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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Colorado Sundown 1952  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay, Slim Pickens, June Vincent, Fred Graham, John Daheim, Louise Beavers, Chester Clute, Clarence Straight
Rex Allen and his miracle horse, Koko, accompany a friend to Colorado where the friend is to inherit a large ranch. But–a conniving brother/sister team plan on getting the ranch and will stop at nothing to obtain it. This very low budget film also includes a few Rex Allen songs.
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Dance, Girl, Dance 1940  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Mary Carlisle, Katharine Alexander, Edward Brophy, Walter Abel, Harold Huber, Ernest Truex, Chester Clute, Emma Dunn, Sidney Blackmer
Judy O'Brien (Maureen O'Hara) arrives in New York City planning to gain fame as a ballerina. As luck would have it, she gets a job working as a stooge for strip-tease dancer Bubbles (Lucille Ball) who dances a ballet as a lead-in to her strip show. The two women encounter problems when they both fall for playboy Jimmy Harris (Louis Hayward), and physical fighting is used to determine who should have Jimmy. But that issue is settled after Jimmy's ex-wife (Virginia Field) decides to take him back.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn, Frank Sully, Gordon Jones, Georges Metaxa, Charles Halton, Irving Bacon, Joseph Eggenton, Paul McAllister, Chester Clute, Hal K. Dawson, Edward Van Sloan
When chauvinistic Professor Timothy Sterling (Ray Milland) and independent-minded author June Cameron (Loretta Young) are mistaken for husband and wife, June's publisher boyfriend, John (Reginald Gardiner), believes that she can write a book about marriage and make money–if she pretends to be married to Timothy. Timothy and June rent an apartment, and, at first, they cannot stand each other. But, they go along with the ruse, which results in them falling in love for real.
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Invisible Stripes 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: George Raft, Jane Bryan, William Holden, Flora Robson, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Kelly, Marc Lawrence, Lee Patrick, Henry O'Neill, Moroni Olsen, Tully Marshall, Joseph Crehan, Joe Downing, Chester Clute, Margot Stevenson
Cliff Taylor (George Raft) is paroled from Sing Sing prison the same day as mobster Chuck Martin (Humphrey Bogart). Cliff needs money to help his younger brother Tim (William Holden) get married to Peggy (Jane Bryan) and joins Chuck's gang. Problems ensue, and both Cliff and Chuck are killed by rival gangsters Ed Kruger (Paul Kelly) and Lefty Sloan (Marc Lawrence). But, as they lie near death, Cliff and Chuck console themselves with the fact that by dying they will not be serving life sentences.
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The Man Who Walked Alone 1945  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Christy Cabanne
Cast: Dave O'Brien, Kay Aldridge, Walter Catlett, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Isabel Randolph, Smith Ballew, Nancy June Robinson, Ruth Lee, Chester Clute, Vivien Oakland, Vicki Saunders, Charles Williams, Frank Melton, Donald Kerr
While thumbing a ride, decorated war veteran Cpl. Marion Scott (Dave O'Brien) is given a ride by wealthy heiress Wilhelmina "Willy" Hammond (Kay Aldridge). They are immediately attracted to each other, but there is a problem: the car she is driving was stolen from her fiance, Alvin Bailey (Smith Ballew). Unwittingly, Marion enters the web of Willy's lies that will send them to jail–more than once!
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On an Island with You 1948 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante, Cyd Charisse, Leon Ames, Kathryn Beaumont, Dick Simmons, Xavier Cugat, Marie Windsor, Arthur Walsh, Nolan Leary, Chester Clute, Cosmo Sardo, Garry Owen
While acting as technical advisor for a song/dance/swim film being made in Hawaii, Navy Lieutenant Larry Kingslee (Peter Lawford) falls in love with Rosalind Reynolds (Esther Williams) who stars in the movie. Rosalind rejects Larry, and the next day, as directed, he takes her for a ride on his plane but then ignores orders and flies away from the movie set and lands on an island where they first met. They dance to music from Larry's portable radio, and Rosalind becomes attracted to him. When they return, problems rise to the fore–including a possible court martial for Larry's improper conduct. But, by story's end, Rosalind and Larry are preparing to live happily ever after.
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San Diego I Love You 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Buster Keaton, Irene Ryan, Peter Miles, Chester Clute, Charles Bates, Florence Lake
Philip McCooley (Edward Everett Horton) has invented a collapsible raft that he thinks will help the war effort. While caring for his family, with the help of daughter Virginia (Louise Allbritton), he also attempts to sell his invention. Virginia helps out with selling, and one of her potential customers is the rich owner (Jon Hall) of a research institute. Funny, with good acting, especially Allbritton. Great sketch by Buster Keaton.
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Sun Valley Serenade 1941 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, Lynn Bari, Joan Davis, Dorothy Dandridge, William B. Davidson, Almira Sessions, Mel Ruick, Nicholas Brothers, Ralph Dunn, Chester Clute, Ann Doran
Phil Corey's (Glenn Miller) band has sponsored Norwegian refugee Karen (skating star Sonja Henie), and now the band has an engagement at Sun Valley, Idaho. When jealousy enters the picture, and the band's soloist Vivian (Lynn Bari) quits, Karen steps in and stages a fantastic ice show for a delighted audience.
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The Wrong Road 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, Horace McMahon, Russ Powell, Billy Bevan, Marjorie Main, Rex Evans, Joseph Crehan, Arthur Hoyt, Syd Saylor, Selmer Jackson, Chester Clute
Jimmy (Richard Cromwell) and Ruth (Helen Mack) are young and need money. Their solution: rob a bank, serve time, and spend the stolen money later. The plan works–until they are released from jail and have problems finding the hidden money. But, find it they do and, at the same time, come to their senses and turn the cache in to the authorities.
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| 1. Cinderella Jones (1946)
2. Colorado Sundown (1952)
3. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
4. The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
5. Invisible Stripes (1939)
6. The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
7. On an Island with You (1948)
8. San Diego I Love You (1944)
9. Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
10. The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
11. The Wrong Road (1937)
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