 Alice in Wonderland 1933  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Charlotte Henry, Richard Arlen, Roscoe Ates, Charles Ruggles, Roscoe Karns, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Cary Grant, Sterling Holloway, Edward Everett Horton, Leon Errol, Ned Sparks
This is the Lewis Carroll story brought to the screen with Alice (Charlotte Henry) dealing with the offbeat characters in Wonderland. This is the first full-length film of the story.
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 Angel 1937  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Cossart, Laura Hope Crews, Herbert Mundin, Ivan Lebedeff, Dennie Moore, Lionel Pape, Gino Corrado, Michael Visaroff, Eric Wilton, Olaf Hytten, James Finlayson
Bored Maria (Marlene Dietrich) feels trapped in a loveless marriage with a British nobleman (Herbert Marshall). So off she goes to Paris for a vacation and falls in love with an American (Melvyn Douglas). Despite the fine cast, this is far from Lubitsch's or Dietrich's best.
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 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, John Alexander, John Ridgely, Edward McNamara, Grant Mitchell
This classic comedic tale is about the predicament of Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) who discovers that his old maid aunts have been poisoning lonely old men and burying them in the basement. Adding to the quirky household is Uncle Teddy (John Alexander) who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt. Cary Grant excels in his role of the nephew who must bring sense to the chaos. Cary Grant: "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."
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 A Bedtime Story 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Helen Twelvetrees, Baby LeRoy, Edward Everett Horton, Adrienne Ames, Earle Foxe, Gertrude Michael, Reginald Mason, Henry Kolker
When a gigolo must take care of a baby, his livelihood is threatened.
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing, Warren Hymer, Franklin Pangborn, Rolfe Sedan, Lawrence Grant, Armand Cortes, Lionel Pape, Tyler Brooke
Multimillionaire Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) has been married seven times, but he finally meets his match in wife #8 (Claudette Colbert). She has ulterior motives for the marriage, which come to naught when she ultimately falls in love with Michael.
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 Brazil 1944 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Virginia Bruce, Tito Guizar, Fortunio Bonanova, Roy Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Frank Puglia, Howard Da Silva, Yolanda, Veloz
This film includes a lesson in the culture and history of Brazil, scuba diving in the beautiful waters, and songs galore.
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Cinderella Jones 1946 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton, Ruth Donnelly, Elisha Cook Jr., Monte Blue, Johnny Mitchell, Julie Bishop, Hobart Cavanaugh, William Prince, Charles Dingle, Charles Arnt, Chester Clute, Edward Gargan
This Busby Berkeley musical/comedy concerns a not-too-smart girl who must find a smart husband or lose her large inheritance. Where else to go looking than to enroll in college. The songs are good; the script isn't.
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College Swing 1938  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gracie Allen, George Burns, Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Betty Grable, Jackie Coogan, John Payne, Robert Cummings, Florence George
Gracie (Gracie Allen) inherits a college and turns it into a swinging vaudeville arena.
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Design for Living 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Fredric March, Gary Cooper, Miriam Hopkins, Edward Everett Horton, Franklin Pangborn, Isabel Jewell, Helena Phillips Evans, James Donlan, Jane Darwell, Armand Kaliz
This is the film adaptation of Noel Coward's play about Gilda (Miriam Hopkins) who cannot choose between two men (Fredric March and Gary Cooper), so they decide to set up housekeeping together–with NO sex. Subsequent events provide good entertainment.
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The Devil Is a Woman 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Lionel Atwill, Edward Everett Horton, Alison Skipworth, Cesar Romero, Don Alvarado, Tempe Pigott, Francisco Moreno, Hank Mann, Morgan Wallace, Lawrence Grant, Edwin Maxwell
Told in flashbacks, this story involves the memories of Captain Don Pasqual "Pasqualito" Costelar (Lionel Atwill) as he tells young military officer Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero)–who has just met Concha Perez (Marlene Dietrich)–of the trials and tribulations he suffered when seduced by her many years before. Later that same evening, Pasqual encounters Antonio with Concha and, in a fit of jealousy, challenges him to a duel.
