Born Yesterday 1950   N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Frank Otto, Larry Oliver, Barbara Brown, Grandon Rhodes, Claire Carleton, Charles Cane, Paul Marion, John Morley, Helen Eby-Rock, William Mays, Smoki Whitfield
Tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) goes to Washington, D.C., with his girlfriend Billie (Judy Holliday) and, once there, decides she needs lessons to help her learn social graces. Professor Paul Verrall (William Holden) is hired, and, during the course of his teaching, tutor and student fall in love. Holliday won the Oscar for her role as the dizzy blonde. Nominations for Best Picture, Director, Writing, and Costume Design were also received.
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Close to My Heart 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Ray Milland, Gene Tierney, Fay Bainter, Howard St. John, Mary Beth Hughes, Ann Morrison, James Seay, Eddie Marr, Louis Jean Heydt, Ralph Byrd
Midge Sheridan (Gene Tierney) wants to adopt an abandoned baby, but her husband, Brad (Ray Milland), wants more information about the baby's family before taking responsibility for a new family member.
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Cry for Happy 1961  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Glenn Ford, Donald O'Connor, Miiko Taka, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Howard St. John, Joe Flynn, Ted Knight, Nancy Kovack, Harlan Warde
Four U.S. Navy photographers help four beautiful Geisha girls establish an orphanage in Japan.
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Don't Drink the Water 1969  G, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Morris
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Estelle Parsons, Ted Bessell, Joan Delaney, Michael Constantine, Howard St. John, Avery Schreiber, Richard Libertini, Danny Meehan, Pierre Olaf, Mark Gordon, Phil Leeds
American tourists (Jackie Gleason and Estelle Parsons) are bound for Europe when their plane is skyjacked, and they end up behind the Iron Curtain. From that tenuous position, their plight gets even worse when they are accused of spying.
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Fate Is the Hunter 1964 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ralph Nelson
Cast: Glenn Ford, Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor, Suzanne Pleshette, Jane Russell, Wally Cox, Nehemiah Persoff, Mark Stevens, Max Showalter, Howard St. John
An airplane crashes and, in the course of the ensuing FBI investigation, the fatal flight is reenacted to discover the cause.
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Goodbye, My Fancy 1951 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Frank Lovejoy, Eve Arden, Janice Rule, Lurene Tuttle, Howard St. John, Ellen Corby, John Qualen, Virginia Gibson
When Agatha Reed (Joan Crawford) returns to her alma mater to receive an honorary degree, she becomes involved with college president Dr. J. Merrill (Robert Young) AND reporter Matt Cole (Frank Lovejoy). This film marks Janet Rule's film debut.
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I Died a Thousand Times 1955 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Dennis Hopper, Howard St. John, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Olive Carey
In this remake of "High Sierra," Jack Palance plays the bank robber who ends his tragic life in the Sierra Mountains while trying to elude the police.
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 Illegal 1955 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield, Albert Dekker, Ellen Corby, DeForest Kelley, Howard St. John, Robert Ellenstein, Edward Platt
Edward G. Robinson plays an attorney who was once a district attorney and then changed his stance to provide defenses for the Mob. Now, he puts everything on the line to defend his former assistant (Nina Foch) in a murder case. This is a remake of "The Mouthpiece."
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Li'l Abner 1959 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Peter Palmer, Leslie Parrish, Stubby Kaye, Howard St. John, Julie Newmar, Billie Hayes, Joe E. Marks, Stella Stevens, Robert Strauss, Bern Hoffman, Al Nesor, William Lanteau, Ted Thurston, Carmen Alvarez, Alan Carney
Based on the hit Broadway show, this is a delightful film with Al Capp's cartoon characters of Dogpatch brought to life. They are all there from Li'l Abner (Peter Palmer), Daisy Mae (Leslie Parrish), and Mammy and Pappy Yokum (Billie Hayes and Joe E. Marks) to Evil Eye Fleagle (Al Nesor), Marryin' Sam (Stubby Kaye), and Sen. Jack S. Phogbound (Ted Thurston). When the U.S. Congress selects the hillbilly town of Dogpatch to test the Atomic bomb, Li'l Abner goes with his Mammy and Pappy to Washington, D.C., to persuade the government to spare Dogpatch by arguing that Mammy's Yokumberry tonic gives the town value that cannot be replaced. Meanwhile, Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae encounter problems in their romance that, hopefully, will be overcome.
