Ace in the Hole 1951  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Big Carnival
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Bob Arthur, Porter Hall, Richard Benedict, Frank Cady, Ray Teal, Lewis Martin, Gene Evans, Iron Eyes Cody, Frank Jaquet, Harry Harvey
When Leo Minosa (Richard Benedict) is trapped in a mine cave-in, reporter Charles Tatum (Kirk Douglas) sees his chance for glory in building up a story through interviews with the dying miner.
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The Bad Seed 1956 N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Eileen Heckart, Henry Jones, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Paul Fix, Jesse White, Frank Cady, Gage Clarke, Joan Croydon, Shelley Fabares, Patricia Morrow, Adele Taylor, John Truax
What happens when Christine Penmark (Nancy Kelly) fears that her adorable eight-year-old daughter, Rhoda (Patty McCormack), loves nothing more than to commit murder? Matters reach new heights when Rhoda's classmate drowns while at a class picnic, and Christine becomes convinced that Rhoda was involved. Christine fears that Rhoda's problems stem from the fact that Christine, herself, is the daughter of a convicted murderess, and she fears that Rhoda is a "bad seed." Christine gives Rhoda barbiturates to end her life and then shoots herself. Christine dies but Rhoda survives–until she is hit by a bolt of lightening. Kelly received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and both McCormack and Eileen Heckart (for her role as a victim's mother) received Best Supporting Actress nominations.
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For Better, for Worse 1974  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Zandy's Bride
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Bottoms, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Bob Simpson, Vivian Gordon
Zandy Allan (Gene Hackman) orders Hannah Lund (Liv Ullmann) as his mail-order bride. After abusing her, he learns that there are true feelings between them and he exerts compassion instead of cruelty. A total waste of two great actors.
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Hearts of the West 1975  PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Zieff
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Alan Arkin, Blythe Danner, Andy Griffith, Donald Pleasence, Richard B. Shull, Herb Edelman, Alex Rocco, Frank Cady, Matt Clark
Jeff Bridges aspires to be a writer of Western lore and takes a correspondence course; the course turns out to be a fraud. Through a series of twists and turns, he ends up with stolen cash and, as an escape route, becomes a cowboy on a movie set.
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It's a Great Feeling 1949 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson, Bill Goodwin, Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Danny Kaye, Ronald Reagan, Irving Bacon, Claire Carleton, Mel Blanc, Michael Curtiz, David Butler, Frank Cady
This spoof on Hollywood musicals is Doris Day's third movie, and many Warner Bros. stars make cameo appearances. The story begins as Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson (Themselves) are preparing their next film and are unable to find a director, so Carson decides to take the job. Morgan is unhappy with Carson's decision and threatens to bow out–until Carson promises a waitress, Judy Adams (Day), at the Warner Bros. commissary a job as an actress if she will pose as his pregnant wife and convince Morgan that he needs the money. The ploy works, but there is no part for Judy in the film, and a dejected Judy returns to her Wisconsin home to marry her boyfriend. The film ends at the wedding when the newly married couple turns around, and the groom looks just like Errol Flynn (played by himself).
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Let's Make It Legal 1951 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Barbara Bates, Robert Wagner, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Cady, Jim Hayward, Kathleen Freeman, Roger Moore
After an amicable divorce following 20 years of marriage, Miriam (Claudette Colbert) and Hugh (Macdonald Carey) prepare to go their separate ways–until Mariam's old love, Victor (Zachary Scott), appears on the scene and stirs up old feelings for everyone involved.
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The Man Who Understood Women 1959  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Leslie Caron, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Myron McCormick, Marcel Dalio, Conrad Nagel, Frank Cady, Harry Ellerbe, Ben Astar, Edwin Jerome
Willie (Henry Fonda) is a very successful filmmaker; however, he is not so fortunate in his relationship with his actress-wife (Leslie Caron).
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The Missouri Traveler 1958 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Brandon DeWilde, Lee Marvin, Gary Merrill, Paul Ford, Mary Hosford, Mary Field, Will Wright, Kathleen Freeman, Earle Hodgins, Frank Cady
Set during the turn of the 20th century, this is the story of orphaned, 15-year-old Brian Turner (Brandon de Wilde) who trains horses for a living.
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Rear Window 1954  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Raymond Burr, Judith Evelyn, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Ross Bagdasarian, Frank Cady, Kathryn Grant, Benny Bartlett, Georgine Darcy, Sara Berner, Jesslyn Fax, Anthony Warde, Irene Winston
A magazine photographer (James Stewart) bides his time while recuperating from a broken leg by watching neighbors through a telescope. All is harmless until he thinks he spots a murder. Four Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Director.
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Three Husbands 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown, Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Kames, Emlyn Williams, Billie Burke, Louise Erickson, Jonathan Hale, Jane Darwell, Benson Fong, Frank Cady, Dorothea Wolbert
When playboy Maxwell Bard (Emlyn Williams) arrives in Heaven, he is granted one last wish. His request is to watch from above the reactions of his three poker playing pals (Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, and Robert Kames) after they read the letters he left for them when he died. The letters tell about his affairs with each of their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown), and the letters result in amusing reactions from the husbands.
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 When Worlds Collide 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hanson, John Hoyt, Larry Keating, Sandro Giglio, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Frank Cady, Hayden Rorke, John Ridgely
This movie is interesting to watch if only to compare special effects and how they have progressed over the years. The story is about a doomed planet and pilgrims moving on to another world. An Oscar was awarded for Best Special Effects.
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| 1. Ace in the Hole (1951)
aka: The Big Carnival
2. The Bad Seed (1956)
3. Dear Brat (1951)
4. For Better, for Worse (1974)
aka: Zandy's Bride
5. Hearts of the West (1975)
6. It's a Great Feeling (1949)
7. Let's Make It Legal (1951)
8. The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
9. The Missouri Traveler (1958)
10. Rear Window (1954)
11. Three Husbands (1951)
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
12. When Worlds Collide (1951)
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