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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Anastasia 1956  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, Helen Hayes, Akim Tamiroff, Martita Hunt, Felix Aylmer, Ivan Desny, Natalie Schafer, Sacha Pitoeff, Karel Stepanek, Gregoire Gromoff, Ina De La Haye, Katherine Kath
In 1928, a young Parisian woman (Ingrid Bergman) was recruited to impersonate the daughter of Czar Nicholas II. It was rumored that Anastasia had escaped the Bolshevik's execution of Russia's royal family and, if found, was eligible for the inheritance. As the story progresses, it becomes apparent that she knows much more than an impostor would about intimate details of Anastasia's life. The question remains, is she really Anastasia? Ingrid Bergman won the Oscar for her role as Anastasia.
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Back Street 1961  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer, Alex Gerry, Tammy Marihugh, Robert Eyer, Doreen McLean, Karen Norris, Hayden Rorke, Mary Lawrence, Joseph Cronin
In this remake of earlier productions of "Back Street," Susan Hayward and John Gavin take on the roles of Rae Smith and Paul Saxon who meet and fall in love, but, due to a mix-up, they do not marry. Years later, they meet again, and now Paul is married to alcoholic Liz (Vera Miles). Unable to get a divorce from Liz, Walter enters into a love affair with Rae that will last for years to come. 2 User Reviews
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| | anonymous 02/14/2008 | | I am 66 years old now, but i still think about this movie. i loved susan hayward from my teenager years to today. i quote that line where John Gavin showed her his picture in their new house and asks her if she can decorate around it, and her reply was; why not, i built my whole life around it. i love it, i love it. where can you buy her movies? |
| | Anonymous 07/19/2007 | | If you are a romantic at heart, you will love this film. John Gavin is easy on the eyes and Susan Hayward is outstanding. You keep wishing throughout the movie that the two will end up together. |
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Beverly Hills Brats 1989  PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dimitri Sotirakis
Cast: Burt Young, Peter Billingsley, Martin Sheen, Terry Moore, Cathy Podewell, Ramon Estevez, Aron Eisenberg, George(2) Kirby, Natalie Schafer, Vito Scotti
To get his parent's attention, a rich kid hires a man to kidnap him only to have both of them taken by real crooks. Ho-hum.
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Callaway Went Thataway 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Star Said No
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Elisabeth Fraser, Stan Freberg, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Don Haggerty
This spoof of the Western genre features cameo appearances by a number of Hollywood stars. The plot involves promoters Mike (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah (Dorothy McGuire) substituting a look-a-like cowboy (Howard Keel) for the real star (also Howard Keel) who is an alcoholic.
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Caught 1949 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Max Ophuls
Cast: James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Ryan, Curt Bois, Frank Ferguson, Natalie Schafer, Ruth Brady, Art Smith, Bernadene Hayes, Ann Morrison, Wilton Graff, Barbara Billingsley, Ilka Gruning, Pamela Mason, Jimmy Hawkins
Leonora Eames (Barbara Bel Geddes) is a model who marries millionaire Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan) and moves into his luxurious home where boredom and loneliness set in. They fight, separate, get back together, and then separate again. Leonora gets a job as a receptionist for sympathetic psychiatrist Dr. Quinada (James Mason), she does not tell Quinada that she is married, and they fall in love. Complications–including pregnancy–ensue as Leonora tries to come to terms with the difficulties in her life.
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Dishonored Lady 1947  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Dennis O'Keefe, John Loder, William Lundigan, Paul Cavanagh, Natalie Schafer, Morris Carnovsky, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Hamilton, Ian Wolfe, Nicholas Joy, Dewey Robinson
Successful, but mentally unstable, magazine editor Madeleine (Hedy Lamarr) attempts suicide. After her psychiatrist insists she quit her high-pressure job, she moves to Greenwich Village and becomes a painter. She meets David (Dennis O'Keefe), and love blossoms. But she runs across an old boyfriend and, after he is killed, Madeleine is accused of the murder
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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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 The Girl Next Door 1953 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Sale
Cast: Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer, Clinton Sundberg, Hayden Rorke, Mary Jane Saunders, May Wynn, Herb Vigran, Jeffrey Sayre, Mona Knox, Gordon Clark, Michael Ross
Singing star Jeannie Laird (June Haver) is tired of city life, so she moves to a home in suburbia. Widower Bill Carter (Dan Dailey), a cartoonist, lives next door with his 10-year-old son Joe (Billy Gray). Jeannie and Bill fall in love. But, will their new relationship create problems between Bill and Joe?
