 All About Eve 1950  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Gary Merrill, Thelma Ritter, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe, Gregory Ratoff, Barbara Bates, Walter Hampden, Randy Stuart, Craig Hill
This Oscar winner for Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (George Sanders), and three other awards tells the story of young actress Eve's (Anne Baxter) attempts to reach stardom without paying her dues by joining a group of famous Broadway types. A candid and humorous look at New York theater is the result. Bette Davis: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride." The film also received eight other Oscar nominations including two for Best Actress (Bette Davis and Anne Baxter) and two for Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter). The 14 total nominations tied 1997's "Titanic" as the most received by any film.
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Birdman of Alcatraz 1962  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Edmond O'Brien, Telly Savalas, Betty Field, Neville Brand, Hugh Marlowe, Graham Denton, James Westerfield, Whit Bissell, Raymond Greenleaf, Lewis Charles, Robert Burton
This story is based on the life of Robert Stroud (Burt Lancaster) who becomes obsessed with birds during his 53 years of imprisonment on Alcatraz. After rescuing a sparrow that flies into his cell, Stroud, despite his third-grade education, becomes a world-renowned ornithologist and gains a new purpose in life while serving his life sentence. Telly Savalas plays the talkative prisoner in the next cell, and Thelma Ritter takes on the role of Stroud's controlling mother. Excellent performances by Lancaster, Savalas, and Ritter earned Academy Award nominations.
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Bugles in the Afternoon 1952  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Ray Milland, Helena Carter, Hugh Marlowe, Forrest Tucker, Barton MacLane, George Reeves, Gertrude Michael, Sheb Wooley, Bob Steele, James Millican
Sergeant Kern Shafter (Ray Milland) finds love and excitement when he heads to America's West and enlists in the cavalry.
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Casanova's Big Night 1954 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Fontaine, Audrey Dalton, Basil Rathbone, Hugh Marlowe, Vincent Price, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Raymond Burr, Frank Puglia
Pippo (Bob Hope) is a mere tailor's apprentice who is mistaken for the notorious lover, Casanova, and is called on to test the fidelity of a young lady of the court.
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Come to the Stable 1949  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Basil Ruysdael, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey, Mike Mazurki
Two French nuns, Sister Margaret (Loretta Young) and Sister Scholastica (Celeste Holm) come to New England with dreams of building a children's hospital and enlist the aid of some rather unsavory characters to obtain their magnificent goal. Seven Academy Award nominations were received.
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 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Gray, Frances Bavier, Frank Conroy, Fay Roope, Tyler McVey, Harlan Warde, Lock Martin, Marshall Bradford, Wheaton Chambers, Holly Bane, Lawrence Dobkin
Alien Klaatu (Michael Rennie) with his robot Gort (Lock Martin) make a trip to Earth to discover the nature of its people. If they don't like what they find, they, along with members of other alien planets, are prepared to destroy the Earth. When the Earthlings discover the aliens and their purpose, they become very intent on a plan to capture the two spy aliens. This film set the standard for sci-fi movies.
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 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers 1956  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Grandon Rhodes, Harry Lauter, Thomas Browne Henry, Charles Evans, Frank Wilcox, Larry J. Blake, Nicky Blair, Paul Frees, Clark Howat, Arthur Tovey
When UFOs attempt to make peaceful communications with Earth, their mission is mistaken for an invasion. They land on an Army base and are the target of gunfire. Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) is on hand when the pilots announce that they plan to take over Earth within 60 days, and he is given the job of heading up Operation Skyhook, which will probe the atmosphere for future space flights. Dr. Marvin and his team develop a missile that, when fired, shatters the flying saucers. But big problems result from the attack, and the saucers crash into Washington, D.C., landmarks. Special effects by the master: Ray Harryhausen 1 User Review
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Elmer Gantry 1960 N/R, 146 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Patti Page, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, Joe Maross, Philip Ober, Barry Kelley
Like some present-day evangelists, Elmer Gantry's personal life is not what he preaches. Also like today, his affairs lead to tragic ends. Jean Simmons is excellent as Sister Sharon. Burt Lancaster took Best Actor honors at the Academy Awards and Shirley Jones walked away with an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. An Oscar was also presented for Best Writing, and the film was nominated for Best Picture and Music.
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Garden of Evil 1954 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Romance
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Susan Hayward, Richard Widmark, Hugh Marlowe, Cameron Mitchell, Rita Moreno, Victor Manuel Mendoza, Fernando Wagner, Antonio Bribiesca, Manuel Donde, Arturo Soto Rangel, Salvador Terroba
When Leah Fuller (Susan Hayward) hires Hooker (Gary Cooper), Fiske (Richard Widmark), and Luke Daly (Cameron Mitchell) to help free her husband John (Hugh Marlow) from a mine, they find themselves trapped in the same mine by warring Indians.
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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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It Couldn't Have Happened - But It Did 1936  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Reginald Denny, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue, Inez Courtney, Hugh Marlowe, Claude King, Bryant Washburn, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Robert Frazer, Miki Morita, Emily LaRue, Lynton Brent
Two Broadway producers are murdered in circumstances resembling two killings in a play written by Greg Stone (Reginald Denny). Now, Greg is forced by gangster Smiley Clark (Jack La Rue), who is backing the show, to take on the role of detective and track down the real killer in order to clear Smiley's name.
