Belles on Their Toes 1952  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael, Barbara Bates, Martin Milner, Robert Arthur, Verna Felton, Marnie Alton, Jennifer Carmichael
In this sequel to "Cheaper by the Dozen," family patriarch Frank Bunker Gilbreth has died, and his widow (Myrna Loy) is left to raise their 12 children by herself.
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The Best Years of Our Lives 1946   N/R, 172 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Gladys George, Ray Collins, Roman Bohnen, Minna Gombell
This Best Picture Oscar winner tells the story of three WWII soldiers who come home and find that they can't just pick up where they left off. A classic film in which Harold Russell, an actual veteran, made history by winning two Oscars for one role (Best Supporting Actor Oscar and a Special Award Oscar). William Wyler also took home an Oscar for his directing, as did Fredric March for Best Actor. There were three other Oscars awarded. 1 User Review
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| | Worth its Three Oscars | 1fatts 04/13/2009 | It would be hard to overstate the importance of this film, not simply as a Hollywood triumph: Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor -- but as an intelligent, sensitive portrayal of the America the GIs returned to when WW2 was over.
Our protagonists, every one of them, are imperfect, each of them made both better and more fragile by what they had seen and what they had done. The struggle to rebuild lives and to come to grips with had been left behind never to be found again, is moving and. finally, compellng and believable. The complexity of Fredrick March's character is wonderful: deep nobility and vulnerability co-existing in what is ultimately a real human being.
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Canyon Passage 1946  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Lloyd Bridges, Stanley Ridges, Hoagy Carmichael, Rose Hobart
Hoagy Carmichael sings "Buttermilk Sky" in this Western set in 1850s' Oregon. The owner of a thriving general store, Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews), vies with corrupt banker George Camrose (Brian Donlevy) for the attentions of the beautiful Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward).
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Johnny Angel 1945 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Lowell Gilmore, Hoagy Carmichael, Marvin Miller, Margaret Wycherly, J. Farrell MacDonald, Marc Cramer, Jason Robards Sr.
Johnny Angel (George Raft) is on the trail of the highjackers who killed his father and stole the gold from his father's ship. Helping are waterfront contacts (Johnny is also a sea captain) and Paulette (Signe Hasso), who was a witness. One of the few times Raft played the good guy.
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 To Have and Have Not 1944  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael, Dolores Moran, Sheldon Leonard, Marcel Dalio, Walter Sande, Dan Seymour, Eugene Borden
Fishing boat captain Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) becomes involved in World War II when he reluctantly aids the French Resistance. In the process, he meets Marie (Lauren Bacall) who helps him in his mission against the Nazis. Based on Ernest Hemingway's novel, this is Lauren Bacall's film debut.
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Young Man with a Horn 1950  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall, Doris Day, Hoagy Carmichael, Juano Hernandez, Nestor Paiva, Mary Beth Hughes, Jerome Cowan, Walter Reed, Jack Kruschen
Following the demise of his marriage, Rick Martin (Kirk Douglas) has only his trumpet and alcohol for solace. Jo Jordan (Doris Day) is a young singer who helps Martin out of his psychological fog.
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| 1. Belles on Their Toes (1952)
2. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
3. Canyon Passage (1946)
4. Johnny Angel (1945)
5. The Las Vegas Story (1952)
6. To Have and Have Not (1944)
7. Young Man with a Horn (1950)
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