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Across the Wide Missouri   1951     2 and a half stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley

  Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) and Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) are 19th-century pioneers who are intent on fur trapping while Indians are just as determined to keep them out of their hunting grounds.

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Arizona   1940     2 and a half stars    N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wesley Ruggles  
Cast: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Regis Toomey, George Chandler, Byron Foulger, Edgar Buchanan, Colin Tapley

  Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur) is a rough-and-tumble woman who becomes involved with Peter Muncie (William Holden), and together they clean up the area around Tucson.

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Bureau of Missing Persons   1933     2 stars    N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Roy Del Ruth  
Cast: Bette Davis, Lewis Stone, Pat O'Brien, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins, Hugh Herbert, Ruth Donnelly, Alan Dinehart, George Chandler, Marjorie Gateson

  Police officer Butch Saunders (Pat O'Brien) falls in love with fugitive Norma Phillips (Bette Davis) and helps prove her innocence in a murder charge.

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Poster Art From art.comCapone   1975     bomb    R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steve Carver  
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Susan Blakely, Harry Guardino, John Cassavetes, Sylvester Stallone, Frank Campanella, Carmen Argenziano, George Chandler, Royal Dano, Dick Miller

  This film is a biography of Chicago mobster Al Capone (Ben Gazzara) and the world of Chicago in the 1920s. Poor, despite the pretty good cast.

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Castle in the Desert   1942     3 stars    N/R, 51 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman  
Cast: Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglass Dumbrille, Victor Sen Yung, Henry Daniell, Edmund MacDonald, Steven Geray, Lucien Littlefield, George Chandler, Lenita Lane, Ethel Griffies, Milton Parsons, Eric Wilton, Oliver Blake

  While visiting a remote castle owned by Paul Manderley (Douglass Dumbrille) and his wife Lucy (Lenita Lane) in the Mojave desert, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) finds himself involved in a murder case after weekend guest Professor Gleason (Lucien Littlefield) is poisoned. As Chan and number two son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) try to solve the case, they cannot eliminate any of the residents–including Manderley and his wife whose ancestors were known for poisoning their enemies. Dungeons and secret passages lie in wait as Chan and Jimmy unravel the case. One of the best in the series.



Cast
Sidney Toler Charlie Chan
Arleen Whelan Brenda Hartford
Richard Derr Carl Detheridge
Douglass Dumbrille Paul Manderley
Victor Sen Yung Jimmy Chan
Henry Daniell Watson King
Edmund MacDonald Walter Hartford
Steven Geray Dr. Retling
Lucien Littlefield Professor Gleason
George Chandler Bus Driver
Lenita Lane Lucy Manderley
Ethel Griffies Lily
Milton Parsons Arthur Fletcher
Eric Wilton Wilson
Oliver Blake Hank the Hotel Manager
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Poster Art From art.comDead Reckoning   1947     2 and a half stars    N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Cromwell  
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lizabeth Scott, Morris Carnovsky, Charles Cane, William Prince, Marvin Miller, Wallace Ford, James Bell, George Chandler, William Forrest

  After failing to locate his missing army buddy, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) investigates and discovers a murder that is gangster related.


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Dead Ringer   1964     2 stars    N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Paul Henreid  
Cast: Bette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Philip Carey, Jean Hagen, George Macready, Estelle Winwood, George Chandler, Bert Remsen, Josh Mostel

  Edith (Bette Davis) and Margaret (Bette Davis) are twins; one is very good, and the other is very bad! She is so bad, in fact, that she kills her rich sister to get her money.


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Escape to Witch Mountain   1975     2 and a half stars    G, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Director: John Hough  
Cast: Eddie Albert, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann, Walter Barnes, Reta Shaw, Denver Pyle, Alfred Ryder, George Chandler, Lawrence Montaigne, Shepherd Sanders, Don Brodie, Terry Wilson, Dermott Downs

  In this Disney film, orphaned adolescents, brother and sister Tony and Tia Malone (Ike Eisenmann and Kim Richards), have unusual psychic powers but suffer from amnesia, which prevents them from being aware that they are space aliens. Evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt (Ray Milland) realizes that Tony and Tia have supernatural powers and tries to exploit them. Aristotle holds them in his mansion against their will–until Jason (Eddie Albert), who is grieving over his wife's death, takes Tony and Tia in his RV on a cross-country trek during which Aristotle is in hot pursuit. After the RV is transformed into a space ship, they arrive at Witch Mountain where long-hidden secrets are revealed.