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 Down to Earth 1947 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Edward Everett Horton, Roland Culver, James Gleason, William Frawley, Jean Donahue, William Haade, Adele Jergens, George Macready, Kathleen O'Malley, James Burke, Eddie Acuff, Alan Bridge
Rita Hayworth plays the Greek Goddess Terpsichore who visits Earth in the human form of Kitty Pendleton when she learns that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) is putting on a musical satire about Greek goddesses. She comes to help with the show but ends up landing a role in the play. Now, she gets Danny to change the show from a satire into a "work of art." But, her ideas are not very good, and the show turns into a major flop, but our Greek goddess makes everything right. Remade as "Xanadu" in 1980.
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The Front Page 1931 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Frank McHugh, Walter Catlett, Mae Clarke, George E. Stone, Slim Summerville, Matt Moore
This excellent Ben Hecht/Charles MacArthur story pits a reporter, Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien), against his editor, Walter Burns (Adolphe Menjou). Burns assigns Hildy one last story (covering an execution) in hopes that Hildy will stay with the newspaper. The film received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actor, and Director.
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The Gang's All Here 1943 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, James Ellison, Frank Faylen, June Haver, Jeanne Crain, Phil Baker, Tony De Marco, Sheila Ryan, Dave Willock
This World War II musical tells the story of American soldier Andy Mason (James Ellison) who returns from duty in the Pacific and is in love with chorus girl Edie Allen (Alice Faye). Busby Berkeley numbers are highlighted by "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat" featuring Carmen Miranda and dancing bananas.
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 The Gay Divorcee 1934  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, William Austin, Betty Grable, E.E. Clive, Paul Porcasi, Lillian Miles, Charles Coleman, George Davis, Charlie Hall
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, as Guy and Mimi, run into each other at a resort where Mimi is awaiting her divorce. Mimi mistakes Guy for the man (Erik Rhodes) who her aunt (Alice Brady) has hired to have a tryst with Mimi and, thus, provide the grounds for her divorce. Complications ensue when Guy is attracted to Mimi, but she, because of the mix-up, does not treat him well. By story's end, all ends happily. The dances to "The Continental" and "Night and Day" are delightfully performed in this film. "The Continental" won the Academy Award for Best Song, the first year that the award was given for this category. Nominations were also received for four other awards, including Best Picture.
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The Great Garrick 1937 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Whale
Cast: Brian Aherne, Olivia de Havilland, Edward Everett Horton, Melville Cooper, Lionel Atwill, Lana Turner, Marie Wilson, Luis Alberni, Dorothy Tree, Albert Dekker
This fictionalized biography is about an egotistical British actor, David Garrick (Brian Aherne), and how members of the Comedie Francaise bring about his fall from grace.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Everett Horton, Rita Johnson, James Gleason, John Emery, Donald MacBride, Don Costello, Halliwell Hobbes, Benny Rubin, Lloyd Bridges, Heinie Conklin, Joseph Crehan, Selmer Jackson
Just before his scheduled heavyweight championship fight, prizefighter Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) dies in a plane crash. The celestial Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains) sends Joe's soul back to Earth in the body of Bruce Farnsworth whose wife Julia (Rita Johnson) and her lover Tony (John Emery) have plotted his demise. They do the evil deed, but Joe has taken over Farnsworth's body and leaves the scene. Now, Joe hires his manager Max Corkle (James Gleason) to get him in shape as a prizefighter. Joe meets Betty Logan (Evelyn Keyes) whose father was framed by Farnsworth, falls in love with her, and straightens out Farnsworth's debt to his investors. This inspires Julia and Tony to plot the killing of "Farnsworth" once again. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Supporting Actor (Gleason) and won Oscars for Writing (original story and screenplay).
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 Holiday 1930 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Ames, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Hedda Hopper, William(2) Holden, Monroe Owsley, Creighton Hale, Mary Forbes, Elizabeth Forrester, Mabel Forrest, Hallam Cooley
This is a film adaptation of Phillip Barry's play about John Case (Robert Ames) who is being coerced into changing his carefree life to join the business firm of his fiancee Julia's (Mary Astor) father. All ends well when Julia's sister Linda (Ann Harding) sees things for what they are, falls in love with John, and saves the day. Harding was nominated for an Oscar. Remade in 1938.
