Alexander's Ragtime Band 1938  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, John Carradine, Paul Hurst, Wally Vernon
Lots of Irving Berlin songs add to this major production that won an Academy Award for its musical score. The story follows Roger Grant (Tyrone Power) from his classical music training in San Francisco in 1915 through his shift to ragtime and the fortunes of the band he starts. Of course, there is the romantic interest with his lead singer (Alice Faye) and the rival (Don Ameche). The film also received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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The Boatniks 1970  G, 100 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Robert Morse, Stefanie Powers, Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, Mickey Shaughnessy, Wally Cox, Don Ameche, Joey Forman, Vito Scotti, Tom Lowell, Bob Hastings, Joe E. Ross
Coast Guard Ensign Thomas Garland (Robert Morse) ineptly pursues a trio of jewel thieves (Phil Silvers, Norman Fell, and Mickey Shaughnessy) who are trying to retrieve a picnic basket of stolen jewels that have been dropped accidentally into Newport Harbor.
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Cocoon 1985  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Tahnee Welch, Maureen Stapleton, Gwen Verdon
Ron Howard's fun and well-made film concerns aliens retrieving "friends" stored undersea for 10,000 years and then placing them in an abandoned pool. They encounter old folks from a retirement home who have discovered that the cocoons have incredible restorative powers. The "old folks" are terrific, especially Don Ameche who won an Oscar for his performance.
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Cocoon: The Return 1988  PG, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Jack Gilford, Gwen Verdon, Courteney Cox, Tahnee Welch
At the end of "Cocoon," a group of retirees leaves with the aliens because the prospect of growing old and infirm terrifies them. Now, the rejuvenated retirees return to Florida for a visit, and each couple must decide whether to stay or go back with the "friends." Not as good as the previous film, but entertaining.
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 Coming to America 1988 R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, John Amos, Madge Sinclair, Calvin Lockhart, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Cuba Gooding Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Shari Headley, Paul Bates, Eriq La Salle, Frankie Faison, Vanessa Bell Calloway
Another Eddie Murphy vehicle, but this time he stars as pampered, African Prince Akeem who, against his family's wishes, is trying to find a bride in New York City. Arsenio Hall costars as his buddy Semmi. Akeem and Semmi assume false identities as Akeem tries to find a woman who will not fall for him simply because he is a prince. They get jobs at Cleo McDowell's (John Amos) food emporium, and romance blossoms between Akeem and Cleo's daughter Lisa (Shari Headley). But now, Akeem's parents (James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair) arrive on the scene prepared to take Akeem home to Africa. Eddie and Arsenio take on several other roles in addition to their primary ones. Good fun.
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Corrina, Corrina 1994  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jessie Nelson
Cast: Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta, Tina Majorino, Joan Cusack, Larry Miller, Don Ameche, Patrika Darbo, Wendy Crewson, Harold Sylvester, K.T. Stevens
Corrina Washington (Whoopi Goldberg) is a nanny with a problem–she has fallen in love with her boss (Ray Liotta). Encouraging the romance is nine-year-old Molly (Tina Majorino) whose very existence has been enhanced by Corrina's care. This story reflects an earlier era of racial barricades in the 1950s. 1 User Review
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 Down Argentine Way 1940 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, J. Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson, Kay Aldridge, Leonid Kinskey, Chris-Pin Martin, Robert Conway, Gregory Gaye, Bobby Stone, Charles Judels
American heiress Glenda (Betty Grable) visits Argentina where she hopes to find wealthy racehorse owner Ricardo Quintana (Don Ameche). She succeeds in reaching Ricardo, and they fall in love but must deal with their feuding families before living happily ever after. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Song ("Down Argentine Way")
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Fifty Roads to Town 1937 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, John Qualen, Alan Dinehart, Stepin Fetchit, Oscar Apfel, Douglas Fowley, Allan Lane
While marooned in a mountain cabin during a snowstorm, Peter (Don Ameche) and Millicent (Ann Sothern) fall in love despite their ordeal.
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Folks! 1992  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Tom Selleck, Don Ameche, Anne Jackson, Christine Ebersole, Wendy Crewson, Robert Pastorelli, Michael Murphy, Kevin Chevalia, Margaret Kay Murphy, Joseph Miller, T.J. Parish, J. Patrick McCormack, Jon Favreau
Stockbroker Jon Aldrich (Tom Selleck) lives the good life with his wife Audrey (Wendy Crewson) and kids–until his parents (Don Ameche and Anne Jackson) move in with them. The move triggers problems: Audrey moves out, and then Jon is fired for insider trading. As if things were not bad enough, Jon's sister, Arlene (Christine Ebersole), moves in with him and brings her kids along. What more could go wrong?
