The Absent-Minded Professor 1961  G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Tommy Kirk, Ed Wynn, Elliott Reid, Edward Andrews, Wally Brown, Forrest Lewis, David Lewis, Jack Mullaney, James Westerfield, Belle Montrose, Wally Boag
When eccentric college chemistry professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) accidentally creates Flubber, the anti-gravity version of Silly Putty, the local college basketball team uses airborne slam-dunks against their archrivals. There is romance, in which Ned tries to win back his fiancee Betsy (Nancy Olson), along with other amusing complications as well in this Disney film.
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Ambush 1949  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Taylor, John Hodiak, Arlene Dahl, Don Taylor, Jean Hagen, Bruce Cowling, Leon Ames, John McIntire, Chief Thundercloud, Pat Moriarity
An Indian is involved in tracking a missing woman in this run-of-the mill Western which pits the U.S. Cavalry against the Apaches.
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 Anchors Aweigh 1945  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Dean Stockwell, Leon Ames, Edgar Kennedy, Steve Brodie, Pamela Britton, Grady Sutton, Rags Ragland, Billy Gilbert, Henry O'Neill, James Flavin, Sharon McManus
This story revolves around two sailors, Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra), on shore leave who help aspiring singer Susan Abbott (Kathryn Grayson) get an audition. Love blooms between Joe and Susan. The highlight of this film is Kelly's dance with the animated mouse, Jerry. Among the nominations this film received for Academy Awards were Best Picture, Actor (Gene Kelly), Cinematography, and Song ("I Fall in Love Too Easily"). It won for Best Musical Score.
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Angel Face 1952 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Jim Backus, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf, Griff Barnett, Robert Gist, Morgan Farley, Bess Flowers, Herbert Lytton
When a beautiful–but psychotic–rich woman, Diane (Jean Simmons), plots to kill her stepmother Catherine (Barbara O'Neil), ambulance driver Frank (Robert Mitchum) unwittingly becomes involved in the crime. Frank is hired as the family chauffeur, and Diane fixes the car so that it goes over a cliff, but the accident kills not only Catherine but Diane's father Charles (Herbert Marshall) as well. Frank and Diane are now charged with murder. In an effort to sway the jury, Diane's lawyer (Leon Ames) suggests Diane and Frank marry, they do, and are acquitted. After being freed, Frank realizes that he cannot be married to a murderess and tells Diane that he is leaving her. Not a good move because Diane now puts the car into reverse, they fall over a cliff, and hurtle to their deaths.
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Battleground 1949  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland, Don Taylor, Richard Jaeckel, Leon Ames, Bruce Cowling, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Anderson, Thomas E. Breen, Denise Darcel
The Battle of the Bulge provides the setting for this realistic look at the pathos of war. Led by Holley (Van Johnson), the men of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division spend the winter of 1945 in the Ardennes Forest preparing to battle the German army. Trapped and demoralized, the men do manage to work together to defend their position. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director (William A. Wellman), and Supporting Actor (James Whitmore, for his role as the battle-scarred sergeant, Kinnie). It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Edward Everett Horton, David Niven, Elizabeth Patterson, Herman Bing, Warren Hymer, Franklin Pangborn, Rolfe Sedan, Lawrence Grant, Armand Cortes, Lionel Pape, Tyler Brooke, Leon Ames, Joseph Crehan
Multimillionaire Michael Brandon (Gary Cooper) has been married seven times, but he finally meets his match in wife #8 (Claudette Colbert). She has ulterior motives for the marriage, which come to naught when she ultimately falls in love with Michael.
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes, Russell Arms, Maria Palmer, Geraldine Wall, John Maxwell
William Sherman (Gordon MacRae) returns home from the army, and his fiancee, Marjorie Winfield (Doris Day), is perplexed when he wants to delay their marriage until he is financially solvent. Great songs by Doris (and Gordon).
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Charlie Chan on Broadway 1937 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Woods, Leon Ames, Marc Lawrence, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Lon Chaney Jr.
