 At the Circus 1939  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Nat Pendleton, Fritz Feld, James Burke, Jerry Maren, Barnett Parker, Irving Bacon, Willie Best, Frank Darien
When circus owner Jeff Wilson (Kenny Baker) is robbed by his partner Carter (James Burke), underhanded lawyer J. Cheever Loophole (Groucho Marx) and circus hands Antonio (Chico Marx) and Punchy (Harpo Marx) step in to save the circus. They encounter a myriad of zany characters and events–Eve Arden plays the Human Fly "Peerless Pauline," and wealthy Mrs. Dukesbury (Margaret Dumont) is shot from a cannon. One highlight of the film is Groucho's rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady."
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The Being 1983  R, 79 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
aka: Easter Sunday
The Pottsville Horror
Director: Jackie Kong
Cast: Martin Landau, Jose Ferrer, Dorothy Malone, Ruth Buzzi, Marianne Gordon, Murray Langston, Kinky Friedman, Johnny Dark, Bill Osco, Kent Perkins, Ellen Blake, Roxanne Cybelle, Jerry Maren, Eric Helland, Bill Rawlinson
It seems that a boy was turned into a beast (created from nuclear waste, no less) and is terrorizing Pottsville, Idaho, where the citizens are disappearing. Although detective Mortimer Lutz (Bill Osco) attempts to investigate, the town's mayor, Gordon Lane (Jose Ferrer), tries to stop him because he is trying to protect the economic interests of the town's potato crop. The film sat around on the shelves for about three years before being let out to terrorize the public.
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore 1944  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: And So They Were Married
Director: Joe May
Cast: Simone Simon, James Ellison, William Terry, Minna Gombell, Robert Mitchum, Chick Chandler, Alan Dinehart, Gladys Blake, Grady Sutton, Milton Kibbee, Dorothy Granger, Chester Clute, Jerry Maren, Janet Shaw, Charles Williams
When Johnny's (William Terry) girlfriend Kathie Aumont (Simone Simon) needs a Washington, D.C. apartment, he hands over the keys to his lodgings. The only problem is that he has also given keys to a number of his friends who manage to arrive day and night.
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| 1. At the Circus (1939)
2. The Being (1983)
aka: Easter Sunday
aka: The Pottsville Horror
3. Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)
aka: And So They Were Married
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