The Angels Wash Their Faces 1939  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Frankie Thomas, Bonita Granville, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Hamilton, Marjorie Main, Henry O'Neill, John Ridgely, Minor Watson
In this sequel to "Angels with Dirty Faces," a young man (Frankie Thomas), who is already in trouble, looks for more when he joins the Dead End Kids.
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Another Thin Man 1939  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey, Nat Pendleton, Tom Neal, Sheldon Leonard, Marjorie Main
In this third in the series of "Thin Man" films, new parents Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell and Myrna Loy) solve a murder case that took place in a New York mansion.
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Barnacle Bill 1941  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Donald Meek, Barton MacLane, Irving Bacon, Connie Gilchrist, Sara Haden, William Edmunds, Don Terry, Alec Craig, Milton Kibbee, James Millican, William Forrest
Wallace Beery plays old salt Bill Johansen who is being pursued by Marge Cavendish (Marjorie Main) who would like to marry him. When not trying to escape the clutches of Marge, Bill must deal with 12-year-old Virginia (Virginia Weidler)–the young girl he has just learned is his daughter. Marge loans Bill money to purchase his dream schooner that is on the auction block, and the adventures begin. But, after more than a few complications, Bill returns home to a smiling Virginia and marries Marge.
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The Belle of New York 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Alice Pearce, Clinton Sundberg, Gale Robbins, Tom Dugan, Henry Slate, Dick Wessel
Playboy Charlie Hill (Fred Astaire) promises to reform and change his ways after he meets and falls in love with mission worker Angela Bonfils (Vera-Ellen).
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Boy of the Streets 1937 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Maureen O'Connor, Kathleen Burke, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Marjorie Main, Guy Usher, Matty Fain, George Cleveland, Bill Elliott, Don Latorre, Paul White
Street-kid Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper), who leads a neighborhood gang and worships his political operative father, tries to get into business on the corrupt side of city government. It looks like he just may make it–until he is shot by a gangster. Chuck survives but not to fight another day. Instead, he turns his life around with Nora (Maureen O'Connor) by his side.
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The Dark Command 1940 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Main, Porter Hall, Raymond Walburn, Joe Sawyer, J. Farrell MacDonald
During the Civil War, the border between Missouri and Kansas became a hotbed when Quantrill's (Walter Pidgeon) Raiders attacked, murdered, and pillaged innocent citizens. Into the fray comes Bob Seton (John Wayne) who had become the Marshal by defeating Quantrill in an election. In the meantime, both are in love with Mary McCloud (Claire Trevor), which adds fuel to the fire.
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 Dead End 1937 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Main, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan
New York's lower East Side is the setting for this insightful film about the escape from poverty through crime. This was the film debut of the Dead End Kids, which evolved into the East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys.
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The Egg and I 1947 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Donald MacBride, Samuel S. Hinds, Elisabeth Risdon, Fuzzy Knight, Esther Dale, Richard Long, Billy House, Ida Moore, John Berkes, Victor Potel
This witty story is based on Betty MacDonald's popular book about herself (Claudette Colbert) and her husband Bill's (Fred MacMurray) change in lifestyle when they moved from the city to take over a chicken ranch. Marjorie Main was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ma Kettle.
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Friendly Persuasion 1956  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Phyllis Love, Marjorie Main, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Walter Catlett, Richard Hale, Joel Fluellen, Peter Mark Richman, Theodore Newton, John Smith, Marjorie Main
The Civil War interferes with a Quaker farm family's peaceful existence in Indiana. Son Josh (Anthony Perkins) defies his parents' (Gary Cooper and Dorothy McGuire) beliefs and enlists on the Union side as a soldier. The film accumulated several major Oscar nominations (Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor (Anthony Perkins), Song, Writing, and Sound).
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The Harvey Girls 1946 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, John Hodiak, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien, Marjorie Main, Kenny Baker, Cyd Charisse, Chill Wills
"On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe" won the Academy Award for Best Song in this musical about the waitresses at Harvey's train station restaurant who have run-ins with the rowdy saloon workers in their town.
