The Bigamist 1953  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ida Lupino
Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn, Kenneth Tobey, Jane Darwell, Peggy Maley, John Maxwell, Lillian Fontaine, Mac Williams, James Todd, James Young
A lonely traveling salesman (Edmond O'Brien) has a sterile relationship with his wife (Joan Fontaine). While visiting Los Angeles on a business trip, he meets a woman (Ida Lupino) who works in a sleazy restaurant, and ends up marrying her. His dual life is revealed when his frequent trips from his San Francisco home are questioned when he and wife # one are in the process of adoption.
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Borrowed Hero 1941  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis D. Collins
Cast: Alan Baxter, Florence Rice, John Hamilton, Constance Worth, Stanley Andrews, Marlo Dwyer, Richard Terry, Mary Gordon, Jerry Marlowe, George Dobbs, Paul Everton, Guy Usher, John Maxwell, Karl Hackett
Crusading young attorney Roger Anderson (Alan Baxter) gets help from newspaper reporter Ann Thompson (Florence Rice)–who just happens to be Roger's girlfriend. As a result of their combined efforts, Roger cracks a crime syndicate, brings it to justice, and becomes a national hero.
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Boss of Big Town 1943 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Dreifuss
Cast: John Litel, Florence Rice, H.B. Warner, Jean Brooks, John Miljan, David Bacon, Mary Gordon, Frank Ferguson, John Maxwell, Paul Dubov, Lloyd Ingraham
Mobsters try to get control of the dairy and produce wholesale market, and they succeed–until the supervisor (John Litel) of the city market finally takes actions that lead police to the gangsters.
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes, Russell Arms, Maria Palmer, Geraldine Wall, John Maxwell
William Sherman (Gordon MacRae) returns home from the army, and his fiancee, Marjorie Winfield (Doris Day), is perplexed when he wants to delay their marriage until he is financially solvent. Great songs by Doris (and Gordon).
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 Honky Tonk 1941  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Frank Morgan, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Main, Albert Dekker, Chill Wills, Henry O'Neill, John Maxwell, Morgan Wallace
A wily gambler, Candy Johnson (Clark Gable), meets a lovely lady, Elizabeth (Lana Turner), on the train traveling to Nevada. Over the years, Candy becomes a corrupt politician, but he does marry the fair Elizabeth. Remade in 1974.
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Iron Man 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Evelyn Keyes, Stephen McNally, Joyce Holden, Rock Hudson, Jim Backus, James Arness, George Baxter, John Maxwell, Larry J. Blake
In this remake of the 1931 film, coalminer Coke Mason (Jeff Chandler) becomes a boxer to earn money to buy a radio store despite problems with his wife, Rose (Evelyn Keyes).
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Man from Headquarters 1942 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, John Maxwell, Dick Elliott, Byron Foulger, Robert Kellard, Arthur O'Connell, Mel Ruick, Gwen Kenyon, Jack Mulhall, Paul Bryar, Maynard Holmes, Max Hoffman Jr., Christine McIntyre, Charlie Hall
After helping to solve a gangland murder, Chicago police reporter Larry Doyle (Frank Albertson) is kidnapped by mobsters and dumped on a train to prevent him from testifying. He wakes up in St. Louis and befriends Ann (Joan Woodbury). Together, they return to Chicago and–despite problems with the mobsters along the way–out-fox the gang boss Louis Padroni (Max Hoffman Jr.) at his own game.
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The Paleface 1948 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Charles Trowbridge, Jeff York, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian, Bobby Watson, Jackie Searl, Joseph Vitale, Clem Bevans, Stanley Andrews, Wade Crosby, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody, John Maxwell
The song "Buttons and Bows" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this very entertaining comedy about the romance and marriage of Calamity Jane (Jane Russell) and frontier dentist "Painless" Peter Potter (Bob Hope) who she meets while investigating the selling of rifles to Indians.
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Without Warning 1952 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
aka: The Story Without a Name
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Adam Williams, Meg Randall, Ed Binns, Harlan Warde, John Maxwell, Angela Stevens, Byron Kane, Charles Tannen, Marilee Phelps, Robert Foulk, Robert Shayne, Connie Vera
After his wife leaves him, Carl Martin (Adam Williams) turns into a raging maniac as he picks up look-alikes for his wife and kills them with a pair of garden shears.
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| 1. The Bigamist (1953)
2. Borrowed Hero (1941)
3. Boss of Big Town (1943)
4. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
5. Honky Tonk (1941)
6. Iron Man (1951)
7. Man from Headquarters (1942)
8. The Paleface (1948)
9. Without Warning (1952)
aka: The Story Without a Name
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