Are Husbands Necessary? 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Ray Milland, Betty Field, Patricia Morison, Eugene Pallette, Charles Dingle, Leif Erickson, Richard Haydn, Cecil Kellaway, Elisabeth Risdon, Kathleen Lockhart, Anne Revere, Phillip Terry
George (Ray Milland) and Mary (Betty Field) are a couple with many problems–including financial–who decide to adopt a baby as a partial solution to their irresponsibility.
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The Beast with Five Fingers 1946  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish, Charles Dingle, John Alvin, David Hoffman, Barbara Brown, Patricia Barry
A rich, invalid pianist dies and leaves everything to his nurse, much to the dismay of his relatives and personal secretary, Hilary (Peter Lorre). Hilary cuts off one of the pianist's hands, but finds that was a mistake as the hand gets a life of its own–and is after Hilary. Lorre is great, and the musical score and special effects are good, especially for the time. Occasionally slow, but still a horror classic of sorts.
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Call Me Madam 1953  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders, Billy De Wolfe, Helmut Dantine, Walter Slezak, Steven Geray, Ludwig Stossel, Lilia Skala, Percy Helton, Charles Dingle, Emory Parnell, John Wengraf, Frank Gerstle
In this film adaptation of Irving Berlin's Broadway musical, Sally Adams (Ethel Merman)–"the hostess with the mostess"–is the U.S. Ambassador to Lichtenburg. While serving as ambassador, Sally falls in love with Foreign Minister Cosmo Constantine (George Sanders). Meanwhile, Sally's press attache, Kenneth Gibson (Donald O'Connor), attracts Princess Maria (Vera-Ellen). Songs of note in this celebrated film include "You're Just in Love" and "It's a Lovely Day Today." An Oscar was received for Best Musical Score.
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Cinderella Jones 1946 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton, Ruth Donnelly, Elisha Cook Jr., Monte Blue, Johnny Mitchell, Julie Bishop, Hobart Cavanaugh, William Prince, Charles Dingle, Charles Arnt, Chester Clute, Edward Gargan
This Busby Berkeley musical/comedy concerns a not-too-smart girl who must find a smart husband or lose her large inheritance. Where else to go looking than to enroll in college. The songs are good; the script isn't.
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Edge of Darkness 1943 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Nancy Coleman, Judith Anderson, Helmut Dantine, Ruth Gordon, Charles Dingle, John Beal, Monte Blue, Morris Carnovsky, Roman Bohnen, Richard Fraser, Art Smith, Dorothy Tree
During World War II, the Nazis have invaded Norway, and the residents of the village of Trollness are living under the control of the cruel German Captain Hauptmann Kaunig (Helmut Dantine). The villagers are waiting for the British to deliver arms to aid in their resistance movement, which is led by Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). Gunnar is aided by his fiancee, Karen Stensgard (Ann Sheridan), whose father, Martin (Walter Huston), is the town physician. However, the town is divided on how to handle the situation, and Gunnar and Karen know that their job will not be easy.
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George Washington Slept Here 1942  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel, William Tracy, Joyce Reynolds, Lee Patrick, Charles Dingle, John Emery, William Tracy
A New York couple (Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan) buys a "fix-me-up" home in Connecticut where they discover a letter that may be evidence that George Washington once slept there. 2 User Reviews
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| | Loved this movie | Anonymous 02/25/2010 | | Humorous look into life 'the way it used to be'. |
| | Loved this movie | Anonymous 02/25/2010 | | Humorous look into life 'the way it used to be'. |
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Here Come the Co-Eds 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O'Driscoll, Lon Chaney Jr., Donald Cook, Charles Dingle, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Joe Kirk
Janitors Slats (Bud Abbott) and Oliver (Lou Costello) help raise funds for the posh girl's school where they work.
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Home in Indiana 1944 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood, Ward Bond, Charles Dingle, George Cleveland, Roger Imhof, Tom Dugan
Young Sparke Thornton (Lon McCallister) moves to the country where he and J.F. "Thunder" Bolt (Walter Brennan) raise a blind filly that becomes a prize-winning horse. This story was remade as "April Love."