After two people are murdered, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) investigates and enters a world of political corruption and gossip columnists on the Broadway scene.
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Cipher Bureau 1938 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Joan Woodbury, Don Dillaway, Tenen Holtz, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Walter Bonn, Si Wills, George Lynn, Jason Robards Sr., Hooper Atchley, Carl Stockdale
In this pre-World War II spy story, Leon Ames plays the role of Intelligence agent Philip Waring who, with his aide, Helen (Charlotte Wynters), works for the Cipher Bureau trying to break the code of German spies. Followed a year later by "Panama Patrol."
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Crisis 1950  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Cary Grant, Jose Ferrer, Paula Raymond, Signe Hasso, Gilbert Roland, Leon Ames, Ramon Novarro, Antonio Moreno, Pedro de Cordoba, Soledad Jimenez
Doctor Eugene Norland Ferguson (Cary Grant) and his wife, Helen (Paula Raymond) are kidnapped while vacationing in Central America. The doctor is then forced to perform needed brain surgery on a dictator–the kidnappers want the dictator to die as a result of the surgery.
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A Date with Judy 1948 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack, Leon Ames, Selena Royle, Scotty Beckett, George Cleveland
Judy Foster (Jane Powell) and Carol Pringle (Elizabeth Taylor) compete for the attention of an older man, Stephen I. Andrews (Robert Stack). Featured songs include "Cuanto La Gusta" and "It's a Most Unusual Day."
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Death in the Air 1936  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Pilot X
Death in the Sky
Director: Elmer Clifton
Cast: Lona Andre, John Carroll, Leon Ames, Henry Hall, Wheeler Oakman, Reed Howes, Pat Somerset, Gaston Glass, Hans Joby, Willard Kent, John Elliott
Carl Goering (Leon Ames), gone mad due to his World War I air combat experiences, thinks that all flyers are out to get him. So, he intends to kill all those who pilot a plane. It's up to Helen and Jerry (Helen Gage and John Carroll) to stop this nonsense. Cheaply made with stock footage of plane crashes.
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East Side Kids 1940  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert F. Hill
Cast: Leon Ames, Dennis Moore, Joyce Bryant, Hal E. Chester, Harris Berger, Frankie Burke, Vince Barnett, Dave O'Brien, Ted Adams, Maxine Leslie
Ex-street gang member, and now detective, Pat O'Day (Leon Ames) helps to keep the East Side Kids from leading a life of crime on the streets on NYC. His immediate task is to save them from a counterfeit gang they are involved with and also free an innocent man from jail.
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From the Terrace 1960 N/R, 144 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Leon Ames, Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Patrick O'Neal, Felix Aylmer, Elizabeth Allen, Raymond Greenleaf, Malcolm Atterbury, Raymond Bailey, Ted de Corsia, Howard Caine
Alfred Eaton (Paul Newman) has inherited the inability to show affection from his father Samuel (Leon Ames), and, after returning from the war, climbs the corporate ladder in New York's financial world. He chooses his professional world over his personal life with his promiscuous wife Mary St. John (Joanne Woodward) and spends much of his time away from her–until he hits a crisis point while having an affair with Natalie (Ina Balin), and his world comes crashing down around him. An extra star in the rating is due to Myrna Loy's performance as Alfred's alcoholic mother, Martha Eaton.
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Hammersmith Is Out 1972 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, Leon Ames, George Raft, Leon Askin, John Schuck
Hammersmith (Richard Burton) is a maniac who escapes from his asylum with the help of nurse Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges). Together, they raise havoc, but they manage to create joy in the lives of those they meet.
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The Happy Years 1950  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore, Leo G. Carroll, George Chandler, Danny Mummert, Peter M. Thompson
Based on Owen Johnson's "Lawrenceville Stories," Dean Stockwell plays prep-schooler John Humperdink Storer who struggles with professors, girls, and older students as he grows through his adolescent years. 1 User Review
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| | Great Movie | bobbyb 07/22/2007 | | The real story here is a boy growing into a man. Cast and Characters made you want to watch more. Stover is so cool. |
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Just You and Me, Kid 1979 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leonard Stern
Cast: George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary, Nicolas Coster, Burl Ives, Ray Bolger, Leon Ames, Keye Luke, Carl Ballantine
This is a cute movie about an elderly gentleman who takes a young woman under his wing to protect her from a mobster.
