 The Best Man 1964  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Margaret Leighton, Lee Tracy, Edie Adams, Shelley Berman, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Richard Arlen, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, George Kirgo, Tyler McVey
The President of the United States Art Hockstader (Lee Tracy) is dying, and political infighting peaks as two Presidential hopefuls William Russell and Joe Cartwell (Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson) seek the President's blessing. They try so hard to outdo each other that, in the process, they do themselves in. Lee Tracy received an Academy Award nomination for his Supporting Actor's Role.
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Blessed Event 1932 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Lee Tracy, Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Isabel Jewell, George Meeker, Frank McHugh, Tom Dugan, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell
Newspaper columnist Alvin Roberts (Lee Tracy) specializes in reporting on "blessed events" which are started before marriage. When he announces the pregnancy of Dorothy (Isabel Jewell), it changes the lives of both Alvin and Dorothy. Behind the humor is a powerful story.
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Born Reckless 1930  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Catherine Dale Owen, Lee Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Frank Albertson, Warren Hymer, Pat Somerset, William Harrigan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Ferike Boros
Louis Beretti (Edmund Lowe) had been a gangster in the United States, but now he hopes for a reprieve by fighting on the Western Front during World War I.
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 Dinner at Eight 1933 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Jean Hersholt, Madge Evans, Karen Morley, Louise Closser Hale, Phillips Holmes, May Robson, Grant Mitchell
Millicent Jordan (Billie Burke) arranges a dinner party that she believes will help her husband Oliver's (Lionel Barrymore) career. Among the guests are business executive Dan Packard (Wallace Beery) and his wife Kitty (Jean Harlow) who just happens to be having an affair with another guest, Dr. Wayne Talbot (Edmund Lowe). Also at the dinner party are matinee idol Larry Renault (John Barrymore), who is involved with the Jordans' daughter Paula (Madge Evans), and aging stage actress Carlotta (Marie Dressler). The personal lives of the guests at this dinner party are scrutinized, and the result is a highly entertaining, sophisticated comedy.
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1934  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Marshall Nellan
Cast: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, Minna Gombell, Robert McWade, Henry B. Walthall, Kitty Kelly, Baby LeRoy, Clarence Wilson, Charles C. Wilson, Eddie Peabody, Edward LeSaint, Dell Henderson, Ann Sheridan, Lee Shumway
A reformed racetrack tipster (Lee Tracy) finds his past catching up with him as the legal system closes in. This film, based on a Damon Runyon story, was remade in 1951 with Bob Hope playing the title role.
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| 1. The Best Man (1964)
2. Blessed Event (1932)
3. Born Reckless (1930)
4. Dinner at Eight (1933)
5. Doctor X (1932)
6. The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
7. Love Is a Racket (1932)
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