The Art of Love 1965   N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: James Garner, Dick Van Dyke, Elke Sommer, Angie Dickinson, Ethel Merman, Carl Reiner, Jay Novello, Fifi D'Orsay, Pierre Olaf, Miiko Taka, Roger C. Carmel, Irving Jacobson, Naomi Stevens, Renzo Cesana, Leon Belasco
American ex-patriots–aspiring artist Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) and struggling writer Casey Barnett (James Garner)–live together in Paris. Paul's girlfriend Nikki (Angie Dickinson) lives in America but pays their rent so that Paul can work on his paintings in Paris. When Paul is told by his art dealer that his paintings will be more valuable if he is dead, his solution is to fake his suicide, and he and Casey can live off the higher price tags. But, the plan backfires when Casey is suspected of murdering Paul. 1 User Review
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| | Classic 60s Comedy | Anonymous 03/17/2007 | | This is a great film - truly a 60s comedy classic... the bad part is that it is not available as DvD (or even a VHS)... WHY? |
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Atlantis, The Lost Continent 1961  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Pal
Cast: Sal Ponti, Joyce Taylor, Frank DeKova, John Dall, Jay Novello, Edward Platt, Berry Kroeger, Keith Andes, Paul Frees, William Smith, Edgar Stehli, Wolfe Barzell
A Greek fisherman faces danger as he leads a revolt in the doomed city. Don't expect the usual great special effects from George Pal in this–one of his weakest films.
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Bad Man of Deadwood 1941  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Adams, Henry Brandon, Herbert Rawlinson, Sally Payne, Jay Novello, Monte Blue, Eddie Acuff, Tom London
Between songs, Roy Rogers–as a reformed outlaw–comes to town and deals with crooked businessmen who think they own the town.
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Bells of Capistrano 1942  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Morgan
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lucien Littlefield, Virginia Grey, Morgan Conway, Eddie Acuff, Al Bridge, Tristram Coffin, Jay Novello
In his last movie before going into the armed forces, Gene Autry comes to the rescue of a rodeo owner who is being harassed by crooked competitors.
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef 1953  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Boone, Peter Graves, Jacques Aubuchon, Harry Carey Jr., Jay Novello, Angela Clarke, Gloria Gordon, Rock Hudson, Marc Krah
Romance reigns as Tony (Robert Wagner) and Gwyneth (Terry Moore) find love while sponge diving off the Florida coast. Not only do Tony and Gwyneth have to battle the elements, they must also contend with the feud between their diving families. 1 User Review
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| | slush y but entertaining | tommo1949 10/23/2007 | | |
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The Border Legion 1940 N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Western
aka: West of the Badlands
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Hughes, Joe Sawyer, Maude Eburne, Jay Novello, Eddie Acuff, Hal Taliaferro, Dick Wessel, Paul Porcasi
This Zane Grey story has a man on the run from the east coming west and helping friends deal with outlaws.
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The Bullfighters 1945 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm St. Clair
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Margo Woode, Richard Lane, Carol Andrews, Diosa Costello, Rory Calhoun, Edward Gargan, Jay Novello, Hank Worden
In their final American feature film (one French movie was made in 1950), Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play detectives in Mexico City. Laurel resembles a famous matador and finds himself substituting for the matador in the bullring.
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The Comic 1969  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carl Reiner
Cast: Dick Van Dyke, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, Cornel Wilde, Nina Wayne, Carl Reiner, Steve Allen, Jay Novello, Fritz Feld, Jerome Cowan
Dick Van Dyke is Billy Bright, a silent movie star, who is not such a great man in real life. Now he has fallen on hard times, and his acting is limited to performing in commercials. Good job by Dick Van Dyke.
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Crime Wave 1954 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Ted de Corsia, Charles Bronson, Jay Novello, Dub Taylor, James Bell, Timothy Carey
Filming in the streets of Los Angeles and good performances enhance this film concerning ex-con Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson) who is trying to go straight. However, his former pals want him back in the fold.
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The Domino Principle 1977  R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach, Jay Novello, Ken Swofford, Neva Patterson, Ted Gehring
Hired assassin Roy Tucker (Gene Hackman) is sent out to kill prominent people, but when he decides he has had enough, he becomes the target.
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Harum Scarum 1965 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Gene Nelson
Cast: Elvis Presley, Mary Ann Mobley, Fran Jeffries, Michael Ansara, Jay Novello, Philip Reed, Theo Marcuse, Billy Barty, Dirk Harvey, Jack Constanzo
Swashbuckling movie star Johnny Tyronne (Elvis Presley) goes to the Middle East for his latest film's premiere. Once there, he becomes involved in an assassination attempt and also falls in love with Princess Shalimar (Mary Ann Mobley).
