Best Foot Forward 1943  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Tommy Dix, Nancy Walker, June Allyson, Kenny Bowers, Gloria DeHaven, Beverly Tyler, Chill Wills
When Cadet Bud Hooper (Tommy Dix) invites movie star Lucille Ball (playing herself) to the Winsocki Military Academy prom, her acceptance opens the floodgates for problems.
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Blackout 1978  R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Eddy Matalon
Cast: James Mitchum, Robert Carradine, Belinda Montgomery, June Allyson, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Ray Milland, Don Granberry, Terry Haig, Victor B. Tyler, Fred Doederlein
Four psychotic criminals terrorize the people living in a Manhattan high-rise apartment complex during the 1977 power blackout.
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The Bride Goes Wild 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins, Hume Cronyn, Una Merkel, Arlene Dahl, Lloyd Corrigan, Elisabeth Risdon, Clara Blandick, Richard Derr
The author of children stories, Greg Rawlings (Van Johnson) pretends to be a widower father when he courts schoolteacher Martha Terrytown (June Allyson).
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Executive Suite 1954  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: William Holden, Tim Considine, William Phipps, June Allyson, Fredric March, Barbara Stanwyck, Shelley Winters, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Paul Douglas
Big business, with all of its perks and flaws, is exposed in this film. Loren Shaw (Fredric March) and his forces work against McDonald Walling (William Holden) and his supporters in the struggle for the position of president of Treadway Corporation.
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Girl Crazy 1943 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton, Robert E. Strickland, Rags Ragland, June Allyson, Nancy Walker, Guy Kibbee, Henry O'Neill, Irving Bacon
Gershwin tunes "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," and "But Not for Me" highlight this film about college students who work to stave off bankruptcy for their school. One of the best Rooney/Garland musicals
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The Glenn Miller Story 1954 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Charles Drake, George Tobias, Harry Morgan, Frances Langford, Louis Armstrong, Barton MacLane, Irving Bacon, Marion Ross
Trombonist bandleader Glenn Miller was killed in a plane crash during World War II. James Stewart plays the title role of Miller's rise to fame during the big-band era of 1940s' swing music.
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Good News 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Patricia Marshall, Joan McCracken, Mel Torme, Donald MacBride, Tom Dugan, Connie Gilchrist, Morris Ankrum, Clinton Sundberg
"Varsity Drag" and "The French Lesson" are just two of the entertaining musical numbers in this film featuring June Allyson as Connie Lane, the Tate College librarian who falls for the school's football hero, Tommy Marlowe (Peter Lawford).
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Her Highness and the Bellboy 1945 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Robert Walker, June Allyson, Carl Esmond, Agnes Moorehead, Rags Ragland, Warner Anderson, Ludwig Stossel, George Cleveland, Konstantin Shayne, Tom Trout, Ben Lessy, Patty Moore, Edward Gargan, Ann Codee
Princess Veronica (Hedy Lamarr) visits New York searching for reporter Paul MacMillan (Warner Anderson) who she became enamored with when he visited her country. At the Eaton Hotel, Veronica meets bellboy Jimmy Dobson and insists that he escort her around the city while she tracks down Paul. Billy regularly visits invalid Leslie Odell (June Allyson) who becomes jealous when he tells her about Veronica. Billy and Veronica visit a bar that gets raided, and Veronica is put in jail. Paul does appear to bail her out, and she learns that her father, the king, has died and that she is now the queen. By story's end, Valerie and Paul are a couple, and Jimmy and Leslie have discovered their love for each other.
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 Little Women 1949 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Mary Astor, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien, Rossano Brazzi, Lucile Watson, C. Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth Patterson, Leon Ames, Harry Davenport, Ellen Corby, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Wyler
Louisa May Alcott's story relates the good and bad times of young sisters–Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor), and Beth (Margaret O'Brien)–growing up during the Civil War. They are home in New England with their mother Marmee (Mary Astor) and waiting for news from their father (Leon Ames) who is serving as chaplain for the Union forces at the war front. The story continues on after the war with Beth's death, Meg's and Amy's marriages, and Jo finding her true love in Professor Bhaer (Rossano Brazzi).
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The McConnell Story 1955 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen, Robert Ellis, Willis Bouchey, Sarah Selby, Gregory Walcott, Frank Ferguson, Perry Lopez
This is a fictionalized biography of Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., a jet pilot who returned from the Korean War as a hero but lost his life while performing as a test pilot.
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 My Man Godfrey 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: June Allyson, David Niven, Jessie Royce Landis, Robert Keith, Eva Gabor, Jay Robinson, Martha Hyer, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Anderson, Eric Sinclair, Dabbs Greer, Harry Cheshire, Fred Essler, Jack Mather, Paul Levitt
While on a scavenger hunt for a "Forgotten Man," socialite Irene Bullock (June Allyson) finds down-on-his-luck Godfrey (David Niven) and brings him back to the party hoping to win the prize. That event leads to Godfrey being taken into the Bullock home where he serves as the family's butler and works to bring some sense into the lives of the screwball Bullock family.
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The Opposite Sex 1956 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Miller
Cast: June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Leslie Nielsen, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood, Joan Blondell, Jim Backus
This remake of 1939's "The Women" features June Allison as the wife who connives to get her wandering husband back. Good, but not quite as good as the earlier version, and is now a musical.