Cast
Eddie Albert Jason O'Day
Donald Pleasence Lucas Deranian
Ray Milland Aristotle Bolt
Kim Richards Tia Malone
Ike Eisenmann Tony Malone
Walter Barnes Sheriff Purdy
Reta Shaw Mrs. Grindley
Denver Pyle Uncle Bene
Alfred Ryder Astrologer
George Chandler Grocer
Lawrence Montaigne Ubermann
Shepherd Sanders Guru
Don Brodie Gasoline Attendant
Terry Wilson Biff Jenkins
Dermott Downs Trucki

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Every Which Way But Loose   1978     2 stars    PG, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: James Fargo  
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Geoffrey Lewis, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Walter Barnes, George Chandler, Roy Jenson, James McEachin, Bill McKinney, William O'Connell, John Quade, Dan Vadis, Hank Warden

  Clyde (an orangutan) actually steals the show in this weak film about beer-drinking truck driver Philo (Clint Eastwood) who travels with the ape. To earn extra money, Philo participates in bar room fights. Along the way, he picks up as many enemies as friends, and the chase is on.


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Fury   1936     3 stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang  
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney, Walter Abel, Edward Ellis, Walter Brennan, Frank Albertson, Bruce Cabot, Raymond Hatton, Ward Bond, George Chandler

  In a case of mistaken identity, Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy) is arrested for kidnapping and falls into the hands of a lynch mob. Narrowly escaping with his life, Joe plans to bring the perpetrators to trial. Still a winner.

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Poster Art From art.comThe Ghost and Mr. Chicken   1966     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Mystery / Romance
aka: Running Scared

Director: Alan Rafkin  
Cast: Don Knotts, Joan Staley, Liam Redmond, Dick Sargent, Skip Homeier, Reta Shaw, Lurene Tuttle, Philip Ober, Harry Hickox, Charles(2) Lane, Nydia Westman, George Chandler, Jesslyn Fax, Robert Cornthwaite, Jim Begg

  Nervous Luther (Don Knotts) is a typesetter at the local newspaper and longs to become a reporter. He gets his chance when, as part of a publicity campaign, he must spend a night in a supposedly haunted house. Fun fare, and Luther even gets the prettiest girl in town, Alma Parker (Joan Staley, a former "Playboy" centerfold).



Cast
Don Knotts Luther Heggs
Joan Staley Alma Parker
Liam Redmond Kelsey
Dick Sargent George Beckett
Skip Homeier Ollie Weaver
Reta Shaw Mrs. Halcyon Maxwell
Lurene Tuttle Mrs. Natalie Miller
Philip Ober Nicholas Simmons
Harry Hickox Police Chief Fuller
Charles(2) Lane Whitlow
Nydia Westman Mrs. Cobb
George Chandler Judge Harley Nast
Jesslyn Fax Mrs. Hutchinson
Robert Cornthwaite Springer
Jim Begg Herkie
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The Girl Rush   1955     2 and a half stars    N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Pirosh  
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert, Gloria DeHaven, Marion Lorne, James Gleason, Douglas Fowley, Jesse White, Larry Gates, George Chandler

  Kim Halliday (Rosalind Russell) is a proper museum curator who inherits a Las Vegas casino and–with her Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne) in tow–heads West to run her new business venture.

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Hans Christian Anderson   1952     2 and a half stars    N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Vidor  
Cast: Danny Kaye, Farley Granger, Jeanmaire, Joey Walsh, Roland Petit, John Qualen, Philip Tonge, John Brown, Robert Malcolm, George Chandler

  This musical biography of storyteller Hans Christian Andersen (Danny Kaye) received several Academy Award nominations and includes such songs as "Thumbelina," "Inchworm," and "Ugly Duckling." Corny but Danny Kaye is always worth watching.

