3 Godfathers 1948  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Three Godfathers
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Jane Darwell, Ben Johnson, Mildred Natwick, Guy Kibbee, Dorothy Ford, Charles Halton, Hank Worden, Jack Pennick, Fred Libby, Michael Dugan
Three outlaws, Robert Marmaduke Hightower, Pedro "Pete" Roca Fuente, and William Kearney "the Abilene Kid" (John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, and Harry Carey Jr.), become godfathers to an orphaned baby. When two of them die, the remaining guardian, Hightower, undergoes a spiritual change and cares for the baby.
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 The Birth of a Nation 1915  N/R, 159 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Western / Romance
aka: The Clansman
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, Donald Crisp, Raoul Walsh, Eugene Pallette, Elmo Lincoln, Robert Harron, John Ford, Joseph Henabery, Howard Gaye, Walter Long
With this epic film, Hollywood reached new heights in the production of extravaganzas. However, it is also an example of how filmmaking can be used as propaganda–in this case, glorifying the Ku Klux Klan. The film begins with lifelong friends the Camerons (Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, and Mae Marsh) being separated from the Stonemans (Lillian Gish, Ralph Lewis, and Robert Harron) by the Civil War and the Mason Dixon line. When the war ends, Ben Cameron (Walthall) organizes a secret group, the Ku Klux Klan, to "restore" order. Music and battle noises were added for a 1930 reissue.
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Blueprint for Murder 1953  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Catherine McLeod, Jack Kruschen, Barney Phillips, Mae Marsh, Jonathan Hale, Walter Sande, Harry Carter
The perfect crime–or is it? Whitney Cameron (Joseph Cotten) arrives for a family visit and suspects his sister-in-law Lynne (Jean Peters) of using strychnine to poison their relatives.
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Daisy Kenyon 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts, George E. Stone, Art Baker, Mae Marsh, Damon Runyon, Ann Staunton
Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) works in the New York City fashion world and lives in Greenwich Village. Her dilemma is choosing between a rich lawyer (Dana Andrews) and a poor, former soldier (Henry Fonda) who are both in love with her.
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Fort Apache 1948 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Ward Bond, John Agar, George O'Brien, Shirley Temple, Irene Rich, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Pedro Armendariz, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Jack Pennick, Mae Marsh
Lt. Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) is annoyed because he has been sent out West to command Fort Apache in Arizona after serving valiantly during the Civil War. After his daughter Philadelphia (Shirley Temple) and Lt. Michael O'Rourke (Ward Bond) discover the bodies of mutilated soldiers murdered by the Apaches, Thursday decides to stir up the Indians for his own fame and fortune. One of his officers, Capt. Kirby York (John Wayne), tries to teach him the realities of co-existing with the Indians and tells him that the real problem is not the Apaches, but, instead, it is the corrupt Indian agents promoting the problems. York's words go unheeded, and Thursday leads his men into a disastrous situation after which he is labeled a hero by the press.
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Great Guns 1941  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Monty Banks
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Charles Trowbridge, Paul Harvey, Alan Ladd, Edmund MacDonald, Mae Marsh, Ethel Griffies, Pierre Watkin, Charles Arnt
As army recruits serving under a strict drill sergeant, Laurel and Hardy provide laughs for their ineptitude as cavalrymen. Far from their best effort.
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The Gunfighter 1950 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Skip Homeier, Verna Felton, Ellen Corby, Richard Jaeckel, Alan Hale Jr., Anthony Ross, Mae Marsh, Cliff Clark, James Millican, Harry Harvey
Gunfighter Jimmie Ringo (Gregory Peck) wants to settle down and rekindle the love he and his wife, Peggy (Helen Westcott), once shared. While waiting for Peggy in a saloon, Ringo learns that he cannot escape his past.
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Impact 1949 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Anna May Wong, Clarence Kolb, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick, Philip Ahn
Walter's (Brian Donlevy) wife (Helen Walker) is cheating on him, and she and her lover plan his demise. But, Walter survives the plot, and the lover is killed (in Walter's car and burned beyond recognition). Walter recuperates, and his memory returns–but he is presumed dead, and his wife has been charged with his murder.
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 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916 N/R, 163 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Intolerance
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Howard Gaye, Elmo Lincoln, Walter Long, Bessie Love, Tully Marshall, Erich von Stroheim, Monte Blue, Donald Crisp, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis, Eleanor Washington
This great film presents four stories, each in a different era from ancient Babylon to the present. All of the stories involve man's intolerance to man. The stories include a mountain girl in Babylonia and religious rivalry at the time, Pharisees' condemnation of Jesus Christ, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris and how it coincides with two Huguenots preparing for marriage, and social reformers in modern America destroying the lives of a young couple.
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Jane Eyre 1944  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Orson Welles, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, Henry Daniell, John Sutton, Agnes Moorehead, Peggy Ann Garner, Sara Allgood, Aubrey Mather, Edith Barrett, Barbara Everest, Hillary Brooke, Mae Marsh, Eily Malyon
As a young girl, Jane (Peggy Ann Garner) is raised in a cruel orphanage, and when she grows up Jane (now played by Joan Fontaine) takes a job as governess for Adele (Margaret O'Brien) at the mansion of Edward Rochester (Orson Welles). Jane is attracted to Rochester, and, in time, he returns her attention. All goes well, until it is revealed that Rochester is married to an insane woman who he keeps locked in the attic. Jane leaves, but, when she learns that Rochester's wife has set fire to the mansion, she returns and finds that Rochester was blinded in the fire. Jane convinces Rochester that her reason for returning is love, not pity, and he returns her affections.
