40 Carats 1973  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Forty Carats
Director: Milton Katselas
Cast: Liv Ullmann, Eddie Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Billy Green Bush, Nancy Walker, Rosemary Murphy, Don Porter, Natalie Schafer
This film adaptation of the Broadway smash is about an older woman and her young daughter who both experience May/December romances.
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Best Foot Forward 1943 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, Tommy Dix, Nancy Walker, June Allyson, Kenny Bowers, Gloria DeHaven, Beverly Tyler, Chill Wills
When Cadet Bud Hooper (Tommy Dix) invites movie star Lucille Ball (playing herself) to the Winsocki Military Academy prom, her acceptance opens the floodgates for problems.
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Can't Stop the Music 1980  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Nancy Walker
Cast: Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine, Ray Simpson, David Hodo, Felipe Rose, Randy Jones, Glenn Hughes, Alex Briley, Bruce Jenner, Paul Sand
This disaster more or less tells the story of the founding and success of the popular 1970s and 1980s disco group The Village People. An aspiring songwriter (Steve Guttenberg) needs a vehicle for his music, and a group is formed to sing them. Hoping to appeal to "Grease" audiences, the budget was big but entertainment was little.
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Girl Crazy 1943  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton, Robert E. Strickland, Rags Ragland, June Allyson, Nancy Walker, Guy Kibbee, Henry O'Neill, Irving Bacon
Gershwin tunes "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," and "But Not for Me" highlight this film about college students who work to stave off bankruptcy for their school. One of the best Rooney/Garland musicals
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Lucky Me 1954  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Doris Day, Robert Cummings, Phil Silvers, Eddie Foy Jr., Nancy Walker, Martha Hyer, Bill Goodwin, Angie Dickinson, Marcel Dalio, Hayden Rorke, James Burke, William Bakewell
Chorus girl Candy Williams (Doris Day) finds new hope when songwriter Dick Carson (Robert Cummings) and his new musical open the door to fame and fortune. Angie Dickinson's film debut.
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Murder by Death 1976 PG, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Moore
Cast: Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote, James Coco, Elsa Lanchester, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Nancy Walker
This Neil Simon story is about five fictional detective heroes who receive and accept dinner invitations to an old mansion. Their host is Sheridan Whiteside (Truman Capote) who is fed up with the usual plots in mystery stories and wants his guests to solve a mystery.
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The World's Greatest Athlete 1973 G, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Robert Scheerer
Cast: Tim Conway, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Dayle Haddon, Billy De Wolfe, Nancy Walker, Leon Askin, Don Pedro Colley, Vito Scotti, Liam Dunn, Ivor Francis
Coaches Sam Archer (John Amos) and Milo Jackson (Tim Conway) travel to Africa where they discover a super athlete, Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent), who they bring back to their college in the United States and turn him into a track star.
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| 1. 40 Carats (1973)
aka: Forty Carats
2. Best Foot Forward (1943)
3. Can't Stop the Music (1980)
4. Girl Crazy (1943)
5. Lucky Me (1954)
6. Murder by Death (1976)
7. The World's Greatest Athlete (1973)
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