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Let's Do It Again 1953 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray, Leon Ames, Valerie Bettis, Tom Helmore, Karin Booth, Mary Treen, Kathryn Givney, Herbert Heyes, Dick Wessel, Franklyn Farnum, Howard Negley, David McMahon, Alphonse Martell
As the means of getting her womanizing composer husband Gary (Ray Milland) to rekindle his love for her, Connie (Jane Wyman) pretends to have an affair with Alaskan millionaire Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). Now, Gary uses Deborah (Karin Booth) to make Connie jealous. It doesn't take long before Cary and Connie realize the error of their ways and reunite. A good musical remake of "The Awful Truth" (1937).
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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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 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, Mary Astor, Leon Ames, June Lockhart, Harry Davenport, Marjorie Main, Tom Drake, Chill Wills, Joan Carroll, Hugh Marlowe, Robert Sully, Darryl Hickman, Victor Kilian
In 1903, the Smith family must deal with moving away from St. Louis and the World's Fair, which means leaving friends behind when the father, Alonzo (Leon Ames), has plans to relocate to New York City. The children Esther, Tootie, Rose, and Agnes (Judy Garland, Margaret O'Brien, Lucille Bremer, and Joan Carroll) represent an earlier, more innocent era of childhood in this classic musical.
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 1964  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Stuart Erwin, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist, Dal McKennon, Norman Grabowski, Michael Fox, Kelly Thordsen
In this Disney film, college brain Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) experiments in ESP and hypnotism. There is a sequel: "The Monkey's Uncle."
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The Monkey's Uncle 1965 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames, Arthur O'Connell, Frank Faylen, Norman Grabowski, Leon Tyler, Alan Hewitt, Connie Gilchrist, Gage Clarke
This Disney sequel to "The Misadventures of Merlin Jones" involves student Merlin Jones' experiments with monkeys to help solve problems of his college.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Danger Island
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Cast: Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer, Richard Lane, Leon Ames, Douglass Dumbrille, Paul Harvey, Robert Lowery, Ward Bond
Peter Lorre again plays Japanese intelligence agent Mr. Moto in this story about diamond smuggling operations in Puerto Rico.
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 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Sidney Fox, Leon Ames, Brandon Hurst, Arlene Francis, Bert Roach, Noble Johnson, D'Arcy Corrigan, Herman Bing, Betty Ross Clarke
Dr. Mirakle (Bela Lugosi) is especially fiendish in this film adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe's story of the attempt to cross an ape with a woman.
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Mysterious Mr. Moto 1938 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes, Harold Huber, Leon Ames, Forrester Harvey, Frederick Vogeding, Lester Matthews, John Rogers
Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) puts his disguise talents to use as he infiltrates an international gang of assassins to help Scotland Yard. Another interesting entry for the series.
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On an Island with You 1948 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante, Cyd Charisse, Leon Ames, Kathryn Beaumont, Dick Simmons, Xavier Cugat, Marie Windsor, Arthur Walsh, Nolan Leary, Chester Clute, Cosmo Sardo, Garry Owen
While acting as technical advisor for a song/dance/swim film being made in Hawaii, Navy Lieutenant Larry Kingslee (Peter Lawford) falls in love with Rosalind Reynolds (Esther Williams) who stars in the movie. Rosalind rejects Larry, and the next day, as directed, he takes her for a ride on his plane but then ignores orders and flies away from the movie set and lands on an island where they first met. They dance to music from Larry's portable radio, and Rosalind becomes attracted to him. When they return, problems rise to the fore–including a possible court martial for Larry's improper conduct. But, by story's end, Rosalind and Larry are preparing to live happily ever after.
