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Calypso Heat Wave 1957 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Fred F. Sears
Cast: Johnny Desmond, Merry Anders, Meg Myles, Paul Langton, Joel Grey, Michael Granger, Alan Arkin, George E. Stone

  Jukebox racketeer Barney Pearl (Michael Granger) tries to weasel his way into the business of a calypso-music record company. Watch for Alan Arkin as one of the performing "Tarriers."

China Doll 1958 1 and a half stars

    N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Victor Mature, Ward Bond, Lili Hua, Bob Mathias, Johnny Desmond, Stuart Whitman, Denver Pyle, Elaine Devry, Ann McCrea, Danny Chang, Don "Red" Barry, Tige Andrews

  John Wayne was the executive producer of this film about U.S. Air Force Captain Cliff Brandon (Victor Mature) who, while in China during World War II, marries a Chinese woman and fathers her child. The couple is killed, and 13 years later their daughter (Lili Hua) travels to the United States.

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1. Calypso Heat Wave (1957)
2. China Doll (1958)

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