Champion 1949  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Lola Albright, Ruth Roman, John Daheim, Luis Van Rooten, Harry Shannon, Ralph Sanford, Esther Howard, Polly Bergen, Tim Ryan, Hal March, George Meader
This is the story of boxer Michael 'Midge' Kelly (Kirk Douglas) who fights his way to a championship despite physical and mental problems. He lets nothing and no one–including his shotgun wife Emma (Ruth Roman), his manager Tommy Haley (Paul Stewart), and his crippled brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy)–stand in his way. He wins fights easily, but, after almost losing his crown, Midge tries to turn his life around and keep his championship. Several Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actor (Douglas), and the film won an Oscar for Best Film Editing.
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Critic's Choice 1963  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Marilyn Maxwell, Rip Torn, Jessie Royce Landis, John Dehner, Jim Backus, Marie Windsor, Richard Deacon, Jerome Cowan
Loosely based on Ira Levin's play, this is the story of stage critic Parker Ballantine's (Bob Hope) dilemma when his own wife Angela's (Lucille Ball) play is about to be produced on Broadway.
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East of Sumatra 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Marilyn Maxwell, Anthony Quinn, Suzan Ball, Jay C. Flippen, Scatman Crothers, Peter Graves, John Sutton, Aram Katcher, Eugene Iglesias
Mining engineer Duke Mullane (Jeff Chandler) becomes the centerpiece for problems between his greedy mining company owners and natives ruled by Kiang (Anthony Quinn).
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Forever Darling 1956 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, James Mason, Marilyn Maxwell, Louis Calhern, John Emery, Natalie Schafer, Nancy Kulp, John Hoyt, Ralph Dumke
Divorce looms until a guardian angel (James Mason) steps in to save the marriage of the Vegas (Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz).
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Key to the City 1950 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Morgan, Raymond Burr, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Raymond Walburn, Pamela Britton, Clinton Sundberg
Attending a mayors' conference in San Francisco, Steve Fisk (Clark Gable) and Clarissa Standish (Loretta Young) find there is more than business-as-usual when romance blossoms between the two.
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver, Sid Melton, Ben Welden, Ida Moore, Tor Johnson, Jack Kruschen
Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells."
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Lost in a Harem 1944 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Riesner
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille, Adia Kuznetzoff, Milton Parsons, Harry Cording, Karin Booth, Ralph Sanford
Magicians Peter Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Harvey Garvey (Lou Costello) are lost in the Far East in this comedy about young Prince Ramo (John Conte) and a showgirl, Hazel Moon (Marilyn Maxwell). A memorable moment is featured in this movie when Abbott tells his famous "S-l-o-w-l-y I Turned" story.
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New Mexico 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Robert Hutton, Andy Devine, Raymond Burr, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Corrigan, Verna Felton, Ted de Corsia, John Hoyt, Donald Buca, Robert Osterloh, Ian MacDonld, William Tannen, Hans Conried
U.S. Cavalry Captain Hunt (Lew Ayres) is stationed in Indian Territory and is sympathetic to the plight of the Native Americans. In fact, he has become friends with Chief Acoma (Ted de Corsia) and was instrumental in getting a peace treaty signed by Acuma and President Lincoln (Hans Conreid). But after Lincoln is assassinated, the relationship with the Native Americans deteriorates, and war breaks out. Now, Capt. Hunt sets out to avert all-out war.
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New York Confidential 1955 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Russell Rouse
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, J. Carrol Naish, Onslow Stevens, Barry Kelley, Mike Mazurki, Celia Lovsky, Steven Geray
A hit man for the mob, Nick Magellan (Richard Conte), finds his own life in danger when he becomes a risk to the underworld.
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Off Limits 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Mickey Rooney, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie Mayehoff, Marvin Miller, John Ridgely, Jack Dempsey, Stanley Clements, Norman Leavitt, Carolyn Jones
Wally Hogan (Bob Hope) manages bantamweight fighter Herbert Tuttle (Mickey Rooney). When Tuttle is drafted into the army, Hogan follows suit and watches out for his fighter.
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Paris Model 1953  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Eva Gabor, Tom Conway, Paulette Goddard, Leif Erickson, Marilyn Maxwell, Cecil Kellaway, Florence Bates, Barbara Lawrence, Laurette Luez, Aram Katcher
Four stories, all involving a Paris "original" gown provide good casts to show how four women use the gown for their own unique purposes.
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Presenting Lily Mars 1943 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Spring Byington, Marta Eggerth, Marilyn Maxwell, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Leonid Kinskey
A small town girl, Lily Mars (Judy Garland), aspires to stardom on Broadway in this run-of-the-mill, boy-meets-girl musical.
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Rock-A-Bye Baby 1958 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Salvatore Baccaloni, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, Ida Moore, Isobel Elsom, James Gleason, George Sanders
When film star Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell) has triplets, she hires Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) to care for the babies and keep them out of the public eye. And the fun begins.
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Stage to Thunder Rock 1964 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William F. Claxton
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Marilyn Maxwell, Keenan Wynn, Scott Brady, Lon Chaney Jr., John Agar, Wanda Hendrix, Anne Seymour, Allan Jones, Robert Strauss
Sheriff Horne (Barry Sullivan) is forced to arrest family members who raised him in this tale of gunslingers on the trail of the same people–but they are coming from different perspectives.
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Stand by for Action 1942 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan, Marilyn Maxwell, Henry O'Neill, Chill Wills, Douglass Dumbrille, Douglas Fowley, Dick Simmons
In this insightful Navy drama, a young and arrogant Naval officer, Lieutenant Gregg Masterman (Robert Taylor), differs with his superior, Lieutenant Commander M.J. Roberts (Brian Donlevy) while serving on board their destroyer during World War II convoy duty.
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| 1. Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
2. Champion (1949)
3. Critic's Choice (1963)
4. East of Sumatra (1953)
5. Forever Darling (1956)
6. High Barbaree (1947)
7. Key to the City (1950)
8. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
9. Lost in a Harem (1944)
10. New Mexico (1951)
11. New York Confidential (1955)
12. Off Limits (1953)
13. Paris Model (1953)
14. Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
15. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
16. Stage to Thunder Rock (1964)
17. Stand by for Action (1942)
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