Alaska Highway 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Parker, Ralph Sanford, Joe Sawyer, William Henry, Eddie Quillan, Jack Wegman, Harry Shannon, Edward Earle, Keith Richards
Army engineer Woody (Richard Arlen) is assigned to work on an important project: building the Alaskan Highway. He works with his trouble-loving younger brother, Steve (William Henry), and has had to come to Steve's aid more than once. Matters heat up when Steve shows an interest in Woody's girlfriend, Ann (Jean Parker).
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Allegheny Uprising 1939  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders, Brian Donlevy, Chill Wills, Wilfrid Lawson, Robert Barrat, Moroni Olsen, Ian Wolfe, Eddie Quillan
Set in Ohio before the Revolutionary War, this is the story of Jim Smith (John Wayne), a colonial leader who falls in love with Janie (Claire Trevor)–all the while attacking Indians and British profiteers.
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The Big City 1937 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Eddie Quillan, William Demarest, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, Victor Varconi
Russian immigrant Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) is an independent cabby who gets caught up in a taxi-driver war.
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 Brigadoon 1954  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Barry Jones, Jimmy Thompson, Elaine Stewart, Albert Sharpe, Eddie Quillan, Hugh Laing, Tudor Owen
For one day every 100 years, a Scottish mythical village comes back to life. Two Americans, Tommy (Gene Kelly) and Jeff (Van Johnson), stumble into Brigadoon on that very day, and Tommy falls in love with Jean (Cyd Charisse). The film received three Academy Award nominations.
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Dark Mountain 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew, Regis Toomey, Eddie Quillan, Elisha Cook Jr., Ralph Dunn, Walter Baldwin, Virginia Sale, Byron Foulger, Johnny Fisher, Alex Callam, Eddie Cane
Forest Ranger Don Bradley (Robert Lowery) loves Kay (Ellen Drew), but by the time he gets a promotion that would allow him to marry Kay, she marries another–gangster Steve (Regis Toomey). But it turns out that the marriage was a convenience for Steve, and now she is being held by Steve against her will in a mountain cabin. Don comes to the rescue.
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 The Flame of New Orleans 1941 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young, Mischa Auer, Andy Devine, Laura Hope Crews, Franklin Pangborn, Melville Cooper, Anne Revere, Clarence Muse, Frank Jenks, Eddie Quillan, Theresa Harris
Beautiful Claire Ledoux (Marlene Dietrich) arrives in mid-19th century New Orleans with plans to marry a rich man. Her plot leads her to wealthy banker Charles Giraud (Roland Young), but she then learns that sea captain Robert Latour (Bruce Cabot) is interested in her. Problems arise when Zoltov (Mischa Auer), who knew Claire in Europe, tells people that Claire has a checkered past. Now, Claire assumes two identities to cover her adventurous tracks, but Charles eventually figures out the truth, and Claire ends up with her sea captain.
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Follow the Band 1943  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Eddie Quillan, Mary Beth Hughes, Leon Errol, Anne Rooney, Samuel S. Hinds, Robert Mitchum, Russell Hicks, Irving Bacon, Frank Faylen, Benny Bartlett
A Vermont farmer heads to NYC with his trombone under his arm and hopes of hitting it big. What do you know? He does, and soon becomes a popular nightclub and radio success. But what about the girl back home? Lots of songs in this minor movie.
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 The Grapes of Wrath 1940  N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Russell Simpson, Charley Grapewin, John Carradine, Frank Faylen, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Frank Sully, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, O.Z. Whitehead, Zeffie Tilbury, Frank Darien, Darryl Hickman
This is the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's moving novel about the plight of farmers escaping the Oklahoma "Dust Bowl" during the Great Depression. The Joad family packs up their belongings and moves to California in search of a better life. Although they are confronted with a whole new set of problems, Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) manages to hold her family together. John Ford won the Academy Award for Best Director, and Jane Darwell walked away with Best Supporting Actress honors. The film was also nominated for five other awards, including Best Picture and Actor (Henry Fonda).
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A Guide for the Married Man 1967 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: Walter Matthau, Robert Morse, Inger Stevens, Sue Ane Langdon, Carl Reiner, Claire Kelly, Jason Wingreen, Eddie Quillan, Robert Patten, Many Guest Stars
Ed Stander (Robert Morse) finds a willing pupil in Paul Manning (Walter Matthau) who, after 12 years of marriage, wants some extra-marital excitement. Several stars demonstrate Stander's many methods of cheating on one's spouse.
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Kid Glove Killer 1942 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds, John Litel, Cliff Clark, Eddie Quillan, Nella Walker, Ava Gardner, James Flavin
Police criminologist Gordon McKay (Van Heflin) uses scientific test-tube evidence to solve the mystery behind the mayor's murder.