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 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, June Lockhart, Harry Davenport, Marjorie Main, Tom Drake, Chill Wills, Joan Carroll, Hugh Marlowe, Robert Sully, Darryl Hickman, Victor Kilian
In 1903, the Smith family must deal with moving away from St. Louis and the World's Fair, which means leaving friends behind when the father, Alonzo (Leon Ames), has plans to relocate to New York City. The children Esther, Tootie, Rose, and Agnes (Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, and Joan Carroll) represent an earlier, more innocent era of childhood in this classic musical.
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 Monkey Business 1952 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe, Hugh Marlowe, Henri Letondal, Robert Cornthwaite, Larry Keating, Harry Carey Jr., Douglas Spencer
Barnaby Fulton (Cary Grant) is a chemist-genius who has been working on a formula to prevent aging. A monkey accidentally mixes the correct proportions into the elixir, which ends up in the Fulton's drinking water. After Barnaby and his wife, Edwina (Ginger Rogers), start drinking the tainted water, they revert to childhood.
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Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell 1951  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Clifton Webb, Joanne Dru, Hugh Marlowe, Zero Mostel, Billy Lynn, Doro Merande, Warren Stevens, J. Farrell MacDonald, Thomas Browne Henry, Hugh Beaumont
This is another film in the series of "Mr. Belvedere" comedies. This time, Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb) heads for a retirement home where he gets the residents up and out of their rocking chairs.
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 Night and the City 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Richard Widmark, Googie Withers, Gene Tierney, Hugh Marlowe, Francis L. Sullivan, Herbert Lom, Charles Farrell, Mike Mazurki, James Hayter, Edward Chapman
Fight promoter Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) unsuccessfully tries to stay ahead of his debtors by hustling in the wrestling world.
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Rawhide 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Desperate Siege
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe, Dean Jagger, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, George Tobias, Jeff Corey, Kenneth Tobey, James Millican
This Western remake of 1935's "Show Them No Mercy!" is about Tom Owens (Tyrone Power) and Vinnie Holt (Susan Hayward) who are held captive by outlaws who have taken over the stagecoach depot.
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Seven Days in May 1964 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam, Andrew Duggan, Hugh Marlowe, Whit Bissell, George Macready
Gen. James M. Scott (Burt Lancaster) leads a military conspiracy to take over the United States government. Some military officers are upset about a recent arms treaty signed by President Jordan Lyman. This story shows how strong the laws of America are to maintain order in the Democracy. An Academy Award nomination was received by Edmond O'Brien (Supporting Actor).
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 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger, Roger Anderson, Lawrence Dobkin, Kenneth Tobey, Millard Mitchell, Robert Arthur, John Kellogg, Paul Stewart, Robert Patten, Lee MacGregory, Sam Edwards, Paul Picerni
This war film stars Gregory Peck as General Frank Savage who takes over Major Harvey Stovall's (Dean Jagger) World War II bomber squadron in England. The story is told in flashback as Stovall relates the perils of leadership and the stresses of command. Savage institutes strict discipline, but the men grow cold to him because of his orders. Eventually, Savage cares for his men above all else, and the story concerns the stresses of command as the leader becomes too close to his men. Dean Jagger won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor and nominations were received for Best Picture and Actor (Gregory Peck).
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Wait Til the Sun Shines, Nellie 1952 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: David Wayne, Jean Peters, Hugh Marlowe, Albert Dekker, Alan Hale Jr., Joyce Mackenzie, Helene Stanley, Richard Karlan, Merry Anders, Warren Stevens
Set in the early 1900s, barber Ben Halen (David Wayne) is a typical American male in a typical small town of that era who strives to protect his wife Nellie from the cold cruel world.
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Way of a Gaucho 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Rory Calhoun, Gene Tierney, Richard Boone, Hugh Marlowe, Everett Sloane, Enrique Chaico, Lidia Campos, Nestor Yoan, Raoul Astor, John Paris
Outlaw Martin (Rory Calhoun) deserts the army he was serving rather than going to jail. Ending up in Argentina, he and his gang get into railroad robberies, until his former boss (Richard Boone)–now a railroad policeman–takes chase. Eventually, he promises to go straight and settles down with his wife (Gene Tierney). Great scenery (including Tierney) makes this watchable.
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| 1. All About Eve (1950)
2. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
3. Bugles in the Afternoon (1952)
4. Casanova's Big Night (1954)
5. Come to the Stable (1949)
6. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
7. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
8. Elmer Gantry (1960)
9. Garden of Evil (1954)
10. Illegal (1955)
11. It Couldn't Have Happened - But It Did (1936)
12. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
13. Monkey Business (1952)
14. Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951)
15. Night and the City (1950)
16. Rawhide (1951)
aka: Desperate Siege
17. Seven Days in May (1964)
18. Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
19. Wait Til the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
20. Way of a Gaucho (1952)
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