Anything Goes 1956  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Lewis
Cast: Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Jeanmaire, Mitzi Gaynor, Phil Harris, Kurt Kasznar, Richard Erdman, Walter Sande, Argentina Brunetti, Dorothy Neumann
This musical is a remake of the 1936 film in which Bing Crosby also starred. Bill Benson (Crosby) and Ted Adams (Donald O'Connor) head for Europe on vacation and find two leading ladies (Mitzi Gaynor and Jeanmaire) for their upcoming production.
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Gigi 1958  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Hermione Gingold, Eva Gabor, Jacques Bergerac, Isabel Jeans, John Abbott, Monique Van Vooren, Dorothy Neumann, Jean Ozenne, Bernard Musson, Edwin Jerome, Maurice Marsac, Corinne Marchand
This excellent film won nine Academy Awards. Gaston (Louis Jourdan) has his eye on Gigi (Leslie Caron) who, after a series of misadventures, becomes his wife. Narrated by Maurice Chevalier, this musical features such great songs as "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and the title song (an Academy Award winner). Other Academy Awards included Best Picture and Director.
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The Luck of the Irish 1948  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Cecil Kellaway, Lee J. Cobb, James Todd, Jayne Meadows, J.M. Kerrigan, Phil Brown, Charles Irwin, Louise Lorimer, Don Brodie, J. Farrell MacDonald, Norman Leavitt, Tito Vuolo, Dorothy Neumann
American newsman Stephen Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power) is visiting Ireland when he meets a leprechaun, Horace (Cecil Kellaway), and later confronts him with his pot of gold. After Stephen tells the leprechaun that he will not take his gold, the leprechaun is obligated to return the favor. The leprechaun follows Stephen back to New York and tries to clear the way for a romance with sweet Irish colleen Nora (Anne Baxter) who Stephen had met in Ireland. But, Stephen is now seeing the daughter, Frances (Jayne Meadows), of his corrupt boss, D.C. Augur (Lee J. Cobb). When Nora visits New York and sees Stephen and Frances together, she returns to Ireland. With the leprechaun's guidance, Stephen denounces Auger, quits his job, and leaves for Ireland to find Nora.
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Sorry, Wrong Number 1948  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Ed Begley, Leif Erickson, William Conrad, John Bromfield, Harold Vermilyea, Dorothy Neumann
This film adaptation of a radio play features Barbara Stanwyck as invalid Leona Stevenson who overhears, on her telephone, a plot for murder–and realizes that she is the intended victim. She was nominated for an Oscar.
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Teenage Doll 1957 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: June Kenny, Fay Spain, John Brinkley, Barboura Morris, Richard Devon, Dorothy Neumann, Ed Nelson, Ziva Rodann, Richard H. Cutting, Jay Sayer
Rival gangs of teenage girls are about to go at it when one gang is accused of killing a member of the other. If it's a Corman flick, it's got to be different.
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The Terror 1963 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Drama
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dick Miller, Dorothy Neumann, Jonathan Haze, Rick Dean, Wayne Grace
Lt. Andre Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) has collapsed from exhaustion along a beach when he is awakened by a beautiful woman (Sandra Knight) who then disappears into the sea. She reappears and then disappears again, and Duvalier follows her trail, which leads to the castle of Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (Boris Karloff). The Baron is being haunted by his dead wife who, Duvalier believes is the mystery woman. It turns out that the "Baron" is an imposter who killed the real Baron, and the servant, Stefan (Dick Miller), holds the key to what is really happening.
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Things Are Tough All Over 1982 R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thomas K. Avildsen
Cast: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Shelby Fiddis, Rikki Marin, Evelyn Guerrero, John Steadman, Rip Taylor, Dorothy Neumann, Billy Beck, John Corrona
Cheech and Chong play Chicago car-wash attendants hired to drive a car to Las Vegas. They don't know it, but $5 million of dirty money has been stashed in the upholstery. Once in Las Vegas they make connections with wealthy Arabs as Cheech and Chong take on dual roles of themselves and the Middle Easterners.
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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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The Undead 1957 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, Val DuFour, Mel Welles, Dorothy Neumann, Billy Barty, Richard Devon, Dick Miller, Bruno VeSota
Prostitute Diana Love (Pamela Duncan) time-travels, via hypnosis, to the Middle Ages where she is thought to be Helen, the witch in a previous life. Trying to tamper with history can have grave repercussions in this pretty good Corman caper.
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| 1. Anything Goes (1956)
2. Gigi (1958)
3. The Luck of the Irish (1948)
4. Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
5. Teenage Doll (1957)
6. The Terror (1963)
7. Things Are Tough All Over (1982)
8. Two Weeks with Love (1950)
9. The Undead (1957)
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