Bill Cracks Down 1937  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Men of Steel
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Grant Withers, Beatrice Roberts, Ranny Weeks, Judith Allen, William Newell, Pierre Watkin, Roger Williams, Georgia Caine, Greta Meyer, Edgar Norton, Harry Depp, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Bill Reardon (Pierre Watkin) has willed his family's steel mill to either "Tons" Walker (Grant Withers) or to his playboy son, Bill Jr. (Ranny Weeks), with the provision that "Tons" will work with Bill Jr. for one year and convince him to change his ways. Professional as well as personal entanglements ensue, but when each becomes involved with each others' girlfriends (Beatrice Roberts and Judith Allen), antagonisms reach new heights, and lessons are learned by both "Tons" and Bill.
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Birth of the Blues 1941  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Brian Donlevy, Carolyn Lee, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jack Teagarden, J. Carrol Naish, Cecil Kellaway, Warren Hymer, Horace McMahon
The music is great, but the story of New Orleans jazz is told from the white–not the African-American–perspective and loses its true meaning in the process.
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Brewster's Millions 1945   N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, June Havoc, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer, John Litel, Thurston Hall, Joe Sawyer, Nana Bryant, Herbert Rudley, Neil Hamilton, Byron Foulger, Barbara Pepper, Joseph Crehan
In this film, based on George Barr McCutcheon's novel, a World War II veteran Monty Brewster (Dennis O'Keefe) arrives home and learns that he has inherited one million dollars–the catch is he must spend it all within two months or he will not receive the rest of his inheritance. Another stipulation is that he cannot tell anyone about the inheritance. Brewster goes on a spending spree putting his money into bad investments, all of which turn into surprising profits. In the midst of his frenzy to spend the money, personal problems arise when he must postpone his wedding to Peggy (Helen Walker) but cannot tell her why. And still, the spending sprees continue. 1 User Review
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 Cabin in the Sky 1943 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Ethel Waters, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Mantan Moreland, Butterfly McQueen, Willie Best, Kenneth Spencer, John William Sublett
In this, Vincente Minnelli's first feature film, the story comes out as somewhat racist. Gambler Little Joe (Eddie "Rochester" Anderson) succumbs to the charms of a beautiful woman (Lena Horne) while his wife, Petunia (Ethel Waters), waits for him to come to his senses.
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 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1963 N/R, 188 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Jim Backus, Carl Reiner, Jerry Lewis, Dick Shawn, Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters, Edie Adams, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Buried treasure is the goal of a large group of people who madly race around chasing each other in pursuit of the $350,000 prize. An all-star cast of comedians participates in the chase.
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The Sailor Takes a Wife 1945  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Robert Walker, June Allyson, Hume Cronyn, Audrey Totter, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Reginald Owen, Gerald Oliver Smith, Moyna MacGill, Anna Q. Nilsson, Franklin Pangborn, Lillian Yarbo, Shimen Ruskin, George Sorel, Jack Luden, Phillip Pine
One evening during 1944, a sailor, John Hill (Robert Walker), shares a carriage with Mary (June Allyson), and they fall in love. They marry that night, and John ships out immediately after the ceremony. John is discharged from the Navy a short time later and returns to Mary, but they are basically strangers, and many complications lie ahead.
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 Stormy Weather 1943 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, Dooley Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ernest Whitman, Fayard Nicholas
Romance is on again-off again for entertainers Selina Rogers (Lena Horne) and Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson) in this all-star musical featuring a cast of talented Black singers and dancers of the 1940s' era.
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Thanks for the Memory 1938 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger, Hedda Hopper, Laura Hope Crews, Roscoe Karns, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, William Collier Sr., Emma Dunn, Edward Gargan, Jack Norton, Patricia Wilder, Barney Dean, Pat West
Young newlyweds Steve (Bob Hope) and Anne Merrick (Shirley Ross) have much to work out during their rocky start at marriage. As they settle into their New York apartment, Anne goes off to work every day as a fashion model, and aspiring author Steve stays home devoting his time to writing. This arrangement leads to their temporary break-up. But, by story's end, they are reunited and living happily ever after.
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Topper Returns 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, H.B. Warner, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Zucco, Donald MacBride, Trevor Bardette, Rafaela Ottiano, George Lloyd, Duke York, Eddy Chandler
Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) is back in this final episode of the series. The fun-loving ghost of Gail Richards (Joan Blondell) seeks the aid of Cosmo in finding her killer before the killer finds her friend who was the intended victim. The search ends up in a dark, old house with all the creepy attributes. Some very funny scenes. A Special Effects Academy Award nomination was received.
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What Price Hollywood? 1932 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton, Gregory Ratoff, Brooks Benedict, Louise Beavers, Bryant Washburn, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Florence Roberts, Heinie Conklin
An alcoholic Hollywood producer, Maximilian Carey (Lowell Sherman), helps a waitress, Mary Evans (Constance Bennett), attain stardom and then sinks into his alcoholic abyss, which ends in suicide.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
Cast: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore, John Arledge, James Bush, Thurston Hall, Edward Brophy, Mary Forbes, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Irving Bacon
Struggling circus owner Larson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields) struggles to stay away from legal trouble. This trait provides the backdrop for a very funny story about how one problem can quickly multiply into many more.
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You Can't Take It with You 1938  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Edward Arnold, Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Forbes, Dub Taylor, Donald Meek, Halliwell Hobbes, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Lillian Yarbo, H.B. Warner
Alice (Jean Arthur) and Tony (James Stewart) meet and fall in love. Alice's family of activists–including patriarch Grandpa Vanderhof (Lionel Barrymore), his daughter Penny (Spring Byington), her husband Paul (Samuel S. Hinds) who is into explosives, their would-be ballet dancer daughter Essie (Ann Miller), and her husband Ed (Dub Taylor) who is addicted to his xylophone–"entertain" Tony's aristocratic parents (Edward Arnold and Mary Forbes) in their decaying home. Complications arise with future in-laws' acceptance of each others' families–especially when Tony's parents show up one day early. The film received the Oscar for Best Picture. An Academy Award was also won by Frank Capra as Best Director, and the film received five other nominations, including Spring Byington for Best Supporting Actress.
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| 1. Bill Cracks Down (1937)
aka: Men of Steel
2. Birth of the Blues (1941)
3. Brewster's Millions (1945)
4. Cabin in the Sky (1943)
5. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
6. The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
7. Stormy Weather (1943)
8. Thanks for the Memory (1938)
9. Topper Returns (1941)
10. What Price Hollywood? (1932)
11. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
12. You Can't Take It with You (1938)
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