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 Heaven Can Wait 1943  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington, Allyn Joslyn, Eugene Pallette, Signe Hasso, Louis Calhern, Tod Andrews, Helene Reynolds, Aubrey Mather, Scotty Beckett, Clara Blandick
Having lived a life of sin, Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to His Excellency (Laird Cregar) at the gates of Hades. However, His Excellency is not sure that he wants to accept Henry, so Henry recalls his 70-year life in an attempt to gain access. His life has been filled with misadventures, romantic infidelities, and even one true love who was Martha (Gene Tierney)–his wife of 25 years. After relating his story, His Excellency tells Henry that his only sin was living life to the fullest and that he is not welcome in Hades. He takes Henry to the elevator and tells him that it may be difficult to get through the Pearly Gates but that if he succeeds he will join Martha. An excellent film based on Ladislaus Bus-Fekete's play, "Birthdays." Oscar nominations were received for Best Picture and Director.
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 Honky Tonk 1941  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Frank Morgan, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Main, Albert Dekker, Chill Wills, Henry O'Neill, John Maxwell, Morgan Wallace
A wily gambler, Candy Johnson (Clark Gable), meets a lovely lady, Elizabeth (Lana Turner), on the train traveling to Nevada. Over the years, Candy becomes a corrupt politician, but he does marry the fair Elizabeth. Remade in 1974.
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Hot Saturday 1932 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Edward Woods, Lilian Bond, William Collier Sr., Jane Darwell, Rita La Roy, Oscar Apfel, Marjorie Main, Stanley Smith, Rose Coghlan, Jessie Arnold, Grady Sutton, Nora Cecil
Socialite Ruth Brock (Nancy Carroll) is engaged to Bill Fadden (Randolph Scott), but after an argument with him she takes revenge by having an innocent fling with playboy Romer (Cary Grant). Gossip abounds, and her fiance threatens to call off the wedding. Romer tells the real story and wins Ruth as a result.
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I Take This Woman 1940  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, Verree Teasdale, Kent Taylor, Laraine Day, Mona Barrie, Louis Calhern, Marjorie Main, Frances Drake, Jack Carson
After Karl Decker (Spencer Tracy) saves the life of Georgi Gragore (Hedy Lamarr), they marry. Although Karl is determined to make Georgi happy, there are many obstacles in the way. Good cast can't save.
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It's a Big Country 1951 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Various Directors
Cast: Ethel Barrymore, Gary Cooper, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Janet Leigh, William Powell, Marjorie Main, George Murphy, Keefe Brasselle, James Whitmore
This film is comprised of vignettes depicting diverse groups of people making up the United States, including the ideas and talents of the people. However, it rambles on and isn't really the advertisement it apparently was meant to be.
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Johnny Come Lately 1943 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: James Cagney, Marjorie Main, Hattie McDaniel, Grace George, Marjorie Lord, Edward McNamara, William Henry, Robert Barrat, George Cleveland, Margaret Hamilton, Norman Willis, Edwin Stanley, Irving Bacon, Tom Dugan, Lucien Littlefield
Ex-journalist Tom Richards (James Cagney) is a vagrant who happens into a newspaper job in a small town. He works with the editor, Vinnie McLeod (Grace George), to expose political corruption being carried out by W.M. Dougherty (Edward McNamara). After failed attempts, wealthy dowager Gashouse Mary (Marjorie Main) comes to Tom's aid and tells him about an embezzlement plot. Tom publishes the story and puts an end to the corruption.
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The Kettles in the Ozarks 1956 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel, Ted de Corsia, Richard Eyer, Dave O'Brien, Joe Sawyer, Roscoe Ates, Richard Deacon, Sid Tomack
Percy Kilbride was not available to play Pa Kettle in this film, so the storyline shifts to Uncle Sedge Kettle (Arthur Hunnicutt) who Ma Kettle tries to reform from his moonshining ways when she and the kids go to visit his back-country haunts.
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King of the Newsboys 1938 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Lew Ayres, Helen Mack, Alison Skipworth, Victor Varconi, Sheila Bromley, Alice White, Horace McMahon, William "Billy" Benedict, Ray Cooke, Jack Pennick, Mary Cornman, Gloria Rich, Oscar O'Shea, Marjorie Main
After Jerry Flynn's (Lew Ayres) girlfriend Mary Ellen Stephens (Helen Mack) gives in to her materialism and leaves him for gangster Wire Arno (Victor Varconi) who can give her all that she thinks she wants, Jerry pours his time and energy into a newspaper trucking business. His efforts pay off, Jerry obtains wealth, and sets out to regain Mary's affections. By story's end, Jerry has lost the business–but not Mary.
