Abilene Town 1946  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ann Dvorak, Edgar Buchanan, Rhonda Fleming, Lloyd Bridges, Helen Boyce, Howard Freeman, Richard Hale, Jack Lambert, Dick Curtis
When a range war rages in 1879 as homesteaders and cattlemen clash, Marshal Dan Mitchell (Randolph Scott) arrives on the scene to try to settle the dispute over land rights.
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Cross My Heart 1946  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Berry
Cast: Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts, Rhys Williams, Ruth Donnelly, Iris Adrian, Al Bridge, Howard Freeman, Michael Chekhov, Milton Kibbee, Lewis L. Russell
Confessing to a murder she did not commit, a woman (Betty Hutton) depends on her lawyer husband (Sonny Tufts) to defend her and, in turn, give her the attention she craves. This is a remake of "True Confession."
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Double Dynamite 1951  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, Don McGuire, Howard Freeman, Harry Hayden, Nestor Paiva, Lou Nova, Joe Devlin, Frank Orth, William Edmunds, Russell Thorson, Charles Coleman, Ida Moore, Hal K. Dawson
Bank tellers Johnny Dalton (Frank Sinatra) and "Mibs" Goodhug (Jane Russell) want to get married but just don't have enough money. Their friend Emil J. Keck (Groucho Marx) jokingly suggests that they rob the bank to get the needed funds, but Johnny remains on the side of honesty. Then, Johnny wins $60,000 at the race track, but before he and Mibs can spend the money on their marriage, word leaks out that Johnny is the chief suspect in a $70,000 embezzlement at their bank. By story's end, it is learned that Mib's adding machine has a mechanical problem, no money is missing from the bank, and, maybe just maybe, Johnny and Mibs can live happily ever after.
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Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Howard Freeman, Erskine Sanford, Lois Austin, Otto Waldis, Audrey Young
Shy Lisa Berndle (Joan Fontaine) spends years obsessed with concert pianist Stefan Brand (Louis Jourdan). Finally, she spends one night with him and later has his child. This is good soap opera fare.
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The Mark of the Whistler 1944  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Marked Man
Director: William Castle
Cast: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall, Paul Guilfoyle, John Calvert, Matt Willis, Matt McHugh, Howard Freeman, Willie Best, Arthur Space
Lee Selfridge Nugent (Richard Dix) is a drifter who poses as the owner of an old bank account and withdraws the money. Now he is the target of those out for revenge because their father was sent to jail after a conflict with that account, and they now mistakenly believe that Lee was the one responsible.
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Once Upon a Time 1944 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hill
Cast: Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, Ted Donaldson, William Demarest, Howard Freeman, Art Baker, Paul Stanton, Harry Strang, Billy Bevan, Eddie Acuff
A small boy, Pinky Thompson (Ted Donaldson), has a caterpillar that can dance, and it does not take long for a theatrical producer (Cary Grant) to figure out how to make money off of the dancing insect.
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Pilot #5 1943 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Franchot Tone, Marsha Hunt, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Alan Baxter, Dick Simmons, Frank Puglia, Steven Geray, Howard Freeman, Frank Ferguson
This World War II film features Franchot Tone as an anti-Fascist who dive bombs his own airplane into a Japanese carrier to help defeat the Japanese war effort.
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Secret Command 1944 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Carole Landis, Chester Morris, Ruth Warrick, Barton MacLane, Tom Tully, Wallace Ford, Howard Freeman, Frank Sully, Matt McHugh
Sam Gallagher (Pat O'Brien) is an agent with Naval Intelligence and is sent to a California shipyard during World War II to find Nazi saboteurs known to be operating there. He saves the day in this pretty good spy thriller.
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A Song to Remember 1945  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, Cornel Wilde, Stephen Bekassy, Nina Foch, George Coulouris, Sig Arno, Howard Freeman, George Macready, Claire DuBrey
Frederic Chopin (Cornel Wilde) is the subject of this biography that includes his relationship with George Sand (Merle Oberon), whom Chopin meets in Paris and follows to Majorca where he dies of tuberculosis. Wilde was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the famous Polish composer. 1 User Review
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| | Chopin music/life | Romanov 07/27/2007 | A passionate film of this composer portrayed beautrifully by Cornel Wilde.
A must for any Chopin lover. |
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Take One False Step 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Hart, James Gleason, Sheldon Leonard, Paul Harvey, Felix Bressart, Art Baker, Howard Freeman
Accepting a dinner invitation with a former girlfriend, Catherine Sykes (Shelley Winters), leads Professor Andrew Gentling (William Powell) to investigate the mystery surrounding her failure to attend their date. Meanwhile, he is hunted by police, who think he killed her.
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The Turning Point 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: William Holden, Edmond O'Brien, Alexis Smith, Tom Tully, Ed Begley, Don Porter, Neville Brand, Ray Teal, Ted de Corsia, Howard Freeman
Crime committee chairman John Conroy (Edmund O'Brien) clashes with reporter Jerry McKibbon (William Holden) over methods of fighting the syndicate.
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Up in Central Park 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Albert Sharpe, Tom Powers, Hobart Cavanaugh, Thurston Hall, Mary Field, Moroni Olsen, Howard Freeman
Set in the early 1900s, this musical is about a reporter (Dick Haymes) who exposes the evils of Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed (Vincent Price).
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| 1. Abilene Town (1946)
2. Cross My Heart (1946)
3. Double Dynamite (1951)
4. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
5. The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
aka: The Marked Man
6. Once Upon a Time (1944)
7. Pilot #5 (1943)
8. Secret Command (1944)
9. A Song to Remember (1945)
10. Take One False Step (1949)
11. The Turning Point (1952)
12. Up in Central Park (1948)
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