All Ashore 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan, Ray McDonald, Barbara Bates, Jody Lawrance, Dick Crockett, Fay Roope, Jean Willes
Three sailors (Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, and Ray McDonald) head off on shore leave but find they are broke.
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Diamond Horseshoe 1945  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, William Gaxton, Beatrice Kay, Margaret Dumont, Eddie Acuff, George Melford, Reed Hadley, Edward Gargan
Nightclub singer Bonnie Collins (Betty Grable) gives up her stardom for marriage to a struggling medical student (Dick Haymes). Songs include "The More I See You" and "I Wish I Knew."
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Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Monty Woolley, June Haver, Dick Haymes, Anthony Quinn, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Veda Ann Borg, Clarence Kolb, Chick Chandler, Marion Martin, George Chandler
Eleven of his songs are highlighted in this sentimental biography of American composer Ernest R. Ball (Dick Haymes).
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One Touch of Venus 1948 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Ava Gardner, Robert Walker, Dick Haymes, Eve Arden, Tom Conway, Sara Allgood, Arthur O'Connell, James Flavin, George Meeker, Olga San Juan, James Flavin, Hugh Herbert, Anne Nagel, Russ Conway, Eddie Parker
This musical comedy is taken from the Broadway show and involves a department store statue of Venus (Ava Gardner) coming to life after being kissed by employee Eddie Hatch (Robert Walker). Love becomes the order of the day, and Venus and Eddie dance in Central Park. The love affair continues for 24 hours until Venus returns to her pedestal and her immobile form.
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St. Benny the Dip 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Escape If You Can
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young, Lionel Stander, Freddie Bartholomew, Oscar Karlweis, William A. Lee, Dick Gordon, Jean Casto, Eddie Wells, Dort Clark, James Bender
Three con artists (Dick Haymes, Roland Young, and Lionel Stander) disguise themselves as clergymen, and the ploy works. In fact, it works so well that they are accepted as real clergymen at a skid row mission and end up going straight.
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 State Fair 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: It Happened One Summer
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh, Percy Kilbride, Harry Morgan
A farm family heads for the Iowa State Fair in this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical featuring the Academy Award winning song, "It Might as Well Be Spring." A good remake of the 1933 hit.
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Up in Central Park 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Albert Sharpe, Tom Powers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Thurston Hall, Mary Field, Moroni Olsen, Howard Freeman
Set in the early 1900s, this musical is about a reporter (Dick Haymes) who exposes the evils of Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed (Vincent Price).
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| 1. All Ashore (1953)
2. Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
aka: Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe
3. Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
4. One Touch of Venus (1948)
5. St. Benny the Dip (1951)
aka: Escape If You Can
6. State Fair (1945)
aka: It Happened One Summer
7. Up in Central Park (1948)
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