 Double Indemnity 1944  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather, Tom Powers, Gig Young, Richard Gaines, Fortunio Bonanova, Edmund Cobb, Byron Barr, John Philliber, Clarence Muse, Bess Flowers, Sam McDaniel
Insurance salesman Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray) is persuaded to kill his lover Phyllis' (Barbara Stanwyck) husband (Tom Powers) in order to cash in his insurance policy. The catch is that if the husband is killed by a moving vehicle, the policy will pay double. But, they have not counted on tenacious insurance investigator Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson) who is assigned to the case. Great performances by all. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards–including Best Picture, Actress (Stanwyck), and Director.
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Going My Way 1944  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Rise Stevens, Gene Lockhart, William Frawley, James Brown, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Fortunio Bonanova, Eily Malyon, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Julie Gibson, Georgie Nokes, Martin Garralaga
Besides winning the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writer Awards, both Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won Academy Awards for their roles as Father O'Malley and Father Fitzgibbon. In the film, Father O'Malley is sent to the parish to help the elderly Father Fitzgibbon. It is a heartwarming story about their developing friendship. To top off the Oscars, it also won for Best Song: "Swinging on a Star."
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The Last Round-Up 1947  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Gene Autry, Jean Heather, Ralph Morgan, Carol Thurston, Iron Eyes Cody, Jay Silverheels, Mark Daniels, Robert Blake, Russ Vincent, Trevor Bardette
Gene Autry's nasty job is to get the Indians relocated from a barren stretch of land, which is to be used for a new aqueduct. Needless to say, the Indians don't take too well to another relocation. Several songs break the tension, including "Comin' Round the Mountain."
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Murder, He Says 1945 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Peter Whitney, Mabel Paige, Barbara Pepper, Walter Baldwin, James Flavin
Census taker Pete Marshall (Fred MacMurray) gets more than he bargained for when he knocks on the door of a hillbilly family that distrusts strangers.
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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay 1944 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Gail Russell, Diana Lynn, Charles Ruggles, Dorothy Gish, Beulah Bondi, James Brown, Bill Edwards, Jean Heather, Alma Kruger, Helen Freeman
Set in Europe during 1923 this is the story of Cornelia Otis Skinner (Gail Russell) and Emily Kimbrough (Diana Lynn) as they travel in Europe where romance and misadventures await. Sequel: "Our Hearts Were Growing Up."
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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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| 1. Double Indemnity (1944)
2. Going My Way (1944)
3. The Last Round-Up (1947)
4. Murder, He Says (1945)
5. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
6. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
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