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Johnny Eager 1942 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling, Henry O'Neill, Glenda Farrell, Barry Nelson, Charles Dingle, Nestor Paiva
Lisbeth Bard (Lana Turner), the stepdaughter of a crusading district attorney, falls in love with slick Johnny Eager (Robert Taylor) who is anything but a law-abiding citizen. Van Heflin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in this film.
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Lady of Burlesque 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Horror / Romance
aka: Striptease Lady
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson, Marion Martin, Pinky Lee, Frank Conroy, Charles Dingle, Frank Fenton, Victoria Faust, Stephanie Bachelor, Eddie Gordon, Janis Carter, Lou Lubin
Based on Gypsy Rose Lee's novel, "The G-String Murders," this is a witty drama about striptease artist Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) who performs at a Broadway theater in the 1930s. Dixie fends off advances from comedian Biff Brannigan (Michael O'Shea) and tries to steer clear of dressing room feuds–notably between Dolly Baxter (Gloria Dickson) and Lolita La Verne (Victoria Faust). When two of the strippers are strangled, Biff and Dixie set off in search of the killer's identity and fall in love with each other in the process.
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The Little Foxes 1941  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea, Charles Dingle, Lucien Littlefield, Patricia Collinge, Carl Benton Reid, Jessica Grayson, John Marriott, Russell Hicks, Virginia Brissac, Al Bridge, Kenny Washington
Regina Gibbons (Bette Davis) could aptly be described as "the wife from Hell." When her husband, Horace (Herbert Marshall), refuses to join in her evil scheme, she simply refuses to give him his heart medicine–he dies!! The film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (two nominations: Patricia Collinge and Teresa Wright), and Director. Based on Lillian Hellman's play.
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My Favorite Brunette 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney Jr., John Hoyt, Reginald Denny, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Jack La Rue, Charles Dingle, Willard Robertson, Charles Arnt, Bing Crosby, James Flavin, Alan Ladd
This well-made spoof of mystery films features Bob Hope as Ronnie Jackson, a photographer of children whose studio is next to the office of private detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd). Ronnie is mistaken for Sam and hired by Baroness Carlotta Montay (Dorothy Lamour) to search for her missing uncle. The trail leads to a sanitarium and geologist James Collins (Reginald Denny). But, while investigating, Ronnie is attacked by Willie (Lon Chaney Jr.) and Kismet (Peter Lorre) and finds himself in the middle of murder and mayhem.
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Never Wave at a WAC 1952 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Private Wore Skirts
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, William Ching, Arleen Whelan, Leif Erickson, Charles Dingle, Lurene Tuttle, Hillary Brooke, Regis Toomey, Frieda Inescort, Louise Beavers
Socialite Jo McBain (Rosalind Russell) joins the WACs and encounters more than a few problems dealing with life in the Army.
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The President's Lady 1953  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Susan Hayward, Charlton Heston, John McIntire, Fay Bainter, Charles Dingle, George(2) Hamilton, Whitfield Connor, Gladys Hurlbut, Margaret Wycherly, Carl Betz
This film is a good rendition of Irving Stone's biography of Rachel Jackson (Susan Hayward) and her famous husband, President Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston). It follows Jackson's story from his days of fighting Seminole Indians, through his presidency, to his controversial marriage to the already married Rachel. 3 User Reviews
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| | bigfanof susan hayward 10/24/2009 | | this is a very excellent movie. my sister found a dvd of this, we watched it just a few weeks ago, i have not seen this movie since i was a teenager. it is still one of the very best movies ever made in my opinion. and it still brings tears to my eyes. if you get to see this, have the klenex ready, you will need several. rb |
| | A Must see for today\'s children | History Buff 12/08/2007 | | |
| | Kt hall 06/16/2007 | | great movie. would love to buy this movie. have not been able to find it anywhere. |
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge 1947 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Selena Royle, Charles Dingle, Dean Stockwell, Guy Kibbee, Elisabeth Risdon, Russell Simpson
In Janet Leigh's film debut she plays Lissy Anne MacBean whose father Gill (Thomas Mitchell) is against her suitor, Henry Carson (Van Johnson), because of ill feelings coming out of the Civil War.