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Four Sons 1940 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis, George Ernest, Robert Lowery, Lionel Royce, Sig Ruman, Ludwig Stossel, Michael Visaroff, Greta Meyer
The sons are on different sides as this Czech family is in the middle of the Nazi invasion.
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Greenwich Village 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine, Felix Bressart, Tony De Marco, Sally De Marco, The Revuers, B.S. Pully, The Four Step Brothers, Emil Rameau, Oliver Blake, Tom Dugan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Judy Holliday
Danny O'Mara (William Bendix) owns a speakeasy in New York City during the early 1920s and is raising money to put on a Broadway show. Unknown to songwriter Ken Harvey (Don Ameche), Danny is adapting Ken's concerto into his musical show. Meanwhile, Ken falls for singer Bonnie Watson (Vivian Blaine) who is the speakeasy's star performer. By story's end, all comes together, and the result is a great show. Songs include "This is Our Lucky Day," When You Wore a Tulip," and "I'm Just Wild about Harry."
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Harry and the Hendersons 1987 PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Dear
Cast: John Lithgow, Melinda Dillon, Don Ameche, Margaret Langrick, Joshua Rudoy, David Suchet, Lainie Kazan, M. Emmet Walsh, Bill Ontiveros, Kevin Peter Hall
This film gives us a look at what happens to a family when they first encounter, take home, and care for a bigfoot-like creature. Sound silly? It is. However, the film is watchable, and kids will love it.
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 Heaven Can Wait 1943 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern, Tod Andrews, Helene Reynolds, Aubrey Mather, Scotty Beckett, Clara Blandick
Having lived a life of sin, Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to His Excellency (Laird Cregar) at the gates of Hades. However, His Excellency is not sure that he wants to accept Henry, so Henry recalls his 70-year life in an attempt to gain access. His life has been filled with misadventures, romantic infidelities, and even one true love who was Martha (Gene Tierney)–his wife of 25 years. After relating his story, His Excellency tells Henry that his only sin was living life to the fullest and that he is not welcome in Hades. He takes Henry to the elevator and tells him that it may be difficult to get through the Pearly Gates but that if he succeeds he will join Martha. An excellent film based on Ladislaus Bus-Fekete's play, "Birthdays." Oscar nominations were received for Best Picture and Director.
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Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 1993 G, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Duwayne Dunham
Cast: Don Ameche, Michael J. Fox, Sally Field, Robert Hays, Kim Greist, Don Adler, Ed Bernard, Jean Smart, Veronica Lauren, William Phipps, Frank Roberts, Nurmi Husa
This is a remake of the original Disney "The Incredible Journey." Animals and voices blend into a delightful rendition of an adventure taken by two dogs–young bulldog Chance (voice of Michael J. Fox) and old golden retriever Shadow (voice of Don Ameche)– and one Himalayan cat Sassy (voice of Sally Field). Mistakenly believing that their owners have deserted them, their adventure takes them from their home in Oregon on an incredible trek across the Sierras that happily ends with a family reunion on Thanksgiving Day.
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In Old Chicago 1937 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Alice Brady, Andy Devine, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, Phyllis Brooks, Tom Brown, Berton Churchill
Alice Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. O'Leary in this story about the great Chicago fire. The film also received four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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Lillian Russell 1940 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold, Warren William, Leo Carrillo, Nigel Bruce, Helen Westley, Dorothy Peterson, Ernest Truex
Alice Faye portrays 1890s' Broadway star Lillian Russell and sings such classics as "After the Ball" and "The Band Played On" in this musical presentation.
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Love Is News 1937 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Don Ameche, Slim Summerville, Dudley Digges, Walter Catlett, George Sanders, Jane Darwell, Stepin Fetchit, Elisha Cook Jr., Pauline Moore, Edwin Maxwell, Charles Williams, Julius Tannen, Frank Conroy
Steve Layton (Tyrone Power) is a tenacious reporter who writes a story about an heiress, Tony Gateson (Loretta Young), after tricking her into an interview. Tony is upset when she reads his article and sets out to get even. First, she announces their engagement to put Steve in the spotlight and see how it feels. And more misadventures ensue in their love/hate relationship. This film was remade as "That Wonderful Urge," also starring Tyrone Power.
