40 Carats 1973  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Forty Carats
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Eddie Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Billy Green Bush, Nancy Walker, Rosemary Murphy, Don Porter, Natalie Schafer
This film adaptation of the Broadway smash is about an older woman and her young daughter who both experience May/December romances.
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Adventures of Marco Polo 1938  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Ernest Truex, Alan Hale, Binnie Barnes, Ward Bond, Lana Turner, Robert Greig, H.B. Warner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Henry Kolker, Stanley Fields
When 13th-century Venetian explorer Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) arrives in China on a trade mission, he falls in love with Princess Kukachen (Sigrid Gurie). But, the conniving Prime Minister Ahmed (Basil Rathbone) wants the princess for himself and schemes to have Marco Polo temporarily banished by sending him to the outlands, which are controlled by the bandit Kaidu (Alan Hale). When Marco Polo meets Kaidu, the two join forces to save Princess Kukachen's father, Kublai Kahn (George Barbier). To achieve their goal, they use gunpowder, and by story's end, Marco Polo and Princess Kukachen are on their way to Persia.
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Always Goodbye 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Herbert Marshall, Ian Hunter, Cesar Romero, Lynn Bari, Binnie Barnes, Mary Forbes, Albert Conti, Franklin Pangborn, Ben Welden
In this remake of "Gallant Lady," Barbara Stanwyck plays the sacrificing mother who gives up her child for adoption.
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Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Billy Gilbert, Raymond Walburn, George Murphy, Charley Grapewin, Charles Igor Gorin, Robert Benchley, Willie Howard, Robert Wildhack, Barnett Parker
Steve Raleigh (Robert Taylor) needs funds to stage his Broadway show, and the leading lady, Sally Lee (Eleanor Powell), he wants to cast happens to own a race horse. The horse wins the big race at Saratoga, provides the money to back the show, and all ends happily. This musical features Judy Garland's classic rendition of "Dear Mr. Gable," which is without a doubt the highlight of this film.
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Decameron Nights 1953  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Joan Collins, Marjorie Rhodes, Mara Lane, Eliot Makeham, Hugh Morton, Binnie Barnes, Godfrey Tearle, Meinhart Maur, Gordon Bell, Van Boolen, Gerard Tichy, Noel Purcell, Stella Riley
Three of the Boccaccio tales of lovers and intrigue are told by Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) when he visits the recently widowed Fiametta (Joan Fontaine) and her women friends at a Florentine Hills villa. Each story involves problems between men and women, and Jourdan plays the husbands, and Joan Fontaine takes the roles of the often misunderstood wives.
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Diamond Jim 1935  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Binnie Barnes, Cesar Romero, Eric Blore, Hugh O'Connell, George Sidney, William Demarest, Robert McWade, Tully Marshall
This is the film biography of Diamond Jim Brady (Edward Arnold), the millionaire gambler, who romanced the beautiful entertainer, Lillian Russell (Binnie Barnes), during his steady round of gambling, gorging on food, and womanizing.
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The Divorce of Lady X 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson, Morton Selten, J.H. Roberts, Gertrude Musgrove, Gus McNaughton, Hugh McDermott
Due to an emergency, a young lawyer (Laurence Olivier) allows a young woman (Merle Oberon) to spend the night in his London hotel room. Although nothing happened, he believes himself to be the "other man" in a pending divorce case. Dated.
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Frontier Marshal 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Randolph Scott, Nancy Kelly, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, John Carradine, Eddie Foy Jr., Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., Si Jenks, Harry Woods
The O.K. Corral, with its gunfight involving the legendary Wyatt Earp and Doc Halliday, provides the climax of this story–a precursor to "My Darling Clementine."
