The Bachelor Party 1957  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delbert Mann
Cast: Don Murray, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Philip Abbott, Larry Blyden, Patricia Smith, Carolyn Jones, Nancy Marchand, Robert Williams, Karen Norris, Arthur Tovey, Jeffrey Sayre
Written by Paddy Chayefsky, this is the story of a rowdy bachelor party thrown for quiet bookkeeper Arnold (Philip Abbott) on the eve of his wedding. The only other bachelor in the group, Eddie (Jack Warden), has planned the bash that includes hitting bars and a porn theater. During the course of the evening, the married men–Walter (E.G. Marshall) and Charlie (Don Murray)–reveal their own marital difficulties, and Charlie must decide whether or not to cheat on his wife with a beatnik (Carolyn Jones) who he meets at a Greenwich Village party. By the end of the bachelor party, the guest-of-honor as well as the party givers are affected by their night of revelry. Carolyn Jones was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.
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Fear Strikes Out 1957  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Mulligan
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Karl Malden, Norma Moore, Adam Williams, Perry Wilson, Edd Byrnes, Bart Burns, Bing Russell, Peter J. Votrian, Don Brodie, Richard Bull, June Jocelyn, George Pembroke, Jeffrey Sayre, Gary Vinson
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall (Anthony Perkins) suffered from mental illness that led to a nervous breakdown. This is the story of how his desire to please his pugnacious father, John (Karl Malden), brought on the breakdown and how Jimmy fights to overcome adversity and return to baseball.
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 The Girl Next Door 1953 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer, Clinton Sundberg, Hayden Rorke, Mary Jane Saunders, May Wynn, Herb Vigran, Jeffrey Sayre, Mona Knox, Gordon Clark, Michael Ross
Singing star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) is tired of city life, so she moves to a home in suburbia. Widower Bill Carter (Dan Dailey), a cartoonist, lives next door with his 10-year-old son Joe (Billy Gray). Jeannie and Bill fall in love. But, will their new relationship create problems between Bill and Joe?
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In the Good Old Summertime 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. Sakall, Spring Byington, Clinton Sundberg, Buster Keaton, Liza Minnelli, Lillian Bronson, Marcia Van Dyke, William Forrest, Joi Lansing, Howard M. Mitchell, Everett Glass, Jeffrey Sayre, Frank Mayo
Remade as a musical from the original film, "The Shop Around the Corner," this delightful story is about music-store clerk Veronica (Judy Garland) whose pen pal is, in reality, her hard-to-get-along-with co-worker Andrew (Van Johnson). In life, they detest each other but do not realize that they are pen pals because they do not sign their real names. They fall in love on paper, but will that love remain strong when the truth comes out?
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Men of San Quentin 1942  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: J. Anthony Hughes, Eleanor Stewart, Dick Curtis, Charles Middleton, Jeffrey Sayre, George P. Breakston, Art Mills, John Ince, Michael Mark, Jack Cheatham
Prison guard Jack Holden (J. Anthony Hughes) is promoted to warden of San Quentin Prison and begins to institute reforms. But, his ideas will be put to the test during an attempted prison break when his expertise pays off, and Holden is able to prevent the escape.
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Mutiny in the Big House 1939  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Charles Bickford, Barton MacLane, Pat Moriarity, Dennis Moore, William Royle, Charley Foy, George Cleveland, Russell Hopton, Nigel De Brulier, Jeffrey Sayre, Eddie Foster, Dave O'Brien
Johnny (Dennis Moore) is sent to prison for forging a check. The prison Chaplain (Charles Bickford) attempts to bring salvation to the new arrival while hardened criminal Red (Barton MacLane) tries to involve Johnny in a prison break.
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| 1. The Bachelor Party (1957)
2. Fear Strikes Out (1957)
3. The Girl Next Door (1953)
4. In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
5. Men of San Quentin (1942)
6. Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
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