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The Happy Years   1950     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore, Leo G. Carroll, George Chandler, Danny Mummert, Peter M. Thompson

  Based on Owen Johnson's "Lawrenceville Stories," Dean Stockwell plays prep-schooler John Humperdink Storer who struggles with professors, girls, and older students as he grows through his adolescent years.    1 User Review




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Great Moviebobbyb 07/22/2007 
  The real story here is a boy growing into a man. Cast and Characters made you want to watch more. Stover is so cool.

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He Was Her Man   1934     2 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon  
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Victor Jory, Frank Craven, Harold Huber, Russell Hopton, Ralf Harolde, John Qualen, Samuel S. Hinds, George Chandler

  This weak crime drama concerns a double-crossing safecracker fleeing from the mob. He ends up in a fishing village and falls in love with a fisherman's fiancee. Not exactly one of Cagney's best.

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Hollow Triumph   1948     2 and a half stars    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Scar

Director: Steve Sekely  
Cast: Paul Henreid, Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen, Mabel Paige, Herbert Rudley, Charles Arnt, George Chandler, Paul E. Burns, Charles Trowbridge, Ann Staunton

  Ex-medical student and now living a life of crime, John Muller (Paul Heinreid) is lucky to get away from a bungled robbery during which his henchmen were caught. Now the victim's gang is after John, so when he finds out that a psychiatrist is an exact lookalike–except for a scar on the doctor's cheek–John cuts his cheek to match, kills the psychiatrist, and takes his identity. But that is just the beginning of his problems, not counting the problem of having cut the wrong cheek. Good film noir.



Cast
Paul Henreid John Muller/Dr. Victor Bartok
Joan Bennett Evelyn Hahn
Eduard Franz Frederick Muller
Leslie Brooks Virginia Taylor
John Qualen Swagron
Mabel Paige Charwoman
Herbert Rudley Marcy
Charles Arnt Coblenz
George Chandler Aubrey
Paul E. Burns Prison Clerk
Charles Trowbridge Prison Deputy Warden
Ann Staunton Blonde

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Irish Eyes Are Smiling   1944     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gregory Ratoff  
Cast: Monty Woolley, June Haver, Dick Haymes, Anthony Quinn, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Veda Ann Borg, Clarence Kolb, Chick Chandler, Marion Martin, George Chandler

  Eleven of his songs are highlighted in this sentimental biography of American composer Ernest R. Ball (Dick Haymes).

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It Happened Tomorrow   1944     2 and a half stars    N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rene Clair  
Cast: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, John Philliber, Edward Brophy, George Cleveland, Sig Ruman, Paul Guilfoyle, Eddie Acuff, George Chandler, Marion Martin

  Set in the 1890s, young newspaper reporter Larry (Dick Powell) seeks ways to rise above his competition in the newsgathering world. He meets a mysterious man who grants him the power to foresee the next day's news. All goes well until Larry's own death is predicted. Will he be able to avoid the prediction from happening? And what about his true love Sylvia (Linda Darnell), the daughter of a fake psychic? A fun comedy/fantasy.


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Libeled Lady   1936     4 stars    N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway  
Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, William Powell, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Charles Trowbridge, Spencer Charters, Otto Yamaoka, Bunny Beatty, George Chandler, Greta Meyer, Hal K. Dawson

  After newspaper editor Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy) prints a story about wealthy Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) stealing the husband of another woman, Connie sues the paper for printing a false story. Warren is about to marry Gladys (Jean Harlow) but now postpones the wedding and hires Bill Chandler (William Powell) to marry Gladys in name only and then pursue Connie. The plan is for Gladys to sue Connie for alienation of affections and get her to drop the lawsuit against Warren. But, plans backfire when true love enters the picture. Remade in 1946 as "Easy to Wed."



