Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble 1944  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Fay Holden, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville, Herbert Marshall, Jean Porter, Keye Luke, Lee Wilde, Lyn Wilde, Jackie Moran, Tommy Dix
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is still in college and getting into trouble when identical twin girls (Lee Wilde and Lyn Wilde) catch his eye. It doesn't take long before Andy finds himself in deep trouble at which point his father, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone), steps in and straightens out his son.
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The Angels Wash Their Faces 1939  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Frankie Thomas, Bonita Granville, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Hamilton, Marjorie Main, Henry O'Neill, John Ridgely, Minor Watson
In this sequel to "Angels with Dirty Faces," a young man (Frankie Thomas), who is already in trouble, looks for more when he joins the Dead End Kids.
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Anne of Green Gables 1934   N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Comedy
Director: George Nicholls Jr.
Cast: Anne Shirley, Tom Brown, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Sara Haden, Murray Kinnell, Charley Grapewin, Frank Darien, Paul Stanton, Hilda Vaughn, Gertrude Messinger, June Preston, Ann Miller, Bonita Granville, George Offerman Jr.
Prince Edward Island, Canada, is the 1908 setting for this story of teenager Anne (Anne Shirley) who is taken in by Matthew Cumbert and his sister Marilla (O.P. Heggie and Helen Westley) who thought they wanted a boy to help on their farm, Green Gables. Anne eventually endears herself to her foster parents, and, despite problems, she finds a future with her true love Gilbert Blythe (Tom Brown). 1 User Review
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| | jl 03/04/2007 | | About love generally speaking,nature and faith.Watching this movie will make you better. |
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Escape 1940 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt, Alla Nazimova, Felix Bressart, Albert Bassermann, Philip Dorn, Bonita Granville, Edgar Barrier, Blanche Yurka
This is Ethel Vance's bestseller brought to the screen. It is the story about a young man who uses the mistress of a Nazi general to sneak his mother out of a concentration camp.
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The Glass Key 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, William Bendix, Joseph Calleia, Bonita Granville, Richard Denning, Frances Gifford, Donald MacBride, Moroni Olsen
Based on a Dashiell Hammett novel, this is a riveting story of a politician (Brian Donlevy) accused of murder. When his bodyguard (Alan Ladd) determines to clear the name of his boss, he must fight the influence of the Mob. This story was previously filmed in 1935.
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Guilty of Treason 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Treason
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Bonita Granville, Richard Derr, Berry Kroeger, Roland Winters, Elisabeth Risdon, John Banner, Morgan Farley, Thomas Browne Henry, Nestor Paiva, Lisa Howard
Hungarian Joszef Cardinal Mindszenty (Charles Bickford) was tried, convicted, and imprisoned for speaking out against Communism after World War II. This anti-Communist film tells his story, including the trial at which it became known that his confession was a result of the use of torture and drugs.
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Hard to Get 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Dick Powell, Olivia de Havilland, Charles Winninger, Allen Jenkins, Bonita Granville, Melville Cooper, John Ridgely, Penny Singleton, Isabel Jeans, Thurston Hall
Bill (Dick Powell) is an architect who depends on a new job of pumping gas when the Great Depression hits. One day a millionaire (Olivia de Havilland) stops for gas and falls in love with Bill.
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Hitler's Children 1943 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Tim Holt, Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Otto Kruger, H.B. Warner, Lloyd Corrigan, Hans Conried, Nancy Gates, Gavin Muir, Edward Van Sloan
This World War II propaganda film is about children's indoctrination into Nazism and the persecution of young Anna Muller (Bonita Granville) when she refuses to join the cause.
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It's Love I'm After 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Eric Blore, Bonita Granville, Spring Byington, Veda Ann Borg, George Barbier, E.E. Clive
An actress (Bette Davis) explodes with jealousy when her actor husband (Leslie Howard) pays more than a little attention to a fan (Olivia de Havilland).
