 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Cary Grant, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair, Raymond Massey, Priscilla Lane, Jack Carson, Edward Everett Horton, Peter Lorre, James Gleason, John Alexander, John Ridgely, Edward McNamara, Grant Mitchell
This classic comedic tale is about the predicament of Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) who discovers that his old maid aunts have been poisoning lonely old men and burying them in the basement. Adding to the quirky household is Uncle Teddy (John Alexander) who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt. Cary Grant excels in his role of the nephew who must bring sense to the chaos. Cary Grant: "Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops."
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Babes on Broadway 1941  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler, Ray McDonald, Richard Quine, Donald Meek, Luis Alberni, James Gleason, Margaret O'Brien
Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland team up again for a lively musical with songs that include "How About You?" and "Hoe Down." This film marks the film debut of Margaret O'Brien.
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The Bishop's Wife 1947  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Cary Grant, Loretta Young, David Niven, Monty Woolley, James Gleason, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Sara Haden, Regis Toomey, Sarah Edwards
A bishop (David Niven) and his wife (Loretta Young) lead busy lives ministering to their flock. However, when the bishop becomes so ensnared in his "churchly" duties that he ignores his own wife, a Heaven-sent angel (Cary Grant) shows him the error of his ways. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture and Director. There were two other nominations and an Oscar for Best Sound Recording.
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Captain Eddie 1945  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari, Charles Bickford, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Mary Philips, Darryl Hickman, Spring Byington, Richard Conte
This is the biography of racecar driver and World War I flying ace Captain Eddie Rickenbacker (Fred MacMurray) as told through flashbacks following his plane's crash landing in the Pacific.
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The Clock 1945  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Under the Clock
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Robert Walker, James Gleason, Keenan Wynn, Marshall Thompson, Lucile Gleason, Ruth Brady, Paul E. Burns, Eddie Acuff, Barbara Bedford
Judy Garland's debut in a dramatic film highlights this story about young lovers, Joe (Robert Walker) and Alice (Judy Garland), who fall in love and marry within 24 hours while soldier Joe is on a three-day leave from the Army.
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Come Fill the Cup 1951 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Cagney, Phyllis Thaxter, Raymond Massey, James Gleason, Gig Young, Selena Royle, Larry Keating, Charlita, Sheldon Leonard, Douglas Spencer
An ex-newspaperman (James Cagney) fights his way back from alcoholism after reaching the bottom. Good performances by James Gleason and Gig Young.
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Crash Dive 1943 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, James Gleason, Dame May Whitty, Harry Morgan, Ben Carter, Charles Tannen, Frank Conroy, Florence Lake, John Archer, George Holmes
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, this submarine/love story involves the captain (Dewey Connors) of the U.S.S. Corsair; his executive officer, Ward Stewart (Tyrone Power); and the woman, Jean Hewlett (Anne Baxter), who they both love. Tensions rise after the submarine arrives in New London, and Stewart learns that Connors is already engaged to Jean. Although the two must work together, when the submarine is ordered back to sea to take part in a secret mission, tensions reach new heights over both the war effort and Jean.
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The Crooked Circle 1932 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Ben Lyon, Zasu Pitts, James Gleason, Irene Purcell, C. Henry Gordon, Raymond Hatton, Roscoe Karns, Berton Churchill, Spencer Charters, Robert Frazer, Frank Reicher, Christian Rub
When amateur detectives track down a secret society of hooded students of the occult and confront them in a haunted house, mayhem ensues.
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A Date with the Falcon 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason, Allen Jenkins, Mona Maris, Victor Kilian, Frank Moran, Hans Conried, Edward Gargan, Alec Craig
A stolen formula for synthetic diamonds and its murdered inventor are the bases of this case for the Falcon (George Sanders).