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Jean Harlow Gladys Benton
Myrna Loy Connie Allenbury
Spencer Tracy Warren Haggerty
William Powell Bill Chandler
Walter Connolly James B. Allenbury
Charley Grapewin Hollis Bane
Cora Witherspoon Mrs. Burns-Norvell
E.E. Clive Evans, the Fishing Instructor
Charles Trowbridge Graham
Spencer Charters Magistrate McCall
Otto Yamaoka Ching
Bunny Beatty Babs Burns-Norvell
George Chandler Bellhop
Greta Meyer Connie's Maid
Hal K. Dawson Harvey Allen

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Poster Art From art.comThe Light of Western Stars   1930     2 and a half stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf  
Cast: Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Fred Kohler, Harry Green, Regis Toomey, William Le Maire, George Chandler, Syd Saylor, Guy Oliver, Gus Saville

  Ranch foreman Dick Bailey's (Richard Arlen) best friend and owner of the ranch was killed, and when the sister (Mary Brian) of his friend arrives to take over the ranch, she fires him and then rehires him to fight the crooked sheriff (Fred Kohler) who has his own plans for the ranch property. Adapted from a Zane Grey story.


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The Light That Failed   1939     3 stars    N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino, Dudley Digges, Ernest Cossart, Pedro de Cordoba, Halliwell Hobbes, Francis McDonald, George Chandler

  Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this film is about a painter, Dick Heldor (Ronald Colman), who races to finish his masterpiece–a portrait of Bessie Broke (Ida Lupino)–before blindness overtakes him.

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Little Giant   1946     2 and a half stars    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce, Jacqueline deWit, Elena Verdugo, Mary Gordon, Margaret Dumont, George Cleveland, George Chandler, Pierre Watkin

  Bud Abbott takes on two roles in this story about a shy vacuum cleaner salesman (Lou Costello) who is trying to live up what his demanding bosses–John Morrison (Bud Abbott) and Tom Chandler (Bud Abbott)–expect of him.

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The Mad Doctor   1941     2 stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Whelan  
Cast: Basil Rathbone, Ellen Drew, John Howard, Barbara Jo Allen, Kitty Kelly, Ralph Morgan, Martin Kosleck, Hugh O'Connell, Hugh Sothern, George Chandler

  Doctor George Sebastian (Basil Rathbone) marries women for their money, but he is finally tripped up by a newsman, Gil Sawyer (John Howard), when he plans to marry his next victim (Vera Vague).

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Man of the World   1931     2 stars    N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Goodman, Richard Wallace  
Cast: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Wynne Gibson, Guy Kibbee, Lawrence Gray, Andre Cheron, George Chandler, Tom Ricketts, Tom Costello, Maude Truax

  Young American debutante Mary Kendall (Carole Lombard) visits Paris, runs into smooth extortionist Michael Trevor (William Powell), and becomes his potential victim. Events take a turn when Michael falls in love with Mary, and his mistress, Irene (Wynne Gibson), threatens to expose him unless he agrees to extort $10,000 from Mary's Uncle Harry (Guy Kibbee).



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William Powell Michael Trevor
Carole Lombard Mary Kendall
Wynne Gibson Irene Hoffa
Guy Kibbee Harry Taylor
Lawrence Gray Frank Reynolds
Andre Cheron Victor
George Chandler Fred
Tom Ricketts Mr. Bradkin
Tom Costello Spade Henderson
Maude Truax Mrs. Jowitt
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Mannequin   1937     2 and a half stars    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage  
Cast: Joan Crawford, Spencer Tracy, Alan Curtis, Ralph Morgan, Leo Gorcey, Elisabeth Risdon, Mary Philips, Bert Roach, George Chandler, Paul Fix, Oscar O'Shea, Wade Boteler, James Flavin, Mary Gordon, Frank Puglia

  A poor working girl, Jessie Cassidy (Joan Crawford), uses wealthy shipping tycoon John L. Hennessey (Spencer Tracy) to attain her dreamed-of destiny. "Always and Always" received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song.

