The Adventures of Martin Eden 1942  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Stuart Erwin, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Frank Conroy, Rafaela Ottiano, Pierre Watkin
This film adaptation of the Jack London novel is the story of a sailor, Martin Eden (Glenn Ford), who writes of his adventures at sea while under the command of the tough Captain "Butch" Ragan (Ian MacDonald).
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The Desperadoes 1943  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Randolph Scott, Glenn Ford, Claire Trevor, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Raymond Walburn, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Porter Hall, Joan Woodbury, Irving Bacon
An ex-gunslinger (Glenn Ford) joins up with a lawman (Randolph Scott) to fight injustice.
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Enchantment 1948 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: David Niven, Teresa Wright, Evelyn Keyes, Farley Granger, Jayne Meadows, Leo G. Carroll, Shepperd Strudwick, Gigi Perreau, Melville Cooper, Henry Stephenson
Years ago, during another war, General Sir Roland Dane (David Niven) lost his chance for love with Lark Ingoldsby (Teresa Wright). Now he encourages ambulance driver Grizel Dabe (Evelyn Keyes) not to make this same mistake with pilot Pax Masterson (Farley Granger).
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Flight Lieutenant 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Jonathan Hale, Frank Puglia, Larry Parks, Lloyd Bridges, Hugh Beaumont, Minor Watson
Disgraced following a plane crash in which his co-pilot was killed, Sam Doyle (Pat O'Brien) lives to see his son, Danny (Glenn Ford), become an Air Force pilot.
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 Gone with the Wind 1939  G, 219 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Hattie McDaniel, Ward Bond, Jane Darwell, Victor Jory, Butterfly McQueen, Barbara O'Neil, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Laura Hope Crews
Based on Margaret Mitchell's popular novel, this story takes place during the Civil War. When southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) learns that her beloved Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) is going to marry his cousin Melanie (Olivia de Havilland), she is crushed. Despite warnings from her faithful servant Mammy (Hattie McDaniel), Scarlett accosts Ashley at a barbeque. Charleston profiteer Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) listens in on the confrontation and falls in love with Scarlett. Their affair begins, and as Scarlett flirts, cries, struggles, and dances with Rhett, she manages to survive the changes brought on as the South fights to maintain plantation life. Ashley to Scarlett: "Isn't it enough that you've gathered every other man's heart today? You've always had mine. You cut your teeth on it." This film won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Director, Actress (Leigh), and Supporting Actress (McDaniel). It was also nominated for five other awards.
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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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Iron Man 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Stephen McNally, Joyce Holden, Rock Hudson, Jim Backus, James Arness, George Baxter, John Maxwell, Larry J. Blake
In this remake of the 1931 film, coalminer Coke Mason (Jeff Chandler) becomes a boxer to earn money to buy a radio store despite problems with his wife, Rose (Evelyn Keyes).
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The Jolson Story 1946 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Larry Parks, Evelyn Keyes, William Demarest, Bill Goodwin, Ludwig Donath, Tamara Shayne, John Alexander, Ann E. Todd, Pierre Watkin, Will Wright
This biography of 1920's star Al Jolson (Larry Parks) provides good entertainment and great Jolson tunes including "April Showers" and "Swanee." The film won Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Sound. It also had four other nominations, including Best Actor (Parks) and Supporting Actor (William Demarest).
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 The Lady in Question 1940 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich, George Coulouris, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Norris, Curt Bois, Frank Reicher
Juror Andre Morestan (Brian Aherne) votes to acquit Natalie Roguin (Rita Hayworth) in a murder trial and becomes intimately involved in her life.
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The Mating of Millie 1948 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Ron Randell, Willard Parker, Virginia Hunter, Jimmy Hunt, Mabel Paige, Virginia Brissac, Patsy Creighton, Tom Stevenson
When Millie McGonigle (Evelyn Keyes) seeks a husband so she can adopt an orphan, her aide-de-camp, Doug Andrews (Glenn Ford), becomes more than a helper as Millie and Doug fall in love and marry.
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Mr. Soft Touch 1949 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Ted de Corsia, Clara Blandick, Stanley Clements, Roman Bohnen, Harry Shannon
An army vet (Glenn Ford) falls for a do-gooder (Evelyn Keyes) in this lightweight drama.
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A Return to Salem's Lot 1987 R, 96 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Michael Moriarty, Samuel Fuller, Evelyn Keyes, June Havoc, James Dixon, Ricky Addison Reed, Andrew Duggan, Ronee Blakely, Jill Gatsby, David Holbrook, Katja Crosby, Tara Reid, Brad Rijn, Janelle Webb, Robert Burr
Anthropologist/Filmmaker Joe Weber (Michael Moriarty), trying to make friends with his son Jeremy (Ricky Addison Reed), goes back to his hometown in New England. Joe is unaware that vampires make up most of the population, and they request that Joe produce a history of them. Meanwhile, Joe and Jeremy become romantically involved with vampires. Stephen King was a consultant for this movie, which takes its characters from a King story, "Salem's Lot."
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 The Seven Year Itch 1955 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes, Butch Bernard, Sonny Tufts, Robert Strauss, Oskar Homolka, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Moore, Donald MacBride
After seven years of marriage, Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell) and his wife (Evelyn Keyes) say a short goodbye as she leaves to spend the summer in the coolness of Maine, and he resolves to spend a boring summer in the city. Boredom is thrown to the wind when Richard meets a neighbor (Marilyn Monroe). Tom Ewell: "What happened at the office? Well, I shot Mr. Brady in the head, made violent love to Miss Morris, and set fire to 300,000 copies of 'Little Women'."
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A Thousand and One Nights 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Dusty Anderson, Adele Jergens, Dennis Hoey, Rex Ingram, Shelley Winters, Philip Van Zandt, Nestor Paiva
This is a lively "Arabian Nights" story in which Aladdin (Cornel Wilde) is attracted to the beautiful Genie (Evelyn Keyes).
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 Wicked Stepmother 1989  PG-13, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Larry Cohen
Cast: Bette Davis, Colleen Camp, Barbara Carrera, David Rasche, Lionel Stander, Tom Bosley, Richard Moll, Evelyn Keyes, Shawn Donahue, Laurene Landon
This was Bette Davis' last film, and it is far from her best. The plot involves a witch (Bette Davis) who marries a widower (Lionel Stander). Bette quit after the first week of filming, and the production went downhill from there.
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| 1. The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
2. Before I Hang (1940)
3. The Desperadoes (1943)
4. Enchantment (1948)
5. Flight Lieutenant (1942)
6. Gone with the Wind (1939)
7. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
8. Iron Man (1951)
9. John Huston (1988)
10. The Jolson Story (1946)
11. Ladies in Retirement (1941)
12. The Lady in Question (1940)
13. The Mating of Millie (1948)
14. Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
15. A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
16. The Seven Year Itch (1955)
17. A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
18. Wicked Stepmother (1989)
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