Apartment for Peggy 1948   N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Jeanne Crain, William Holden, Edmund Gwenn, Gene Lockhart, Griff Barnett, Randy Stuart, Marion Marshall, Gene Nelson, Henri Letondal, Houseley Stevenson
Peggy (Jeanne Crain) and her newly wed professor husband, Jason (William Holden), settle into the world of academia in this cute comedy about life in America following World War II. 2 User Reviews
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| | Great old movie | emily a 11/04/2007 | | I saw this movie many years ago. It was one of those late night gems that keep you up until it's over. It's a great comedy that even today would make you laugh out loud. If you want a good movie that reminds you of your favorite classics, this one is most definitely worth watching. |
| | doughjoe 08/11/2007 | | This is an overlooked gem of a film by the director/writer of Miracle on 34th Street and another excellent but hard-to-find film called Little Boy Lost (starring Bing Crosby). Dealing with issues as powerful as suicide and the tension to sacrifice ideals for material gain, Seaton once again shows that skilled directors could work within the Hollywood system and lift films into a higher realm. It is genuinely funny and touching, and - while some of the attitudes of 1948 seem rather dated - there is much that rings true. Excellent performances by Holden, Crain & Gwenn. |
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Belles on Their Toes 1952  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael, Barbara Bates, Martin Milner, Robert Arthur, Verna Felton, Marnie Alton, Jennifer Carmichael
In this sequel to "Cheaper by the Dozen," family patriarch Frank Bunker Gilbreth has died, and his widow (Myrna Loy) is left to raise their 12 children by herself.
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Centennial Summer 1946 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Cornel Wilde, Linda Darnell, William Eythe, Walter Brennan, Constance Bennett, Dorothy Gish, Barbara Whiting, Harry Strang, Kathleen Howard
Jerome Kern songs highlight this film. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Musical Score and Best Song ("All Through the Day"). The story is about the Rogers family and is set amidst the 1877 centennial celebration in Philadelphia.
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 Cheaper by the Dozen 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan, Barbara Bates, Mildred Natwick, Sara Allgood, Jimmy Hunt, Carol Nugent
This film is based on the true story of the Gilbreth family whose father (Clifton Webb) was an advocate of work efficiency in raising his family of 12 children who endure a multitude of comedic situations to achieve their father's goal. A sequel to this movie, "Belles on Their Toes," followed in 1952.
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City of Bad Men 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Richard Boone, Lloyd Bridges, Carl Betz, Carole Mathews, Whitfield Connor, Hugh Sanders, Rodolfo Acosta, Don Haggerty
During the 1890s, the Corbett-Fitzsimmons boxing match became a magnet for three outlaws whose plan was to make off with proceeds from the championship bout.
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Dangerous Crossing 1953 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Max Showalter, Carl Betz, Mary Anderson, Marjorie Hoshelle, Willis Bouchey, Yvonne Peattie, Carl Ludwig Lindt, Gayne Whitman, Anthony Jochim, Charles Tannen, Stanley Andrews, William Tannen, Adrienne Marden
Ruth and John Bowman (Jeanne Crain and Carl Betz) are enjoying a trans-Atlantic honeymoon cruise when John disappears. Ruth searches for John, but no one remembers John being on board, and their cabin number does not match with their names. To make matters worse, the passenger list has Ruth listed under her maiden name. Then the ship's doctor, Paul Manning (Michael Rennie), gets involved and helps Ruth uncover what has really happened to her husband.
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The Fastest Gun Alive 1956 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, John Dehner, Noah Beery Jr., Allyn Joslyn, Russ Tamblyn, Leif Erickson, Rhys Williams, Virginia Gregg
An ex-gunfighter, George Temple (Glenn Ford), tries to live an honest life but finds himself forced into one more showdown.
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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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Guns of the Timberland 1960 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert D. Webb
Cast: Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon, Lyle Bettger, Noah Beery Jr., Verna Felton, Regis Toomey, Paul E. Burns, Henry Kulky
Set in the Pacific Northwest, this is a tale about problems that erupt over difference of opinions over land use between loggers and other members of the community.
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Home in Indiana 1944 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Walter Brennan, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, June Haver, Charlotte Greenwood, Ward Bond, Charles Dingle, George Cleveland, Roger Imhof, Tom Dugan
Young Sparke Thornton (Lon McCallister) moves to the country where he and J.F. "Thunder" Bolt (Walter Brennan) raise a blind filly that becomes a prize-winning horse. This story was remade as "April Love."
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I'll Get By 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven, Dennis Day, Harry James, Thelma Ritter, Steve Allen, Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Victor Mature
This remake of 1940's "Tin Pan Alley" doesn't have much of a plot–the emphasis is on the music, and there are many old standards. Two singers (June Haver and Gloria DeHaven) plug songs for a writer/musical producer team (William Lundigan and Dan Dailey). Romance is on the way.
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The Joker Is Wild 1957 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: All the Way
Director: Charles Vidor
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, Eddie Albert, Beverly Garland, Jackie Coogan, Ted de Corsia, Sophie Tucker, Barry Kelley, Ned Glass
"All the Way" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this biography of Prohibition-era nightclub performer Joe E. Lewis (Frank Sinatra) who overcame adversities to rise to the top.
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Leave Her to Heaven 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Mary Philips, Reed Hadley
Beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) is a psychopath who marries Richard Harlan (Cornel Wilde) and destroys everyone around her–including herself. Tierney received an Academy Award nomination.