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Holiday 1938 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker, Binnie Barnes, Jean Dixon, Henry Daniell, Ann Doran, Bess Flowers, Neil Fitzgerald, Matt McHugh, Lillian West, Hilda Plowright
Adapted from Phillip Barry's Broadway play, this is the second film rendition about the young couple, Julia (Doris Nolan) and Johnny (Cary Grant), who are mismatched in plans for the future. Johnny is being coerced into joining Julia's father's business firm. All is not lost because Julia's sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn) loves Johnny for who he really is, and everyone lives happily ever after.
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Kiss and Make Up 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harlan Thompson
Cast: Cary Grant, Genevieve Tobin, Helen Mack, Edward Everett Horton, Lucien Littlefield, Mona Maris, Katherine Williams, Lucille Lund, Rafael Storm
When Eve Caron (Genevieve Tobin) becomes obsessed with her physical attributes, her husband Marcel (Edward Everett Horton) loses all romantic interest in her.
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Ladies Should Listen 1934 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Cary Grant, Frances Drake, Edward Everett Horton, Charles Arnt, Nydia Westman, Ann Sheridan, Rosita Moreno, George Barbier, Charles Ray, Rafael Corio
After listening in on a hotel telephone conversation, the switchboard operator, Anna (Frances Drake), gets involved in the life of the caller, Julian de Lussac (Cary Grant).
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Lady on a Train 1945 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles David
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley
As her train pulls into Grand Central Station, Nikki (Deanna Durbin) glimpses a murder being committed in a nearby building. She reports the crime, but the police won't listen. So, Nikki investigates and gets involved with the dead man's off-beat family.
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 Lost Horizon 1937 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure / Drama / Mystery
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe, John Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Margo, Isabel Jewell, H.B. Warner, George Chan, David Torrence, Carl Stockdale, Hugh Buckler, Wyrley Birch, Darby Clark
British diplomat Robert Conway (Ronald Colman) and his brother George (John Howard) help British citizens–Henry Bernard (Thomas Mitchell), Gloria (Isabel Jewell), and "Lovey" Lovett (Edward Everett Horton)–evacuate from China during a revolution. Their plane crashes in Tibet, and a rescue team, led by Chang (H.B. Warner), leads them to Shangri-La where they discover a tranquility that they have never before experienced. This wonderful city is ruled by an aging 200 year-old High Lama (Sam Jaffe) who is impressed with Robert and wants him to succeed him after his death. Now, Robert is torn between leaving for England or remaining in Shangri-La with his new-found love Sondra (Jane Wyatt). A winner of two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Film Editing), it also received five nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Warner).
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The Magnificent Dope 1942 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton, George Barbier, Frank Orth, Roseanne Murray, Arthur Loft, Hobart Cavanaugh, Pierre Watkin
Country versus city is the theme for this film in which two men (Henry Fonda and Don Ameche) vie for a school secretary's (Lynn Bari) attention.
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The Merry Widow 1934 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: The Lady Dances
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Una Merkel, Edward Everett Horton, George Barbier, Herman Bing, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway, Donald Meek, Akim Tamiroff
This is a delightful film about an aristocratic–but poor–count (Maurice Chevalier) who woos a wealthy widow (Jeanette MacDonald).
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Paris Honeymoon 1939 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Ross, Edward Everett Horton, Ben Blue, Rafaela Ottiano, Raymond Hatton, Luana Walters, Gregory Gaye
A Texas millionaire, Lucky Lawton (Bing Crosby), plans a honeymoon in Paris, but while visiting the city to make arrangements, he falls in love with Manya (Franciska Gaal) and his wedding plans are put on hold.
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The Perfect Speciman 1937 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward Everett Horton, Dick Foran, May Robson, Beverly Roberts, Allen Jenkins, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell
A wealthy woman (May Robson) shelters her grandson (Errol Flynn) from the outside world until a beautiful woman (Joan Blondell) enters the picture, and the grandmother loses control.
