Scott Brady) is sent to the Mohawk Valley to paint landscapes, and he leaves his fiance Cynthia Stanhope (Lori Nelson) behind. When Cynthia comes looking for him, she finds that he is attracted to a Mohawk princess, Onida (Rita Gam), and embroiled in a war between settlers and the Mohawk Indians brought on by land grabber Butler (John Hoyt) who wants more land.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1942 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Murphy
Cast: Fay Bainter, Hugh Herbert, Barbara Jo Allen, Barbara Britton, Carolyn Lee, Moroni Olsen, Billy Lee, John Archer, Clem Bevans, Ethel Griffies

  Based on a 1901 novel by Alice Hegan, this is the story of Mrs. Wiggs (Fay Bainter) who is a mother of five children, and although they suffer adversities, she manages to instill positive messages in her brood.

Rosie the Riveter 1944 2 stars

    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Jane Frazee, Frank Albertson, Barbara Jo Allen, Frank Jenks, Lloyd Corrigan, Frank Fenton, Maude Eburne

  Due to the housing shortage during World War II, male and female workers share a house. They work different shifts, but begin to argue over who gets the house when.

Sleeping Beauty 1959 3 stars

    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical / Romance
Director: Clyde Geronimi
Cast: Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley, Verna Felton, Barbara Jo Allen, Barbara Luddy, Taylor Holmes, Bill Thompson, Dal McKennon, Marvin Miller, Candy Candido, Thurl Ravenscroft, Pinto Colvig, Bill Amsbery

  This is Disney's full-length animated film about Princess Aurora (voice of Mary Costa) who sleeps under an evil spell–until her prince (voice of Bill Shirley) awakens her with a kiss.

The Sword in the Stone 1963 2 stars

    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Cast: Rickie Sorensen, Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Junius Matthews, Alan Napier, Norman Alden, Martha Wentworth, Barbara Jo Allen, Ginny Tyler, Richard & Robert Reitherman, James MacDonald, Thurl Ravenscroft

  Narrated by Sir Ector (voice of Sebastian Cabot), this animated film by Disney is based on the tale of King Arthur (voice of Rickie Sorensen) and revolves around a boy named Wart (voices of Richard and Robert Reitherman) who is aided by the magician Merlin (voice of Karl Swenson).

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