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The Lone Ranger 1956  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Lyle Bettger, Bonita Granville, Perry Lopez, Robert J. Wilke, John Pickard, Beverly Washburn, Michael Ansara, Frank DeKova
The TV series comes to the big screen as our hero and Tonto try to head off a war between the Indians and settlers. They find out that a landowner is stirring things up to get his hands on Indian territory that has silver just waiting to be mined. Hi-ho, Silver! A family flick. There is a sequel: "The Lone Ranger and the City of Gold." 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 09/02/2009 | | I ALWAYS WATCHED THE TV SERIES |
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1947  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Willis Goldbeck
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville, Lina Romay, Fay Holden, Dorothy Ford, Addison Richards, Dick Simmons, Clinton Sundberg, Geraldine Wall
Andy (Mickey Rooney) is back from the war and heads to college. After being jilted by Kay (Bonita Granville), Andy receives sage advice from good old dad (Lewis Stone) and falls for a Latin American beauty (Lina Romay).
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Maid of Salem 1937 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Louise Dresser, Gale Sondergaard, Beulah Bondi, Bonita Granville, Donald Meek, Harvey Stephens, E.E. Clive, Benny Bartlett, Edward Ellis, Virginia Weidler, Halliwell Hobbes, Pedro de Cordoba, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Barbara Clark (Claudette Colbert) lives in Salem, Massachusetts, during the "witch trials" of colonial days. When she falls in love with Roger Coverman (Fred MacMurray) who is on the lam from Virginia, her romance causes a scandal. After young Ann Goode (Bonita Granville) pretends to be possessed, she is tried and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Now, Barbara is accused of witchcraft, but Roger arrives in town to save Barbara and Ann, and all ends well.
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The Mortal Storm 1940 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack, William T. Orr, Maria Ouspenskaya, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, Esther Dale
In this propaganda film about the tragedies endured by the Roth family, the father, a German professor (Frank Morgan), speaks out against the Nazis and ends up in a concentration camp where he is killed. His two sons (Robert Stack and William Orr) become Nazis as does his daughter's fiance (Robert Young). His daughter (Margaret Sullavan) eventually tries to cross the border into Austria with the man she loves (James Stewart), but she is killed trying to escape.
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Nancy Drew - Detective 1938 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, James Stephenson, Frank Orth, Helena Phillips Evans, Edward Keane, Charles Trowbridge, Mae Busch, Dick Purcell
This is the first of a short series of Nancy Drew stories based on Carolyn Keene's teen sleuth books that were popular in the 1930s. This entry is taken from "The Password to Larkspur Lane" with Nancy (Bonita Granville) and her boyfriend Ted (Frankie Thomas) investigating the disappearance of a wealthy woman. The trail leads to a nursing home. Enjoyable fare, especially for the young set.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Frank Orth, Renie Riano, Vera Lewis, Louise Carter, William Gould, John Ridgely, Creighton Hale
Teen sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) and boyfriend Ted (Frankie Thomas) are back to help two old sisters who have inherited a house. The problem is that at least one of the sisters must stay in the house all night for 20 years or the property will revert to the city. Others have plans for the property, and one murder has already been committed.
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Nancy Drew, Reporter 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Larry Williams, Betty Amann, Thomas E. Jackson, Olin Howland, Sheila Bromley
This likeable entry in the series features Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) entering a newspaper contest that requires a news story be submitted. She stumbles onto a real story–MURDER–and is off with friend Ted (Frankie Thomas) to prove that the accused girl is innocent. There's even a song by the four young stars.
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Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter 1939 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, Frankie Thomas, John Litel, Aldrich Bowker, Charlotte Wynters, Edgar Edwards, Renie Riano, Roger Imhof, John Harron, Willie Best
Nancy Drew's (Bonita Granville) dad's (John Litel) friend is accused of murder. Despite her dad's warnings not to get involved, Nancy, along with friend Ted (Frankie Thomas), set out to solve the murder. More of a comedy than a mystery this time around for our teenage sleuth.
