The Art of Love 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Jay Novello, Fifi D'Orsay, Pierre Olaf, Miiko Taka, Roger C. Carmel, Irving Jacobson, Naomi Stevens, Renzo Cesana, Leon Belasco
American ex-patriots–aspiring artist Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) and struggling writer Casey Barnett (James Garner)–live together in Paris. Paul's girlfriend Nikki (Angie Dickinson) lives in America but pays their rent so that Paul can work on his paintings in Paris. When Paul is told by his art dealer that his paintings will be more valuable if he is dead, his solution is to fake his suicide, and he and Casey can live off the higher price tags. But, the plan backfires when Casey is suspected of murdering Paul. 1 User Review
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| | Classic 60s Comedy | Anonymous 03/17/2007 | | This is a great film - truly a 60s comedy classic... the bad part is that it is not available as DvD (or even a VHS)... WHY? |
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Going Hollywood 1933  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay, Stuart Erwin, Ned Sparks, Patsy Kelly, Robert Watson, Lennie Hayton, Clara Blandick, Sterling Holloway
Sylvia Bruce (Marion Davies) joins a movie company and heads for Hollywood where singer Bill Williams (Bing Crosby) performs. Sylvia fell in love with Bill when she heard his voice on the radio.
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The Life of Jimmy Dolan 1933  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Guy Kibbee, Fifi D'Orsay, Aline MacMahon, Lyle Talbot, Mickey Rooney, George Meeker, Harold Huber, John Wayne
After he thinks he has accidentally killed a man, a prizefighter (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) retreats to the children's home where he was raised. Look quickly for John Wayne as a boxer. Remade as "They Made Me a Criminal."
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Nabonga 1944  N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Gorilla
Jungle Woman
Nabonga Gorilla
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Barton MacLane, Fifi D'Orsay, Julie London, Bryant Washburn, Herbert Rawlinson, Prince Modupe, Jackie Newfield, Ray Corrigan, I. Stanford Jolley, Fred "Snowflake" Toones
Ray Gorman (Buster Crabbe) heads to the African jungles to clear his father's name. Years earlier, his father's bank had been embezzled, and the trail leads to Africa. Ray meets Doreen (Julie London in her screen debut), the embezzler's daughter who, as a child, survived a plane crash and was raised by a gorilla, Nabonga, that is now her protector. Doreen, Nabonga, and Ray team to fight the bad guys who want the embezzled money. Really cheap, with Black stereotyping that was common for the day.
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Submarine Base 1943 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert H. Kelley
Cast: Eric Blore, Luis Alberni, Iris Adrian, Fifi D'Orsay, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Jacqueline Dalya, Georges Metaxa, George Flaherty, Rafael Storm
An ex-gangster works with the Allies from a small island–until the Nazis catch on to his double-crossing activities.
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They Had to See Paris 1929  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill, Ivan Lebedeff, Rex Bell, Fifi D'Orsay, Owen Davis Jr., Edgar Kennedy, Gregory Gaye, Theodore Lodi
An Oklahoman (Will Rogers) gets rich, and his wife (Irene Rich) wants to use some of their newfound wealth to finance a trip to Paris.
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What a Way to Go! 1964 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Cummings, Margaret Dumont, Dean Martin, Reginald Gardiner, Roy Gordon, Fifi D'Orsay, Lou Nova, Maurice Marsac, Wally Vernon, Jane Wald
Poor Louisa (Shirley MacLaine)–every time she marries, her new husband dies. Eventually, she has a whole lot of money that she is trying to give to the IRS, but officials suspect that she is insane and send her to a psychiatrist, Dr. Victor Stephanson (Robert Cummings), Louisa's story unfolds as she tells Stephanson about her marriages. The first one involves her choice of poor shopkeeper Edgar (Dick Van Dyke) over wealthy Leonard (Dean Martin), but Edgar works himself to death. Next, Louisa marries inventor Larry (Paul Newman) who becomes wealthy and dies. Then, she marries business tycoon Rod (Robert Mitchum) who retires, becomes a farmer, and is killed by a bull. Finally, Louisa marries entertainer Jerry (Gene Kelly), and he becomes a star and is crushed to death by a mob of his fans. All died trying to make Louisa happy, and now she believes that the money they made is cursed.
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Women of All Nations 1931  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe, Greta Nissen, El Brendel, Humphrey Bogart, Fifi D'Orsay, Bela Lugosi, Joyce Compton, Charles Judels, T. Roy Barnes
The sultan's harem is the centerpiece for this dog of a film.
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| 1. The Art of Love (1965)
2. Going Hollywood (1933)
3. The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
4. Nabonga (1944)
aka: Gorilla
aka: Jungle Woman
aka: Nabonga Gorilla
5. Submarine Base (1943)
6. They Had to See Paris (1929)
7. What a Way to Go! (1964)
8. Wild and Wonderful (1964)
9. Women of All Nations (1931)
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