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 Lover Come Back 1961 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Jack Kruschen, Ann B. Davis, Joe Flynn, Howard St. John, Jack Albertson
Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson) and Carol Templeton (Doris Day) are busy executives at the top of their professions. The plot twists and turns into a happy ending after they meet and fall in love.
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Madison Avenue 1962 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Howard St. John, Eddie Albert, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain, Henry Daniell, Kathleen Freeman, Grady Sutton, Michael Ford, David White
Executives in the field of advertising, Clint Lorimer (Dana Andrews) and Anne Tremaine (Eleanor Parker), differ in their methods of interacting with others in their cutthroat business world.
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The Men 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Battle Stripe
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb, Howard St. John, Richard Erdman, Arthur Jurado, Virginia Farmer, Dorothy Tree, Cliff Clark, Patricia Joiner, Nita Hunter, Marshall Ball, John "Skins" Miller, Marguerite Martin
Marlon Brando makes his screen debut as Ken, a paralyzed war veteran whose girlfriend Ellen (Teresa Wright) exhibits great compassion for and loyalty to him–even when Ken refuses to see her. Despite the fact that Ken is losing his will to live, with Ellen's and Dr. Brock's (Everett Sloane) help, Ken enters the exercise program, improves physically, and agrees to marry Ellen.
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Mister 880 1950 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dorothy Maguire, Edmund Gwenn, Millard Mitchell, Howard St. John, Minor Watson, Hugh Sanders, James Millican, Howland Chamberlin, Larry Keating
Based on real characters, this is the story about a nice, old man (Edmund Gwenn) who finds success in counterfeiting–until he is hunted down by FBI agent Steve Buchanan (Burt Lancaster). Gwenn was nominated for an Oscar.
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One, Two, Three 1961 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: James Cagney, Horst Buchholz, Pamela Tiffin, Arlene Francis, Howard St. John, Red Buttons, Leon Askin, Peter Capell, Henning Schluter
Capitalism vs. Communism is the theme of this comedy involving a Coca Cola executive (James Cagney) working in West Berlin and his rise to the top. His best-laid plans go awry when the daughter (Pamela Tiffin) of his boss (Howard St. John) steps into his life with plans to marry a Communist hippie (Horst Buchholz).
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Sex and the Single Girl 1964 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Mel Ferrer, Edward Everett Horton, Howard St. John, Stubby Kaye, Fran Jeffries, Otto Kruger, Barbara Bouchet, Leslie Parrish, Larry Storch, Max Showalter, Helen Kleeb
This satire on sexual mores is more-or-less based on the Helen Gurley Brown book by the same name. Helen Brown (Natalie Wood) is a 23-year-old therapist who advises women about sex. Bob Weston (Tony Curtis) is a magazine editor planning to write a story in which he will accuse Helen of being a virgin. But everything changes when they meet, and romance is definitely in the air–despite the fact that Bob is married–although maybe not legally–to Sylvia (Lauren Bacall). Problems ensue, which all lead to a wild taxi chase on the freeway where things are finally sorted out.
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Starlift 1951 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Janice Rule, Ron Hagerthy, Dick Wesson, Richard Webb, Gary Cooper, James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Hayden Rorke, Howard St. John, Virginia Gibson, Phil Harris
This film is a patriot tribute to those who served in the Korean War. Starlet Nell Wayne (Janice Rule) is accompanying Doris Day and Gordon MacRae (playing themselves) to perform in a variety show at Travis Air Force Base. A soldier, Cpl. Rick (Ron Hagherthy), falls for Nell, romance blooms, and the press makes a big deal of it. But, Rick has misled Nell about his military duties, and the romance begins to fail–until Rick really does volunteer for combat duty. The film features cameo appearances by many movie stars.