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On Moonlight Bay 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Leon Ames, Rosemary DeCamp, Billy Gray, Mary Wickes, Ellen Corby, Jack Smith, Esther Dale, Eddie Marr
Based on Booth Tarkington's "Penrod" series, this film is set in Indiana just prior to World War I. It is the love story of Marjorie Winfield (Doris Day) and about-to-be soldier William Sherman (Gordon MacRae). Great songs by Doris include the title song. Followed by "By the Light of the Silvery Moon."
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Panama Patrol 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leon Ames
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Weldon Heyburn, Adrienne Ames, Abner Biberman, Sidney Miller, Don "Red" Barry, Hugh McArthur, Frank Darien, Wilhelm von Brincken, Paul McVey, Philip Ahn
Army officers Phillip Waring (Leon Ames) and his aide, Helen Lane (Charlotte Wynters), are engaged to be married, but plans are put on hold when they are sent to the Panama Canal. They uncover plans of an Oriental espionage ring that has gained information that puts the Canal in jeopardy, and then, and only then, they continue on with wedding plans. This is a sequel to 1938's "Cipher Bureau."
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Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Barbara Harris, John Carradine, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leon Ames
Peggy (Kathleen Turner) is a 43-year-old housewife and mother having serious difficulties with her husband (Nicholas Cage) because of his infidelity. She attends her 25th high-school reunion, faints, and wakes up in the past when she was a teenager. With the wisdom of 43 years, she experiences again her trials as a teenager. Kathleen was nominated for an Oscar.
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Peyton Place 1957 N/R, 162 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Lana Turner, Hope Lange, Diane Varsi, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan, David(1) Nelson, Arthur Kennedy, Terry Moore, Russ Tamblyn, Betty Field, Barry Coe, Mildred Dunnock, Leon Ames, Lorne Greene, Robert H. Harris
Life in a small New Hampshire town centers on Constance (Lana Turner), owner of the local dress shop, whose indiscretion in the past resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison (Diane Varsi). Constance is now attracted to high school principal Michael Rossi (Lee Philips), and teenager Allison loves classmate Norman (Russ Tamblyn). Constance and Allison have a falling out over Allison's choice of Norman. Meanwhile, Allison's friend Selena Cross (Hope Lange) is raped by her drunken stepfather Lucas Cross (Arthur Kennedy), and when he is murdered, Selena is accused of killing him. Allison is there for Selena's murder trial as are the other citizens, and the dark secrets of Peyton Place are revealed. The film received nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Turner), Kennedy and Tamblyn for Supporting Actor, Lange and Varsi for Supporting Actress, and Director. Sequel: "Return to Peyton Place."
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Alan Reed, Jeff York, Morris Ankrum, Wally Cassell, Byron Foulger, Dick Crockett, Betty Blythe, Joel Friedkin
Cora (Lana Turner) falls for drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) who her husband Nick (Cecil Kellaway) has hired to work as a handyman at his gas station/diner. If Frank and Cora are to live "happily ever after," they need money. Their solution: murder Nick and collect on his insurance. They try to kill Nick. But, they fail, and now District Attorney Kyle Sackett (Leon Ames) is determined to get to the bottom of what really went on the night Nick was "accidentally"–but not fatally– electrocuted in his bathtub.
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Quick Millions 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rowland Brown
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Marguerite Churchill, Sally Eilers, Robert Burns, John Wray, George Raft, Warner Richmond, Edgar Kennedy, Leon Ames, Ward Bond
"Bugs" Raymond (Spencer Tracy) turns his job of truck driving into illegal racketeering–only to lose out in the end.
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Reckless 1935 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton, Rosalind Russell, Mickey Rooney, Henry Stephenson, Leon Ames
This musical extravaganza features Jean Harlow as a Broadway singer who finds that gaining acceptance in her playboy husband's (Franchot Tone) home is not an easy thing.