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Julie 1956  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Doris Day, Louis Jourdan, Barry Sullivan, Frank Lovejoy, John Gallaudet, Jack Kelly, Jack Kruschen, Mae Marsh, Ann Robinson
Airline stewardess Julie Benton (Doris Day) realizes that her husband is a psychopath bent on killing her–in mid-air! In the process, her pilot is killed and she, alone, must land the plane. 1 User Review
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| | dumboy 04/02/2009 | | doris day shld hve rcvd an academy award for this moveie...she was excellent...she made the movie!!!!!! |
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My Blue Heaven 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, David Wayne, Jane Wyatt, Mitzi Gaynor, Una Merkel, Louise Beavers, Minerva Urecal, Larry Keating, Mae Marsh
Radio stars (Betty Grable and Dan Dailey) try to adopt a child, and they get one–but not in the straightforward manner. The problems that follow are entertaining with music the center of attraction.
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The Quiet Man 1952  N/R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick, Francis Ford, Arthur Shields, Mae Marsh, Eileen Crowe, Sean McClory, Jack MacGowran, Ken Curtis, Harry Tenbrook, James Lilburn
American ex-boxer Sean Thornton (John Wayne) returns to his mother's village in Ireland. Once there, he falls in love with Mary Kate (Maureen O'Hara) and must win her over from her family. John Ford won his fourth Best Director Academy Award for this film. An Oscar was also received for Best Cinematography along with five other nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Victor McLaglen).
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Sergeant Rutledge 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, William Henry, Walter Reed, Shug Fisher, Chuck Hayward, William Henry, Rafer Johnson, Mae Marsh
First Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode) is a black man wrongly accused of rape and murder. At his court martial, Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) brilliantly defends the innocent man and proves that, not only did he not commit rape and murder, he was a hero.
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The Tall Men 1955  N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan, Cameron Mitchell, Juan Garcia, Harry Shannon, Emile Meyer, Will Wright, Mae Marsh, Steve Darrell
Two brothers, Ben (Clark Gable) and Clint (Cameron Mitchell), are hired for a cattle drive to deliver cattle baron Nathan Stark's (Robert Ryan) herd from Texas to Montana. Along the way, they encounter adventure and romance.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Dan Dailey, Colleen Townsend, Corinne Calvet, William Demarest, Jimmy Lydon, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Varden, Mae Marsh, Kenneth Tobey, Charles Trowbridge, Luis Alberni, Whit Bissell, David McMahon, Paul Harvey
A young soldier's (Dan Dailey) dreams of fighting in World War II are thwarted by duty in the United States; however, he finds another chance for danger when he is chosen for a mission with the French Resistance Forces.
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While the City Sleeps 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Dana Andrews, Ida Lupino, Rhonda Fleming, George Sanders, Vincent Price, Thomas Mitchell, Sally Forrest, Howard Duff, John Barrymore Jr., Mae Marsh
A psychopath (John Barrymore Jr.) is on the loose committing a series of murders. When a newspaper publisher (Vincent Price) offers the prize of a top job to the reporter who solves the crimes, the journalists go berserk using unethical efforts to achieve success.
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The Wings of Eagles 1957 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe, Kenneth Tobey, James Todd, Sig Ruman, Barry Kelley, Henry O'Neill, Willis Bouchey, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Trowbridge, Mae Marsh
This is the film biography of U.S. Navy aviator Frank W. "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) who became a writer. His marriage flounders after their baby's death, and Spig is crippled after a fall. However, World War II becomes the pivotal force in his life when he must choose between duty and the emotional needs of his wife (Maureen O'Hara).
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Young People 1940 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jack Oakie, Charlotte Greenwood, Arleen Whelan, George Montgomery, Kathleen Howard, Darryl Hickman, Minor Watson, Frank Swann, Frank Sully, Mae Marsh, Irving Bacon, Charles Halton, Sarah Edwards, Arthur Aylesworth
Wendy (Shirley Temple) is adopted by Joe and Kit (Jack Oakie and Charlotte Greenwood) who are members of a vaudeville team and are considering changing their profession. The family moves to a small town so that Wendy will receive a solid upbringing. But, the townsfolk do not like show business people and want Wendy and her family out of their lives–until a storm hits and Joe saves the lives of stranded children. The family is now welcome in the town and puts on a show that is loved by all.
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| 1. 3 Godfathers (1948)
aka: Three Godfathers
2. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
aka: The Clansman
3. Blueprint for Murder (1953)
4. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
5. Fort Apache (1948)
6. Great Guns (1941)
7. The Gunfighter (1950)
8. Impact (1949)
9. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
aka: Intolerance
10. Jane Eyre (1944)
11. Julie (1956)
12. My Blue Heaven (1950)
13. The Quiet Man (1952)
14. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
15. The Tall Men (1955)
16. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
17. While the City Sleeps (1956)
18. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
19. Young People (1940)
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