 Annie Get Your Gun 1950  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Western / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn, Benay Venuta, Clinton Sundberg, James Harrison, Mae Clarke, John Hamilton, Anne O'Neal, William Tannen, Frank Wilcox, Chief Yowlachie
This film features Irving Berlin songs "Anything You Can Do," "Doin' What Comes Naturally," and "There's No Business Like Show Business." It is the story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley's (Betty Hutton) life in Buffalo Bill's (Louis Calhern) Wild West Show and her romance with the show's star sharpshooter Frank Butler (Howard Keel).
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Arabian Knight 1995  G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
The Thief and the Cobbler
Director: Richard Williams
Cast: Vincent Price, Anthony Quayle, Hilary Pritcher, Sean Connery, Windsor Davies, Donald Pleasence, Clinton Sundberg, Paul Matthews, Joan Sims, Felix Aylmer, Dermot Walsh, Miriam Margolyes, Joss Ackland, Eddie Byrne
Based on "The Thief of Baghdad," this animated story involves the perilous adventures of a poor cobbler, Tack (Sean Connery), who upsets master vizier Zigzag (voice of Vincent Price) and is sentenced to be executed. But, after King Nod's (Anthony Quayle) daughter, Princess Yum Yum (Hilary Pritcher), takes a liking to him, his execution is stayed and he joins the princess on a quest to save the kingdom. Work on this animated film began in 1968 but was not released 25 years later.
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Bachelor in Paradise 1961 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige, Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Don Porter, Virginia Grey, Agnes Moorehead, John McGiver, Florence Sundstrom, Clinton Sundberg, Alan Hewitt
In preparation for his next story, Adam J. Niles (Bob Hope) moves to the suburbs where he plans to research lifestyles. He ends up listening to housewives' problems and giving them advice on how to improve their lots in life.
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 The Barkleys of Broadway 1949 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale Robbins, Jacques Francois, George Zucco, Hans Conried, Clinton Sundberg, Frank Ferguson
After a 10-year separation, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are re-teamed as musical-comedy performers Josh and Dinah Barkley. Although Dinah is the protege of Josh, she is offered a new role as a dramatic actress, and this creates problems in the marriage.
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The Belle of New York 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Alice Pearce, Clinton Sundberg, Gale Robbins, Tom Dugan, Henry Slate, Dick Wessel
Playboy Charlie Hill (Fred Astaire) promises to reform and change his ways after he meets and falls in love with mission worker Angela Bonfils (Vera-Ellen).
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The Birds and the Bees 1956  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven, Reginald Gardiner, Fred Clark, Hans Conried, Harry Bellaver, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Frome, Mary Treen
This remake of "The Lady Eve" does not measure up to the original. The story centers on naive millionaire George Hamilton (George Gobel) who is beguiled by cardsharp Jean Harris (Mitzi Gaynor).
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 Easter Parade 1948  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ann Miller, Peter Lawford, Jules Munshin, Clinton Sundberg, Jeni Le Gon, Richard Beavers, Dick Simmons, Lola Albright, Joi Lansing, Helene Heigh, Peter Chong, Nolan Leary
After his dancing partner Nadine Hale (Ann Miller) signs a contract to begin life working on her own as a singer/dancer, Don Hewes (Fred Astaire) picks Hannah (Judy Garland) out of the chorus line and determines to make her a star. Astaire's dance solos are great and include "Steppin' Out with My Baby," and the hobo routine "We're a Couple of Swells" performed by Astaire and Garland is especially fun to watch. Irving Berlin wrote the Oscar-winning score for this musical classic that includes the title song "Easter Parade."
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 The Girl Next Door 1953  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer, Clinton Sundberg, Hayden Rorke, Mary Jane Saunders, May Wynn, Herb Vigran, Jeffrey Sayre, Mona Knox, Gordon Clark, Michael Ross
Singing star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) is tired of city life, so she moves to a home in suburbia. Widower Bill Carter (Dan Dailey), a cartoonist, lives next door with his 10-year-old son Joe (Billy Gray). Jeannie and Bill fall in love. But, will their new relationship create problems between Bill and Joe?
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Good News 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall, Joan McCracken, Mel Torme, Donald MacBride, Tom Dugan, Connie Gilchrist, Morris Ankrum, Clinton Sundberg
"Varsity Drag" and "The French Lesson" are just two of the entertaining musical numbers in this film featuring June Allyson as Connie Lane, the Tate College librarian who falls for the school's football hero, Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford).
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Good Sam 1948  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorring, Ruth Roman, Clinton Sundberg, Minerva Urecal, Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon
Lu Clayton (Ann Sheridan) has dreams of a new home, but her husband, Sam (Gary Cooper), cannot help giving a hand to those in need. If Sam continues his philanthropy, the Claytons will be bankrupt. Far from one of Cooper's best.