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Baldwin
Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Connie Forslund, Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Scatman Crothers, Martin Landau, Barbara Bain
This is the third Gilligan TV movie that constituted a comeback for the Gilligan crew still stuck on the island. They get a visit from the Harlem Globetrotters, a mad scientist, and basketballing robots.
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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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The Other Love 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Maria Palmer, Joan Lorring, Richard Conte, Richard Hale, Lenore Aubert, Gilbert Roland, Edward Ashley, Natalie Schafer
Dying of consumption, Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) heads for Switzerland for treatment. Once there, she tries to enjoy one last romantic fling while her kind doctor (David Niven) is the real course to true love.
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island 1978 TV, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Cast: Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Judith Baldwin, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli, Art LaFleur, Norman Bartold, Mary Gregory
After all those years, the crew of the Minnow is rescued after the Professor (Russell Johnson) uses part of a barometer from a Russian satellite that had crashed on the island. The barometer indicates that a huge wave will sweep the island, so Gilligan (Bob Denver) and crew prepare to ride it off the island and out to sea. The plan works, after a rescue by a Navy helicopter, and they arrive in Hawaii. Civilization has changed, and it is not easy to adjust–especially with those Russian spies looking for the barometer.
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Secret Beyond the Door 1948 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Joan Bennett, Michael Redgrave, Anne Revere, Barbara O'Neil, Natalie Schafer, Paul Cavanagh, Anabel Shaw, Rosa Rey, James Seay, Mark Dennis, Houseley Stevenson
A wealthy socialite from New York, Celia (Joan Bennett), vacations in Mexico where she meets and marries Mark Lamphere (Michael Redgrave). It doesn't take long before Celia begins to suspect that her husband holds many secrets, including murdering his first wife. Could Celia be next on his list?
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The Snake Pit 1948  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Lee Patrick, Natalie Schafer, Glenn Langan, Beulah Bondi, Leif Erickson, Helen Craig
This film deftly handles the realities of mental illness–including hospitalization, treatment, and cure–as it follows the breakdown of Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland). Oscar nominations included Best Picture, Actress, and Director.
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Susan Slade 1961 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire, Lloyd Nolan, Brian Aherne, Grant Williams, Natalie Schafer, Kent Smith, Bert Convy, Guy Wilkerson, Maurice Wells, Ramsay Hill, Everett Glass, John A. Alonzo, Bob Baker
Seventeen-year-old Susan Slade (Connie Stevens) ends up pregnant after having an affair with Conn White (Grant Williams) who dies when he falls off Mt. McKinley. Susan attempts suicide, but Hoyt Brecker (Troy Donahue) rescues her. She confesses to her parents, Roger and Leah (Lloyd Nolan and Dorothy McGuire) that she is pregnant, and they take her to Guatemala to have the baby. She has the baby, and then Roger dies of a heart attack. Susan and Leah return home to California, and Leah pretends that she is the baby's mother. Now, Hoyt and aspiring author Wells Corbett (Bert Convy) propose to Susan, but she refuses both of their offers. After her baby is badly burned in an accident, Susan confesses that she is the mother. Wells loses interest in Susan, but Hoyt is still smitten. Will Susan marry Hoyt and live happily ever after?
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Take Care of My Little Girl 1951 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dale Robertson, Mitzi Gaynor, Jean Peters, Jeffrey Hunter, George Nader, Helen Westcott, Gail Davis, Betty Lynn, Natalie Schafer
Mid-century campus life is depicted in this love story about sorority girl Liz Erickson (Jeanne Crain) and her romance with Joe Blake (Dale Robertson). Get out your handkerchiefs!
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| 1. 40 Carats (1973)
aka: Forty Carats
2. Anastasia (1956)
3. Back Street (1961)
4. Beverly Hills Brats (1989)
5. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
aka: The Star Said No
6. Caught (1949)
7. Dishonored Lady (1947)
8. Female on the Beach (1955)
9. Forever Darling (1956)
10. The Girl Next Door (1953)
11. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)
12. I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
13. The Law and the Lady (1951)
14. The Other Love (1947)
15. Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)
16. Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
17. The Snake Pit (1948)
18. Susan Slade (1961)
19. Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
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