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Me and My Gal   1932     3 stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh  
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Marion Burns, George Walsh, J. Farrell MacDonald, Noel Madison, Henry B. Walthall, George Chandler, Bert Hanlon, Will Stanton

  Comedy reigns when a hard-boiled cop (Spencer Tracy) falls for a waitress (Joan Bennett) whose relatives are involved with the underworld.

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The Murder Man   1935     3 stars    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Tim Whelan  
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Harvey Stephens, James Stewart, Robert Barrat, William Demarest, William Collier Sr., Lucien Littlefield, George Chandler

  When a murder is committed, a reporter is intimately involved. Stewart's feature film debut.

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My Man and I   1952     2 and a half stars    N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, Robert Burton, Jose Torvay, George Chandler, Pascual Garcia Pena, Juan Torena

  A Mexican migrant worker, Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), is entranced with a suicidal dancer, Nancy (Shelley Winters), and also runs into legal problems with his employer Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) after an accidental shooting.

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Never a Dull Moment   1943     2 and a half stars    N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Lilley  
Cast: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Frances Langford, Stuart Crawford, Elisabeth Risdon, Mary Beth Hughes, George Zucco, Jack La Rue, Franklin Pangborn, Sammy Stein, Barbara Brown, George Chandler, Ruby Dandridge

  The Ritz Brothers (Al, Harry, and Jimmy) get involved with the underworld of gangsters in this fast-paced comedy/musical.

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The Next Voice You Hear   1950     2 stars  User Rating      N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Gary Gray, Lillian Bronson, Art Smith, Tom D'Andrea, Jeff Corey, George Chandler

  Joe Smith's (James Whitmore) life is changed when he hears a mysterious voice coming from his radio that identifies itself as that of God.    1 User Review




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Say What? 03/07/2009 
  I saw this movie when I was still a kid and never forgot it. It seems to have dropped off the planet because I have never seen it offered up on TMC or AMC. I wonder if there are still copies around? If it can be bought, I will definitely be going for it.

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Pardon My Past   1945     3 stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Fenton  
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Marguerite Chapman, Akim Tamiroff, William Demarest, Rita Johnson, Harry Davenport, Douglass Dumbrille, Dewey Robinson, George Chandler, Hugh Prosser

  A naive young man (Fred MacMurray) ends up with the debts and troubles of a playboy who is his double.

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Pickup on 101   1972     2 stars    PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: A Time to Every Purpose
Where the Eagle Flies

Director: John Florea  
Cast: Jack Albertson, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Sheen, Michael Ontkean, Hal Baylor, George Chandler, Mike Road, Eddie Firestone, William Mims, Robert Donner

  A young coed (Lesley Ann Warren), a rock musician (Martin Sheen), and a drifter (Jack Albertson) meet and continue their travels through life–together.

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Picture Snatcher   1933     3 stars    N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon  
Cast: James Cagney, Patricia Ellis, Alice White, Ralph Bellamy, Ralf Harolde, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Robert Barrat, G. Pat Collins, Tom Wilson, Renee Whitney, Arthur Vinton, Gino Corrado, Don Brodie, Sterling Holloway, George Chandler

  After his release from prison, gangster Danny Kean (James Cagney) decides to go straight. He talks to his friend, newspaper editor Al McLean (Ralph Bellamy), who gets him a job as a tabloid photographer after he takes pictures of a fireman in the process of murdering his wife and lover. Now, Al's girlfriend Allison (Alice White) falls for Danny, but he falls in love with Patricia (Patricia Ellis) who happens to be the daughter of police Lt. Casey Nolan (Robert Emmett O'Connor) who had put him in jail. Danny continues to get unique pictures, including one of a woman dying in the electric chair that was facilitated by Casey. Problems develop when one of Danny's former gang members (Ralf Harolde) enters the scene, but Danny manages to save the day. Fast paced and has its funny moments.