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 Down to Earth 1947 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Edward Everett Horton, Roland Culver, James Gleason, William Frawley, Jean Donahue, William Haade, Adele Jergens, George Macready, Kathleen O'Malley, James Burke, Eddie Acuff, Alan Bridge
Rita Hayworth plays the Greek Goddess Terpsichore who visits Earth in the human form of Kitty Pendleton when she learns that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) is putting on a musical satire about Greek goddesses. She comes to help with the show but ends up landing a role in the play. Now, she gets Danny to change the show from a satire into a "work of art." But, her ideas are not very good, and the show turns into a major flop, but our Greek goddess makes everything right. Remade as "Xanadu" in 1980.
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The Falcon Takes Over 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: George Sanders, James Gleason, Helen Gilbert, Edward Gargan, George Cleveland, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Allen Jenkins, Ward Bond, Hans Conried
This entry in the "Falcon" series is one of the best as the Falcon (George Sanders) is helped by a reporter (Lynn Bari) to find a missing woman.
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Forever Female 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, James Gleason, Jesse White, Marjorie Rambeau, George Reeves, King Donovan, Marion Ross, Pat Crowley
An aging summer-stock star tries to take on roles meant for much younger actresses in this perceptive, and very funny, story.
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A Free Soul 1931 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Leslie Howard, Clark Gable, James Gleason, Lucy Beaumont, Claire Whitney, Frank Sheridan, Edward Brophy, George Irving, Roscoe Ates, Bess Flowers, James Donlan, Henry Hall, Lee Phelps
Lionel Barrymore won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the boozing lawyer, Stephen Ashe, whose daughter (Norma Shearer) becomes part of a romantic triangle with gangster Ace Wilfong (Clark Gable) and her fiance, Dwight Winthrop (Leslie Howard). This film was later remade as "The Girl Who Had Everything."
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The Girl Rush 1955 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Pirosh
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fernando Lamas, Eddie Albert, Gloria DeHaven, Marion Lorne, James Gleason, Douglas Fowley, Jesse White, Larry Gates, George Chandler
Kim Halliday (Rosalind Russell) is a proper museum curator who inherits a Las Vegas casino and–with her Aunt Clara (Marion Lorne) in tow–heads West to run her new business venture.
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A Guy Named Joe 1943  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore, Barry Nelson, Esther Williams, Don DeFore, Henry O'Neill
After pilot Joe (Spencer Tracy) dies during World War II, he is sent back to earth as a guardian angel to look after a young flier, Ted (Van Johnson). Joe's ex-girlfriend, Dorinda (Irene Dunn), becomes romantically interested in Ted, and Joe has problems letting go until he realizes that if he truly loves Dorinda, he must set her free. 1 User Review
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| | Fan 05/28/2007 | | I would like this movie on DVD |
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, Edward Everett Horton, Rita Johnson, James Gleason, John Emery, Donald MacBride, Don Costello, Halliwell Hobbes, Benny Rubin, Lloyd Bridges, Heinie Conklin, Joseph Crehan, Selmer Jackson
Just before his scheduled heavyweight championship fight, prizefighter Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) dies in a plane crash. The celestial Mr. Jordan (Claude Rains) sends Joe's soul back to Earth in the body of Bruce Farnsworth whose wife Julia (Rita Johnson) and her lover Tony (John Emery) have plotted his demise. They do the evil deed, but Joe has taken over Farnsworth's body and leaves the scene. Now, Joe hires his manager Max Corkle (James Gleason) to get him in shape as a prizefighter. Joe meets Betty Logan (Evelyn Keyes) whose father was framed by Farnsworth, falls in love with her, and straightens out Farnsworth's debt to his investors. This inspires Julia and Tony to plot the killing of "Farnsworth" once again. The film received Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Supporting Actor (Gleason) and won Oscars for Writing (original story and screenplay).
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The Hoodlum Saint 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rags Ragland, Frank McHugh, Slim Summerville, Henry O'Neill, Emma Dunn
Con artist Terry Ellerton O'Neill (William Powell) returns from the war and is determined to obtain wealth but runs into problems in the romance department with the lovely Kay Lorrison (Esther Williams).
