Bathing Beauty 1944  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Basil Rathbone, Bill Goodwin, Harry James, Xavier Cugat, Margaret Dumont, Jean Porter, Donald Meek, Ann Codee
College girl Caroline Brooks (Esther Williams) meets and falls in love with a songwriter, Steve Elliott (Red Skelton); however, she still spends as much time as possible swimming in her pool.
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The First Time 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Bill Goodwin, Jeff Donnell, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Harvey, Cora Witherspoon, Bea Benaderet, Mona Barrie, Kathleen Comegys
Joe and Betsy (Robert Cummings and Barbara Hale) await the arrival of their baby with high anticipation. But after the baby arrives, they find that parenting is not as easy nor always as pleasant as they anticipated. Not great, but some laughs.
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Hit Parade of 1947 1947  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Eddie Albert, Constance Moore, Joan Edwards, Gil Lamb, Bill Goodwin, William Frawley, Roy Rogers, Richard Lane, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford
Kip Walker (Eddie Albert) and his fellow performers rise to stardom in a variety of fields of show business.
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It's a Great Feeling 1949 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Danny Kaye, Ronald Reagan, Irving Bacon, Claire Carleton, Mel Blanc, Michael Curtiz, David Butler, Frank Cady
This spoof on Hollywood musicals is Doris Day's third movie, and many Warner Bros. stars make cameo appearances. The story begins as Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson (Themselves) are preparing their next film and are unable to find a director, so Carson decides to take the job. Morgan is unhappy with Carson's decision and threatens to bow out–until Carson promises a waitress, Judy Adams (Day), at the Warner Bros. commissary a job as an actress if she will pose as his pregnant wife and convince Morgan that he needs the money. The ploy works, but there is no part for Judy in the film, and a dejected Judy returns to her Wisconsin home to marry her boyfriend. The film ends at the wedding when the newly married couple turns around, and the groom looks just like Errol Flynn (played by himself).
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Jolson Sings Again 1949 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath, Bill Goodwin, Myron McCormick, Tamara Shayne, Eric Wilton, Robert Emmett Keane, Marjorie Stapp, Jock Mahoney, Frank McClure
The success of the original Al Jolson film prompted a sequel, which continues the story of the popular singer, again played by Larry Parks. It includes the time during World War II and his visits to the troops as well as the making of the first movie. Again, Jolson's singing voice is used, with plenty of songs presented, some of which are repeats of the first film.
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The Jolson Story 1946  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shayne, John Alexander, Ann E. Todd, Pierre Watkin, Will Wright
This biography of 1920's star Al Jolson (Larry Parks) provides good entertainment and great Jolson tunes including "April Showers" and "Swanee." The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Sound. It also had four other nominations, including Best Actor (Parks) and Supporting Actor (William Demarest).
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Lucky Me 1954 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr., Nancy Walker, Martha Hyer, Bill Goodwin, Angie Dickinson, Marcel Dalio, Hayden Rorke, James Burke, William Bakewell
Chorus girl Candy Williams (Doris Day) finds new hope when songwriter Dick Carson (Robert Cummings) and his new musical open the door to fame and fortune. Angie Dickinson's film debut.
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No Time for Love 1943  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ilka Chase, Richard Haydn, Paul McGrath, June Havoc, Rhys Williams, Bill Goodwin, Marjorie Gateson, Morton Lowry, Frank Moran, Rod Cameron, George Dolenz, Rhys Williams, Ben Taggart
A famous photographer, Katherine Grant (Claudette Colbert), while photographing a tunnel being constructed under the Hudson River, takes pictures of sandhog Jim Ryan (Fred MacMurray) who is working on the tunnel project. A fight breaks out, and Jim wins. Katherine has taken pictures of the fight, and the pictures appear in a magazine. As a result, Jim is fired. Because she feels responsible, Katherine hires Jim as her assistant, which leads to romance despite great differences in their personalities.
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So Proudly We Hail! 1943 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Paulette Goddard, Veronica Lake, George Reeves, Barbara Britton, Walter Abel, Sonny Tufts, Bill Goodwin, Mary Treen, John Litel
In this somewhat dated, but still enjoyable, film Army nurses serve on Bataan treating the wounded soldiers during World War II. Paulette Goddard was nominated for an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress).
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 Spellbound 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Jean Acker, Normal Lloyd, Steven Geray, Bill Goodwin, Wallace Ford
Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) reports as the new director of Green Manors mental hospital where he is to replace Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll). While answering questions of his staff, a psychiatrist, Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) notices that there are problems with their new director. She suspects that he is not really Edwards and that he is an amnesiac and could have murdered the real doctor. Constance believes that curing his amnesia is the key to solving the mystery and attempts to heal him. While working with him, Constance begins to fall in love but will soon learn that danger lurks ahead. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov) and Director.
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The Stork Club 1945 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley, Bill Goodwin, Iris Adrian, Mikhail Rasumny, Mary Young, Andy Russell, Pierre Watkin
Judy Peabody (Betty Hutton) is a hat check girl who saves the life of Jerry B. Bates (Barry Fitzgerald). He repays her anonymously by setting her up as a wealthy woman. But problems develop when her boyfriend returns from the war and is suspicious of her newfound prosperity.
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Tea for Two 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy De Wolfe, S.Z. Sakall, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Gibson, Crauford Kent, Elinor Donahue, Harry Harvey, Pat Flaherty, George Baxter, Herschel Daugherty
Based on the Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," this delightful film is about Nan's (Doris Day) bet that she can get money needed for her Broadway musical show by not answering "NO!" for an entire weekend. Nan wins the bet and then learns that the money was wiped out in the Wall Street Stock Market crash. Jimmy (Gordon MacRae) is smitten with Nan and offers her the money. The show does go on and is a hit. The film's songs include "Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You," and "Do Do Do."
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To Each His Own 1946 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Roland Culver, Mary Anderson, Virginia Welles, Bill Goodwin, Victoria Horne, Griff Barnett, Frank Faylen, Arthur Loft
The elements of adoption are enlightened in this story of a mother (Olivia de Havilland) who gives up her son. Later, she wants to regain custody but decides to leave him with the adoptive parents he loves. Olivia de Havilland won the Oscar for her role in this film.
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Wake Island 1942 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Macdonald Carey, Robert Preston, William Bendix, Albert Dekker, Walter Abel, Mikhail Rasumny, Rod Cameron, Bill Goodwin, Damian O'Flynn, Barbara Britton, Frank Albertson, Phillip Terry, Don Castle, Dane Clark
Set shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Marines are sent to small Wake Island to hold off the Japanese advances. The action is nearly continuous as the Marines thwart one attack after another. This and other similar films were important in rallying the country behind the war effort and showing there is even victory in defeat. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (William Bendix).
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| 1. The Atomic Kid (1954)
2. Bathing Beauty (1944)
3. The First Time (1952)
4. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
5. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
6. Jolson Sings Again (1949)
7. The Jolson Story (1946)
8. Lucky Me (1954)
9. No Time for Love (1943)
10. So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
11. Spellbound (1945)
12. The Stork Club (1945)
13. Tea for Two (1950)
14. To Each His Own (1946)
15. Wake Island (1942)
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