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The Law and the Lady 1951 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edwin H. Knopf
Cast: Greer Garson, Michael Wilding, Fernando Lamas, Marjorie Main, Rhys Williams, Hayden Rorke, Margalo Gillmore, Ralph Dumke, Natalie Schafer, Soledad Jimenez
This is the third remake of "The Last of Mrs. Cheyney." The story is about a team of jewel thieves (Greer Garson and Michael Wilding) who pose as nobility to get close to their upper-crust society victims.
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Little Tough Guy 1938 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, David Gorcey, Hal E. Chester, Helen Parrish, Robert Wilcox, Marjorie Main, Olin Howland, Jackie Searl, Peggy Stewart
When the father is wrongly convicted of murder, his son (Billy Halop) puts together a group of youngsters to form a gang, and a crime spree follows. The "Little Tough Guys" were formed from a group that had formerly been in "Dead End Kids" movies, and a series of films followed with the new group. .
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The Long, Long Trailer 1953 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Gladys Hurlbut, Moroni Olsen, Bert Freed, Madge Blake, Walter Baldwin, Oliver Blake, Perry Sheehan, Frank Gerstle, John Call, Edgar Dearing, Jack Kruschen
While setting off on their honeymoon, Nicky and Tracy Collini (Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball) naively opt to live in a 40-foot trailer in his comedy about getting their rig from one spot to another as Nicky's job sites change. Their decision results in a series of comedic disasters that leave them on the verge of divorce. But, by story's end, their marriage is saved.
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Lucky Night 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Joseph Allen, Henry O'Neill, Charles(2) Lane, Marjorie Main, Irving Bacon, Douglas Fowley
Wealthy Cora Jordan (Myrna Loy) marries a poor poet, Bill Overton (Robert Taylor), and problems mount over their different needs for social lives. No, thanks.
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Ma and Pa Kettle 1949 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Audrey Young, Esther Dale, Barry Kelley, Harry Antrim, Ida Moore, Emory Parnell
In this first entry of what would become a series about the Kettles and their 15 kids, the down-on-their-luck family sees a change in fortune when they win a new home after naming the new slogan for a tobacco company.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Home 1954 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Alice Kelley, Mary Wickes, Brett Halsey, Irving Bacon, Emory Parnell, Oliver Blake, Virginia Brissac
Elwin Kettle (Brett Halsey) enters an essay contest to win money for his college education. As a finalist, he must play host to the contest's judges, and Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa (Percy Kilbride) try to get the farm cleaned up for the visit.
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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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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Emory Parnell, Peter Leeds, Teddy Hart, Oliver Blake
While settling into their newly won city home, Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) hear the rumor that uranium is under their old farm. Swindlers also hear the news, and the competition is on for rights to the precious metal.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Jim Backus, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Esther Dale, Ellen Corby, Oliver Blake
Pa Kettle (Percy Kilbride) wins a contest, and the prize includes a trip to New York City. Once there, Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa meet up with some gangsters, but the bad guys are no match for the Kettles.
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation 1953 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins, Bodil Miller, Sig Ruman, Rita Moreno, Barbara Brown, Oliver Blake, Teddy Hart, Ivan Triesault
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) visit France and end up in the middle of an espionage plot.
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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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Mr. Imperium 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Don Hartman
Cast: Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main, Barry Sullivan, Cedric Hardwicke, Debbie Reynolds, Keenan Wynn, Ann Codee, Wilton Graff, Chick Chandler
Singer Frederica Brown (Lana Turner) meets a man who introduces himself as "Mr. Imperium" (Ezio Pinza) while both are vacationing in Italy. They begin a short-lived love affair during which, he nicknames her "Fredda," and she calls him "Al." Al teaches Fredda some Italian, and she teaches him some American customs. They part, but 12 years later they are reunited. She is now a movie star, and he is king of a European throne. They try to fit into each others' lives but by story's end must say "arrivederci."
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone 1950 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak, Phyllis Kirk, Fred Clark, Dorothy Malone, Willard Waterman, Don Porter, Clinton Sandberg, Douglas Fowley
When lawyer John J. Malone's (James Whitmore) client is murdered, he teams up with Hattie O'Malley (Marjorie Main), and, together, they solve the crime.