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Right Cross 1950 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges
Cast: June Allyson, Dick Powell, Ricardo Montalban, Lionel Barrymore, Tom Powers, Kenneth Tobey, Teresa Celli, Barry Kelley, Mimi Aguglia, Marilyn Monroe
A Mexican prizefighter (Ricardo Montalban) and a sports writer (Dick Powell) vie for the attentions of the fighter's female manager (June Allyson).
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The Sailor Takes a Wife 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Robert Walker, June Allyson, Hume Cronyn, Audrey Totter, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Reginald Owen, Gerald Oliver Smith, Moyna MacGill, Anna Q. Nilsson, Franklin Pangborn, Lillian Yarbo, Shimen Ruskin, George Sorel, Jack Luden, Phillip Pine
One evening during 1944, a sailor, John Hill (Robert Walker), shares a carriage with Mary (June Allyson), and they fall in love. They marry that night, and John ships out immediately after the ceremony. John is discharged from the Navy a short time later and returns to Mary, but they are basically strangers, and many complications lie ahead.
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Strategic Air Command 1955 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Lovejoy, Barry Sullivan, Jay C. Flippen, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan, Don Haggerty, Strother Martin, Alex Nicol
Called back into the military service, professional baseball player Robert Holland resumes his rank of lieutenant colonel and is introduced to the challenges inherent in the Strategic Air Command.
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The Stratton Story 1949 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorehead, Bill Williams, Bruce Cowling, Cliff Clark, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Gist, Michael Ross
This film is based on the true story of Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton (James Stewart) who courageously returned to baseball after losing his leg in a hunting accident.
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That's Entertainment! 1974  G, 127 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Documentary
Director: Jack Haley Jr.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Gene Kelly, Peter Lawford, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, Liza Minnelli, Donald O'Connor, Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, June Allyson, Ray Bolger, Cyd Charisse, Maurice Chevalier
This entertaining film contains classics from M.G.M. movies over a 29-year period from 1929 to 1958 and includes many stars as hosts.
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That's Entertainment!, Part III 1994 G, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Documentary / Musical
Director: Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan
Cast: June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Esther Williams, Joan McCracken, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Ray Bolger, Jeanette MacDonald
This third version of "That's Entertainment" is every bit as good as the previous ones. This time, out-takes are included in the film clips of M.G.M. classics from 1929 to 1954.
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The Three Musketeers 1948 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Vincent Price, Gig Young, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn, Reginald Owen, Frank Morgan, John Sutton, Robert Coote, Ian Keith, Patricia Medina, Richard Wyler
For the sheer fun of spotting many MGM stars, this is a good rendition of the Alexandre Dumas classic novel about D'Artagnan (Gene Kelly) and the musketeers'–Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (Van Heflin, Gig Young, and Robert Coote)–reaction to Louis XIII (Frank Morgan) and the calculating Cardinal Richelieu (Vincent Price).
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 Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 N/R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Robert Walker, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Paul Langton, Paul Maxey, Dorothy Patrick
An all-star cast singing Jerome Kern's songs make this account of Kern's life and times an entertaining experience. Kern's story begins and ends with his Broadway show, "Showboat," and is told through flashbacks as Kern sells his songs, moves to London, and marries Eva (Dorothy Patrick). Then, his contacts with Victor Herbert (Paul Maxey) and Oscar Hammerstein (Paul Langton) lead to success on Broadway. Songs are abundant and are sung by top musical stars of the day.
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Too Young to Kiss 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: June Allyson, Van Johnson, Gig Young, Paula Corday, Larry Keating, Hans Conried, Kathryn Givney, Esther Dale, Jonathan Cott, Lisa Ferraday
Struggling pianist Cynthia Potter (June Allyson) stops at nothing–even pretending to be a child prodigy–to pursue her career.
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Woman's World 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl, Cornel Wilde, Elliott Reid, Margalo Gillmore, Alan Reed
Clifton Webb plays a corporate executive who chooses his new manager from three candidates and decides to base their qualifications on the abilities of their wives.
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Words and Music 1948 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Ann Sothern, Perry Como, Janet Leigh, Mel Torme
This is the biography of Lorenz Hart who, as part of the team with Richard Rogers, wrote so many great Broadway shows. A highlight of the film is Gene Kelly's dance to "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."
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You Can't Run Away from It 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye, Henny Youngman, Allyn Joslyn, Jack Albertson, Walter Baldwin, Byron Foulger, Louise Beavers, Richard H. Cutting, Raymond Greenleaf
This remake of "It Happened One Night" has been set to music as it re-tells the story of heiress Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) who runs away from her impending marriage and discovers real love in the person of newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon).
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| 1. Battle Circus (1953)
2. Best Foot Forward (1943)
3. Blackout (1978)
4. The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
5. Executive Suite (1954)
6. Girl Crazy (1943)
7. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
8. Good News (1947)
9. Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)
10. High Barbaree (1947)
11. Letters from Three Lovers (1973)
12. Little Women (1949)
13. The McConnell Story (1955)
14. My Man Godfrey (1957)
15. The Opposite Sex (1956)
16. Right Cross (1950)
17. The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
18. Strategic Air Command (1955)
19. The Stratton Story (1949)
20. That's Entertainment! (1974)
21. That's Entertainment!, Part III (1994)
22. The Three Musketeers (1948)
23. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
24. Too Young to Kiss (1951)
25. Woman's World (1954)
26. Words and Music (1948)
27. You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
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