I Remember Mama 1948  N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka, Philip Dorn, Cedric Hardwicke, Edgar Bergen, Rudy Vallee, Barbara O'Neil, Florence Bates, Ellen Corby, Peggy McIntyre, June Hedin, Steve Brown, Hope Landin, Edith Evanson
This film centers on memories of Katrin (Barbara Bel Geddes) as she grew up in her Norwegian immigrant family's home. Irene Dunne received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of "Mama," the solid core who holds the family together as they adapt to life in San Francisco. Oskar Homolka, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Ellen Corby also received nominations.
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The Jade Mask 1945  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Charlie Chan: The Jade Mask
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Janet Warren, Edith Evanson, Hardie Albright, Frank Reicher, Al Bridge, Ralph Lewis
When an inventor is murdered, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and his son, Jimmy (Edwin Luke), put their heads together to solve the mystery.
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 Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959  N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Peter Ronson, Thayer David, Robert Adler, Alan Napier, Ben Wright, Molly Roden, Ivan Triesault, Red West, Edith Evanson
Scottish Professor Lindenbrook (James Mason) and his student Alec McEwen (Pat Boone) travel to Iceland at the beginning of their journey to the center of Earth. Along with Carla, whose geologist husband was killed when he attempted the same journey, and their guide Hans (Peter Ronson), they journey through an extinct volcano into Earth's core. On the trek, they encounter floods, winds, and treacherous areas of heat and cold–along with prehistoric beasts and Count Saknussemm (Thayer David) who killed Carla's husband and has been striving to be the first person to reach the center of Earth. Special effects are what earn this film its three stars.
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The Magnificent Yankee 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe, Edith Evanson, Richard Anderson, Jimmy Lydon, Herbert Anderson, Hugh Sanders
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (Louis Calhern) is the subject of this biography, which includes not only Holmes' professional life but his personal life as well.
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The Redhead and the Cowboy 1950  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rhonda Fleming, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Reed, Morris Ankrum, Edith Evanson, Ralph Byrd, Ray Teal, Douglas Spencer, King Donovan
Set during the Civil War, this is the story of a Confederate courier (Rhonda Fleming) who falls for a Union officer (Glenn Ford).
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Rope 1948  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, John Dall, Farley Granger, Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler, Douglas Dick, Constance Collier, Edith Evanson, Dick Hogan
After taking their idea from their old school teacher (James Stewart), two college men (John Dall and Farley Granger) kill a friend in order to stage the perfect crime. To top things off, the killers entertain their victim's friends and relatives at a dinner party during which they drop clues concerning the murder. Now, the school teacher becomes suspicious.
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 Shane 1953 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Jack Palance, Van Heflin, Brandon DeWilde, Ben Johnson, Edgar Buchanan, Elisha Cook Jr., Ellen Corby, Emile Meyer, Douglas Spencer, John Dierkes, Paul McVey, Edith Evanson
This is one of the best Westerns ever made. It features a family of homesteaders befriended by a mysterious man (Alan Ladd) who helps them fight the cattle baron trying to bar farming on free land. The film won one Academy Award (Best Cinematography) and was nominated for five others: Best Picture, two for Best Supporting Actor (Brandon de Wilde and Jack Palance), Best Director, and Best Writing.
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Singapore 1947  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver, Richard Haydn, Spring Byington, Thomas Gomez, Porter Hall, Edith Evanson, Holmes Herbert, Philip Ahn
This film is a story about an amnesiac who forgets the man she loves. Having thought that she had died in a WWII bombing raid, he discovers his error on a trip back to Singapore after the war, where he returns to resume his smuggling business. This movie was remade as "Istanbul" in 1957.
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Storm Center 1956 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Taradash
Cast: Bette Davis, Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly, Kathryn Grant, Edith Evanson, Joe Mantell, Edward Platt, Howard Wendell, Kevin Coughlin
Blacklisting of the communications media in the 1950s is the focus of this film about a librarian (Bette Davis) who will not take a certain book about communism out of circulation.
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Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus 1960 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Family
aka: Toby Tyler
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Bob Sweeney, Richard Eastham, James Drury, Edith Evanson, Tom Fadden, Barbara Beaird, Dennis Olivieri
In this Disney film, Toby Tyler (Kevin Corcoran) is a boy who leaves home to start a new life with the circus.
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 Twice-Told Tales 1963 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Vincent Price, Sebastian Cabot, Mari Blanchard, Brett Halsey, Beverly Garland, Richard Denning, Abraham Sofaer, Edith Evanson, Jacqueline deWit, Joyce Taylor
Three Nathaniel Hawthorne stories are included in this horror offering. In "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," Heidegger (Sebastian Cabot) tries to give the gift of youth to his elderly friends. In the second story, "Rappaccini's Daughter," a demented father (Vincent Price) inoculates his daughter with a poison so that she will never leave him. Finally, in "The House of Seven Gables," Gerald Pyncheon (Vincent Price) returns home to search for a vault hidden in the estate–despite the fact that the vault contains a curse that has caused the deaths of Pyncheon men over the last 100 years.
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 Woman of the Year 1942 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, William Bendix, Reginald Owen, Roscoe Karns, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake, Dan Tobin, William Tannen, Ludwig Stossel, Sara Haden, Edith Evanson, George Kezas, Ann Codee
This was the first time Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn appeared together on the screen. They play sports columnist Sam (Tracy) and political reporter Tess (Hepburn) who carry on a feud through their columns. They finally meet when their editor Clayton (Reginald Owen) introduces them to try to make peace. They seem to have nothing in common–except love–but they marry. The marriage is filled with problems, and after Tess is named "Woman of the Year," Sam walks out. Now, Tess tries to mend her ways in order to win Sam back. Hepburn was nominated for an Oscar, and an Oscar was won for Best Original Screenplay.
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| 1. I Remember Mama (1948)
2. The Jade Mask (1945)
aka: Charlie Chan: The Jade Mask
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
4. The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
5. The Redhead and the Cowboy (1950)
6. Rope (1948)
7. Shane (1953)
8. Singapore (1947)
9. Storm Center (1956)
10. Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
aka: Toby Tyler
11. Twice-Told Tales (1963)
12. Woman of the Year (1942)
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