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Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Roger Moore, John Huston, Patrick Macnee, Gig Young, Charlotte Rampling, David Huddleston, Signe Hasso, Leon Ames, Jackie Coogan, John Abbott, Marjorie Bennett, Paul Sorensen, John Steadman, Maria Grimm, William "Billy" Benedict
Sherlock Holmes (Roger Moore) heads for America when the actress, Irene Adler (Charlotte Rampling), sends him tickets for her new show like she always does, and this time he takes Dr. Watson (Patrick Macnee) with him. When he arrives, Sherlock learns that Irene's young son has been kidnapped and that if Sherlock helps Inspector Lafferty (David Huddleston) in the investigation of the stealing of a large supply of the world's gold, the child will die. Sherlock learns that his nemesis, Professor Moriarty (John Huston), has stolen the gold and is responsible for the kidnapping, but Sherlock is determined to solve the case without working with Lafferty in order to save the young boy's life.
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Son of Flubber 1963 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Charles Ruggles, Leon Ames, Paul Lynde, Elliott Reid, William Demarest, Ed Wynn, Ken Murray, Bob Sweeney, Edward Andrews, Joanna Moore, James Westerfield
In this sequel to "The Absent-Minded Professor," Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is back in his lab trying to invent an anti-gravity flubber gas, "dry rain." Ned's invention does not prove very successful–until his assistant Biff (Tommy Kirk) gives the "dry rain" to the Medfield College football team. The team uses Ned's invention, their running back rushes over the helmets of the defensive players, and they win the big game against Rutland.
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Son of Lassie 1945 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Cast: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William Severn, Leon Ames, Donald Curtis, Nils Asther, Robert Lewis, Fay Helm, Terry Moore, Peter Helmers, Otto Reichow, Leon Tyler, Patricia Prest
This sequel to "Lassie Come Home" features Peter Lawford and June Lockhart as the grown-up Joe and Priscilla. Joe leaves Yorkshire, brings his collie Laddie along, and becomes a pilot of the British Air Force. Laddie sneaks aboard Joe's plane on his first mission, and, when they are shot down over Nazi-occupied Norway, Joe and Laddie parachute to safety. But, they are behind enemy lines and must begin their perilous trek out of Norway and into the arms of Joe's sweetheart Priscilla who waits for their return.
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Song of the Thin Man 1947 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn, Dean Stockwell, Phillip Reed, Patricia Morison, Gloria Grahame, Jayne Meadows, Don Taylor, Leon Ames, Ralph Morgan, Bess Flowers, Warner Anderson, Bruce Cowling, Connie Gilchrist
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) stumble onto a murder while attending a charity event aboard a gambling boat. Band leader Tommy Drake (Phillip Reed) is the victim, and soon Nick and Nora are in the middle of the investigation. Nick and Nora and their son, Nick Jr. (Dean Stockwell), find themselves in danger as the list of suspects grows. This time around (their sixth and last film in the series) is still fun.
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Testament 1983 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Lynne Littman
Cast: Jane Alexander, William Devane, Rossie Harris, Roxana Zal, Lukas Haas, Lilia Skala, Leon Ames, Rebecca De Mornay, Lurene Tuttle, Kevin Costner, Philip Anglim, Mako, Mico Olmos, Gerry Murillo, J. Brennan Smith
This excellent film examines the consequences of nuclear war and its inherent tragedy through the Wetherly family's–mother Carol (Jane Alexander), daughter Mary Liz (Roxana Zal), and sons Brad and Scottie (Rossie Harris and Lukas Haas)–attempts to survive their remaining days. After the attack, their small town of Hamlin outside of San Francisco is cut off from the rest of the world as radiation takes its toll, and Carol tries to help her children cope with the tragedy. Jane Alexander received an Oscar nomination.
