 The Barkleys of Broadway 1949  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale Robbins, Jacques Francois, George Zucco, Hans Conried, Clinton Sundberg, Frank Ferguson
After a 10-year separation, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are re-teamed as musical-comedy performers Josh and Dinah Barkley. Although Dinah is the protege of Josh, she is offered a new role as a dramatic actress, and this creates problems in the marriage.
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The Belle of New York 1952  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Alice Pearce, Clinton Sundberg, Gale Robbins, Tom Dugan, Henry Slate, Dick Wessel
Playboy Charlie Hill (Fred Astaire) promises to reform and change his ways after he meets and falls in love with mission worker Angela Bonfils (Vera-Ellen).
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The Brigand 1952   N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Phil Karlson
Cast: Anthony Dexter, Anthony Quinn, Gale Robbins, Jody Lawrance, Mari Blanchard, Holmes Herbert, Fay Roope, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Carleton Young
A commoner (Anthony Dexter) has a look-alike–the Spanish king (also played by Dexter)–and he becomes involved with plots against Spanish royalty.
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 Calamity Jane 1953  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Philip Carey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Lane Chandler, Kenne Duncan, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Budd Buster, Lee Shumway, Monte Montague
Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel) meet in Deadwood, South Dakota, where they have a rollicking good time. Jane promises the townsfolk that she will get Chicago singing star Adelaide Adams (Gale Robbins) to perform on Deadwood's Golden Garter stage. Adelaide is booked on a European tour and, unbeknownst to Jane, sends her maid Katie (Allyn Ann McLerie) to perform. After failing at her first performance, Katie becomes a success and tries to make a "lady" out of Jane. Meanwhile, Jane thinks she is falling for handsome Lt. Gilmartin (Philip Carey), but when Gilmartin is attracted to Katie instead, Jane finally realizes that it is Wild Bill who she has loved all along. Terrific music; songs include "Deadwood Stage," "Secret Love," and "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better." "Secret Love" won the Oscar for Best Song.
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing 1955  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Ray Milland, Joan Collins, Farley Granger, Luther Adler, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Glenda Farrell, Frances Fuller, Philip Reed, Gale Robbins, John Hoyt
Based on a scandal that happened in New York during the early 1900s, this is the story of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's (Joan Collins) affair with Stanford White (Ray Milland) that resulted in his murder by her husband, Harry (Farley Granger).
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My Dear Secretary 1948 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Martin
Cast: Laraine Day, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallee, Florence Bates, Alan Mowbray, Grady Sutton, Irene Ryan, Gale Robbins
Playboy novelist Owen Waterbury (Kirk Douglas) marries his secretary, Stephanie Gaylord (Laraine Day). She becomes a bestselling author, and the fun begins.
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Oh, You Beautiful Doll 1949 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: June Haver, Mark Stevens, S.Z. Sakall, Charlotte Greenwood, Gale Robbins, Jay C. Flippen, Andrew Tombes, Eduard Franz, Dick Rich, Nestor Paiva
In this musical biography, a classical music composer (S.Z. Sakall) couldn't get his songs heard until a publisher of popular songs (Mark Stevens) suggested going toward popular music. His daughter (June Haver), a singer/dancer, was all for this idea. Needing money, the composer used the name "Fred Fisher" and rearranged his music with great success. "Peg O' My Heart" was one of his many hits.
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Strictly Dishonorable 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama
Cast: Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins, Maria Palmer, Esther Minciotti, Arthur Franz, Hugh Sanders, Silvio Minciotti, Sandro Giglio
Based on Preston Sturges' play, this film is a remake of the 1931 film about opera star Augustino Caraffa (Ezio Pinza) whose actions lead to a public slander campaign that does not help in his courting of the lovely Isabelle Perry (Janet Leigh).
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Three Little Words 1950 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Fred Astaire, Red Skelton, Vera-Ellen, Arlene Dahl, Debbie Reynolds, Keenan Wynn, Gale Robbins, Gloria DeHaven, Phil Regan, Harry Shannon
Songwriters Bert Kalmar (Red Skelton) and Harry Ruby (Fred Astaire) compose Broadway shows and find romances with performers.
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| 1. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
2. The Belle of New York (1952)
3. The Brigand (1952)
4. Calamity Jane (1953)
5. The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
6. The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955)
7. My Dear Secretary (1948)
8. Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949)
9. Strictly Dishonorable (1951)
10. Three Little Words (1950)
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