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Getting Gertie's Garter 1945 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Marie McDonald, Barry Sullivan, Binnie Barnes, Sheila Ryan, J. Carrol Naish, Jerome Cowan, Vera Marshe, Don Beddoe, Frank Fenton
Based on a popular stage comedy, this funny, slapstick farce concerns a jeweled garter. Ken (Dennis O'Keefe) had given it to Gertie (Marie McDonald), but he is now married to Patty (Sheila Ryan). Gertie is about to marry Ken's friend but intends to keep the garter–just in case Ken returns to her. Ken MUST get that garter (which is always around Gertie's leg) back without his wife or friend knowing about it.
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 Holiday 1938  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, Henry Daniell, Ann Doran, Bess Flowers, Neil Fitzgerald, Matt McHugh, Lillian West, Hilda Plowright
Adapted from Phillip Barry's Broadway play, this is the second film rendition about the young couple, Julia (Doris Nolan) and Johnny (Cary Grant), who are mismatched in plans for the future. Johnny is being coerced into joining Julia's father's business firm. All is not lost because Julia's sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn) loves Johnny for who he really is, and everyone lives happily ever after.
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If Winter Comes 1947 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes, Janet Leigh, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Halliwell Hobbes
Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon) takes unwed, pregnant Nona Tybar (Deborah Kerr) as a goodwill effort, but tragedy results.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1936  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel, Philip Reed, Robert Barrat, Hugh Buckler, Willard Robertson, Lumsden Hare, William Stack, Frank McGlynn Sr., Will Stanton, William V. Mong, Art Dupuis
This is an excellent, exciting rendition of James Fenimore Cooper's classic novel, with Randolph Scott in perhaps his best work as Hawkeye. During the French and Indian War, Hawkeye escorts the two daughters–Alice and Cora Munro (Binnie Barnes and Heather Angel) of the commander of a fort through hostile territory accompanied by the last two survivors of the Mohican tribe Uncas (Philip Reed) and Chingachgook (Robett Barrat).
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Pirates of Capri 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action
aka: Captain Sirocco
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Louis Hayward, Binnie Barnes, Alan Curtis, Mariella Lotti, Massimo Serato, Mikhail Rasumny, Virginia Belmont, Franca Marzi, William Tubbs, Alberto Califano, Maria Auritano, Michel Sorel, Eleonora Rossi Drago
By day, pirate Captain Sirocco (Louis Hayward) disguises himself as Count di Amalfi, which enables him to spy on the Naples court of Queen Carolina (Binnie Barnes). At night, Sirocco puts on a mask and leads the rebels of Capri in an effort to overthrow Queen Carolina and her evil police chief Commodore Van Diel (Alan Curtis). Good action scenes.
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The Private Life of Don Juan 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Binnie Barnes, Joan Gardner, Benita Hume, Clifford Heatherley, Barry MacKay, Melville Cooper, Bruce Winston, Gina Malo, Claud Allister, Heather Thatcher, Diana Napier, Owen Nares, Athene Seyler
Returning to Seville following his exile, the aging Don Juan (Douglas Fairbanks) is now married to Dolores (Benita Hume). When he learns that Rodrigo (Barry MacKay) has been impersonating him, Don Juan seeks to reclaim his old reputation as the great lover by having an affair with Antonia (Merle Oberon). Adventures ensue, but when Dolores is finally able to make her point about his infidelities, a relieved Don Juan climbs the ladder to her balcony, and they are reunited forever.
