Come Back, Little Sheba 1952  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore, Richard Jaeckel, Philip Ober, Lisa Golm, Walter Kelley, Edwin Max, William Haade, Virginia Mullen
Slovenly housewife Lola (Shirley Booth) copes with alcoholic husband Doc's (Burt Lancaster) crisis involving their boarder (Terry Moore). Shirley Booth won a Best Actress Oscar for her fine performance, and Terry Moore was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Jim Thorpe - All American 1951  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Phyllis Thaxter, Steve Cochran, Dick Wesson, Nestor Paiva, Billy Gray, Edwin Max, Alfonso Mejia
Burt Lancaster takes on the title role in this biography of runner Jim Thorpe, a United States Olympic champion who was stripped of his medals because he played professional baseball.
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Jumping Jacks 1952 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss, Ray Teal, Richard Erdman, Edwin Max, Alex Gerry, Charles Evans
Chick Allen (Dean Martin) and Hap Smith (Jerry Lewis) are vaudeville buddies who entertain paratroopers and end up over their heads in Army brass.
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 A Matter of Life and Death 1946  PG, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Fantasy / Thriller
aka: Stairway to Heaven
Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote, Richard Attenborough, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey, Kathleen Byron, Bonar Colleano, Abraham Sofaer, Joan Maude, Robert Atkins, Bob Roberts, Edwin Max, Betty Potter
Returning from a World War II bombing run, Squadron Leader Peter Carter (David Niven) realizes his plane will not make it. He talks on his radio to RAF worker June (Kim Hunter) and then jumps, certain that he will die. But a miracle occurs, and Carter awakens in the surf (the angels couldn't find him in the fog, so he didn't die). He and June meet, fall in love, and talk Heaven into waiting.
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Meet Me After the Show 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Betty Grable, Macdonald Carey, Eddie Albert, Fred Clark, Rory Calhoun, Lois Andrews, Irene Ryan, Edwin Max, Harry Antrim, Steve Condos
Delilah (Betty Grable) and Jeff (Macdonald Carey) have more success in their show-business careers than they seem to be able to attain in their own marriage.
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Side Street 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim
New York City postman Joe Norson (Farley Granger) steals an envelope filled with $30,000. As if this act was not bad enough, when Joe tries to return the cash, it turns out that the money belonged to blackmailers who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. And the chase is on.
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The Twonky 1953  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Arch Oboler
Cast: Hans Conried, Billy Lynn, Gloria Blondell, Janet Warren, Edwin Max, Evelyn Beresford, Norman Field, Al Jarvis, Alice Backes, Connie Marshall
Comedy is the name of the game when a robot takes over the life of a college professor.
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| 1. Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
2. Jim Thorpe - All American (1951)
3. Jumping Jacks (1952)
4. A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
aka: Stairway to Heaven
5. Meet Me After the Show (1951)
6. Side Street (1950)
7. The Twonky (1953)
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