 Angels in the Outfield 1951  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh, Keenan Wynn, Donna Corcoran, Lewis Stone, Spring Byington, Bruce Bennett, Marvin Kaplan, Ellen Corby, Don Haggerty, Jeff Richards, John Gallaudet, King Donovan, Paul Salata, Fred Graham
An angel tells Pittsburgh Pirates baseball manager Guffy McGovern (Paul Douglas) to mend his unholy ways, and, as a reward, guardian angels will help his seventh-place team win the pennant. Guffy agrees, and invisible ghosts of former baseball stars begin to help the Pirates win their games. It turns out that a big fan, orphan girl Bridget White (Donna Corcoran), had prayed for help for the Pirates. While attending a game, Bridget insists that she can see the angels helping the players on the field. Newspaperwoman Jennifer Page (Janet Leigh) publishes Bridget's story, and complications arise big time between scheming sportscaster Fred Bayles (Keenan Wynn) and Guffy. But, despite all the problems, will the Pirates win the N.L. pennant?
|  | |
Cowboy 1958 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Glenn Ford, Jack Lemmon, Brian Donlevy, Anna Kashfi, Dick York, Richard Jaeckel, Strother Martin, King Donovan, Vaughn Taylor, Frank DeKova
Frank Harris (Jack Lemmon) seeks excitement as a cowhand on a roundup. He gets more than he bargained for, but he becomes hardened to the rigors of life, and along the way his partner, Tom Reece (Glenn Ford), softens his own outlook on life.
| | |
The Defiant Ones 1958 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Cara Williams, Lon Chaney Jr., Charles McGraw, King Donovan, Claude Akins, Whit Bissell, Lawrence Dobkin, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Kevin Caughlin
Hatred turns into understanding and finally love when two escaped convicts (Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier) must lean on each other to survive. This movie, about the futility of racial hatred, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, Actor (both Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier), Supporting Actor (Theodore Bikel), Supporting Actress (Cara Williams), Director, and Film Editing. It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
| | |
 The Enforcer 1951 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Bretaigne Windust
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel, Ted de Corsia, Everett Sloane, Roy Roberts, King Donovan, Bob Steele, Don Beddoe, Michael Tolan, Adelaide Klein, Jack Lambert, Tito Vuolo, John Kellogg
This is one good flick about district attorney Martin Ferguson's (Humphrey Bogart) attempt to break up the mob-system of "killers for hire."
| | |
Forever Female 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Ginger Rogers, William Holden, Paul Douglas, James Gleason, Jesse White, Marjorie Rambeau, George Reeves, King Donovan, Marion Ross, Pat Crowley
An aging summer-stock star tries to take on roles meant for much younger actresses in this perceptive, and very funny, story.
| | |
The Hanging Tree 1959 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Gary Cooper, Maria Schell, Karl Malden, Ben Piazza, George C. Scott, Karl Swenson, Virginia Gregg, John Dierkes, King Donovan, Bud Osborne
Doc Joe Frail (Gary Cooper) treats Elizabeth (Maria Schell), a young woman blinded by the sun. Later, when a prospector (Karl Malden) tries to rape Elizabeth, Doc Frail kills him and is doomed to be hanged–until Elizabeth saves him from his fate.
| | |
 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Carolyn Jones, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke, Virginia Christine, Tom Fadden, Kenneth Patterson, Guy Way, Eileen Stevens, Bobby Clark, Beatrice Maude, Jean Andren
Dr. Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) arrives back in town after a medical conference and realizes that his family and neighbors are not behaving in their usual manner. This leads him to discover that they are being taken over by pods from outer space that are draining the people and turning them into zombie-like individuals whose only aim is survival. A sci-fi classic.
| | |
Little Big Horn 1951  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Charles Marquis Warren
Cast: Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland, Marie Windsor, Reed Hadley, Hugh O'Brian, Sheb Wooley, Jim Davis, Wally Cassell, King Donovan, Richard Emory
A group of cavalry soldiers try to warn General George Custer of the Sioux ambush that lies in wait.
| | |
The Merry Widow 1952  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, Richard Haydn, Thomas Gomez, Marcel Dalio, King Donovan, Robert Coote, Gwen Verdon, John Abbott
This is the third film based on France Lehar's operetta about the aristocratic prince (Fernando Lamas) who woos the wealthy American widow (Lana Turner).