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The Magnificent Dope 1942 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton, George Barbier, Frank Orth, Roseanne Murray, Arthur Loft, Hobart Cavanaugh, Pierre Watkin
Country versus city is the theme for this film in which two men (Henry Fonda and Don Ameche) vie for a school secretary's (Lynn Bari) attention.
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Midnight 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Francis Lederer, Hedda Hopper, Monty Woolley, Ferdinand Munier, Elaine Barrie, Armand Kaliz, Rex O'Malley, Eugene Borden, Paul Bryar, Gino Corrado, Bess Flowers
While in Paris, American showgirl Eve Peabody (Claudette Colbert) is hired by aristocrat Georges Flammarion (John Barrymore) to take on the job of impersonating royalty to lure playboy Jacques Picot (Francis Lederer) away from Georges' wife Helene (Mary Astor). Eve goes to Georges' chateau in Versailles as Baroness Czemy, and the game begins. Meanwhile, cab driver Tibor (Don Ameche) has fallen in love with Eve, arrives on the scene to win back Eve, and poses as her husband the Baron Czemy.
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 Moon Over Miami 1941 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings, Charlotte Greenwood, Jack Haley, Carole Landis, George Lessey, Minor Watson, Fortunio Bonanova, Robert Greig
In this entertaining film, three fortune-hunting sisters (Betty Grable, Charlotte Greenwood, and Carol Landis) find Miami to be the optimum place in their search for wealthy husbands.
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Oscar 1991 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Chazz Palminteri, Don Ameche, Peter Riegert, Eddie Bracken, Linda Gray, Yvonne De Carlo, Kirk Douglas, Marisa Tomei, Ken Howard
Gangster Angelo "Snaps" Provolone (Sylvester Stallone) tries to make good on a deathbed promise to his father that he will leave his life of crime. However, he finds many obstacles standing in the way to an honest life.
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Pals 1987 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lou Antonio
Cast: George C. Scott, Don Ameche, Sylvia Sidney, Susan Rinell, James Greene, Lenka Peterson, Richard Hamilton, Jean Hale, Kenneth French, Georgia Allen, Bruce Taylor
Long-time pals Jack and Art (George C. Scott and Don Ameche) live out their retirement in a trailer park with Jack's mother (Sylvia Sidney). Fortune (or misfortune) arrives when they find a suitcase containing millions of dollars in an abandoned car. Before long, the hit man who stashed the money AND government agents are on their trail as they bicker about the money. Made for TV.
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So Goes My Love 1946 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Ryan
Cast: Myrna Loy, Don Ameche, Rhys Williams, Bobby Driscoll, Richard Gaines, Molly Lamont, Sara Haden, Clara Blandick, John Gallaudet, John Phillips
Set in 1860's Brooklyn, this is the story of the inventor of the Maxim machine gun, Hiram Stephen Maxim (Don Ameche). The theme is about his married life to Jane (Myrna Loy) and how she adjusted to life with a slightly offbeat genius.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Alexander Graham Bell
The Modern Miracle
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Gene Lockhart, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, Jonathan Hale, Harry Davenport
This classic film tells the story of Alexander Graham Bell's (Don Ameche) struggles to invent the telephone and then his subsequent fight to keep the patent rights to his invention.
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Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? 1970 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: War Games
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Ivan Dixon, Suzanne Pleshette, Tom Ewell, Bradford Dillman, Arthur O'Connell, Don Ameche, John Fiedler, William Bramley, Eddie Firestone, Dorothy Green, Grady Sutton, Christopher Mitchum
Col. Flanders (Don Ameche) must deal with citizens of a small town who are unhappy about the Army missile base located nearby. To help solve the problem, Flanders invites the townsfolk to a party that degenerates into a fistfight between the soldiers and the guests. Meanwhile, a soldier, Shannon Gambroni (Tony Curtis), has fallen for bar maid Ramona (Suzanne Pleshette) who town Sheriff Harve (Ernest Borgnine) considers his property. Harve has Shannon arrested, and Shannon's soldier friends, headed by Michael M. Nace (Brian Keith), take matters into their own hands and use a World War II tank to rescue Shannon.