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In the Good Old Summertime 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, Buster Keaton, Liza Minnelli, Lillian Bronson, Marcia Van Dyke, William Forrest, Joi Lansing, Howard M. Mitchell, Everett Glass, Jeffrey Sayre, Frank Mayo
Remade as a musical from the original film, "The Shop Around the Corner," this delightful story is about music-store clerk Veronica (Judy Garland) whose pen pal is, in reality, her hard-to-get-along-with co-worker Andrew (Van Johnson). In life, they detest each other but do not realize that they are pen pals because they do not sign their real names. They fall in love on paper, but will that love remain strong when the truth comes out?
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Key to the City 1950 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Morgan, Raymond Burr, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Raymond Walburn, Pamela Britton, Clinton Sundberg
Attending a mayors' conference in San Francisco, Steve Fisk (Clark Gable) and Clarissa Standish (Loretta Young) find there is more than business-as-usual when romance blossoms between the two.
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The Kissing Bandit 1948 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Western
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick, Mikhail Rasumny, Billy Gilbert, Sono Osato, Clinton Sundberg, Edna Skinner, Vincente Gomez, Carleton G. Young, Byron Foulger, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse
When Ricardo (Frank Sinatra) returns to California to take over his deceased father's hotel business, he learns that his father was a "kissing bandit." Deciding to carry on in his father's tradition, Ricardo kisses the lady victims after robbing them. When he meets Teresa (Kathryn Grayson), who just happens to be the daughter of a governor with tax problems, Ricardo's talents for kissing and the offer of money gained from his thievery pay off, and Teresa is smitten.
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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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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: William Powell, Ann Blyth, Irene Hervey, Andrea King, Clinton Sundberg, Art Smith, Lumsden Hare, Fred Clark, James Logan, Mary Field
Mr. Peabody (William Powell) is a middle-aged Bostonian who, while fishing in the Caribbean, reels in a beautiful mermaid (Ann Blyth).
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On the Riviera 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Jean Murat, Henri Letondal, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Ruman, Joyce Mackenzie, Mari Blanchard
Entertainer Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) is performing on the Riviera and is the look-alike of French aviation hero Henri Duran (also played by Danny Kaye). Jack is persuaded to stand in for Henri at an important party, and the comedy of mistaken identities begins–especially when he is approached by women in the aviator's life (though he is married). Lots of good music and Danny Kaye gags.
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The Toast of New Orleans 1950  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven, J. Carrol Naish, Rita Moreno, James Mitchell, Richard Hageman, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Arno, Romo Vincent
Pepe Abellard Duvalle (Mario Lanza) is a bayou fisherman who is groomed for an operatic career by Jacques Riboudeaux (David Niven). Lanza sings "Be My Love" to Kathryn Grayson; the song was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Two Weeks with Love 1950 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Jane Powell, Louis Calhern, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Harding, Carleton Carpenter, Debbie Reynolds, Phyllis Kirk, Clinton Sundberg, Gary Gray, Tommy Rettig, Charles Smith, Dorothy Neumann
During the summer of 1913, Patti (Jane Powell), her sister Melba (Debbie Reynolds), their parents (Louis Calhern and Ann Harding), and her younger brothers (Gary Gray and Tommy Rettig) vacation in the Catskills. At 17, Patti feels that she is old enough to be dating and becomes interested in another resort guest Demi Armendez (Ricardo Montalban). But, Patti's friend Valerie (Phyllis Kirk) is also attracted to Demi and does not stand by and encourage a romance between Patti and Demi. Problems develop, but by story's end all ends happily. This was Debbie Reynolds' second movie, and her rendition of the song "Abba Dabba Honeymoon" hit the charts.
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Undercurrent 1946  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn, Jayne Meadows, Marjorie Main, Clinton Sundberg, Dan Tobin, Kathryn Card, Charles Trowbridge, Leigh Whipper, James Westerfield
Following a whirlwind romance, Ann Hamilton (Katharine Hepburn) marries investor/businessman Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor), and shortly thereafter problems rise to the fore. Alan refuses to discuss his missing brother Michael (Robert Mitchum), and as Ann tries to solve the mystery she begins to suspect that Alan murdered Michael. But, while visiting a ranch, Ann discovers that a man she has been questioning is, in fact, Michael. By now, problems lie deep and extend to Alan wanting to end the marriage.
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| 1. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
2. Arabian Knight (1995)
aka: The Princess and the Cobbler
aka: The Thief and the Cobbler
3. Bachelor in Paradise (1961)
4. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
5. The Belle of New York (1952)
6. The Birds and the Bees (1956)
7. Easter Parade (1948)
8. The Girl Next Door (1953)
9. Good News (1947)
10. Good Sam (1948)
11. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
12. Key to the City (1950)
13. The Kissing Bandit (1948)
14. Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1947)
15. Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
16. On the Riviera (1951)
17. The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
18. Two Weeks with Love (1950)
19. Undercurrent (1946)
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