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They Were Expendable 1945 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Jack Holt, Ward Bond, Marshall Thompson, Paul Langton, Leon Ames, Cameron Mitchell, Donald Curtis, Arthur Walsh, Jeff York, Jack Pennick, Murray Alper, Harry Tenbrook
This is a good war film about American PT Boat crews battling the Japanese in the Pacific. Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) commands a Torpedo Boat Squadron in Manila Bay, an inlet of the South China Sea, at the beginning of World War II. The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, and many U.S. ships are out of commission. The assignment of Brickley's PT Boats is to run messages, but they do manage to shoot down three Japanese planes. Fed up with message-running assignments, Brickley's executive officer Lt. Rusty Ryan (John Wayne) asks for a transfer to destroyer duties. This story does not glorify war; instead, it tells it like it is–warts and all. Vintage John Ford.
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The Thin Man Goes Home 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Harry Davenport, Leon Ames, Donald Meek, Helen Vinson, Donald MacBride
Even on a vacation at the family home, Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) cannot escape a murder mystery staring them in the face. This is the fifth movie in the popular "Thin Man" series.
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Mitchum, Leon Ames, Stephen McNally, Scott McKay, Don DeFore, Donald Curtis
This is the story about strategic and logistic plans for carrying out the first bombing missions over Tokyo, Japan during World War II. A fine wartime story.
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 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 G, 142 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Martin Balsam, So Yamamura, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi, Jason Robards, E.G. Marshall, James Whitmore, Wesley Addy, Leon Ames, Eijiro Tono, Takahio Tamura, Shogo Shimada, Frank Aletter, Koreya Senda, Junya Usami
The story of the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, is well-told as the events leading to the attack are revealed–documentary style–from both the U.S. and Japanese viewpoints. The film begins with scenes from the perspectives of both countries as the diplomacy between Japan and the United States collapses. The second part of the film switches to the deadly mission and a spectacular re-creation of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The film won and Oscar for Best Special Visual Effects.
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The Velvet Touch 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Gage
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor, Sydney Greenstreet, Leon Ames, Frank McHugh, Walter Kingsford, Lex Barker, Irving Bacon, Dan Tobin
Actress Valerie Stanton (Rosalind Russell) commits the perfect crime (or did she?) as Captain Danbury (Sydney Greenstreet) tries to uncover the truth.
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Weekend at the Waldorf 1945 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold, Leon Ames, Phyllis Thaxter, Keenan Wynn, George Zucco
Weekend guests at New York's largest hotel include a movie star, a war correspondent, a soldier, and a reporter whose lives intersect at this particular time and place.
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Yolanda and the Thief 1945 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Mildred Natwick, Leon Ames, Mary Nash, Ludwig Stossel, Francis Pierlot, Leon Belasco, Gigi Perreau
Con man Johnny Riggs (Fred Astaire) poses as an angel to get his hands on the susceptible Yolanda's (Lucille Bremer) inheritance.
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| 1. The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
2. Ambush (1949)
3. Anchors Aweigh (1945)
4. Angel Face (1952)
5. Battleground (1949)
6. The Big Hangover (1950)
7. Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
8. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
9. Cattle Drive (1951)
10. Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
11. Cipher Bureau (1938)
12. Crime Doctor (1943)
13. Crisis (1950)
14. A Date with Judy (1948)
15. Death in the Air (1936)
aka: Pilot X
aka: Death in the Sky
16. East Side Kids (1940)
17. From the Terrace (1960)
18. Hammersmith Is Out (1972)
19. The Happy Years (1950)
20. Just You and Me, Kid (1979)
21. Let's Do It Again (1953)
22. Little Women (1949)
23. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
24. The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
25. The Monkey's Uncle (1965)
26. Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
aka: Danger Island
27. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
28. Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
29. On an Island with You (1948)
30. On Moonlight Bay (1951)
31. Panama Patrol (1939)
32. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
33. Peyton Place (1957)
34. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
35. Quick Millions (1931)
36. Reckless (1935)
37. Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
38. Son of Flubber (1963)
39. Son of Lassie (1945)
40. Song of the Thin Man (1947)
41. Testament (1983)
42. They Were Expendable (1945)
43. The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
44. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
45. Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
46. The Velvet Touch (1948)
47. Watch the Birdie (1950)
48. Weekend at the Waldorf (1945)
49. Yolanda and the Thief (1945)
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