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James Cagney Danny Kean
Patricia Ellis Patricia Nolan
Alice White Allison
Ralph Bellamy McLean
Ralf Harolde Jerry
Robert Emmett O'Connor Casey Nolan
Robert Barrat Grover
G. Pat Collins Hennessy the Fireman
Tom Wilson Leo
Renee Whitney Connie
Arthur Vinton Head Keeper
Gino Corrado Barber
Don Brodie Hood
Sterling Holloway Journalism Student
George Chandler Reporter
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Reaching for the Sun   1941     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Albert Dekker, Billy Gilbert, George Chandler, Regis Toomey, Bodil Rosing, James Burke, Charles D. Brown

  A country fisherman moves to Detroit to find work in a factory for which he plans to earn extra cash to spend on his fishing boat in this amusing film.

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Roxie Hart   1942     2 and a half stars    N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, William Frawley, Spring Byington, George Chandler, Sara Allgood

  Based on Nunnally Johnson's play, this story is set in the 1920s. Dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers) commits murder and then hires Billy Flynn (Adolphe Menjou) to defend her. Flynn and his protege, Homer Howard (George Montgomery), publicize her story, and mayhem reigns in this farce.


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Saddle Pals   1947     2 stars    N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lesley Selander  
Cast: Gene Autry, Lynne Roberts, Sterling Holloway, Irving Bacon, Francis McDonald, Minerva Urecal, Charles Arnt, Tom London, Damian O'Flynn, George Chandler

  Who is trying to bankrupt the rich landowner? And why? That's just what Gene Autry intends to find out.

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Second Fiddle   1939     2 and a half stars    N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Sidney Lanfield  
Cast: Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Rudy Vallee, Edna May Oliver, Mary Healy, Lyle Talbot, Alan Dinehart, Minna Gombell, Stewart Reburn, Spencer Charters, Charles(2) Lane, George Chandler, Irving Bacon, Minerva Urecal

  Jimmy Sutton (Tyrone Power) is looking for an unknown actress to star in a big film and finds Minnesota teacher Trudi (skating star Sonja Henie). He brings Trudi to Hollywood, and Jimmy manufactures a romance between Trudi and her leading man Roger Maxwell (Rudy Vallee). Amusing twists and turns ensue, ending when it turns out that Jimmy is the one who really does love Trudi who, by now, has become a big star.



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Sonja Henie Trudi Hovland
Tyrone Power Jimmy Sutton
Rudy Vallee Roger Maxwell
Edna May Oliver Aunt Phoebe
Mary Healy Jean Varick
Lyle Talbot Willie Hogger
Alan Dinehart "Whit" Whitney
Minna Gombell Jenny
Stewart Reburn Skating Partner
Spencer Charters Joe Clayton
Charles(2) Lane Studio Chief (voice)
George Chandler Taxi Driver
Irving Bacon Justice of the Peace
Minerva Urecal School Principal
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Shooting High   1940     1 and a half stars    N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Alfred E. Green  
Cast: Jane Withers, Gene Autry, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery, Jack Carson, Kay Aldridge, Hobart Cavanaugh, Charles Middleton, Eddie Acuff, George Chandler

  Lovers Marjorie (Marjorie Weaver) and Will (Gene Autry) overcome a family feud to live happily ever after.


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Singing Guns   1950     1 and a half stars    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: R.G. Springsteen  
Cast: Vaughn Monroe, Ella Raines, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Jeff Corey, Harry Shannon, Billy Gray, Barry Kelley, Tom Fadden, Ralph Dunn, George Chandler, Denver Pyle

  Singer Vaughn Monroe takes on the serious role of Rhiannon who, when cheated out of his gold mine, resorts to robbing that same mine to obtain what he believes is rightfully his.

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Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin  
Cast: James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Weldon Heyburn, Ralph Morgan, Patricia Wilder, Robert Livingston, Ted Healy, Walter Kingsford, Charles Trowbridge, William Tannen, Claudelle Kaye, George Chandler, Jack Clifford, Don Brodie

  Terry Martin (James Stewart) and his crew at an auto plant have invented a new carburetor that they want to use in the upcoming Indianapolis 500 race. The plant owner's daughter Jane (Wendy Barrie) suggests that Terry let her engineer friend Frank (Weldon Heyburn) help in perfecting the carburetor. Frank steps in, but problems arise between Terry and Frank because they both are falling for Jane. When the carburetor is tested, it turns out to be a disaster, and the car crashes nearly killing the driver, Gadget (Ted Healy) and Terry. Frank saves them, and, together, they work to perfect the carburetor. They succeed and enter the car in the big race where the new carburetor earns the respect of all, and Terry ends up with Jane.



