All American 1953  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Tony Curtis, Lori Nelson, Richard Long, Mamie Van Doren, Gregg Palmer, Paul Cavanagh, Stuart Whitman, Frank Gifford, Tom Harmon, Jim Sears
The personal life of an All-American football player (Tony Curtis) is the subject of this film involving romance with girlfriend Sharon (Lori Nelson) and the tragic death of his parents.
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All I Desire 1953  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long, Billy Gray, Dayton Lummis, Guy Williams
Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) deserted her family, and now–years later–she returns and attempts to reconcile with her husband and children.
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Bend of the River 1952  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams, Rock Hudson, Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Stepin Fetchit, Harry Morgan, Frances Bavier, Howard Petrie
Glyn McLyntock (James Stewart) is a reformed outlaw working as the leader of a wagon train. He and the settlers are on the Oregon Trail when McLyntock runs into an old companion, Cole Garrett (Arthur Kennedy), who was part of his days when he worked outside of the law.
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Francis Goes to West Point 1952 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Lori Nelson, Alice Kelley, Gregg Palmer, Les Tremayne, Otto Hulett, David Janssen, Paul Burke, Leonard Nimoy, Chill Wills
In this Francis episode, Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his talking mule, Francis (voice of Chill Wills), head to West Point where Francis has his hands full keeping Peter out of trouble. Look for Leonard Nimoy as a football player.
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Hot Rod Girl 1956  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Lori Nelson, John Smith, Chuck Connors, Frank Gorshin, Mark Andrews, Roxanne Arlen, Eddie Ryder, Fred Essler, Del Erickson, Russell Thorson, Dabbs Greer, Charles Keane
Hot rodding was a big deal in the 1950s, and this film, set in the San Fernando Valley of California, homes in on that fad. Ben (Chuck Connors) is a cop who attempts to set up a drag strip to keep the young hot rodders off the streets. Two deaths associated with the races make Ben's job more difficult.
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I Died a Thousand Times 1955 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Jack Palance, Shelley Winters, Lori Nelson, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Earl Holliman, Dennis Hopper, Howard St. John, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Perry Lopez, Richard Davalos, Olive Carey
In this remake of "High Sierra," Jack Palance plays the bank robber who ends his tragic life in the Sierra Mountains while trying to elude the police.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair 1952 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best, Lori Nelson, Esther Dale, Russell Simpson, Emory Parnell, Oliver Blake, Edmund Cobb, Rex Lease
Hoping to get money for daughter Rosie's (Lori Nelson) college education, Ma heads to the fair with her preserves, but Pa comes up the real winner with a racehorse that provides the needed funds.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1955 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Byron Palmer, Loring Smith, Lowell Gilmore, Mabel Albertson, Esther Dale, Ida Moore, Fay Roope
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) come to Hawaii to help out with problems at the family's pineapple cannery. Once there, Pa makes matters even worse in this offbeat comedy. Kilbride's last film as "Pa."
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Mohawk 1956 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Scott Brady, Rita Gam, Neville Brand, Lori Nelson, Allison Hayes, John Hoyt, Barbara Jo Allen, Rhys Williams, Ted de Corsia, Mae Clarke, Tommy Cook, Michael Granger
In this "Eastern" Western, Boston artist Jonathan Adams (Scott Brady) is popular with the ladies, one of which is a Mohawk princess (Rita Gam). When Jonathan is sent to the Mohawk Valley to paint landscapes, he becomes embroiled in a war between settlers and the Mohawk Indians brought on by land grabber Butler (John Hoyt) who wants more land.
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Pardners 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Lori Nelson, Jackie Loughery, Agnes Moorehead, Lon Chaney Jr., Mickey Finn, Lee Van Cleef, Jeff Morrow, Jack Elam
This remake (by the same director) of 1936's "Rhythm on the Range" features Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as ranch hand and tenderfoot who fend off villains trying to gain control of the ranch.
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 Revenge of the Creature 1955  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jack Arnold
Cast: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva, Grandon Rhodes, Dave Willock, Robert Williams, Charles Cane, Ricou Browning, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hennesy
The Creature was killed in the successful original, "Creature from the Black Lagoon," but is back for another try. This time it is captured from the lagoon and taken to an aquarium in Florida for exhibition, study, and to be taught English. But it has its eyes on one of the scientists (Lori Nelson) looking after him and soon escapes and kidnaps her. And the chase is on. Clint Eastwood makes his screen debut in a small part.
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Walking My Baby Back Home 1953 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Janet Leigh, Buddy Hackett, Lori Nelson, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Lockhart, George Cleveland, John Hubbard, Walter Kingsford, Sidney Miller
Three ex-GIs form a Dixieland jazz band in this musical comedy that is saved by Buddy Hackett antics.
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| 1. All American (1953)
2. All I Desire (1953)
3. Bend of the River (1952)
4. Day the World Ended (1956)
5. Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
6. Hot Rod Girl (1956)
7. I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
8. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
9. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
10. Mohawk (1956)
11. Pardners (1956)
12. Revenge of the Creature (1955)
13. Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
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