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Pocketful of Miracles 1961 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ann - Margret, John Litel, Thomas Mitchell
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a gambler who turns Apple Annie (Bette Davis) into a socialite–for one day–when her daughter, Louise (Ann-Margret), comes to visit. Peter Falk was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor. This Damon Runyon story was previously filmed in 1933 as "Lady for a Day."
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Reaching for the Moon 1931 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Bebe Daniels, Edward Everett Horton, Jack Mulhall, Claud Allister, Walter Walker, June MacCloy, Helen Jerome Eddy, Bing Crosby
Millionaire Larry Day (Douglas Fairbanks) takes lessons from his valet, Roger (Edward Everett Horton), on how to appeal to women and then follows beautiful Vivien (Bebe Daniels) on an ocean cruise where he woos and then marries her. Just when Larry believes he has found true happiness, the stock market crashes. Larry loses his fortune, but will he also lose Vivien? Watch for Bing Crosby who croons "Low Down" while entertaining in the ballroom aboard ship.
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San Diego I Love You 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Buster Keaton, Irene Ryan, Peter Miles, Chester Clute, Charles Bates, Florence Lake
Philip McCooley (Edward Everett Horton) has invented a collapsible raft that he thinks will help the war effort. While caring for his family, with the help of daughter Virginia (Louise Allbritton), he also attempts to sell his invention. Virginia helps out with selling, and one of her potential customers is the rich owner (Jon Hall) of a research institute. Funny, with good acting, especially Allbritton. Great sketch by Buster Keaton.
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Sex and the Single Girl 1964 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Mel Ferrer, Edward Everett Horton, Howard St. John, Stubby Kaye, Fran Jeffries, Otto Kruger, Barbara Bouchet, Leslie Parrish, Larry Storch, Max Showalter, Helen Kleeb
This satire on sexual mores is more-or-less based on the Helen Gurley Brown book by the same name. Helen Brown (Natalie Wood) is a 23-year-old therapist who advises women about sex. Bob Weston (Tony Curtis) is a magazine editor planning to write a story in which he will accuse Helen of being a virgin. But everything changes when they meet, and romance is definitely in the air–despite the fact that Bob is married–although maybe not legally–to Sylvia (Lauren Bacall). Problems ensue, which all lead to a wild taxi chase on the freeway where things are finally sorted out.
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 Shall We Dance? 1937 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Jerome Cowan, Ketti Gallian, Ben Alexander, Mantan Moreland, Ann Shoemaker, J.M. Kerrigan
While crossing the Atlantic by steamer, a Russian ballet dancer (Fred Astaire) and an American ballroom dancer (Ginger Rogers) meet and pretend to be husband and wife. George and Ira Gershwin songs in this film are great and include "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "They All Laughed," and "They Can't Take That Away from Me."
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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Sunny 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton, Grace Hartman, Paul Hartman, Frieda Inescort, Helen Westley, Benny Rubin, Muggins Davies, Richard Lane, Martha Tilton, Torben Meyer
Circus star Sunny Sullivan (Anna Neagle) is performing in New Orleans when she falls in love with wealthy Larry Warren (John Carroll). But, the romance has problems in the form of Larry's snobbish family that does not welcome the circus performer into their high-society lifestyle. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Musical Score, and Ray Bolger's dancing certainly adds to the enjoyment.
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The Terror 1928 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery / Horror
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: May McAvoy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis, Matthew Betz, Holmes Herbert, John Miljan, Otto Hoffman, Joseph W. Girard, Frank Austin, Conrad Nagel, Reed Howes
Edgar Wallace's play is brought to the screen in one of the first "talkies." A mysterious killer is on the loose and is now present at a dinner with assorted guests, including an undercover Scotland Yard investigator. Remade in 1938.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Dinah Shore, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Dennis Morgan, S.Z. Sakall, Joan Leslie, Ann Sheridan, Hattie McDaniel, Edward Everett Horton, Jack Carson
Movie star Eddie Cantor (Himself) steps in as chairman of the Cavalcade of Stars benefit show and creates so many problems that the producers (S.Z Sakall and Edward Everett Horton) arrange to have him kidnapped. They plan to replace him with his look-a-like, talented bus driver Joe Simpson (also Eddie Cantor), who has been looking for work as an actor but can't get a job because he looks so much like Cantor. Simpson proves to be a hit and is signed to a film contract.
