Blondie Goes to College 1941  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Lloyd Bridges, Larry Parks, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Danny Mummert, Janet Blair, Esther Dale, Adele Mara
Blondie (Penny Singleton) decides to increase her level of knowledge by returning to school.
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Boys' Night Out 1962  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Gordon
Cast: Kim Novak, James Garner, Tony Randall, Howard Duff, Janet Blair, Jessie Royce Landis, Oskar Homolka, Zsa Zsa Gabor, William Bendix, Jim Backus
Four young executives, with families in suburbia, rent a penthouse flat in the city; they staff it with a young woman, Cathy (Kim Novak), who–unbeknownst to the four amorous men–is a sociology student using them for her research paper.
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 Broadway 1942 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Janet Blair, Broderick Crawford, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Gwynne, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Brophy, Marie Wilson, Ralf Harolde
Set during Prohibition, this is the story of murder in the midst of speakeasies, bootleggers, and gangsters.
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The Fabulous Dorseys 1947  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Janet Blair, Paul Whiteman, William Lundigan, Sara Allgood, Arthur Shields, Dave Willock, James Flavin, William Bakewell
Big-band stars Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this biography, which includes the story of their father's (Arthur Shields) encouragement of their musical talent.
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The Fuller Brush Man 1948  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford, Hillary Brooke, Trudy Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Donald Curtis, Arthur Space
A novice door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade.
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Gallant Journey 1946 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers, Arthur Shields, Jimmy Lloyd, Charles Kemper, Willard Robertson, Selena Royle, Chris-Pin Martin
This film is the biography of John J. Montgomery who made the first successful flight in a glider and was one of the pioneers in the emerging field of aviation.
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My Sister Eileen 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair, George Tobias, Allyn Joslyn, Elizabeth Patterson, Grant Mitchell, Richard Quine, June Havoc, Donald MacBride, Gordon Jones, Frank Sully, Clyde Fillmore, Jeff Donnell, Ann Doran
This is the movie version of the 1940 Broadway hit about two sisters, Ruth (Rosalind Russell) and Eileen (Janet Blair), from Ohio who move into a basement-studio apartment in Greenwich Village where they meet and befriend their nutty neighbors. Ruth yearns to be a writer, while Eileen is determined to find success on the stage. Ruth finds success in her field when she starts writing about her sister Eileen, and she finds love with magazine editor Robert Barker (Brian Aherne) who has taken an interest in helping both sisters succeed with their plans. Russell received an Oscar nomination for her performance. A musical version was made in 1955, which followed a Broadway musical remake.
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Night of the Eagle 1962 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Burn, Witch, Burn!
Director: Sidney Hayers
Cast: Janet Blair, Peter Wyngarde, Margaret Johnston, Anthony Nicholls, Colin Gordon, Kathleen Byron, Reginald Beckwith, Norman Bird, Jessica Dunning, Judith Stott
When a professor brings his new bride home, major problems develop that involve the occult and his former love.
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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 One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band 1968 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Michael O'Herlihy
Cast: Walter Brennan, Buddy Ebsen, John(2) Davidson, Lesley Ann Warren, Janet Blair, Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn, Wally Cox, Richard Deacon
This Disney offering is based on the true story of a musical homesteading family with eight children who were divided between presidential candidates Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison. Goldie Hawn's film debut in a bit part as a dancer. Not very good–not even the music.
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Tonight and Every Night 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, Lee Bowman, Marc Platt, Leslie Brooks, Florence Bates, Ernest Cossart, Philip Merivale, Patrick O'Moore, Shelley Winters
This wartime film is about London showgirls who valiantly provided entertainment during the days of the bombing of London by Nazis. Check out Shelley Winters in the chorus.
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| 1. Blondie Goes to College (1941)
2. Boys' Night Out (1962)
3. Broadway (1942)
4. The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)
5. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
6. Gallant Journey (1946)
7. My Sister Eileen (1942)
8. Night of the Eagle (1962)
aka: Burn, Witch, Burn!
9. Once Upon a Time (1944)
10. The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)
11. Tonight and Every Night (1945)
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