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 Now, Voyager 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Ilka Chase, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Franklin Pangborn, Lee Patrick, Charles Drake, Katharine Alexander, Mary Wickes, James Rennie, Reed Hadley, Janis Wilson
Lonely spinster Charlotte (Bette Davis) has been turned into an introverted woman by her domineering mother (Gladys Cooper) but changes her life around–thanks to a psychiatrist, Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains). Charlotte embarks on an ocean voyage off South America and begins a shipboard romance with unhappily married Jerry Duran (Paul Henreid). While on the voyage, her mother dies, and Charlotte returns home. She meets Jerry's troubled daughter Tina, and the two bond. But there is not much hope of Jerry divorcing his wife. Bette Davis and Gladys Cooper were nominated for Oscars (Best Actress and Supporting Actress).
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The People vs. Dr. Kildare 1941 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: My Life Is Yours
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Bonita Granville, Alma Kruger, Red Skelton, Paul Stanton, Diana Lewis, Walter Kingsford, Nell Craig
After saving a skater's life by performing surgery, Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) is sued for malpractice because the skater's leg is paralyzed. Thanks (again) to Dr. Gillespie (Lionel Barrymore), the true cause of the paralysis is diagnosed, and a second surgery is successful in restoring the leg to as-good-as-new status.
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Quality Street 1937 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Franchot Tone, Eric Blore, Fay Bainter, Bonita Granville, Joan Fontaine, Cora Witherspoon, Estelle Winwood, Florence Lake, Helena Grant
This is a good film adaptation of a James Barrie play about Phoebe Throssel (Katharine Hepburn) who pretends to be her own niece in an effort to regain the love of a man who has been absent from her life for 10 years.
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These Three 1936  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Catherine Doucet, Bonita Granville, Margaret Hamilton, Walter Brennan, Alma Kruger, Marcia Mae Jones, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Based on Lillian Hellman's "The Children's Hour," this early version features Bonita Granville as the spiteful girl who spreads a vicious rumor that nearly destroys two founders (Miriam Hopkins and Merle Oberon) of a girls' school. Granville received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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Third Finger, Left Hand 1940 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Raymond Walburn, Lee Bowman, Bonita Granville, Donald Meek, Sidney Blackmer, Halliwell Hobbes, Felix Bressart, Ann Morriss
A young fashion designer, Margot Sherwood Merrick (Myrna Loy), comes up with the idea of wearing a wedding ring as a ruse to deter would-be suitors. While the plan works in the beginning, Jeff Thompson (Melvyn Douglas) pursues Margot in spite of her ring.
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Those Were the Days 1940 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Good Old School Days
At Good Old Siwash
Director: Theodore Reed
Cast: William Holden, Bonita Granville, Ezra Stone, Judith Barrett, Richard Denning, James Seay, Alan Ladd, Vaughan Glaser, Lucien Littlefield, Phillip Terry, Sheila Ryan
Romance on the college campus is the theme of this film about the courtship of Martha (Bonita Granville) by Petey (William Holden).
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Westward Passage 1932 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Milton
Cast: Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Juliette Compton, Irving Pichel, Edgar Kennedy, Bonita Granville, Ethel Griffies, Don Alvarado, Florence Lake
To attain true happiness, Olivia Van Tyne (Ann Harding) must decide between marriage to Nick (Laurence Olivier) or Harry (Irving Pichel).
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| 1. Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
2. The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
3. Anne of Green Gables (1934)
4. Call It a Day (1937)
5. Escape (1940)
6. The Glass Key (1942)
7. Guilty of Treason (1950)
aka: Treason
8. Hard to Get (1938)
9. Hitler's Children (1943)
10. It's Love I'm After (1937)
11. The Lone Ranger (1956)
12. Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1947)
13. Maid of Salem (1937)
14. The Mortal Storm (1940)
15. Nancy Drew - Detective (1938)
16. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
17. Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939)
18. Nancy Drew, Troubleshooter (1939)
19. Now, Voyager (1942)
20. The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
aka: My Life Is Yours
21. The Plough and the Stars (1936)
22. Quality Street (1937)
23. These Three (1936)
24. Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)
25. Those Were the Days (1940)
aka: Good Old School Days
aka: At Good Old Siwash
26. Westward Passage (1932)
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