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That Night in Rio 1941  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, S.Z. Sakall, J. Carrol Naish, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Bando da Lua, Frank Puglia, Maria Montez, Lillian Porter, Georges Renavent, Fortunio Bonanova, Eddie Conrad
Baron (Don Ameche) and Baroness (Alice Faye) Duarte head for South America, but, in order to save his business, the Baron must slip out of the country. He hires entertainer Larry Martin (also Don Ameche) to impersonate him and allow time for him to complete the deal. But, Larry treats the Baroness so nicely that when the Baron returns he knows that he must be more attentive to his wife. 1 User Review
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| | Apple 03/06/2007 | My husband and I loved it. The re-mastering of the DVD is wonderful, Don Ameche is in fine voice and Carmen Miranda moves better than most women...ever! She and her bad knock out those Brazilian melodies with great gusto and the Samba is danced much better by her than by the other dancers choreographed by Hermes Pan. Carmen was really the star. She should have had top billing over Alice Faye who floated through the film as if she was stoned. But I heard she was ill around this time. Still...she's beautiful and her voice is lovely and mellow. The costumes by Travis Banton were magnificent and there were many of them...including Carmen Miranda's. Althought they were as usual a bit over-the-top they were more elegant than usual.
I searched and searched thru they DVD and I'll be darned if I could find Maria Montez. Maybe somebody can post here which character she was (I know her name was Inex but never heard it mentioned in the movie.)
All in all it was a very good night of entertainment. |
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Things Change 1988 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Don Ameche, Joe Mantegna, Robert Prosky, J.J. Johnston, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Jack Wallace, Dan Conway
An elderly man (Don Ameche) resembles a Mafia boss who wants him to confess to a gangster's murder. While being coached for the confession, he is mistaken for the real Don and the mistaken identity leads to very funny events.
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The Three Musketeers 1939 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Comedy / Musical
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Don Ameche, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Binnie Barnes, Lionel Atwill, Gloria Stuart, Pauline Moore, Joseph Schildkraut, John Carradine, Miles Mander, Douglass Dumbrille, John "Dusty" King, Russell Hicks, Gregory Gaye
Don Ameche stars as D'Artagnan while the Ritz Brothers (Al, Harry, and Jimmy) take on Musketeer roles in this enjoyable version of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure in which they help Louis XIII (Joseph Schildkraut) save France.
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 Trading Places 1983 R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliott, Paul Gleason, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Belushi, Al Franken, Frank Oz, Robert Curtis Brown, Giancarlo Esposito, Bill Cobbs, Bo Diddley, Philip Bosco
Just like in "The Prince and the Pauper," this movie goes with the premise of a rich man, Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd)–this time, a Philadelphia commodity broker–changing places with a poor man, Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy), who is a con-artist. The Duke brothers–Randolph and Mortimer (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a bet on whether or not Louis will resort to crime when he loses his position in life. Throw in lots of good comedy, and you have a film worth watching.
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Wing and a Prayer 1944 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Cedric Hardwicke, Kevin O'Shea, Richard Jaeckel, Harry Morgan, Richard Crane, Glenn Langan, Eddie Acuff
Real World War II combat footage is a highlight in this story that takes place shortly after Pearl Harbor. An aircraft carrier is deployed to the South Pacific as the U.S. prepares for the Battle of Midway. Don Ameche is effective as the tough flight squadron commander, and an Oscar nomination was received for the well-researched screenplay.
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You Can't Have Everything 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Alice Faye, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee, Arthur Treacher, Tony Martin, Louis Prima, Phyllis Brooks, Clara Blandick
Schoolteacher Judith Poe Wells (Alice Faye) has dreams of becoming the playwright of a hit play in this delightful musical.
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1. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
2. The Boatniks (1970)
3. Cocoon (1985)
4. Cocoon: The Return (1988)
5. Coming to America (1988)
6. Corrina, Corrina (1994)
7. Down Argentine Way (1940)
8. Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
9. Folks! (1992)
10. Four Sons (1940)
11. Gidget Gets Married (1972)
12. Greenwich Village (1944)
13. Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
14. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
15. Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
16. In Old Chicago (1937)
17. Lillian Russell (1940)
18. Love Is News (1937)
19. The Magnificent Dope (1942)
20. Midnight (1939)
21. Moon Over Miami (1941)
22. Oscar (1991)
23. Pals (1987)
24. So Goes My Love (1946)
25. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
aka: Alexander Graham Bell
aka: The Modern Miracle
26. Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970)
aka: War Games
27. That Night in Rio (1941)
28. Things Change (1988)
29. The Three Musketeers (1939)
30. Trading Places (1983)
31. Wing and a Prayer (1944)
32. You Can't Have Everything (1937)
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