Cowboy and the Lady 1938  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Walter Brennan, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Davenport, Emma Dunn, Irving Bacon, Mabel Todd, Henry Kolker
Mary Smith (Merle Oberon) pretends to be her own maid when she goes on a blind date with rodeo-man Stretch (Gary Cooper). When she falls in love with him, they elope to Texas.
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Hollywood Hotel 1937  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Ted Healy, Alan Mowbray, Frances Langford, Hugh Herbert, Glenda Farrell, Edgar Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Johnny Davis, Mabel Todd, Allyn Joslyn, Grant Mitchell, Louella Parsons
This Busby Berkeley musical has, of course, great musical numbers. While the plot is weak, the renditions of "Hooray for Hollywood" and "Sing Sing Sing" are classics. Many, many guest stars.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp 1942  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Jackie Gleason, Jack Durant, Florence Rice, Bruce Bennett, Forrest Tucker, James Seay, Eddie Foster, John Harmon, Billy Curtis, Mabel Todd
Two draft rejects (Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant) unwittingly get involved in murder and mayhem.
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Varsity Show 1937 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Dick Powell, Fred Waring and his Orchestra, Ted Healy, Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Walter Catlett, Johnnie Davis, Ford Washington Lee, John William Sublett, Sterling Holloway, Mabel Todd, Scotty Bates, George MacFarland, Poley McClintock
After Broadway producer Chuck Daly (Dick Powell) volunteers to produce a show at his alma mater, Winfield College, a dean, Professor Sylvester Biddle (Walter Catlett) opposes the idea of bring Broadway "trash" into the school. Daly bows out of the stage production, and, instead, arranges for Busby Berkeley to stage a hit show on Broadway starring the students. Songs include "Love is on the Air Tonight," Moonlight on the Campus," and "Old King Cole." This film marks the film debut of Fred Waring and the Lane sisters.
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| 1. Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
2. Hollywood Hotel (1937)
3. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942)
4. Varsity Show (1937)
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