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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Bloodhounds of Broadway 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Mitzi Gaynor, Scott Brady, Mitzi Green, Marguerite Chapman, Michael O'Shea, Wally Vernon, George E. Stone, Charles Bronson, Henry Slate
Based on Damon Runyan's story, this musical is about an innocent country girl, Emily Ann Stackerlee (Mitzi Gaynor), who arrives in New York City during the 1920s and becomes involved with bookmaker "Numbers" Foster (Scott Brady)–to the benefit of both.
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 Bus Stop 1956  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Wrong Kind of Girl
Director: Joshua Logan
Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Hope Lange, Hans Conried, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart, Robert Bray, Max Showalter, Henry Slate
A waitress, Cherie (Marilyn Monroe), dreams of her name in lights in Hollywood. Don Murray plays Bo, a cowboy, who becomes enamored with Cherie and thinks she is the "angel" he wants to marry.
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The Frogmen 1951 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Richard Widmark, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Jeffrey Hunter, Warren Stevens, Robert Wagner, Harvey Lembeck, Robert Rockwell, Henry Slate, Robert Adler, Robert Patten, Fay Roope
LCdr. John Lawrence (Richard Widmark) commands a Navy Underwater Demolition Team whose members are resentful of him. But, their opinions change after he risks his life to neutralize a live torpedo. The Film received Academy Award nominations for Best Story and Cinematography.
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He Laughed Last 1956 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Frankie Laine, Lucy Marlow, Anthony Dexter, Richard Long, Alan Reed, Robin Morse, Jesse White, Henry Slate, Peter Brocco, Paul Dubov
This film is narrated by Frankie Laine and is an enjoyable parody on gangster films that flourished about the Roaring Twenties.
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Hit the Deck 1955 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Tony Martin, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn, Ann Miller, J. Carrol Naish, Jane Darwell, Richard Anderson, Gene Raymond, Kay Armen, Alan King, Henry Slate, Dabbs Greer
While on leave from their ship, three sailors–William F. Clark (Tony Martin), Rico Ferrari (Vic Damone), and Danny Xavier Smith (Russ Tamblyn)–arrive in San Francisco for rest and relaxation. They meet three girls–Susan (Jane Powell), Carol (Debbie Reynolds), and Ginger (Ann Miller). Hi-jinks follow, and the sailors end up in the brig, even though Danny's father (Walter Pidgeon) is an admiral! But, romance is in the air, and all ends well amidst jokes, dancing, and songs including "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know that You Know," and "Hallelujah."
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Just This Once 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Lewis Stone, Marilyn Erskine, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley, Henry Slate, Hanley Stafford, Benny Rubin, Charles Watts
Playboy Mark MacLene (Peter Lawford) is reined in by Lucy Duncan (Janet Leigh) who has been assigned the job of taking care of his financial fortune.
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Miss Sadie Thompson 1953  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Jose Ferrer, Aldo Ray, Russell Collins, Charles Bronson, Harry Bellaver, Wilton Graff, Diosa Costello, Henry Slate, Rudy Bond
This remake of "Rain" casts Rita Hayworth in the role of prostitute in Somerset Maugham's story of the meeting of Sadie and a hypocritical preacher (Jose Ferrer).
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Murphy's Romance 1985 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Sally Field, James Garner, Brian Kerwin, Corey Haim, Dennis Burkley, Georgann Johnson, Dortha Duckworth, Charles(2) Lane, Bruce French, Henry Slate
This is a delightful tale about a love triangle. Sally Field is a determined divorcee who is trying to make a living with her children. She meets the town's pharmacist (James Garner) and just when romance seems to blossom, her ex-husband (Brian Kerwin) appears back in the picture. Field and Garner make a charming couple in this movie and Garner received and Oscar nomination.
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My Sister Eileen 1955 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Jack Lemmon, Bob Fosse, Kurt Kasznar, Dick York, Lucy Marlow, Barbara Brown, Horace McMahon, Queenie Smith, Tommy Rall, Henry Slate, Hal March, Kathryn Grant, William Newell
This musical remake of the 1940s' play and film involves two sisters–Eileen (Janet Leigh) and Ruth (Betty Garrett)–who move from Ohio to New York City where they move into a basement apartment. Ruth aspires to be a writer, but her work is turned down by magazine publisher Bob Baker (Jack Lemmon) until he convinces her to move away from fiction and write about her "true" life. Eileen Aspires to be an actress, and now Ruth pretends to be Eileen in her writings, which involve Eileen's misadventures with strange men. It works, and both find fame, fortune, and love. Highlight: Jack Lemmon and Betty Garrett perform "It's Bigger than You and Me." Screenplay by Blake Edwards.
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Pickup on South Street 1953 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey, Milburn Stone, George E. Stone, Parley Baer, Henry Slate
The small-time crime of pickpocketing leads to espionage involvement for Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) who unwittingly has stolen government secrets. Thelma Ritter was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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Rhubarb 1951 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart, Elsie Holmes, William Frawley, Leonard Nimoy, Taylor Holmes, Donald MacBride, Strother Martin, Willard Waterman, Henry Slate, James Griffith, Jim Hayward, Tristram Coffin, James Flavin
Rhubarb is a cat that is willed to a baseball team–as the owner! Eric Yeager (Ray Milland) is appointed guardian of Rhubarb, and it becomes immediately apparent that Rhubarb brings good luck to the team, and the fun begins. Based on H. Allen Smith's best-selling novel.
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 Rock Around the Clock 1956 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Bill Haley, The Platters, Tony Martinez, Freddie Bell, Johnny Johnston, Alix Talton, Henry Slate, Lisa Gaye, Alan Freed, John Archer
Rock deejay Alan Freed discovers Bill Haley and the Comets and brings them to New York where they hit it big. It is the music, however, that provides the excitement of the 1950s rock 'n roll era. Songs include "Razzle Dazzle," "The Great Pretender," "See You Later, Alligator," and "Only You."
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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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| 1. The Belle of New York (1952)
2. Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
3. Bus Stop (1956)
aka: The Wrong Kind of Girl
4. The Frogmen (1951)
5. He Laughed Last (1956)
6. Hit the Deck (1955)
7. Just This Once (1952)
8. Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)
9. Murphy's Romance (1985)
10. My Sister Eileen (1955)
11. Pickup on South Street (1953)
12. Rhubarb (1951)
13. Rock Around the Clock (1956)
14. Three for the Show (1955)
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