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Alice in Wonderland 1951 3 stars

    N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Fantasy / Adventure / Musical
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Cast: Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Richard Haydn, Sterling Holloway, Jerry Colonna, Verna Felton, J. Pat O'Malley, Heather Angel, Bill Thompson, Doris Lloyd, James MacDonald, Queenie Leonard, Larry Grey, Joseph Kearns

  This is Disney's animated version of philosophy teacher Lewis Carroll's classic book about a girl named Alice (voice of Kathryn Beaumont) who falls down the rabbit hole and ends up in a magical, if illogical, world where animals talk. Hit songs include "Alice in Wonderland," "T'was Brillig," "I'm Late," "Painting the Roses Red," and "A Very Merry Un-birthday."

Andy Hardy Comes Home 1958 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Sara Haden, Joey Forman, Jerry Colonna, Vaughn Taylor, Frank Ferguson, William Leslie, Tom Duggan, Teddy Rooney

  Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney), now a West-Coast lawyer and married with children, comes home on business. He wants to arrange for an aircraft factory to be built in his hometown. But, Andy runs into trouble buying land and gets involved in local politics.

Make Mine Music 1946 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Musical
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Jerry Colonna, The Andrews Sisters, Andy Russell, Sterling Holloway, Benny Goodman, Pied Pipers, King's Men, Ken Darby Chorus, Pinto Colvig

  This 10-part Disney animated film features music from the Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, and Nelson Eddy, among others, in various segments.

Meet Me in Las Vegas 1956 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Lili Darvas, Jim Backus, Oscar Karlweis, Paul Henreid, Lena Horne, Frankie Laine, Jerry Colonna

  A gambling rancher (Dan Dailey) finds his luck soars and his bets are all winners when he holds the hand of a ballerina (Cyd Charisse).

Naughty But Nice 1939 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dick Powell, Gale Page, Helen Broderick, Ronald Reagan, Allen Jenkins, Zasu Pitts, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Jerry Colonna, Luis Alberni

  Professor Hardwick (Dick Powell) composes songs with his partner Zelda Manton (Ann Sheridan), but singer Linda McKay (Gale Page) has other plans for his song-writing methods.

Road to Rio 1947 3 stars

    N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Gale Sondergaard, Frank Faylen, Frank Puglia, Jerry Colonna, The Andrews Sisters, Nestor Paiva, Joseph Vitale

  Scat Sweeney (Bing Crosby) and Hot Lips Barton (Bob Hope) hop a ship bound for Rio de Janeiro and help a hypnotized young woman (Dorothy Lamour) who is being forced into an arranged marriage.

Road to Singapore 1940 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Charles Coburn, Judith Barrett, Anthony Quinn, Jerry Colonna, Miles Mander, Pierre Watkin, Steve Pendleton

  This is the first "Road" film; it proved so popular that six more films followed. Josh (Bing Crosby) and Ace (Bob Hope) sail the Pacific Ocean to a tropical island where they meet and vie for the attention of a lovely lady (Dorothy Lamour).

Sis Hopkins 1941 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Judy Canova, Bob Crosby, Charles Butterworth, Jerry Colonna, Susan Hayward, Katharine Alexander, Carol Adams, Lynn Merrick, Charles(2) Lane, Andrew Tombes

  Sis Hopkins (Judy Canova) heads for college in a big city and sings her way to success and popularity.

True to the Army 1942 2 stars

    N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Albert S. Rogell
Cast: Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Judy Canova, Jerry Colonna, Clarence Kolb, William Demarest, Arthur Loft, Rod Cameron, Eddie Acuff, Mary Treen

  This film is a remake of "She Loves Me Not," and was later remade as "How to Be Very, Very Popular." The plot involves a young woman (Judy Canova) who witnesses a murder and then hides out from the perpetrators.

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