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The Private Life of Henry VIII 1933 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alexander Korda
Cast: Charles Laughton, Merle Oberon, Wendy Barrie, Elsa Lanchester, Robert Donat, Miles Mander, Binnie Barnes, Everley Gregg, Franklin Dyall, Claud Allister, Laurence Hanray, William Austin, John Loder, Gibb McLaughlin, Sam Livesey
Charles Laughton won the Oscar for his portrayal of Henry VIII in this historical film. It is the story of Henry's relationships with five of his six wives and starts with the his marriage to his second wife, Anne Boleyn (Merle Oberon), which ends in her execution. Henry's third wife is his mistress Jane Seymour (Wendy Barrie) who dies in childbirth. Henry then agrees to an arranged marriage to Anne of Cleves (Elsa Lanchester) that ends when she pushes him into the arms of Lady Catherine Howard (Binnie Barnes). He marries Catherine, but her affair with Henry's friend Thomas Culpepper (Robert Donat) ends in her beheading. Finally, Henry marries widowed Catherine Parr (Everley Gregg) who is determined to take care of him. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Shadow of the Eagle 1950 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Richard Greene, Valentina Cortese, Greta Gynt, Binnie Barnes, Charles Goldner, Hugh French, Walter Rilla, Dennis Vance, William Tubbs
Catherine the Great (Binnie Barnes) orders Count Orloff (Richard Greene) to Venice where he is to kidnap her rival, Princess Elizabeth Tarakanova (Valentina Cortese), and bring her back to Russia. While on his assignment, Orloff finds and then falls in love with Elizabeth. Catherine discovers that they are lovers, and complications ensue. Elizabeth's execution is how Catherine chooses to solve the problem–but Orloff has another solution that includes escape and sanctuary.
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Skylark 1941 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Brian Aherne, Binnie Barnes, Walter Abel, Grant Mitchell, Ernest Cossart, Mona Barrie, Fritz Feld, Irving Bacon
Lydia (Claudette Colbert) feels she has been neglected during her five years of marriage to businessman Tony Kenyon (Ray Milland) and is tempted into an affair with Tim Blake (Brian Aherne).
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Small Town Girl 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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The Spanish Main 1945  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Paul Henreid, Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak, Binnie Barnes, John Emery, Barton MacLane, J.M. Kerrigan, Fritz Leiber, Nancy Gates, Jack La Rue
Swashbucklers on the high seas is the theme of this adventure in which Capt. Laurent Van Horn (Paul Henreid) takes on the evil Don Alvarado (Walter Slezak) and wins the hand of the beautiful Contessa Francesca (Maureen O'Hara). 1 User Review
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| | Don't pay too much | Anonymous 02/13/2007 | | The Chinese bootleg has the opening & end credits chopped off. I guess they didn't want "RKO Studios" to be shown. Worth owning, but buy from a seller on Ebay rather than a high priced seller on Amazon. |
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This Thing Called Love 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Binnie Barnes, Allyn Joslyn, Gloria Dickson, Lee J. Cobb, Gloria Holden, Don Beddoe, Sig Arno, Paul McGrath
When this film was released in 1941, the Legion of Decency banned it from American theaters because of its plot: newlyweds agree to remain celibate for the first three months of marriage. BUT, despite the agreement, the bridegroom (Melvin Douglas) tries many tricks to bed the increasingly suspicious bride (Rosalind Russell).
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Three Blind Mice 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joel McCrea, David Niven, Stuart Erwin, Marjorie Weaver, Pauline Moore, Binnie Barnes, Jane Darwell, Franklin Pangborn, Elisha Cook Jr.
In this oft-told tale, three young women leave home and head to California in search of handsome, rich men. Pretty well done.
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The Three Musketeers 1939 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Don Ameche, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Pauline Moore, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Miles Mander, Douglass Dumbrille, John "Dusty" King, Russell Hicks, Gregory Gaye
Don Ameche stars as D'Artagnan while the Ritz Brothers (Al, Harry, and Jimmy) take on Musketeer roles in this enjoyable version of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure in which they help Louis XIII (Joseph Schildkraut) save France.
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Three Smart Girls 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Binnie Barnes, Alice Brady, Ray Milland, Charles Winninger, Deanna Durbin, Mischa Auer, Nan Grey, Barbara Read, Ernest Cossart, Hobart Cavanaugh
When their divorced father plans to marry a gold-digging woman, his daughters step in to prevent the upcoming wedding. "Someone to Watch Over Me" is a featured song in this film. This picture received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and was Deanna Durbin's feature film debut. Followed by "Three Smart Girls Grow Up."