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 The Iron Mistress 1952 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, Virginia Mayo, Joseph Calleia, Phyllis Kirk, Don Beddoe, Alf Kjellin, Anthony Caruso, Douglas Dick, Robert Emhardt, Jay Novello
Set in New Orleans in the decade before the battle of the Alamo, this film relates adventures of Jim Bowie, the fighting frontiersman.
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands 1948 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Blood on My Hands
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton, Lewis L. Russell, Jay Novello, Aminta Dyne, Reginald Sheffield, Leyland Hodgson, Grizelda Harvey, Colin Keith-Johnston
Escaping from the law after killing a man in a London pub, Bill Saunders (Burt Lancaster) seeks refuge with a very understanding Jane Warton (Joan Fontaine). Jane's hopes for their future together are dashed when Bill is blackmailed by Harry Carter (Robert Newton) into performing a criminal act.
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Lisbon 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Milland
Cast: Ray Milland, Maureen O'Hara, Claude Rains, Yvonne Furneaux, Francis Lederer, Percy Marmont, Jay Novello, Edward Chapman
When Lloyd Merrill (Percy Marmont) is captured and held behind the Iron Curtain, his wife, Sylvia Merrill (Maureen O'Hara), hires a smuggler (Ray Milland) to perform the rescue mission.
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The Lost World 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Michael Rennie, Jill St. John, David Hedison, Claude Rains, Fernando Lamas, Richard Haydn, Ray Stricklyn, Jay Novello, Ian Wolfe, Vitina Marcus, Colin(2) Campbell, Bess Flowers, Ben Wright
This second retelling of A. Conan Doyle's tale takes plenty of liberties with his story as Professor Challenger (Claude Rains) and his group seek out the prehistoric creatures he knows must exist. Director Irwin Allen went on to disaster films (such as "The Towering Inferno" and "Beyond the Poseidon Adventure").
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The Mad Magician 1954 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Vincent Price, Mary Murphy, Eva Gabor, John Emery, Patrick O'Neal, Jay Novello, Donald Randolph, Lenita Lane, Roy Engel, Lyle Talbot
A crazed magician (Vincent Price) uses his inventions to murder the opposition–his fellow magicians.
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The Man from Music Mountain 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Legionnaires
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Paul Kelly, Ann Gillis, George Cleveland, Pat Brady, Paul Harvey, Jay Novello, Hal Taliaferro, Bob Nolan
The war is on between the cattlemen and sheepherders when Roy (Roy Rogers) returns home for a singing engagement on the local radio station. He gets plenty of time to sing after untangling this mess.
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The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima 1952 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Miracle of Fatima
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Gilbert Roland, Angela Clarke, Frank Silvera, Jay Novello, Richard Hale, Norman Rice, Frances Morris, Carl Milletaire, Susan Whitney, Sherry Jackson, Sammy Ogg, Paul Picerni
In 1917, three Portuguese shepherds reported experiencing visions of the Virgin Mary near their village of Fatima, and their story led to annual visits by Christian believers from around the world seeking miraculous cures for their ailments. Based on a true story, this film demonstrates how, at a time when World War I was raging, the report led to a confrontation with government officials, but the making of the film was inspired by the masses of believers who came to Fatima in 1951.
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Passport to Suez 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Warren William, Ann Savage, Eric Blore, Robert Stanford, Sheldon Leonard, Lloyd Bridges, Jay Novello, Gavin Muir, Frederick Worlock, Sig Arno
Private detective Lone Wolf (Warren William) visits the Suez Canal area and double-crosses Nazis who are trying to destroy the Allied shipping route.
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The Perfect Furlough 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Keenan Wynn, Elaine Stritch, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Troy Donahue, Marcel Dalio, Les Tremayne, Jay Novello, King Donovan
Tony Curtis plays a soldier stationed in the Arctic when he wins a furlough to Paris where he begins a romance with a military psychiatrist (Janet Leigh).
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 The Pride and the Passion 1957 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, Jay Novello, John Wengraf, Jose Nieto, Philip Van Zandt, Carlos Larranaga, Paco El Laberinto
During Napoleon's takeover in Europe in the early 1800s, British Captain Anthony Trumbull (Cary Grant) joins up with a band of Spanish guerillas to fight against French forces. A particular target is an enormous cannon.
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Robin Hood of the Pecos 1941 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Reynolds, Jay Novello, Roscoe Ates, Eddie Acuff, Wade Boteler, Sally Payne, Leigh Whipper, Robert Strange, William Haade, Cy Kendall, Bob Burns, Art Dillard, Ted Mapes
During the post-Civil War era, Texas is run by corrupt politicians from the North who are trying to drive ranchers out of the area. Vance Corbin (Roy Rogers) is elected Sheriff, but then Ambrose Ballard (Cy Kendall) declares martial law, and "Gabby" Hornaday (George "Gabby" Hayes) is sentenced to be executed for murder. Vance investigates, finds the real villain Stacy (Jay Novello) who confesses to the crime, and Gabby's life is saved.