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Made for Each Other 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Carole Lombard, James Stewart, Charles Coburn, Lucile Watson, Eddie Quillan, Ruth Weston, Donald Briggs, Harry Davenport, Ward Bond, Esther Dale, Alma Kruger, Irving Bacon, Louise Beavers, Edgar Dearing, Mary Field
Having rushed into marriage, a young married couple–Jane and Johnny Mason (Carole Lombard and James Stewart)–finds many problems from all sides. First, Johnny's boss Judge Joseph Doolittle (Charles Coburn) is displeased because he wanted Johnny to marry his daughter (Ruth Weston) and calls him back to work immediately as a trial lawyer. Thus, the honeymoon must be skipped. Johnny's mother (Lucile Watson) moves in with the couple and is hypocritical of everything Jane does. Later, when their baby is born, more problems rise to the fore, and the marriage appears doomed. Then, on New Years Eve, their baby son becomes ill with pneumonia. Johnny appeals to Judge Doolittle for help in obtaining the needed medicine, and he comes to their aid–saving both the baby and the marriage as well.
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The Mandarin Mystery 1936 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ralph Staub
Cast: Eddie Quillan, Charlotte Henry, Rita La Roy, Wade Boteler, Franklin Pangborn, George Irving, Kay Hughes, William Newell, George Walcott, Edwin Stanley, Edgar Allen, Bert Roach
The popular hero of mystery novels, Ellery Queen, is brought to the screen with Eddie Quillan in the role of the sleuth. He sets out to recover a valuable Mandarin stamp that has been stolen and to solve murders that occurred during the heist. Even though Quillan had the same initials as Ellery Queen, he just didn't seem to fit the role–especially when the film was played more for laughs than for the mystery. No further Ellery Queen films were made until four years later.
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Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Dudley Digges, Donald Crisp, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Henry Stephenson, Spring Byington, Ian Wolfe, Mamo Clark, Francis Lister, David Torrence, Percy Waram, DeWitt Jennings
This depiction of the 1787 mutiny aboard H.M.S. Bounty is a classic. The cruel Captain Bligh (Charles Laughton) sails his ship, H.M.S. Bounty, from England to Tahiti where the crew, including Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) and his friend midshipman Byam (Franchot Tone), enjoy the island paradise. While Tahiti was a paradise, life on the Bounty proves anything but, and the overly strict discipline of Bligh becomes so intense that First Mate Fletcher Christian leads the crew in a mutiny and sends Bligh and a few crew members adrift at sea in an open boat. The film received an Academy Award for Best Picture. It also was nominated for seven others–including three for Best Actor (Laughton, Gable, and Tone) and Best Director (Frank Lloyd).
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The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again 1970 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Family / Western / Comedy / Drama
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fred Astaire, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Chill Wills, Lana Wood, Paul Richards, Parley Baer, Walter Burke, Lillian Bronson, Jonathan Hole, Burt Mustin, Don Wilbanks, Pepper Martin, Eddie Quillan
The old-timer Texas Rangers (Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, and Chill Wills–without Pat O'Brien) are at it again as they head to Waco to help another retired Ranger (Fred Astaire) in his rehabilitation–from being the town drunk. Again, it's fun, though inane. Astaire, in his only "western" role, is excellent–complete with mustache.
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Promises! Promises! 1963   N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Promise Her Anything
Director: King Donovan
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Marie McDonald, Tommy Noonan, Mickey Hargitay, Fritz Feld, T.C. Jones, Claude Stroud, Marjorie Bennett, Eddie Quillan, Victor Lundin, Eileen Barton, Patrick O'Moore
Wanting to conceive a baby, Sandy and Jeff Brooks (Jayne Mansfield and Tommy Noonan) set off on what they think will be a relaxing cruise. Their friends Claire and King Banner (Marie McDonald and Mickey Hargitay) join them, and drinks and revelry ensue resulting in both women becoming pregnant but not sure of who the fathers are. 1 User Review
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| | Mickey is still a stud | Candy Kane 01/28/2007 | | A slim story made watchable by the gorgeous stud Mickey Hargitay who lifts weights and takes his shirt off as well as his idiotic but busty wife Jayne Mansfield who takes EVERYTHING off in this film. I prefer Mickey's tits to Jayne's. |
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 Viva Las Vegas 1964 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Elvis Presley, Ann - Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest, Nicky Blair, Teri Garr, Jack Carter, Robert Williams, Roy Engel, Eddie Quillan
A singing racecar driver (not simultaneously) Lucky Jackson (Elvis Presley) falls in love with dancer Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret) on his way to a Grand Prix victory.
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Young Mr. Lincoln 1939  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Donald Meek, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore
The innate wisdom and common sense of Abraham Lincoln are depicted with Henry Fonda in the title role. His struggles as a young lawyer include defense of a young man accused of murder in Springfield, Illinois. A fine John Ford effort.
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| 1. Alaska Highway (1943)
2. Allegheny Uprising (1939)
3. The Big City (1937)
4. Brigadoon (1954)
5. Dark Mountain (1944)
6. The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
7. Follow the Band (1943)
8. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
9. A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
10. Kid Glove Killer (1942)
11. Made for Each Other (1939)
12. The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
13. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
14. The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970)
15. Promises! Promises! (1963)
aka: Promise Her Anything
16. Viva Las Vegas (1964)
17. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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