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Somewhere I'll Find You 1942 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane, Reginald Owen, Lee Patrick, Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Keye Luke, Charles Dingle
War correspondents Johnny Davis (Clark Gable) and Paula Lane (Lana Turner) find the heat of their passions is almost as strong as the heat of war in this film about love among the tragedies of war.
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The Song of Bernadette 1943 N/R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb, Anne Revere, Sig Ruman, Gladys Cooper, Roman Bohnen, Mary Anderson, Aubrey Mather, Patricia Morison, Charles Dingle, Edith Barrett, Blanche Yurka
In the 19th century, Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones) believes that she sees a vision of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto Of Lourdes. Although her vision is doubted by the Church, her family, and friends, she does not falter in her claim nor her beliefs. Later, Bernadette dies, but she kept her conviction that she saw the Virgin Mary and was cannonized as a saint. The film received four Oscars, including Best Actress for Jennifer Jones. Nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Charles Bickford), two Supporting Actresses (Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere) and Director.
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A Southern Yankee 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: My Hero
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Red Skelton, Brian Donlevy, Arlene Dahl, George Coulouris, Lloyd Gough, John Ireland, Minor Watson, Charles Dingle, Art Baker, Reed Hadley
Aubrey (Red Skelton) is a bumbling bellboy in Missouri who wants to be a spy for the Yankees in the Civil War. He gets his chance when he substitutes for a captured Southern spy. Skelton is hilarious.
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 State of the Union 1948 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Van Johnson, Angela Lansbury, Adolphe Menjou, Lewis Stone, Howard Smith, Raymond Walburn, Charles Dingle, Pierre Watkin
When Grant Matthews (Spencer Tracy) campaigns for the office of President of the United States, his wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) agrees to keep the problems of their marriage secret.
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The Talk of the Town 1942 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan, Glenda Farrell, Charles Dingle, Emma Dunn, Rex Ingram, Leonid Kinskey, Tom Tyler
Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur) convinces attorney Michael Lightrap (Ronald Colman) to defend Leopold Dilg (Cary Grant) who is a murder suspect in this excellent comedy about civil rights. There were seven Academy Award nominations, one of which was for Best Picture.
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Tennessee Johnson 1942 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man on America's Conscience
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie Main, Regis Toomey, Montagu Love, Porter Hall, Charles Dingle, J. Edward Bromberg, Grant Withers
The life of President Andrew Johnson is told–with Van Heflin in the title role. Johnson's life from his backwoods boyhood through his impeachment is covered. Good cast.
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Unholy Partners 1941 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt, Don Beddoe, William T. Orr, Charles Dingle, Frank Faylen, Jay Novello, Laraine Day, Walter Kingsford
Edward G. Robinson plays a struggling editor of a scandal magazine who needs financial support and accepts money (with strings attached) from mob boss Merrill Lambert (Edward Arnold).
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Welcome Stranger 1947 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen, Elizabeth Patterson, Percy Kilbride, Charles Dingle, Robert Shayne, Don Beddoe
Doctor Jim Pearson (Bing Crosby) opts for rural life and arrives in a small village where he helps out an older doctor (Barry Fitzgerald) who wants a vacation.
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| 1. Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
2. The Beast with Five Fingers (1946)
3. Call Me Madam (1953)
4. Cinderella Jones (1946)
5. Edge of Darkness (1943)
6. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
7. Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
8. Home in Indiana (1944)
9. Johnny Eager (1942)
10. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
aka: Striptease Lady
11. The Little Foxes (1941)
12. My Favorite Brunette (1947)
13. Never Wave at a WAC (1952)
aka: The Private Wore Skirts
14. The President's Lady (1953)
15. The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
16. Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
17. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
18. A Southern Yankee (1948)
aka: My Hero
19. State of the Union (1948)
20. The Talk of the Town (1942)
21. Tennessee Johnson (1942)
aka: The Man on America's Conscience
22. Unholy Partners (1941)
23. Welcome Stranger (1947)
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