 At the Circus 1939  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Nat Pendleton, Fritz Feld, James Burke
The Marx Brothers step in to save the circus and encounter a myriad of zany characters (Eve Arden is the Human Fly and Margaret Dumont is shot from a cannon) in the process. One highlight of the film is Groucho's rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady."
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Best Foot Forward 1943  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Tommy Dix, Nancy Walker, June Allyson, Kenny Bowers, Gloria DeHaven, Beverly Tyler, Chill Wills
When Cadet Bud Hooper (Tommy Dix) invites movie star Lucille Ball (playing herself) to the Winsocki Military Academy prom, her acceptance opens the floodgates for problems.
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Confidentially Connie 1953 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Van Johnson, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern, Walter Slezak, Gene Lockhart, Arthur Space, Barbara Ruick, Hayden Rorke, Robert Burton, Marilyn Erskine
Connie Bedloe (Janet Leigh) tries to convince her poor but proud husband Joe (Van Johnson) that his teaching job is a dead end street and gets support from his scheming father (Louis Calhern).
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Easy to Wed 1946 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Carlos Ramirez, Ben Blue, Paul Harvey, June Lockhart, Grant Mitchell
Rich playgirl Connie (Esther Williams) sues newspaperman Warren Haggerty (Keenan Wynn) for the unflattering comments he made in his newspaper. Warren brings in his suave friend, Bill Chandler (Van Johnson), to change Connie's mind. Lots of songs and fun, with Lucille Ball providing many laughs in this musical remake of the 1936 comedy, "Libeled Lady."
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Emergency Wedding 1950  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Willard Parker, Una Merkel, Alan Reed, Eduard Franz, Irving Bacon, Don Beddoe, Jim Backus, Queenie Smith
In this remake of "You Belong to Me," Dr. Helen Hunt (Barbara Hale) is about to divorce her worthless husband–until he turns his life around and becomes a benefactor to humankind.
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 Go West 1940 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Marx Brothers Go West
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Walter Woolf King, Robert Barrat, Tully Marshall, June MacCloy, George Lessey
While this is not the Marx Brothers' best film, their closing scene is well worth the viewing.
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Neptune's Daughter 1949  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat, Ted de Corsia, Mel Blanc, Mike Mazurki, Joi Lansing
The song "Baby, it's Cold Outside" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this vehicle for Esther Williams about the romance of a swimmer who also designs swimsuits.
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Ship Ahoy 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien, William Post Jr., Jimmy Cross, Philip Ahn, Stuart Crawford, John Emery, Bernard Nedell
An ocean liner is on its way to Puerto Rico and enemies of the U.S. are onboard to steal plans for a new mine. The lame plot is really a vehicle for the band of Tommy Dorsey (with Buddy Rich on the drums, Ziggy Elman on the trumpet, and Frank Sinatra singing), the dancing of Eleanor Powell, and the comic routines of Red Skelton.
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Song of the Thin Man 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Philip Reed, Patricia Morison, Gloria Grahame, Jayne Meadows, Don Taylor, Leon Ames
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) stumble onto a murder, and soon they are in the middle of the investigation. This time around (their sixth and last film in the series) is still fun.
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A Woman of Distinction 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Ray Milland, Rosalind Russell, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Mary Jane Saunders, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland, Gale Gordon, Alex Gerry, Lucille Ball
College dean Susan Middlecott (Rosalind Russell) is embarrassed when newspapers write about a visiting professor and former boyfriend, Alec Stevenson (Ray Milland), and announce that he is her lover.
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| 1. At the Circus (1939)
2. Best Foot Forward (1943)
3. Confidentially Connie (1953)
4. Easy to Wed (1946)
5. Emergency Wedding (1950)
6. Go West (1940)
aka: Marx Brothers Go West
7. Neptune's Daughter (1949)
8. Ship Ahoy (1942)
9. Song of the Thin Man (1947)
10. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
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