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 Top Hat 1935 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Mark Sandrich
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton, Helen Broderick, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, Lucille Ball, Donald Meek, Leonard Mudie, Florence Roberts, Dennis O'Keefe, Edgar Norton, Tom Ricketts, Leonard Mudie
This is the "best of the best" of Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers musicals in which they perform their exquisite dance, "Cheek to Cheek." American entertainer Jerry Travers (Astaire) and wealthy Dale Tremont (Rogers) meet and fall in love in London, but problems enter the scene when Dale thinks that Jerry is her best friend Madge's (Helen Broderick) new husband. Actually, Madge's new husband is Jerry's business manager Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton). Will Dale's case of mistaken identity be cleared up in time for Dale and Jerry to live happily ever after? The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture.
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The Town Went Wild 1944  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Murphy
Cast: Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Edward Everett Horton, Tom Tully, Jill Browning, Minna Gombell, Ruth Lee, Roberta Smith, Maude Eburne, Charles Halton, Ferris Taylor, Jimmy Conlin
Neighbors Everett Conway (Edward Everett Horton) and Henry Harrison (Tom Tully) have been feuding for years, and now Everett's son, David (Freddie Bartholomew), and Henry's daughter, Marian (Minna Gombell), have fallen in love. New information indicates that Everett's and Henry's sons may have been switched at birth and that Marian is about to marry her blood brother. Comedy ensues, and then the truth about their identities is revealed.
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Trouble in Paradise 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall, Charles Ruggles, Edward Everett Horton, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Greig, Luis Alberni, George Humbert, Rolfe Sedan
World-class thief Gaston (Herbert Marshall) teams up with pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) and they are not only successful but also fall in love. However, when they get employed by the rich and beautiful Madame Colet (Kay Francis) and it appears that love is blooming on that front, there is Lily's jealousy to contend with. This sophisticated comedy is very well done.
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The Way to Love 1933 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Ann Dvorak, Edward Everett Horton, Arthur Pierson, Minna Gombell, Douglass Dumbrille, John Miljan, Sidney Toler, Blanche Friderici, George Regas
Street vendor Francois (Maurice Chevalier) becomes involved with Madeleine (Ann Dvorak) after she leaves the circus and her partner.
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 Ziegfeld Girl 1941 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, Eve Arden, Charles Winninger, Philip Dorn
The lives of three showgirls (Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner) take separate turns as they strive for fame and fortune in New York. Weak plot, but many of the acts are good.
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| 1. Alice in Wonderland (1933)
2. Angel (1937)
3. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
4. A Bedtime Story (1933)
5. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
6. Brazil (1944)
7. Cinderella Jones (1946)
8. College Swing (1938)
9. Design for Living (1933)
10. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
11. Down to Earth (1947)
12. The Front Page (1931)
13. The Gang's All Here (1943)
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
14. The Gay Divorcee (1934)
15. The Great Garrick (1937)
16. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
17. Holiday (1930)
18. Holiday (1938)
19. Kiss and Make Up (1934)
20. Ladies Should Listen (1934)
21. Lady on a Train (1945)
22. Lost Horizon (1937)
23. The Magnificent Dope (1942)
24. The Merry Widow (1934)
aka: The Lady Dances
25. Paris Honeymoon (1939)
26. The Perfect Speciman (1937)
27. Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
28. Reaching for the Moon (1931)
29. San Diego I Love You (1944)
30. Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
31. Shall We Dance? (1937)
32. Summer Storm (1944)
33. Sunny (1941)
34. The Terror (1928)
35. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
36. Top Hat (1935)
37. The Town Went Wild (1944)
38. Trouble in Paradise (1932)
39. The Way to Love (1933)
40. Weekend for Three (1941)
41. Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
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