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Murder, He Says 1945 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Helen Walker, Marjorie Main, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Peter Whitney, Mabel Paige, Barbara Pepper, Walter Baldwin, James Flavin
Census taker Pete Marshall (Fred MacMurray) gets more than he bargained for when he knocks on the door of a hillbilly family that distrusts strangers.
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Rose Marie 1954  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr, Marjorie Main, Joan Taylor, Ray Collins, Chief Yowlachie, James Logan, Thurl Ravenscroft
This is another remake of the 1924 Rudolf Friml operetta and is the first musical to use the CinemaScope format, which it does to good advantage. Rose Marie (Ann Blyth) is a lovely French-Canadian lass who is after trapper James Duval (Fernando Lamas). James, in turn, is being pursued by mountie Mike Malone (Howard Keel). Mike uses Rose to help him get James and, in the process, falls in love with her. 1 User Review
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Shepherd of the Hills 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey, Beulah Bondi, Marjorie Main, Ward Bond, Marc Lawrence, James Barton, Samuel S. Hinds, John Qualen
Based on Harold Bell Wright's penetrating book about young Matt (John Wayne), this is the story about a man who cannot figure why his father (Harry Carey) deserted the family.
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Stella Dallas 1937 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main, Tim Holt, Ann Shoemaker, Nella Walker, Jimmy Butler
Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in her role of Stella Dallas, the young woman from a mill town who marries a wealthy man (John Boles) but cannot find happiness because they never reconcile their differences in upbringing. Anne Shirley also received an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actress).
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Summer Stock 1950  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers, Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Carleton Carpenter, Paul E. Burns
Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) lives on a farm in a New England town when a troupe of actors arrives, and they all agree to "put on a show" in Jane's barn. 1 User Review
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| | lover of musicals 07/10/2007 | | If you like musicals, this is a must. Gene Kelly and July Garland do very well together in this show. They are both naturals. Two of my favorites as a young girl. A little slapstick with Eddie Bracken, and Phil Slivers, not to mention the Gloria DeHaven and Marjorie Main. I have this as a VHS and a DVD. Keeps me busy as age keeps creeping up on me. We need more of this type of beauty and laughter in todays world. |
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Susan and God 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Rita Hayworth, Nigel Bruce, Bruce Cabot, Rose Hobart, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main
Susan (Joan Crawford) is a socialite whose family and friends have problems understanding her new religion–until she begins to understand what charity is really all about.
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Tennessee Johnson 1942 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Man on America's Conscience
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Van Heflin, Ruth Hussey, Lionel Barrymore, Marjorie Main, Regis Toomey, Montagu Love, Porter Hall, Charles Dingle, J. Edward Bromberg, Grant Withers
The life of President Andrew Johnson is told–with Van Heflin in the title role. Johnson's life from his backwoods boyhood through his impeachment is covered. Good cast.
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Test Pilot 1938 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Aylesworth, Gloria Holden, Louis Jean Heydt, Marjorie Main, Virginia Grey
The dangerous early days of aviation are depicted in this film about test pilots and their earth-bound relationships. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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They Shall Have Music 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea, Gene Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Porter Hall, Terry Kilburn, Marjorie Main, Paul Harvey, Tommy Kelly, Gale Sherwood, Mary Ruth
Professor Lawson (Walter Brennan) runs a musical school for underprivileged children in this film effort by Samuel Goldwyn to popularize classical music through film. 1 User Review
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| | 5 STAR | Anonymous 05/03/2009 | | Wonderful nostalgic film. Great music. Great acting. |
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Too Hot to Handle 1938 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Henry Kolker, Marjorie Main, Robert Emmett Keane, Gregory Gaye
Everything goes wrong when newsreel photographer Chris Hunter (Clark Gable) fakes an event–and he is caught by a rival. Love saves the day–with pilot Alma Harding (Myrna Loy)–when all is said and done. 1 User Review
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Under the Big Top 1938 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Karl Brown
Cast: Marjorie Main, Anne Nagel, Jack La Rue, Grant Richards, George Cleveland, Fred "Snowflake" Toones, Betty Compson, Herbert Rawlinson, Rolfe Sedan, Charlene Wyatt, Harry Harvey, Speed Hansen
The "Three Flying Pennies" trapeze act–featuring Penny (Anne Nagel), Pablo Le Grande (Grant Richards), and Ricardo Le Grande (Jack La Rue)–draws big crowds to the circus owned by Penny's Aunt Sara Post (Marjorie Main). Problems arise when Penny and her partners do not abide by Sara's strict rules. But by story's end, they sort out their complicated relationships, and the act goes on.