Cast
James Stewart Terry Martin
Wendy Barrie Jane Mitchell
Una Merkel Josephine Sanderson
Weldon Heyburn Frank Lawson
Ralph Morgan Mr. Dean
Patricia Wilder Fanny Lane
Robert Livingston George Saunders
Ted Healy Gadget
Walter Kingsford Uncle
Charles Trowbridge Doctor
William Tannen Doctor
Claudelle Kaye Nurse
George Chandler Rustic Bystander
Jack Clifford Master of Ceremonies
Don Brodie Track Official
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Step Lively   1944     2 stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Tim Whelan  
Cast: Frank Sinatra, George Murphy, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Eugene Pallette, Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Grant Mitchell, Anne Jeffreys, George Chandler, Rosemary La Planche, Shirley O'Hara, Dorothy Malone

  Glen Russell (Frank Sinatra) has written a play that Gordon Miller (George Murphy) is producing as a musical on Broadway. Checking on the progress being made with rehearsals, Glen visits Miller in his hotel suite where he is staying on credit. Money is a problem, and Miller is threatened with being ousted by the hotel chain supervisor Wagner (Adolphe Menjou). The production company is out of money and must put on the show within the next few days to take care of debts. It turns out that Glen can sing, and, reluctantly, he steps into the leading role to save the show. Of course, the show is a hit, and Glen also gets the girl, Christine (Gloria DeHaven).



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Frank Sinatra Glen Russell
George Murphy Gordon Miller
Adolphe Menjou Wagner
Gloria DeHaven Christine
Walter Slezak Gribble
Eugene Pallette Jenkins
Wally Brown Binion
Alan Carney Harry
Grant Mitchell Dr. Glass
Anne Jeffreys Miss Abbott
George Chandler Country Yokel
Rosemary La Planche Louella
Shirley O'Hara Louise
Dorothy Malone Telephone Operator
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Strange Impersonation   1946     2 stars    N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Anthony Mann  
Cast: Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler, Ruth Ford, H.B. Warner, Lyle Talbot, Mary Treen, Cay Forrester, Dick Scott, Forrest Taylor

  Nora (Brenda Marshall) has told her fiance Stephen (William Gargan) that she is too busy with her scientific research to take time for marriage. She is in the process of inventing a new anesthesia and asks for help from her assistant Arline (Hillary Brooke) to inject her with the new drug. The drug is given. Too late, she learns that Arline has used the drug test to her advantage. She over-mixed the drugs before injecting Nora. While Nora is sleeping, Stephen returns and then leaves again. An explosion disfigures her face, and while Nora is fixing her face, Arline runs off with Stephen. Now, Nora schemes to get Stephen back and exact revenge on Arline. Nora experiences quite an adventure in the process, but, by story's end, she awakens and realizes that the whole experience was only a nightmare brought on by the anesthesia.



Cast
Brenda Marshall Nora Goodrich
William Gargan Dr. Stephen Lindstrom
Hillary Brooke Arline Cole
George Chandler J.W. Rinse
Ruth Ford Jane Karaski
H.B. Warner Dr. Mansfield
Lyle Talbot Inspector Malloy
Mary Treen Nurse
Cay Forrester Miss Roper
Dick Scott Detective
Forrest Taylor Nora's Doctor
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Tall in the Saddle   1944     3 stars    N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin  
Cast: John Wayne, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ward Bond, Ella Raines, Audrey Long, Elisabeth Risdon, Paul Fix, Raymond Hatton, Frank Puglia, George Chandler

  Rocklin and Dave (John Wayne and "Gabby" Hayes) are the good guys who must fight against bad guy "Judge" Robert Garvey (Ward Bond) in an effort to clear Rocklin of false murder charges.


