Borderland 1937  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, John Beach, Nora Lane, Charlene Wyatt, Trevor Bardette, Earle Hodgins, Al Bridge
"Fox" leads a tough gang that does its "business" along the Mexican border. Hoppy (William Boyd) poses as an outlaw in order to infiltrate the gang and bring Fox and other members to justice. He comes to town acting as coarse and nasty as possible in order to get noticed, and it works–he is hired by the leader. Hoppy finds out that Fox has been posing as the town's moron, but he is found out. Will Hoppy succeed in his mission? A good entry.
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Call of the Prairie 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Muriel Evans, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Chester Conklin, Al Bridge, Chill Wills, Hank Mann, Al Hill, Willie Fung
Outlaws are thwarted when Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) sneaks up on them and then convinces them to change their ways.
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Charley's Aunt 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne Baxter, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen, Laird Cregar, Richard Haydn, Arleen Whelan, Will Stanton
An Oxford student, Lord Fancourt (Jack Benny), pretends to be his roommate Charley's (Richard Haydn) Aunt Babbs Babberley. The deception is performed as a means to facilitate the romancing of Amy (Anne Baxter) and Kitty (Arleen Whelan).
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The Gang's All Here 1943  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, James Ellison, Frank Faylen, June Haver, Jeanne Crain, Phil Baker, Tony De Marco, Sheila Ryan, Dave Willock
This World War II musical tells the story of American soldier Andy Mason (James Ellison) who returns from duty in the Pacific and is in love with chorus girl Edie Allen (Alice Faye). Busby Berkeley numbers are highlighted by "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat" featuring Carmen Miranda and dancing bananas.
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Heart of the West 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Lynn Gabriel, Russell Hayden, Sidney Blackmer, Charles Martin, Billy King, Natalie Moorhead, John Rutherford, Fred Kohler
This is one of the best in the series of Hopalong Cassidy films. Problems come in the form of one of Hopalong Cassidy's neighbors, but the matter is settled when Hoppy roots out the troublemaker.
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Hollywood and Vine 1945 N/R, 59 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexis Thurn-Taxis
Cast: James Ellison, Wanda McKay, June Clyde, Ralph Morgan, Franklin Pangborn, Leon Belasco, Emmett Lynn, Vera Lewis, Robert Greig, Charles Williams, Ray Whitley, Dewey Robinson
This amusing parody on the film industry is set in a drugstore at Hollywood and Vine where screenwriter Larry Winters (James Ellison) has come to research his next story.
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Hopalong Cassidy 1935 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, Paula Stone, James Ellison, Robert Warwick, George "Gabby" Hayes, Jim Mason, Kenneth Thomson, Frank McGlynn Jr., Charles Middleton, Frank Campeau
This film marks the debut of a long string of Hopalong Cassidy films. Hopalong (William Boyd) gets involved in a range war and stops rustlers from stealing cattle from neighboring ranches.
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I Walked with a Zombie 1943  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller / Romance
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Bell, Theresa Harris, Christine Gordon, Jeni Le Gon, Sir Lancelot, Darby Jones
When a Canadian nurse Betsy Connell (Frances Dee) arrives on a Caribbean island to care for Jessica (Christine Gordon), the zombie-like wife of planter Paul Holland (Tom Conway), she discovers voodoo and black magic in this near-classic horror story.
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1944 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: And So They Were Married
Director: Joe May
Cast: Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Minna Gombell, Robert Mitchum, Chick Chandler, Alan Dinehart, Gladys Blake, Grady Sutton, Milton Kibbee
When Johnny's (William Terry) girlfriend (Simone Simon) needs a Washington, D.C. apartment, he hands over the keys to his lodgings. The only problem is that he has also given keys to a number of his friends who manage to arrive day and night.
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Mother Carey's Chickens 1938 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Fay Bainter, Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Walter Brennan, Frank Albertson, Virginia Weidler, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, Alma Kruger, Donnie Dunagan
The "chickens" in this story are a mother's (Fay Bainter) children (Anne Shirley and Ruby Keeler); this mother sacrifices her all to protect her youngsters. Remade in 1963 as "Summer Magic."
