 At the Circus 1939  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Margaret Dumont, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Nat Pendleton, Fritz Feld, James Burke
The Marx Brothers step in to save the circus and encounter a myriad of zany characters (Eve Arden is the Human Fly and Margaret Dumont is shot from a cannon) in the process. One highlight of the film is Groucho's rendition of "Lydia the Tattooed Lady."
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Doughboys in Ireland 1943 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Kenny Baker, Jeff Donnell, Lynn Merrick, Guy Bonham, Harry Shannon, Dorothy Vaughan, Robert Mitchum, Pedro de Cordoba, Herbert Rawlinson, George Tyne
Orchestra leader Danny O'Keefe (Kenny Baker) is drafted into the Army and sent to Ireland where he helps entertain the troops. He strikes up a romance with a local girl (Jeff Donnell), but things get dicey when his state-side girlfriend (Lynn Merrick) shows up as part of a USO troupe. Not much, but another one of many such World War II tension-relievers.
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The Goldwyn Follies 1938  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Vera Zorina, Kenny Baker, Andrea Leeds, Bobby(2) Clark, Edgar Bergen, Alan Ladd, Jerome Cowan, Phil Baker, Ella Logan, Nydia Westman
While this film about producer Oliver Merlin (Adolphe Menjou) (who worries about his next show) is lacking in high marks for entertainment value, George Gershwin (who died during the filming) and his brother Ira contributed two great songs: "Love Walked In" and "Our Love is Here to Stay."
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The Harvey Girls 1946  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Marjorie Main, Kenny Baker, Cyd Charisse, Chill Wills
"On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this musical about the waitresses at Harvey's train station restaurant who have run-ins with the rowdy saloon workers in their town.
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| 1. At the Circus (1939)
2. Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
3. The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
4. The Harvey Girls (1946)
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