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They Gave Him a Gun   1937     2 and a half stars    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke  
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Franchot Tone, Gladys George, Edgar Dearing, Mary Treen, Cliff Edwards, Charles Trowbridge, Joe Sawyer, George Chandler, Gavin Gordon

  Returning home after duty in World War I, Jimmy (Franchot Tone), has trouble adapting to civilian life and becomes involved with gangsters until his friend, Fred (Spencer Tracy), finally convinces him to turn his life around.

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This Woman Is Dangerous   1952     2 and a half stars    N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist  
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dennis Morgan, David Brian, Richard Webb, Philip Carey, Ian MacDonald, Sherry Jackson, Mari Aldon, George Chandler, Douglas Fowley

  When criminal Beth Austin (Joan Crawford) undergoes an operation to prevent impending blindness, she falls in love with her doctor (Dennis Morgan).

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The Virginian   1929     2 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Tom Forman  
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Mary Brian, Richard Arlen, Eugene Pallette, Chester Conklin, Helen Ware, Jack Pennick, George Chandler, Randolph Scott

  Gary Cooper takes on the title role in this early Western. The plot involves the Virginian's predicament when his friend (Richard Arlen) joins forces with an outlaw (Walter Huston).

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Western Union   1941     3 stars    N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fritz Lang  
Cast: Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, John Carradine, Slim Summerville, Chill Wills, Barton MacLane, Minor Watson, George Chandler

  Based on Zane Grey's novel, this is a beautifully filmed and well conceived story about the completion of Western Union's cross-country telegraph lines in 1861.


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Westward the Women   1951     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Marilyn Erskine, Julie Bishop, Frankie Darro, Renata Vanni, George Chandler, Henry Nakamura

  Buck (Robert Taylor) is hired to lead a wagon train of mail-order brides from Chicago to California in this surprisingly good Western.

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Without Love   1945     1 and a half stars    N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold S. Bucquet  
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Patricia Morison, Gloria Grahame, Carl Esmond, Felix Bressart, George Davis, George Chandler

  Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) is a widow who marries her boarder Pat Jamieson (Spencer Tracy), and only later do they fall in love.

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Woman Chases Man   1937     2 stars    N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John G. Blystone  
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Charles Winninger, Ella Logan, Erik Rhodes, Broderick Crawford, Leona Maricle, Charles Halton, Al Bridge, George Chandler

  A woman (Miriam Hopkins) tries a scam to cheat a wealthy man (Joel McCrea) but falls in love with him instead.

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1. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
2. Arizona (1940)
3. Bureau of Missing Persons (1933)
4. Capone (1975)
5. Castle in the Desert (1942)
6. Dead Reckoning (1947)
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8. Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
9. Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
10. Fury (1936)
11. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
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12. The Girl Rush (1955)
13. Hans Christian Anderson (1952)
14. The Happy Years (1950)
15. He Was Her Man (1934)
16. Hollow Triumph (1948)
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17. Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
18. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
19. Libeled Lady (1936)
20. The Light of Western Stars (1930)
21. The Light That Failed (1939)
22. Little Giant (1946)
23. The Mad Doctor (1941)
24. Man of the World (1931)
25. Mannequin (1937)
26. Me and My Gal (1932)
27. The Murder Man (1935)
28. My Man and I (1952)
29. Never a Dull Moment (1943)
30. The Next Voice You Hear (1950)
31. Pardon My Past (1945)
32. Pickup on 101 (1972)
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33. Picture Snatcher (1933)
34. Reaching for the Sun (1941)
35. Roxie Hart (1942)
36. Saddle Pals (1947)
37. Second Fiddle (1939)
38. Shooting High (1940)
39. Singing Guns (1950)
40. Speed (1936)
41. Step Lively (1944)
42. Strange Impersonation (1946)
43. Tall in the Saddle (1944)
44. They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
45. This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
46. The Virginian (1929)
47. Western Union (1941)
48. Westward the Women (1951)
49. Without Love (1945)
50. Woman Chases Man (1937)


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