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I'll See You in My Dreams 1951 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore, James Gleason, Mary Wickes, Jim Backus, Hans Conried, Minna Gombell, Harry Antrim
This is a semi-accurate biography of songwriter Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) and his marriage to Grace LeBoy Kahn (Doris Day). Together, they wrote such songs as "I'll See You in My Dreams," "Ain't We Got Fun," and "Makin' Whoopee."
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The Jackpot 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: James Stewart, Barbara Hale, James Gleason, Fred Clark, Patricia Medina, Alan Mowbray, Natalie Wood, Tommy Rettig, Lyle Talbot, Robert Gist
After winning "The Jackpot" on a radio quiz show, Bill Lawrence (James Stewart) finds his anxiety level leaping as he finds new financial complications.
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Key to the City 1950 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Morgan, Raymond Burr, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Raymond Walburn, Pamela Britton, Clinton Sundberg
Attending a mayors' conference in San Francisco, Steve Fisk (Clark Gable) and Clarissa Standish (Loretta Young) find there is more than business-as-usual when romance blossoms between the two.
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Keys of the Kingdom 1944 N/R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rosa Stradner, Edmund Gwenn, Roddy McDowall, Cedric Hardwicke, Peggy Ann Garner, James Gleason, Anne Revere
Based on A.J. Cronin's novel about missionaries in 19th-century China, this is the story of Scottish priest Francis Chisholm (Gregory Peck) who persists in teaching Catholicism to Chinese despite civil war and overt attempts to rid the country of Christian missionary influences. Peck received an Oscar nomination. 1 User Review
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| | Keys of the Kingdom | Anonymous 12/30/2007 | | This was a wonderful heartwarming movie. |
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The Last Hurrah 1958 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Pat O'Brien, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp, James Gleason, John Carradine, Edward Brophy, Dianne Foster, Wallace Ford, Willis Bouchey, Basil Ruysdael, Ricardo Cortez, Frank McHugh, Carleton Young
Politics in big cities is the theme of this compelling story, which is based on the tenure of Boston Mayor James Curley. Mayor Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) tries to assist the people of his city and even deals in corruption to achieve his goal. When banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone) refuses to give Skeffington a loan, Skeffington uses his political clout and blackmails Cass into giving him the money. Skeffington's nephew, reporter Adam Caulfield (Jeffrey Hunter), admires Skeffington, but even he cannot ignore the devious methods employed by his uncle to achieve success. This film is well worth watching for anyone interested in the inner-workings of U.S. politics and for the great job by the seasoned cast.
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Loving You 1957 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Hal Kanter
Cast: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason, Paul Smith, Ralph Dumke, Jana Lund, Grace Hayle, Steve Pendleton
Deke Rivers (Elvis Presley) is a boy from the country who is discovered by Glenda Markle (Lizabeth Scott). Glenda is determined to make him a star.
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Man in the Shadow 1957 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Orson Welles, Colleen Miller, Ben Alexander, James Gleason, Royal Dano, Paul Fix, Barbara Lawrence, John Larch, Leo Gordon
Powerful rancher Virgil Renchler (Orson Welles) has a Mexican laborer killed because he was involved with Renchler's daughter. A new sheriff, Ben Sadler (Jeff Chandler), proves to be an obstacle to Renchler's free run over people.
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Manhattan Merry-Go-Round 1937 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Reisner
Cast: Leo Carrillo, Ann Dvorak, James Gleason, Luis Alberni, Smiley Burnette, Selmer Jackson, Moroni Olsen, Max Terhune, Gene Autry, Cab Calloway
There are plenty of songs and performers in this musical comedy. The storyline involves bad guys taking over a record company and forcing performers to do their thing, but problems ensue.
