The Absent-Minded Professor 1961  G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Tommy Kirk, Ed Wynn, Elliott Reid, Edward Andrews, Wally Brown, Forrest Lewis, David Lewis, Jack Mullaney, James Westerfield, Belle Montrose, Wally Boag
When eccentric college chemistry professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) accidentally creates Flubber, the anti-gravity version of Silly Putty, the local college basketball team uses airborne slam-dunks against their archrivals. There is romance, in which Ned tries to win back his fiancee Betsy (Nancy Olson), along with other amusing complications as well in this Disney film.
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Blackbeard's Ghost 1968 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker, Elliott Reid, Richard Deacon, Norman Grabowski, Michael Conrad, Kelly Thordsen, Herbie Faye, George Murdock, Ned Glass, Gil Lamb
In this Disney film, the restless ghost of notorious pirate Blackbeard (Peter Ustinov) helps Steve (Dean Jones) fight off efforts of developers of a gambling casino who plan to build in the neighborhood.
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Follow Me, Boys! 1966  N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, Elliott Reid, Kurt Russell, Luana Patten, Sean McClory, Steve Franken, Parley Baer
Musician Lemuel Siddons (Fred MacMurray) decides to stop traveling, settle down in a small town, and dedicate himself to a troop of young Boy Scouts. Disney.
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 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Noonan, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, George Winslow, Marcel Dalio, Taylor Holmes, Harry Carey Jr., Norma Varden
Marilyn Monroe's and Jane Russell's rendition of "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" highlight this musical comedy about Lorelei Lee's trip to Paris to meet her future rich husband.
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 Inherit the Wind 1960  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Dick York, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Florence Eldridge, Elliott Reid, Philip Coolidge, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr., Donna Anderson, Paul Hartman, Jimmy Boyd, Norman Fell, Hope Summers
Charles Darwin's theories of evolution go on trial in the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" in Tennessee where Clarence Darrow (Spencer Tracy) and William Jennings Bryan (Fredric March) argue the merits of teaching the new science in the classroom. 1 User Review
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| | Battle of the Giants | 1fatts 06/16/2009 | The story is that when this movie was being shot, actors on the lot would find their way to the set to just hang out and watch the battle of the giants: Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. It was a good script; no one could direct courtroom like Stanley Kramer; nice casting; great set: but it is, in the end, March and Tracy eating the scenery and creating character.
Other good things deserve to be said about this movie, but it's watching the two actors of their generation pull out the stops that overshadows everything else. |
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Move Over, Darling 1963 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Chuck Connors, Thelma Ritter, Fred Clark, Don Knotts, Elliott Reid, Edgar Buchanan, John Astin
This remake of Garson Kanin's "My Favorite Wife" isn't quite as good, but it is still fine viewing–especially for Doris Day fans. Doris takes on the role of the shipwrecked, and presumed dead, wife who returns only to find that her husband (James Garner) has remarried.
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Son of Flubber 1963 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Charles Ruggles, Leon Ames, Paul Lynde, Elliott Reid, William Demarest, Ed Wynn, Ken Murray, Bob Sweeney, Edward Andrews, Joanna Moore, James Westerfield
In this sequel to "The Absent-Minded Professor," Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is back in his lab trying to invent an anti-gravity flubber gas, "dry rain." Ned's invention does not prove very successful–until his assistant Biff (Tommy Kirk) gives the "dry rain" to the Medfield College football team. The team uses Ned's invention, their running back rushes over the helmets of the defensive players, and they win the big game against Rutland.
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The Story of Dr. Wassell 1944  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Carl Esmond, Carol Thurston, Paul Kelly, Elliott Reid, Stanley Ridges, Philip Ahn
In this disappointing Cecil B. DeMille offering, Dr. Corydon Wassell (Gary Cooper) works tirelessly to save humanity during World War II.
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The Thrill of It All 1963 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts, Elliott Reid, Hayden Rorke, Alex Gerry, Paul Hartman
When she becomes a star in TV commercials, Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) runs into marriage problems as her husband, Dr. Gerald Boyer (James Garner), has problems adjusting to his wife's new lifestyle.
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Vicki 1953  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel, Parley Baer, Stuart Randall, Russ Conway, Frank Fenton, Frank Gerstle
Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.
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Woman's World 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Cornel Wilde, Elliott Reid, Margalo Gillmore, Alan Reed
Clifton Webb plays a corporate executive who chooses his new manager from three candidates and decides to base their qualifications on the abilities of their wives.
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| 1. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
2. Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
3. Follow Me, Boys! (1966)
4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
5. Inherit the Wind (1960)
6. Move Over, Darling (1963)
7. Son of Flubber (1963)
8. The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
9. The Thrill of It All (1963)
10. Vicki (1953)
11. Woman's World (1954)
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