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Sabaka 1954 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Hindu
Director: Frank Ferrin
Cast: Boris Karloff, Reginald Denny, Victor Jory, Lisa Howard, Jeanne Bates, Jay Novello, June Foray, Peter Coe, Lou Krugman, Vito Scotti, Lawrence Dobkin, Nino Marcel, Paul Marion, Louis Merrill
Set in India, this is the story about a religious cult and its very strange practices. Gunga Ram (Nino Marcel) is an elephant driver who swears to avenge the murder of his sister Indria and her husband. To attain his goal, Gunga Ram must overcome the opposition of General Pollegar (Boris Karloff) who the Maharajah of Bakore (Lou Krugman) has ordered to rout out Sabaka worshippers. Then, he plans to destroy Ashok's (Victor Jory) fire shrine of Sabaka and put an end to Ashok's fire-worshipping cult.
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 Sheriff of Tombstone 1941 N/R, 54 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Elyse Knox, Addison Richards, Sally Payne, Harry Woods, Jay Novello, Hal Taliaferro, Zeffie Tilbury, Jack Ingram
Bret and Gabby (Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes) ride into Tombstone and are mistaken for the gunslinger and his sidekick hired by the crooked mayor. Bret goes along with it to expose the mayor, but then the real gunslinger shows up. Who will win the showdown?
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They Met in Bombay 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Jessie Ralph, Reginald Owen, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alan Ladd, Matthew Boulton, Jay Novello, Luis Alberni
Two jewel thieves join forces and romance blooms in this comedy given impetus by Peter Lorre as a greedy ship captain.
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This Rebel Breed 1960 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Black Rebels
Three Shades of Love
Director: Richard L. Bare
Cast: Rita Moreno, Mark Damon, Gerald Mohr, Jay Novello, Eugene Martin, Tom Gilson, Richard Rust, Doug Hume, Richard Laurier, Dyan Cannon, Al Freeman Jr.
Gangs rule in the high school as Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics push drugs and enjoy wild parties. The solution: send in undercover cops Frank and Don (Mark Damon and Doug Hume) to investigate.
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Unholy Partners 1941 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Edward Arnold, Marsha Hunt, Don Beddoe, William T. Orr, Charles Dingle, Frank Faylen, Jay Novello, Laraine Day, Walter Kingsford
Edward G. Robinson plays a struggling editor of a scandal magazine who needs financial support and accepts money (with strings attached) from mob boss Merrill Lambert (Edward Arnold).
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? 1966 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: James Coburn, Dick Shawn, Sergio Fantoni, Aldo Ray, Harry Morgan, Carroll O'Connor, Giovanna Ralli, Leon Askin, Jay Novello, Kurt Kreuger, Rico Cattani, Vito Scotti, William Bryant, Johnny Seven, Art Lewis
During the 1943 Allied invasion of Italy, American soldiers–Capt. Cash (Dick Shawn) and Lt. Christian (James Coburn)–are ordered to invade a strategic town in Italy. The Italian soldiers agree to surrender IF they can first hold the annual soccer game and wine festival. The deal is made. There is aerial reconnaissance, but those viewing from the planes see the celebration and believe it is a battle in progress. American and German soldiers arrive on the scene, and they are greeted by the drunken troops enjoying a wild party.
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The Wonderful Country 1959 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Parrish
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Julie London, Gary Merrill, Pedro Armendariz, Jack Oakie, Albert Dekker, Charles McGraw, John Banner, Jay Novello, Victor Manuel Mendoza
Martin Brady (Robert Mitchum) is 1/2 Irish-American and 1/2 Mexican. As a gunrunner for Governor Castro (Pedro Armendariz), he meets and falls for Ellen Colton (Julie London)–the wife of a cavalry officer (Gary Merrill).
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| 1. The Art of Love (1965)
2. Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)
3. Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
4. Bells of Capistrano (1942)
5. Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
6. The Border Legion (1940)
aka: West of the Badlands
7. The Bullfighters (1945)
8. The Comic (1969)
9. Crime Wave (1954)
10. The Domino Principle (1977)
11. Escape from Zahrain (1962)
12. Harum Scarum (1965)
13. The Iron Mistress (1952)
14. Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
aka: Blood on My Hands
15. Lisbon (1956)
16. The Lost World (1960)
17. The Mad Magician (1954)
18. The Man from Music Mountain (1943)
aka: Texas Legionnaires
19. The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
aka: The Miracle of Fatima
20. Passport to Suez (1943)
21. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
22. The Pride and the Passion (1957)
23. Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)
24. Sabaka (1954)
aka: The Hindu
25. Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)
26. They Met in Bombay (1941)
27. This Rebel Breed (1960)
aka: The Black Rebels
aka: Three Shades of Love
28. Unholy Partners (1941)
29. What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966)
30. The Wonderful Country (1959)
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