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 Meet John Doe 1941  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Spring Byington, Gene Lockhart, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, Rod La Rocque, Harry Holman, Pierre Watkin, Andrew Tombes
Journalist Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) has been fired from her newspaper job, and she thinks she has found the perfect way to get that job back by printing a fake letter from "John Doe" announcing that he is going to jump off City Hall on New Year's Eve. The stunt works, the newspaper's readership rises, John Doe gains incredible support, and Ann is rehired. Now, Ann must find someone to play "John Doe"–and she does in the form of a soft-spoken hobo, Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper). His popularity rises, newspaper publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) puts John Doe on the radio to deliver inspirational speeches, and soon he is deeply involved in politics. But, the politics support those of fascist Norton who has a secret plan to become a dictator of the United States. Will Willoughby catch on in time to save the day? 1 User Review
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| | The darkest of the Frank Capra Films | 1fatts 07/22/2007 | It is the depression, and a failed baseball pitcher with a bum arm trying to get by in tough times, finds himself being trained by reporter Barbara Stanwyck to pretend to be John Doe, a symbol of the down-and-out who has promised to jump from the tallest building in town on New Year's Eve. Cooper as "Long John Willoughby" does "the decency of the simple man" quite wonderfully here. It's not as funny as "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town", but more poignant for sure.
The movie is solid Capra, with a Robert Riskin screenplay. But there is a darkness here which other Capra films just hint at. Yes, John Doe doesn't commit suicide. (Love conquers all. Sorry.) But the mildly upbeat ending is artificial. The bad guys win, in effect. The little guys, whom John Doe comes to represent, really are outmatched, outsmarted and defeated by the power of crooked money and crooked politics.
When Capra did Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, he invited all the members of the Senate to a preivew. Hearing that the Senate was presented in something less than pure halo and glory, they stayed away in droves. But it is John Doe that is the real critique, hidden in a comic script and a romantic ending.
Real hollywood film buffs need to be conversant with Capra. This is the one that needs to be the center of the discussion of "The Optimistic Vision of Frank Capra". |
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Frank McHugh, Will Wright, Gloria Henry, George Cleveland, Stephen Dunne, Arthur Space
Secretary Ellen Grant (Lucille Ball) gets in deeper than she plans when she gets involved with the underworld of bookies and shady real estate agents.
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Money, Women and Guns 1958 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Bartlett
Cast: Jock Mahoney, Kim Hunter, Tim Hovey, Gene Evans, Tom Drake, Lon Chaney Jr., James Gleason, Ian MacDonald, William Campbell, Jeffrey Stone
Utilizing the will for evidence, detective Hogan (Jock Mahoney) searches for the killer of a wealthy man by investigating those who would benefit from his death.
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 Night of the Hunter 1955 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Laughton
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, James Gleason, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves, Don Beddoe, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, Corey Allen, Gloria Castillo, Mary Ellen Clemons, Cheryl Callaway, Paul Bryar, Kathy Garver
This is a skillfully produced story of an evil man, Preacher Harry Powell (Robert Mitchum), on the trail of two children (Billy Chapin and Sally Jane Bruce) whose mother Willa (Shelley Winters) he has married and then murdered. He wants the $10,000 that is hidden in the little girl's doll and is willing to patiently follow their path to the end.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Action
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Joan Perry, James Gleason, Howard Da Silva, Faye Emerson, Edward Brophy, Charles Drake, Peter Whitney, Vera Lewis, Ben Welden
Matt Sawyer is a newspaper reporter who captures a big story while on the trail of a murderer and then is sued for libel.
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On Your Toes 1939 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert, Alan Hale, Frank McHugh, James Gleason, Donald O'Connor, Leonid Kinskey, Queenie Smith, Berton Churchill, Irving Bacon
Although this film is loosely based on the Rogers and Hart musical, not much of the original Broadway show remains. Phil Dolan Jr. (Eddie Albert) is a composer who endures a long romance with ballerina Vera (Vera Zorina).
