The Best Things in Life Are Free 1956  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine, Dan Dailey, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan, Norman Brooks, Murvyn Vye, Larry Keating, Phyllis Avery, Tony Galento
This film biography of Tin Pan Alley songwriters is filled with memorable songs including "Birth of the Blues" and "Sonny Boy."
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Call Me Mister 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Danny Thomas, Dale Robertson, Benay Venuta, Richard Boone, Jeffrey Hunter, Harry von Zell, Jerry Paris
In this film, which is based on the Broadway musical, Dan Dailey takes on the role of Shep Dooley, the American GI who goes AWOL in Japan to meet with his wife, Kay (Betty Grable), who is touring with a USO troupe.
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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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Give My Regards to Broadway 1948  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Barbara Lawrence, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Georgia Caine, Herbert Anderson
Albert Norwick (Charles Winninger) is the patriarch of a large vaudeville family, but now just son Bert (Dan Dailey) supports his father's love of dancing and the stage. Then, when Bert is offered a contract to play major league baseball, even he is opting for a change of scene.
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Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man 1962  N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Richard Beymer, Arthur Kennedy, Jessica Tandy, Susan Strasberg, Paul Newman, Simon Oakland, Diane Baker, Eli Wallach, Dan Dailey, Ricardo Montalban, Corinne Calvet, Fred Clark, James Dunn, Juano Hernandez, Michael J. Pollard
Combining 10 of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, this is the tale of Michigan born and bred Nick Adams (Richard Beymer). Nick leaves his parents' (Arthur Kennedy and Jessica Tandy) home and tries, but fails, to get his desired job as a news reporter in New York City. He enlists in the Italian army during World War I and is taken under the wing of hospital orderly John (Eli Wallach). Nick falls in love with nurse Rosanna (Susan Strasberg) who tragically dies in an air raid. Through all the suffering, Nick finally attains maturity as a responsible man.
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I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1951  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Only the Best
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, George Sanders, Sam Jaffe, Randy Stuart, Harry von Zell, Mary Philips, Marvin Kaplan, Richard Lane, Steven Geray
Based on the Jerome Weidman novel, the hero has been changed to a heroine with Susan Hayward taking on the role of gutsy Harriet, a model who wants to climb the garment industry ladder and become a top-notch fashion designer.
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It's Always Fair Weather 1955 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, Michael Kidd, David Burns, Jay C. Flippen, Hal March, Paul Maxey, Peter Leeds
Three veterans meet for a 10th-year reunion and find their lives have not gone the way they planned. The situation takes a turn for the better when a television show provides the chance to work out difficulties–but not without creating more problems!
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I'll Get By 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis Day, Harry James, Thelma Ritter, Steve Allen, Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Victor Mature
This remake of 1940's "Tin Pan Alley" doesn't have much of a plot–the emphasis is on the music, and there are many old standards. Two singers (June Haver and Gloria DeHaven) plug songs for a writer/musical producer team (William Lundigan and Dan Dailey). Romance is on the way.
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Lady Be Good 1941 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Dan Dailey, Virginia O'Brien, Tom Conway, Reginald Owen, Rose Hobart, Doris(2) Day, Phil Silvers, Edward Gargan, Connie Russell
Songwriters Dixie and Eddie (Ann Sothern and Robert Young) are in love with each other but have more than a few problems in their personal relationship. Despite their difficulties, they still manage to compose numbers for a new Broadway show–and, in the process, manage to reconcile their differences. Highlights are "Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm," and the Academy Award winner "The Last Time I Saw Paris."
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 Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Lili Darvas, Jim Backus, Oscar Karlweis, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Jerry Colonna
A gambling rancher (Dan Dailey) finds his luck soars and his bets are all winners when he holds the hand of a ballerina (Cyd Charisse).
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Mother Wore Tights 1947 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall, Vanessa Brown, Robert Arthur, Sara Allgood, William Frawley, George Cleveland, Sig Ruman
Vaudevillians Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) and Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) mix professional and personal lives as they raise their family in the midst of show business. This film won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score.
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My Blue Heaven 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt, Mitzi Gaynor, Una Merkel, Louise Beavers, Minerva Urecal, Larry Keating, Mae Marsh
Radio stars (Betty Grable and Dan Dailey) try to adopt a child, and they get one–but not in the straightforward manner. The problems that follow are entertaining with music the center of attraction.
