Battleground 1949  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland, Don Taylor, Richard Jaeckel, Leon Ames, Bruce Cowling, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Anderson, Thomas E. Breen, Denise Darcel
The Battle of the Bulge provides the setting for this realistic look at the pathos of war. Led by Holley (Van Johnson), the men of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division spend the winter of 1945 in the Ardennes Forest preparing to battle the German army. Trapped and demoralized, the men do manage to work together to defend their position. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director (William A. Wellman), and Supporting Actor (James Whitmore, for his role as the battle-scarred sergeant, Kinnie). It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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Dangerous When Wet 1953  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood, Denise Darcel, William Demarest, Donna Corcoran, Barbara Whiting, Bunny Waters, Henri Letondal, Paul Bryar, Richard Alexander, Tudor Owen, Ann Codee, Roger Moore
Katie Higgins (Esther Williams) and her Arkansas farm family need a new bull for the farm. They are all good swimmers and are convinced by shady promoter Windy Webbe (Jack Carson) that they should compete in a swimming race across the English Channel as the way to raise money to buy the bull. They arrive in England where, one day while practicing for her swim, Katie meets dashing Frenchman Andre Lanet (Fernando Lamas) who both helps and distracts Katie in her preparations for the race. But, Katie does succeed in her swim, and Andre even jumps in and swims the final mile with her. A highlight of this film involves the cartoon sequence representing Katie's dream in which she swims with Tom and Jerry.
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl 1950  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Tarzan and the Jungle Queen
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda, Denise Darcel, Hurd Hatfield, Arthur Shields, Anthony Caruso, Robert Warwick, Paul E. Burns, Mary Ellen Kay
Tarzan (Lex Barker) searches for a tribe of iron worshippers who are holding a group of native women–and Jane–captive.
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Vera Cruz 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, George Macready, Morris Ankrum, Henry Brandon
When Trane (Gary Cooper) and Erin (Burt Lancaster) sign on to escort a countess (Denise Darcel) to Vera Cruz, they are unaware that she is carrying gold to Maximillian to aid his cause.
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Westward the Women 1951   N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Marilyn Erskine, Julie Bishop, Frankie Darro, Renata Vanni, George Chandler, Henry Nakamura
Buck (Robert Taylor) is hired to lead a wagon train of mail-order brides from Chicago to California in this surprisingly good Western.
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Young Man with Ideas 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch, Donna Corcoran, Ray Collins, Mary Wickes, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Wessel, Carl Milletaire
A young family man, Maxwell Webster (Glenn Ford), moves his wife, Julie (Ruth Roman), to California where he plans to take his bar exams. Gangsters, bookies, and pretty women interrupt his plans as everything goes awry.
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| 1. Battleground (1949)
2. Dangerous When Wet (1953)
3. Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
aka: Tarzan and the Jungle Queen
4. Vera Cruz (1954)
5. Westward the Women (1951)
6. Young Man with Ideas (1952)
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