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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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The Return of October 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Glenn Ford, Albert Sharpe, Terry Moore, James Gleason, Roland Winters, Dame May Whitty, Henry O'Neill, Samuel S. Hinds, Nana Bryant, Stephen Dunne
In this Melvin Frank-Norman Panama story, Terry Ramsey (Terry Moore) fantasizes that her Uncle Willie (James Gleason) has come back from the dead and is now a horse. Professor Bassert (Glenn Ford) becomes interested in writing a book about her story.
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Riding High 1950 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, Margaret Hamilton, Frances Gifford, James Gleason, William Demarest, Ward Bond, Gene Lockhart, Raymond Walburn
This is a musical remake of Damon Runyan's "Broadway Bill," which Frank Capra also directed. It is the story of a gambler (Bing Crosby) who owns a horse that can't seem to win.
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Rock-A-Bye Baby 1958 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Salvatore Baccaloni, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, Ida Moore, Isobel Elsom, James Gleason, George Sanders
When film star Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell) has triplets, she hires Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) to care for the babies and keep them out of the public eye. And the fun begins.
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Search for Beauty 1934 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Toby Wing, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong, Gertrude Michael, Roscoe Karnes, Verna Hillie, James B. "Pop" Kenton, Frank McGlynn Sr., Ann Sheridan, Bradley Page, Nora Cecil, Virginia Hammond, Eddie Gribbon
Olympic swimming champions Don and Barbara (Buster Crabbe and Ida Lupino) have won a contest given by a "physical culture" magazine and find themselves in a power struggle with the magazine publishers. Don and Barbara have been hired as editors, but the publishers want them to pose in swim suits and show skin. But, Don and Barbara want the magazine to focus on health. They give up their positions in exchange for a health farm, which they refurbish and then invite beauty pageant workers to take jobs as health instructors for the guests. But more than a few problems lie ahead between Don and Barbara and the publishers before they find success.
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Star in the Dust 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles F. Haas
Cast: John Agar, Mamie Van Doren, Richard Boone, Coleen Gray, Clint Eastwood, Leif Erickson, Harry Morgan, James Gleason, Paul Fix, Stuart Randall
Sheriff Bill Jordan (John Agar) runs up against a cattlemen versus farmers war over an execution as he strives for law and order in his town.
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The Story of Will Rogers 1952 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Will Rogers Jr., Jane Wyman, Carl Benton Reid, Eve Miller, James Gleason, Slim Pickens, Noah Beery Jr., Mary Wickes, Eddie Cantor, Steve Brodie
Will Rogers Jr. plays his witty, politically astute father in this film biography of the famous entertainer's life.
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Suddenly 1954 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, Nancy Gates, James Gleason, Kim Charney, Christopher Dark, Paul Frees, Willis Bouchey, Paul Wexler, James O'Hara, Dan White, Kem Dibbs, Clark Howat, Charles Wagenheim, Richard Collier
John Baron (Frank Sinatra) and his two thugs arrive in the sleepy town of Suddenly to kill the President of the U.S. who is scheduled for a short train stop in the town. John takes the Benson family (James Gleason, Nancy Gates, and Kim Charney) and the town's sheriff, Tod Shaw (Sterling Hayden), hostage in a house that overlooks the train station–a strategic place for the assassination. As the time for the arrival nears, John gets loonier and loonier. Good film noir.
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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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This Man's Navy 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason, Jan Clayton, Selena Royle, Noah Beery, Henry O'Neill, Steve Brodie, Paul Cavanagh, Blake Edwards
Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery) is an old salt who takes a young recruit, Jess Weaver (Tom Drake), under his wing. They form a close relationship, which ends tragically when Weaver's heroic action results in his death.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Peggy Ann Garner, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason, Ruth Nelson, John Alexander, Ferike Boros, Ted Donaldson, B.S. Pully, Al Bridge, Virginia Brissac, Charles Halton, J. Farrell McDonald
Financial worries of her parents, Katie and Johnny Nolan (Dorothy McGuire and James Dunn), affect the happiness of teenager Francie (Peggy Ann Garner) at the end of the 19th century. Growing up in a tenement existence, Francie wants a better life but struggles just to survive. A tree that survives the seasons is visible from their tenement and is her family's symbol of survival. This film is the first directorial effort of Elia Kazan. Dunn won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Garner was presented an Honorary Oscar as Outstanding Child Actress.
