Beloved Enemy 1936  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley, Jerome Cowan, David Niven, Henry Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Theodore von Eltz, David Torrence, Don "Red" Barry
An English woman, Helen Drummond (Merle Oberon), and an Irish insurrectionist, Dennis Riordan (Brian Aherne), are in love, but political problems threaten their romance.
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Blackmail 1939  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Watson, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, John Wray, Arthur Hohl, Esther Dale, Joseph Crehan, Victor Kilian
In another good performance, Edward G. Robinson plays an innocent man who is blackmailed and sent to prison.
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Cowboy and the Lady 1938  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Davenport, Emma Dunn, Irving Bacon, Mabel Todd, Henry Kolker
Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) pretends to be her own maid when she goes on a blind date with rodeo-man Stretch (Gary Cooper). When she falls in love with him, they elope to Texas.
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The Farmer's Daughter 1947  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Charles Bickford, Ethel Barrymore, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams, Harry Davenport, Tom Powers, Lex Barker, Thurston Hall
Loretta Young won the Oscar for her role of Katrin who moves to St. Paul to study nursing but is naive and loses her money. As a result, she works as a servant for Congressman Glenn Morley (Joseph Cotten) and ends up running for the congressional seat of her boss.
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Hellzapoppin' 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Robert Paige, Jane Frazee, Martha Raye, Clarence Kolb, Mischa Auer, Elisha Cook Jr., Hugh Herbert, Nella Walker, Shemp Howard, Richard Lane
Big stars of the 1940s, Ole Olsen and Chick Johnson, provide good fun in this comedy about behind-the-scenes filmmaking.
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 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House 1948 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Melvyn Douglas, Sharyn Moffett, Reginald Denny, Louise Beavers, Jason Robards Sr., Harry Shannon, Ian Wolfe, Nestor Paiva
Jim and Muriel Blandings (Cary Grant and Myrna Loy) suffer MANY setbacks in their attempts to refurbish their dream house in Connecticut.
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Mr. Lucky 1943 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Cary Grant, Laraine Day, Charles Bickford, Gladys Cooper, Alan Carney, Henry Stephenson, Paul Stewart, Kay Johnson, J.M. Kerrigan, Florence Bates
A gambler (Cary Grant) plans to con a society woman (Laraine Day) out of the proceeds from her fund raising, but he reforms his ways after he falls in love with her.
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Second Chorus 1940 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Charles Butterworth, Burgess Meredith, Frank Melton, Jimmy Conlin, Artie Shaw, Don Brodie, Marjorie Kane, Joan Barclay, Willa Pearl Curtis, William "Billy" Benedict, Michael Visaroff, Adia Kuznetzoff, Charles R. Moore
Good music and dancing enhance this story about two musicians, Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor (Fred Astaire and Burgess Meredith), who vie for the attentions of Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard).
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Shopworn Angel 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Pendleton, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Charley Grapewin, Charles D. Brown, Jimmy Butler
A self-centered actress (Margaret Sullavan) plays with the affections of a soldier (James Stewart) from Texas who is on his way to battle. Typically good Sullavan/Stewart matchup.
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Etienne Girardot, Janet Beecher, Rolfe Sedan, Donald MacBride, Marge Champion, Leonid Kinskey
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers portray the popular dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle who made ballroom dancing popular in the early 20th century.
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Three for the Show 1955 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Betty Grable, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Jack Lemmon, Myron McCormick, Paul Harvey, Willard Waterman, Hal K. Dawson, Gene Wesson, Eugene Borden, Bess Flowers, Aileen Carlyle, Rudy Lee, Henry Slate, Robert Williams
Musical comedy star Julie (Betty Grable) is married to her dancing partner Vernon (Gower Champion) when–out of the blue–her "dead" husband Marty Stewart (Jack Lemmon) returns home from World War II. Now, Julie has two husbands, begins to like the idea, and chooses to stay with both while she decides which one she is more in love with.
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The Time of Your Life 1948 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris, Jeanne Cagney, Broderick Crawford, Ward Bond, Jimmy Lydon, Gale Page, Richard Erdman, James Barton
In this film adaptation of William Saroyan's prize-winning play, the interplay of people who frequent Nick's Saloon in San Francisco is examined as bar-room philosopher Joe (James Cagney) encourages the patrons to share their dreams. But problems do arise, and, by story's end, Nick says, "Enough is enough." William Bendix, who was part of the original Broadway cast, plays bartender Nick.
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Top Secret Affair 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart, Jim Backus, John Cromwell, Roland Winters, Michael Fox, Frank Gerstle, Arthur Gould-Porter, Charles(2) Lane
When journalist Dottie Peale (Susan Hayward) tries to write an expose on Major General Melville Goodwin (Kirk Douglas), love gets in the way. 1 User Review
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| | throughly enlighting | donoharm 09/22/2007 | | like most movies this has a touch of truth. reporters are as unscruplous then as they are today. so many time it seem no one wants the truth, only dirt. pity! |
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You Gotta Stay Happy 1948 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert, Roland Young, Willard Parker, Percy Kilbride, Porter Hall, Halliwell Hobbes, Mary Forbes, Stanley Prager
A millionaire (Joan Fontaine) forsakes her bridegroom in search of greener pastures with Marvin Payne (James Stewart).
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| 1. Beloved Enemy (1936)
2. Blackmail (1939)
3. Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
4. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
5. Hellzapoppin' (1941)
6. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948)
7. Mr. Lucky (1943)
8. Second Chorus (1940)
9. Shopworn Angel (1938)
10. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
11. Three for the Show (1955)
12. The Time of Your Life (1948)
13. Top Secret Affair (1957)
14. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
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