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Til We Meet Again 1940 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Merle Oberon, George Brent, Pat O'Brien, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Binnie Barnes, Frank McHugh, Eric Blore, George Reeves, Henry O'Neill, Frank Wilcox, Regis Toomey
This remake of Oscar-winning "One Way Passage" is about a woman (Merle Oberon) suffering from a fatal illness who falls in love with a condemned convict she meets aboard ship on their trip to San Francisco.
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The Time of Their Lives 1946 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Marjorie Reynolds, Binnie Barnes, Gale Sondergaard, John Shelton, Jess Barker, Robert Barrat, Donald MacBride, Ann Gillis
Ghosts Horatio Prim (Lou Costello) and Cuthbert (Bud Abbott) try to prove their innocence 200 years after being denounced as Revolutionary War traitors. Different (and good) movie for the funny duo. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 07/25/2009 | | I remember this movie from long ago. I do not believe Abbott is a ghost in this one. Lou is a ghost along with a female ghost that were hanged as traitors and condemned to stay on the parcel of land until they proved they were innocent. Very funny movie I have always loved watching it over and over. |
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Tropic Holiday 1938 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Theodore Reed
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Ray Milland, Binnie Barnes, Tito Guizar, Matt McHugh, Frank Puglia, Michael Visaroff, Fortunio Bonanova
Senoritas and fiestas take screenwriter Ken Warren's (Ray Milland) interest away from business when he travels to Mexico to find peace and quiet in which to work.
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The Trouble with Angels 1966 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Binnie Barnes, Camilla Sparv, Mary Wickes, Marge Redmond, Dolores Sutton, June Harding, Hayley Mills, Gypsy Rose Lee, Jim Hutton
Two students–Mary Clancy (Hayley Mills) and Rachel Devery (June Harding)–at St. Francis Academy for Girls have their own ideas of how to enjoy boarding school. This leads to more than one admonishment from the Mother Superior (Rosalind Russell). Followed by "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows."
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Up in Mabel's Room 1944 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Marjorie Reynolds, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer, Charlotte Greenwood, Lee Bowman, John Hubbard, Binnie Barnes, Janet Lambert, Fred Kohler Jr.
Based on a popular stage play, this farce tells of the tale of a young man (Dennis O'Keefe) who attempts to retrieve a "naughty" gift he had innocently given a young woman (Gail Patrick) without his wife (Marjorie Reynolds) or his friend (Lee Bowman) knowing of it. Quite funny, and remade with the same director and star the following year as "Getting Gertie's Garter."
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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows 1968 G, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Mary Wickes, Susan Saint James, Milton Berle, Van Johnson, William Lundigan, Robert Taylor, Dolores Sutton
This sequel to "The Trouble With Angels" again features Rosalind Russell as the Mother Superior. This time she runs into problems at the convent when a young novice (Stella Stevens) cannot seem to adjust to policies.
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| 1. 40 Carats (1973)
aka: Forty Carats
2. Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
3. Always Goodbye (1938)
4. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
5. Decameron Nights (1953)
6. Diamond Jim (1935)
7. The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
8. The Dude Goes West (1948)
9. Frontier Marshal (1939)
10. Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
11. Holiday (1938)
12. If Winter Comes (1947)
13. In Old California (1942)
14. The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
15. Pirates of Capri (1949)
aka: Captain Sirocco
16. The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
17. The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
18. Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
19. Skylark (1941)
20. Small Town Girl (1936)
aka: One Horse Town
21. The Spanish Main (1945)
22. This Thing Called Love (1941)
23. Three Blind Mice (1938)
24. The Three Musketeers (1939)
25. Three Smart Girls (1936)
26. Til We Meet Again (1940)
27. The Time of Their Lives (1946)
28. Tropic Holiday (1938)
29. The Trouble with Angels (1966)
30. Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
31. Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (1968)
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