The Glass Menagerie 1950   N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Jane Wyman, Kirk Douglas, Gertrude Lawrence, Arthur Kennedy, Ralph Sanford, Ann Tyrrell, John Compton, Sarah Edwards, Louise Lorimer, Sean McClory
This is one of three film adaptations of Tennessee Williams' play about Southern belle Amanda Winfield whose strong nature takes its toll on her two grown children. Not bad, but most will like the other two somewhat better.
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Jesse James Rides Again 1947 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fred C. Brannon, Thomas Carr
Cast: Clayton Moore, Linda Stirling, Roy Barcroft, John Compton, Tristram Coffin, Tom London, Holly Bane, Edmund Cobb, Gene Roth, Fred Graham, LeRoy Mason, Ed Cassidy
In this 13-episode serial, Jesse James (Clayton Moore) is on the run from Missouri and rides into a Tennessee town. He immediately becomes involved in helping local farmers and ranchers take on the bad guys who want their land for the oil beneath the surface. A good serial. Highlight: movie-ending wagon chase.
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Oh! Susanna 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Romance
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Rod Cameron, Lorna Gray, Forrest Tucker, Chill Wills, William Ching, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lydon, Douglas Kennedy, William Haade, James Flavin, Al Bridge, John Compton, Marion Randolph, Charles Stevens
Cavalry officer Captain Calhoun's (Rod Cameron) charter to protect the Sioux Indians and their land from prospectors is made even more difficult due to his boss, cavalry unit leader Lieutenant Colonel Unger (Forrest Tucker), who is an Indian hater. When war breaks out, the Indians attack Unger's fort, and only Calhoun survives.
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| 1. The Glass Menagerie (1950)
2. Jesse James Rides Again (1947)
3. Oh! Susanna (1951)
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