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A Letter to Three Wives 1949  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence, Jeffrey Lynn, Connie Gilchrist, Florence Bates, Hobart Cavanaugh
Three women receive a letter from their close friend telling them she has run off with one of their husbands. Through flashbacks, the wives review their individual marriages. Joseph L. Mankiewicz won the Academy Award for Best Director, and a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Madison Avenue 1962 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Howard St. John, Eddie Albert, Eleanor Parker, Jeanne Crain, Henry Daniell, Kathleen Freeman, Grady Sutton, Michael Ford, David White
Executives in the field of advertising, Clint Lorimer (Dana Andrews) and Anne Tremaine (Eleanor Parker), differ in their methods of interacting with others in their cutthroat business world.
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Man Without a Star 1955 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Crain, Claire Trevor, William Campbell, Richard Boone, Mara Corday, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam, George Wallace, Paul Birch
Dempsey Rae (Kirk Douglas) is a drifter who helps Jeff Jimson (William Campbell) learn the ropes of being a cowboy. At the same time, he stays in one place just long enough to help Reed Bowman (Jeanne Crain) protect her land while he carries on a romance with dancehall hostess, Idonee (Claire Trevor). By film's end, Rae is drifting on to the next town.
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O. Henry's Full House 1952 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
Cast: Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Dale Robertson, Richard Widmark, Anne Baxter, Jean Peters, Fred Allen, Oscar Levant, Jeanne Crain
John Steinbeck narrated this film consisting of five of O. Henry's classic short stories: "The Clarion Call," "The Ransom of Red Chief," "The Gift of the Magi," The Cop and the Anthem," and "The Last Leaf."
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People Will Talk 1951 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Finlay Currie, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Sidney Blackmer, Margaret Hamilton, Will Wright, Katherine Locke, Basil Ruysdael
While under investigation by his colleagues, a doctor (Cary Grant) teaching at the university does not help his case when he marries a young, pregnant woman (Jeanne Crain).
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Pinky 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elia Kazan
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Nina Mae McKinney, William Lundigan, Basil Ruysdael, Griff Barnett, Evelyn Varden, Raymond Greenleaf, Arthur Hunnicutt
The absurdity of racial prejudice is shown in this film about a Black woman (Jeanne Crain) who passes for White in the Deep South. Crain was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, and both Ethel Barrymore and Ethel Waters were nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
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Skyjacked 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Sky Terror
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Uggams, Claude Akins, Ken Swofford, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry
A commercial jetliner piloted by Captain O'Hara (Charlton Heston) is skyjacked by a maniac (James Brolin) and is forced to fly to the Soviet Union.
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 State Fair 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: It Happened One Summer
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh, Percy Kilbride, Harry Morgan
A farm family heads for the Iowa State Fair in this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical featuring the Academy Award winning song, "It Might as Well Be Spring." A good remake of the 1933 hit.
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Take Care of My Little Girl 1951  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, George Nader, Helen Westcott, Gail Davis, Betty Lynn, Natalie Schafer
Mid-century campus life is depicted in this love story about sorority girl Liz Erickson (Jeanne Crain) and her romance with Joe Blake (Dale Robertson). Get out your handkerchiefs!
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Vicki 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Harry Horner
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Elliott Reid, Richard Boone, Max Showalter, Alexander D'Arcy, Carl Betz, Aaron Spelling, John Dehner, Roy Engel, Parley Baer, Stuart Randall, Russ Conway, Frank Fenton, Frank Gerstle
Following the murder of supermodel Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters), police Lt. Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) vigorously steps into the case. He had been in love with Vicki before she gained success and has blamed her publicity man, Steve Christopher (Elliott Reed), for taking her away from him. Now, Cornell is determined to convict Christopher in what seems to be a personal vendetta. But Christopher, with help from Vicki's sister, Jill (Jeanne Crain), tracks down the identity of the real killer and puts an end to the madness.
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With Fire and Sword 1962  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
aka: Daggers of Blood
Director: Fernando Cerchio
Cast: Jeanne Crain, John Drew Barrymore, Pierre Brice, Akim Tamiroff, Elena Zareschi, Gordon Mitchell, Raoul Grassilli, Bruno Nessi, Eleonora Vargas, Gabriella Andreini
Set in 18th-century Europe, this film tells the story of the jilted lover (John Drew Barrymore) of Princess Helen (Jeanne Crain) who wreaks havoc throughout the countryside. He takes the Princess hostage, but her hero (Pierre Brice) comes to the rescue. Based on a novel by Henryk Sienkewicz (author of "Quo Vadis").
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| 1. Apartment for Peggy (1948)
2. Belles on Their Toes (1952)
3. Centennial Summer (1946)
4. Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)
5. City of Bad Men (1953)
6. Dangerous Crossing (1953)
7. The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
8. The Gang's All Here (1943)
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
9. Guns of the Timberland (1960)
10. Home in Indiana (1944)
11. In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
12. I'll Get By (1950)
13. The Joker Is Wild (1957)
aka: All the Way
14. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
15. A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
16. Madison Avenue (1962)
17. Man Without a Star (1955)
18. O. Henry's Full House (1952)
19. People Will Talk (1951)
20. Pinky (1949)
21. Skyjacked (1972)
aka: Sky Terror
22. State Fair (1945)
aka: It Happened One Summer
23. Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
24. Vicki (1953)
25. With Fire and Sword (1962)
aka: Daggers of Blood
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