Battleground 1949  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland, Don Taylor, Richard Jaeckel, Leon Ames, Bruce Cowling, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Anderson, Thomas E. Breen, Denise Darcel
The Battle of the Bulge provides the setting for this realistic look at the pathos of war. Led by Holley (Van Johnson), the men of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division spend the winter of 1945 in the Ardennes Forest preparing to battle the German army. Trapped and demoralized, the men do manage to work together to defend their position. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director (William A. Wellman), and Supporting Actor (James Whitmore, for his role as the battle-scarred sergeant, Kinnie). It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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The Benny Goodman Story 1956  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Valentine Davies
Cast: Steve Allen, Donna Reed, Berta Gersten, Herbert Anderson, Robert F. Simon, Hy Averback, Dick Winslow, Jack Kruschen, Harry James, Wilton Graff, Sammy Davis Jr., Martha Tilton, Barry Truex, Shepard Menken, David Kasday
Great music is part of this biography of the famous bandleader Benny Goodman (Steve Allen) that includes his days of growing up in Chicago as well as his romance with and marriage to society debutante Alice Hammond (Donna Reed). Guest performers include Harry James, Gene Krupa, Lionel Hampton, Sammy Davis Jr., and Martha Tilton.
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Dive Bomber 1941  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Regis Toomey, Craig Stevens, Robert Armstrong, Allen Jenkins, Alexis Smith, Herbert Anderson, Moroni Olsen
In pre-Pearl Harbor bombing days, scientist Doug Lee (Errol Flynn) tries to solve the problem of blackouts suffered by pilots training for possible future air battles.
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Finders Keepers 1951   N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frederick De Cordova
Cast: Tom Ewell, Julie Adams, Evelyn Varden, Dusty Henley, Harold Vermilyea, Douglas Fowley, Richard Reeves, Jack Elam, Herbert Anderson, Harvey Lembeck
A little boy finds money that had been hidden by bank robbers and brings it home in his wagon. Thus starts a chain of events as his dad, who is on patrol, his grandmother, and mother all fuss on what should be done with it. Meanwhile, the robbers are out to get the loot back. This could have been much better. 1 User Review
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| | Great Memories | Anonymous 01/15/2007 | | Every year or so my father would break out old 16mm home movies, and this classic that we also had on 16mm. We looked forward to watching it all most as eagerly as we did the Wizard of Oz. I highly recommend introducing this short (11 minutes or so) movie to any child 10 or younger. It is very cute. We rescently dubbed this film onto a DVD and my 17 and 19 year old of course didn't get it's greatness, but it still brings back fond memories for my siblings and I who are now 55, 52, 45, 41, and 40. |
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Give My Regards to Broadway 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Barbara Lawrence, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Georgia Caine, Herbert Anderson
Albert Norwick (Charles Winninger) is the patriarch of a large vaudeville family, but now just son Bert (Dan Dailey) supports his father's love of dancing and the stage. Then, when Bert is offered a contract to play major league baseball, even he is opting for a change of scene.
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 I Bury the Living 1958 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Albert Band
Cast: Richard Boone, Theodore Bikel, Peggy Maurer, Robert Osterloh, Herbert Anderson, Howard Smith, Russ Bender, Matt Moore, Glen Vernon, Lynette Bernay
Robert Kraft (Richard Boone) is the new chairman of a cemetery, and in his office is a large map of the grounds. Plots are marked: black pins for occupied plots and white pins for plots that have been sold but not yet occupied. When Robert mistakenly places a black pin on a plot that should have been white, the plot-owner dies. This starts a series of MAJOR problems. Good trick photography.
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The Magnificent Yankee 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Louis Calhern, Ann Harding, Eduard Franz, Philip Ober, Ian Wolfe, Edith Evanson, Richard Anderson, Jimmy Lydon, Herbert Anderson, Hugh Sanders
Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (Louis Calhern) is the subject of this biography, which includes not only Holmes' professional life but his personal life as well.
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The Male Animal 1942 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Joan Leslie, Herbert Anderson, Hattie McDaniel, Ivan F. Simpson, Don DeFore, William B. Davidson
This film was adapted from the James Thurber novel about a triangle made up of scholarly professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda), his wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), and football hero Joe Ferguson (Jack Carson). Too busy with university affairs, Turner fails to pick up warning signs about Ellen's possible extra-marital affair with Joe.
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 My Man Godfrey 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor, Jay Robinson, Martha Hyer, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Anderson, Eric Sinclair, Dabbs Greer, Harry Cheshire, Fred Essler, Jack Mather, Paul Levitt
While on a scavenger hunt for a "Forgotten Man," socialite Irene Bullock (June Allyson) finds down-on-his-luck Godfrey (David Niven) and brings him back to the party hoping to win the prize. That event leads to Godfrey being taken into the Bullock home where he serves as the family's butler and works to bring some sense into the lives of the screwball Bullock family.
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Rascal 1969 G, 85 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Tokar
Cast: Steve Forrest, Bill Mumy, Pamela Toll, Elsa Lanchester, Henry Jones, Bettye Ackerman, Jonathan Daly, John Fiedler, Richard Erdman, Herbert Anderson
Wisconsin in 1918 is the home of a father (Steve Forrest) and his young son, Willard (Bill Mumy). After saving a Racoon from a predator, Sterling names it "Rascal," and they enjoy a summer of adventure during his father's frequent absences on business. Wholesome Disney fare.
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Sunrise at Campobello 1960 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent J. Donehue
Cast: Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Hume Cronyn, Jean Hagen, Tim Considine, Ann Shoemaker, Lyle Talbot, Walter Sande, Herbert Anderson, Zina Bethune
This story is centered on Franklin D. Roosevelt's bout with polio and how he learned to deal with misfortune. Greer Garson is a very believable Eleanor helping her husband through troubled times and she was nominated for an Oscar.
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The Virginia Hill Story 1974 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Harvey Keitel, Allen Garfield, John Vernon, Herbert Anderson, Robby Benson, John Quade, Liam Dunn, Conrad Janis, Tom Reese
Told in flashback as she is testifying, this is the story of Hollywood starlet Virginia Hill (Dyan Cannon) who was the lover of Mafia gangster Bugsy Siegel (Harvey Keitel). Siegel went into debt opening a gambling casino in Las Vegas, upset opponents, and was murdered by rival mobsters.
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The Yellow Cab Man 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Harvey, Herbert Anderson, John Butler, John Indrisano
Augustus "Red" Pirdy (Red Skelton) invents an "unbreakable" glass and runs into major problems keeping from being stolen by the bad guys. A very funny Skelton romp.
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| 1. Battleground (1949)
2. The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
3. Dive Bomber (1941)
4. Finders Keepers (1951)
5. Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
6. I Bury the Living (1958)
7. The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
aka: The Man with Thirty Sons
8. The Male Animal (1942)
9. My Man Godfrey (1957)
10. Rascal (1969)
11. Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
12. The Virginia Hill Story (1974)
13. The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
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