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Strait-Jacket 1964 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, Howard St. John, John Anthony Hayes, Rochelle Hudson, George Kennedy, Edith Atwater, Howard Hoffman, Mitchell Cox, Lee Majors, Vicki Cos
Twenty years after she was sentenced to prison for murder, Lucy Harbin (Joan Crawford) is released and reunited with her daughter, Carol (Diane Baker)–then more murders begin to take place.
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Strange Bedfellows 1965 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Melvin Frank
Cast: Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young, Edward Judd, Howard St. John, Dave King, Terry-Thomas, Nancy Kulp, Arthur Haynes, Peggy Rea, Joseph Sirola, Bernard Fox
Carter (Rock Hudson), a stuffy executive for an oil company, meets Toni (Gina Lollobrigida), a Bohemian artist. The impulsive couple marry but soon find that they disagree on everything and soon separate. Five years later they meet on the eve of their divorce, and the impulsiveness returns, but the fighting continues. When Carter finds that he is up for a promotion and realizes that being married will be helpful in get the promotion, the fun really begins.
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Strangers on a Train 1951  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Patricia Hitchcock, Leo G. Carroll, Laura Elliot, Jonathan Hale, Howard St. John, Norma Varden, Robert Gist, Marion Lorne, John Brown, John Doucette, Dick Wessel
In this thriller, Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) is the psychopathic stranger on a train who has a conversation with Guy Haines (Farley Granger) about exchanging murders. Later, Guy learns that Bruno has carried out the murder of Guy's wife, and now Guy is expected to perform his part of the bargain. Tense all the way; an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece.
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The Tender Trap 1955 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Debbie Reynolds, David Wayne, Celeste Holm, Carolyn Jones, Lola Albright, Howard St. John, Jarma Lewis, Joey Faye, Tom Helmore, Willard Sage, Marc Wilder, James Drury
When bachelor Charlie Y. Reader (Frank Sinatra) becomes involved with Julie Gillis (Debbie Reynolds), he does not realize how determined she is to marry. The song "The Tender Trap" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song. Lots of fun.
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Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, Dorothy McGuire, Jean Peters, Louis Jourdan, Maggie McNamara, Rossano Brazzi, Howard St. John, Cathleen Nesbitt, Willard Waterman, Kathryn Givney
Three American women working in Rome throw coins into the Fountain of Trevi and wish for future happiness. Among the kudos awarded this movie were Academy Awards for Best Song ("Three Coins in the Fountain") and Best Cinematography; a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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The Undercover Man 1949 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Glenn Ford, Nina Foch, James Whitmore, Barry Kelley, Howard St. John, Leo Penn, David Wolfe, Angela Clarke, Anthony Caruso, Kay Medford
United States Treasury Agent Frank Warren (Glenn Ford) investigates, and finds proof of tax evasion, on the part of a racketeer who has controlled his section of the city. This film marked James Whitmore's screen debut.
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| 1. Banning (1967)
2. Born Yesterday (1950)
3. Close to My Heart (1951)
4. Cry for Happy (1961)
5. Don't Drink the Water (1969)
6. Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
7. Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
8. I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
9. Illegal (1955)
10. Li'l Abner (1959)
11. Lover Come Back (1961)
12. Madison Avenue (1962)
13. The Men (1950)
aka: Battle Stripe
14. Mister 880 (1950)
15. One, Two, Three (1961)
16. Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
17. Starlift (1951)
18. Strait-Jacket (1964)
19. Strange Bedfellows (1965)
20. Strangers on a Train (1951)
21. The Tender Trap (1955)
22. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
23. The Undercover Man (1949)
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