| | |
One-Way Street 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hugo Fregonese
Cast: James Mason, Marta Toren, Dan Duryea, William Conrad, King Donovan, Jack Elam, Rock Hudson, Basil Ruysdael, Rodolfo Acosta, Tito Renaldo
Doc Matson (James Mason) helps a gang of robbers and then runs off with the girlfriend (Marta Toren) of the gang's leader. Check out Rock Hudson in an early role as a truck driver.
| | |
The Perfect Furlough 1958 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Keenan Wynn, Elaine Stritch, Janet Leigh, Linda Cristal, Troy Donahue, Marcel Dalio, Les Tremayne, Jay Novello, King Donovan
Tony Curtis plays a soldier stationed in the Arctic when he wins a furlough to Paris where he begins a romance with a military psychiatrist (Janet Leigh).
| | |
Promises! Promises! 1963   N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Promise Her Anything
Director: King Donovan
Cast: Jayne Mansfield, Marie McDonald, Tommy Noonan, Mickey Hargitay, Fritz Feld, T.C. Jones, Claude Stroud, Marjorie Bennett, Eddie Quillan, Victor Lundin, Eileen Barton, Patrick O'Moore
Wanting to conceive a baby, Sandy and Jeff Brooks (Jayne Mansfield and Tommy Noonan) set off on what they think will be a relaxing cruise. Their friends Claire and King Banner (Marie McDonald and Mickey Hargitay) join them, and drinks and revelry ensue resulting in both women becoming pregnant but not sure of who the fathers are. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | Mickey is still a stud | Candy Kane 01/28/2007 | | A slim story made watchable by the gorgeous stud Mickey Hargitay who lifts weights and takes his shirt off as well as his idiotic but busty wife Jayne Mansfield who takes EVERYTHING off in this film. I prefer Mickey's tits to Jayne's. |
|
| | |
The Redhead and the Cowboy 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: Glenn Ford, Rhonda Fleming, Edmond O'Brien, Alan Reed, Morris Ankrum, Edith Evanson, Ralph Byrd, Ray Teal, Douglas Spencer, King Donovan
Set during the Civil War, this is the story of a Confederate courier (Rhonda Fleming) who falls for a Union officer (Glenn Ford).
| | |
 Singin' in the Rain 1952   N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Rita Moreno, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Millard Mitchell, Madge Blake, King Donovan, Kathleen Freeman, Mae Clarke, Stuart Holmes
This is the film featuring Gene Kelly's memorable dance through the rain-splattered street. Kelly plays 1927's silent film star Don Lockwood who has teamed up professionally with Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen), but he prefers spending his personal time with aspiring actress Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds). Now, Don and Lina are set to film their first talkie. Don has no problems, while Lina's shrill voice does not adapt to the microphone. Don finds the solution to the problem by dubbing in Kathy's voice to replace Lina's. This film represents one of the best musicals ever. The songs include "Singin' in the Rain," "You were Meant for Me," "You are My Lucky Star," and "The Broadway Melody." Jean Hagen was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. 1 User Review
| User Review |
| | As Good as it Gets | 1fatts 07/22/2007 | The script is funny. The music is great. The Gene Kelly/Donald O'Connor dancing duets are magic. Debbie Reynolds looks younger than Princess Leia ever did. Jean Hagen steals every scene she is in -- Steals it? She picks it up, tucks it under her arm and carries it away.
Best Line: "I make more money than Calvin Coolidge . . . put together!"
Favorite Trivia: At the end of the film, Debbie Reynolds is supposedly dubbing a song which the Jean Hagen character is mouthing because she cannot sing. In reality, in this one song in the film, Debbie Reynolds is being dubbed by . . . Jean Hagen!
This one is on everyone's list of top ten musicals ever made. But if you know anything about movies, you already know that. |
|
| | |
| 1. Angels in the Outfield (1951)
2. Cowboy (1958)
3. The Defiant Ones (1958)
4. The Enforcer (1951)
5. Forever Female (1953)
6. The Hanging Tree (1959)
7. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
8. Little Big Horn (1951)
9. The Merry Widow (1952)
10. One-Way Street (1950)
11. The Perfect Furlough (1958)
12. Promises! Promises! (1963)
aka: Promise Her Anything
13. The Redhead and the Cowboy (1950)
14. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
In The News
|