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Pepe 1960  N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalban, Jack Lemmon, Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Janet Leigh
In this over-long film, Cantinflas is a hobo who comes to the aid of a has-been Hollywood director. This movie is really just a vehicle to showcase Hollywood stars in cameo performances. Originally it was even longer-by about 40 minutes! 1 User Review
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| | Waiting all my life to see Pepe movie again | Anonymous 02/25/2007 | I am now 50 and my mother took me to the movie Pepe with her. I was born in 1956 and can remember that Pepe was so good to the kids and Shirley jones was beautiful. I am in memoery of the last part where the Pepe song was played and Pepe was walking away. The tune I have hummed for 46 years,. Why is ther no re runs.
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 The Pride of St. Louis 1952 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Dan Dailey, Joanne Dru, Richard Hylton, Richard Crenna, Hugh Sanders, James Brown, Philip Van Zandt, Damian O'Flynn, John McKee, Stuart Randall
This biography of baseball pitcher Jerome Herman "Dizzy" Dean stars Dan Dailey as the Ozarks player found in 1928 by big league scouts and brought onto the hallowed fields of major league baseball.
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 There's No Business Like Show Business 1954 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe, Donald O'Connor, Dan Dailey, Johnnie Ray, Mitzi Gaynor, Hugh O'Brian, Frank McHugh, Rhys Williams, Lyle Talbot
Filled with Irving Berlin songs, this is a delightful musical about a vaudeville family and their roles in show business.
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A Ticket to Tomahawk 1950 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Wright, Charles Kemper, Jack Elam, Connie Gilchrist, Marilyn Monroe
In this Comedy/Western, Johnny (Dan Dailey) is a traveling salesman who has the bad luck to be the only passenger on a train derailed by competing stagecoach personnel. Look for Marilyn Monroe as one of the chorus girls backing up Dailey's song.
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What Price Glory? 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, William Demarest, Robert Wagner, James Gleason, Harry Morgan, Craig Hill, Marisa Pavan, Max Showalter, Wally Vernon, Henri Letondal, Paul Fix
U.S. Marine Captain Flagg (James Cagney) and Sergeant Quirt (Dan Dailey) fight together in the trenches of World War I, but they find rivalry in the quest for Charmaine (Corinne Calvet).
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When My Baby Smiles at Me 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc, James Gleason, Richard Arlen, Robert Emmett Keane, Jean Wallace, George J. Lewis, J. Farrell MacDonald
Dan Dailey was nominated for the Academy Award for his role in this film about a team (Betty Grable and Dailey) who break up but get back together via the stage.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Dan Dailey, Colleen Townsend, Corinne Calvet, William Demarest, Jimmy Lydon, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Varden, Mae Marsh, Kenneth Tobey, Charles Trowbridge, Luis Alberni, Whit Bissell, David McMahon, Paul Harvey
A young soldier's (Dan Dailey) dreams of fighting in World War II are thwarted by duty in the United States; however, he finds another chance for danger when he is chosen for a mission with the French Resistance Forces.
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The Wings of Eagles 1957 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe, Kenneth Tobey, James Todd, Sig Ruman, Barry Kelley, Henry O'Neill, Willis Bouchey, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Trowbridge, Mae Marsh
This is the film biography of U.S. Navy aviator Frank W. "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) who became a writer. His marriage flounders after their baby's death, and Spig is crippled after a fall. However, World War II becomes the pivotal force in his life when he must choose between duty and the emotional needs of his wife (Maureen O'Hara).
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| 1. The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956)
2. Call Me Mister (1951)
3. Dulcy (1940)
4. The Girl Next Door (1953)
5. Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
6. Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
aka: Adventures of a Young Man
7. I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1951)
aka: Only the Best
8. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
9. I'll Get By (1950)
10. The Kid from Left Field (1953)
11. Lady Be Good (1941)
12. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)
13. Mother Wore Tights (1947)
14. My Blue Heaven (1950)
15. Pepe (1960)
16. The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
17. There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
18. A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
19. What Price Glory? (1952)
20. When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
21. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
22. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
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