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The Plainsman 1936 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Anthony Quinn, George "Gabby" Hayes, John Miljan, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Fuzzy Knight
There is more myth than truth to this film, but it is still delightful fare. Gary Cooper is great in the role of Wild Bill Hickok, and he is backed up in the equally good performance by Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane.
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Texas Lawmen 1951 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, I. Stanford Jolley, Lee Roberts, Terry Frost, Marshall Reed, Lane Bradford, Lyle Talbot, John Hart, Roy Butler, Pierce Lyden, Stanley Price
The Morrow gang, led by Bart Morrow (I. Stanford Jolley), robs a stagecoach, killing the sheriff (Pierce Lyden). On his deathbed, sheriff hands his badge to his deputy Tod (James Ellison) urging him to catch the gang. When Marshal Johnny (Johnny Mack Brown) is assigned to track down the gang, he asks for help from Tod. But Tod is Morrow's son, and is torn between his duty and his family. He comes to the conclusion that he must help the Marshal.
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Three on the Trail 1936 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Howard Bretherton
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, Onslow Stevens, Muriel Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, William Duncan, Claude King, Clara Kimball Young, John St. Polis, Ernie Adams, Jack Rutherford
A gang of cattle rustlers robs a stagecoach, and Hopalong Cassidy (William Boyd) heads off in hot pursuit.
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Trail Dust 1936 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Nate Watt
Cast: William Boyd, James Ellison, George "Gabby" Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Gwynne Shipman, Britt Wood, Dick Dickinson, Earl Askam, Al Bridge, John Beach
Hoppy is leading a cattle drive north to supply a starving population. But greed is still out there as evil cattlemen try to rid competition by stopping the drive–perhaps they underestimate our hero.
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Vivacious Lady 1938  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison, Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Jack Carson, Franklin Pangborn, Lloyd Ingraham, Hattie McDaniel, Grady Sutton
After their romantic fling, a young professor (James Stewart) marries a beautiful singer (Ginger Rogers) and finds his small-town college community is not quite ready to accept its newest citizen. 1 User Review
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| | Marnie 12/15/2007 | | A very young Jimmy Stewart, and Ginger Rogers. This movie has an endearing quality, I hated to see it end. Ginger Rogers was especially fabulous as the street smart, wise cracking new young bride to Jimmy Stewart, who comes from a background of fuddy duddy professors. His background is so straightlaced, they are afraid to tell his parents (especially Jimmy's grumpy professor father) that they're married! Then the fun really begins. Ginger sparks it up a bit, with her gammon quality, charm, and slapstick antics, as she is ready to punch her husband's 'girlfriend' in the nose during a formal party attended by the small town elite. The girlfriend has her own problems, and then there is Jimmy's friend that finds Ginger VERY charming. Ginger dances a little bit, but her gift of comedy really shines here. I love her dancing movies, but I really loved this movie, because you saw more of the woman's funny wit, charm, and charactor, and less fru fru Hollywood. For those who like to see their favorite stars step 'out of the box' once in a while, this is a must see! My only regret is I cannot buy this movie in DVD. |
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Zenobia 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Billie Burke, Stepin Fetchit, Harry Langdon, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Hattie McDaniel, June Lang, Olin Howland, J. Farrell MacDonald
Oliver Hardy–without Stan Laurel–stars in this film about a doctor who treats an ailing elephant. Following its recovery, the elephant will not forget the man who saved him, and the poor doctor finds that the elephant has become his shadow.
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| 1. Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)
2. Borderland (1937)
3. Call of the Prairie (1936)
4. Charley's Aunt (1941)
5. The Eagle's Brood (1935)
6. The Gang's All Here (1943)
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
7. Heart of the West (1936)
8. Hollywood and Vine (1945)
9. Hopalong Cassidy (1935)
aka: Hopalong Cassidy Enters
10. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
11. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
aka: And So They Were Married
12. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
13. The Plainsman (1936)
14. Texas Lawmen (1951)
15. Three on the Trail (1936)
16. Trail Dust (1936)
17. Vivacious Lady (1938)
18. Zenobia (1939)
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