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Undercurrent 1946 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum, Edmund Gwenn, Jayne Meadows, Marjorie Main, Clinton Sundberg, Dan Tobin, Kathryn Card, Charles Trowbridge, Leigh Whipper, James Westerfield
Following a whirlwind romance, Ann Hamilton (Katharine Hepburn) marries investor/businessman Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor), and shortly thereafter problems rise to the fore. Alan refuses to discuss his missing brother Michael (Robert Mitchum), and as Ann tries to solve the mystery she begins to suspect that Alan murdered Michael. But, while visiting a ranch, Ann discovers that a man she has been questioning is, in fact, Michael. By now, problems lie deep and extend to Alan wanting to end the marriage.
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap 1947 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Audrey Young, George Cleveland, Gordon Jones, William Ching, Peter M. Thompson, Olin Howland, Glenn Strange
Chester Primm (Lou Costello) accidentally kills a man and then learns that he is responsible for his victim's debts and family. So, he is saddled with Widow Hawkins (Marjorie Main) and her six children in this very funny movie.
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A Woman's Face 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, George Zucco, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Nichols, Charles Quigley, Henry Kolker
A con artist, Anna Holm (Joan Crawford), has suffered from a scarred face since she was a child. When Anna meets Dr. Segert (Melvyn Douglas), he performs plastic surgery on her, and she experiences a change in her life. But, she isn't sure that a "good" life is better than the one she had, and her lover (Conrad Veidt) lures her back into the criminal world when she aids him in a kidnap and murder plot. There is a murder trial, but Anna is cleared, goes through a spiritual rebirth, and finds a new life with Dr. Segert who has finally realized that he loves her.
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 The Women 1939 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine, Lucile Watson, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Butterfly McQueen, Phyllis Povah, Virginia Weidler, Virginia Grey, Muriel Hutchison, Hedda Hopper
After Mary's (Norma Shearer) friend Sylvia (Rosalind Russell) arranges for her to get the information that Mary's husband is having an affair, Mary heads for Reno to obtain a divorce. When she returns home to New York, she learns that her husband has married his mistress Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford), and now Mary plots to win her husband back. This all-female-cast movie is a classic.
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The Wrong Road 1937 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Cruze
Cast: Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, Horace McMahon, Russ Powell, Billy Bevan, Marjorie Main, Rex Evans, Joseph Crehan, Arthur Hoyt, Syd Saylor, Selmer Jackson, Chester Clute
Jimmy (Richard Cromwell) and Ruth (Helen Mack) are young and need money. Their solution: rob a bank, serve time, and spend the stolen money later. The plan works–until they are released from jail and have problems finding the hidden money. But, find it they do and, at the same time, come to their senses and turn the cache in to the authorities.
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| 1. The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
2. Another Thin Man (1939)
3. Barnacle Bill (1941)
4. The Belle of New York (1952)
5. Boy of the Streets (1937)
6. The Dark Command (1940)
7. Dead End (1937)
8. The Egg and I (1947)
9. Friendly Persuasion (1956)
10. The Harvey Girls (1946)
11. Heaven Can Wait (1943)
12. Honky Tonk (1941)
13. Hot Saturday (1932)
14. I Take This Woman (1940)
15. It's a Big Country (1951)
16. Johnny Come Lately (1943)
17. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
18. The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
19. King of the Newsboys (1938)
20. The Law and the Lady (1951)
21. Little Tough Guy (1938)
22. The Long, Long Trailer (1953)
23. Lucky Night (1939)
24. Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
25. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
26. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
27. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
28. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
29. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
30. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
31. Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
32. Mr. Imperium (1951)
33. Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
34. Murder, He Says (1945)
35. Rose Marie (1954)
36. Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
37. Stella Dallas (1937)
38. Summer Stock (1950)
39. Susan and God (1940)
40. Tennessee Johnson (1942)
aka: The Man on America's Conscience
41. Test Pilot (1938)
42. They Shall Have Music (1939)
43. Too Hot to Handle (1938)
44. Under the Big Top (1938)
45. Undercurrent (1946)
46. The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
47. A Woman's Face (1941)
48. The Women (1939)
49. The Wrong Road (1937)
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