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Tycoon 1947 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: John Wayne, Laraine Day, Cedric Hardwicke, Judith Anderson, James Gleason, Anthony Quinn, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Harry Woods, Charles Trowbridge
Businessman Frederick Alexander (Cedric Hardwicke) is determined to build a railroad through the Andes to reach mines, and to accomplish his dream he hires Johnny Munroe and Pop Mathews (John Wayne and James Gleason) to manage the project.
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The Well-Groomed Bride 1946 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts, James Gleason, Constance Dowling, Percy Kilbride, Jean Heather, Tom Fadden, Don Beddoe, William Forrest
Lieutenant Dudley Briggs (Ray Milland) tries to get the only bottle of French champagne in San Francisco to use in the christening of an aircraft carrier. His quest leads to Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland) who is saving the champagne for her wedding to Lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts).
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What Price Glory? 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey, William Demarest, Robert Wagner, James Gleason, Harry Morgan, Craig Hill, Marisa Pavan, Max Showalter, Wally Vernon, Henri Letondal, Paul Fix
U.S. Marine Captain Flagg (James Cagney) and Sergeant Quirt (Dan Dailey) fight together in the trenches of World War I, but they find rivalry in the quest for Charmaine (Corinne Calvet).
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When My Baby Smiles at Me 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Jack Oakie, June Havoc, James Gleason, Richard Arlen, Robert Emmett Keane, Jean Wallace, George J. Lewis, J. Farrell MacDonald
Dan Dailey was nominated for the Academy Award for his role in this film about a team (Betty Grable and Dailey) who break up but get back together via the stage.
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The World's Greatest Lover 1977 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gene Wilder
Cast: Gene Wilder, Carol Kane, Dom DeLuise, Fritz Feld, Cousin Buddy, Hannah Dean, James Gleason, Danny DeVito, Lou Cutell, Candice Azzara
Written by, directed by, and starring Gene Wilder, this is the story of a Milwaukee baker who dreams of success as a heart-throb on the silver screen.
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The Yellow Cab Man 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Harvey, Herbert Anderson, John Butler, John Indrisano
Augustus "Red" Pirdy (Red Skelton) invents an "unbreakable" glass and runs into major problems keeping from being stolen by the bad guys. A very funny Skelton romp.
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| 1. Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
2. Babes on Broadway (1941)
3. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
4. The Broadway Melody (1929)
5. Captain Eddie (1945)
6. The Clock (1945)
aka: Under the Clock
7. Come Fill the Cup (1951)
8. Crash Dive (1943)
9. The Crooked Circle (1932)
10. A Date with the Falcon (1941)
11. Down to Earth (1947)
12. The Dude Goes West (1948)
13. The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
14. Forever Female (1953)
15. A Free Soul (1931)
16. The Girl Rush (1955)
17. A Guy Named Joe (1943)
18. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
19. The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
20. I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
21. The Jackpot (1950)
22. Key to the City (1950)
23. Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
24. The Last Hurrah (1958)
25. Loving You (1957)
26. Man in the Shadow (1957)
27. Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
28. Meet John Doe (1941)
29. Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
30. Money, Women and Guns (1958)
31. Night of the Hunter (1955)
32. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
33. On Your Toes (1939)
34. Once Upon a Time (1944)
35. The Return of October (1948)
36. Riding High (1950)
37. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
38. Search for Beauty (1934)
39. Star in the Dust (1956)
40. The Story of Will Rogers (1952)
41. Suddenly (1954)
42. Take One False Step (1949)
43. This Man's Navy (1945)
44. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
45. Tycoon (1947)
46. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
47. What Price Glory? (1952)
48. When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948)
49. The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
50. The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
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