Air Raid Wardens 1943  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Donald Meek, Stephen McNally, Henry O'Neill, Philip Van Zandt, Nella Walker, Rose Hobart
This movie, filmed during World War II, features Laurel and Hardy as military rejects who become Civil Defense workers and uncover a Nazi plot to gain control of a magnesium company.
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Back Street 1941  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Esther Dale, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Gateson, Cecil Cunningham, Peggy Stewart, Nell O'Day, Kitty O'Neil, Nella Walker, Dale Winter
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan are a believable team as they play star-crossed lovers Walter and Rae who, due to a mix-up, do not marry. Five years later, they meet again. Rae is engaged to marry Curt (Richard Carlson), and Walter has married another woman. Their love has lasted over the years, and Rae agrees to be Walter's mistress–an affair that will last for many years.
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Captain January 1936  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: David Butler
Cast: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, June Lang, Buddy Ebsen, Sara Haden, Jane Darwell, Nella Walker, Si Jenks, George Irving
After surviving a shipwreck, Star (Shirley Temple) is rescued by lighthouse-keeper Captain January (Guy Kibbee) and takes up a new life among the seafarers.
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 Dante's Inferno 1935 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart, Scotty Beckett, Rita Hayworth, George Humbert, Nella Walker, Dennis O'Keefe, Yakima Canutt
Carnival barker Jim Carter (Spencer Tracy) finds that his rise to riches via his midway attraction can only result in tragedy. Watch for Rita Hayworth–still using her real name, Rita Cansino–as a beautiful dancer.
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Ever in My Heart 1933 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Frank Albertson, Laura Hope Crews, George Cooper, Nella Walker, Donald Meek, Clara Blandick
Unable to reconcile differences over anti-German prejudices, Hugo (Otto Kruger) leaves his wife Mary (Barbara Stanwyck). During World War I, she heads for Europe to help the war effort and learns that Hugo is now a spy for the enemy. 1 User Review
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Flesh and Fury 1952 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist, Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino, Harry Shannon, Nella Walker
A hearing and speech impaired boxer, Paul Callan (Tony Curtis), is torn between two women: a sexy blonde (Jan Sterling) and an honest, secure reporter (Mona Freeman).
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Four Frightened People 1934 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, William Gargan, Leo Carrillo, Tetsu Komai, Nella Walker, Chris-Pin Martin, Ethel Griffies, Joe De La Cruz
Abandoning ship because of an outbreak of the bubonic plague, survivors row ashore in lifeboats and then must pass the test of survival on a jungle island.
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Hellzapoppin' 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Robert Paige, Jane Frazee, Martha Raye, Clarence Kolb, Mischa Auer, Elisha Cook Jr., Hugh Herbert, Nella Walker, Shemp Howard, Richard Lane
Big stars of the 1940s, Ole Olsen and Chick Johnson, provide good fun in this comedy about behind-the-scenes filmmaking.
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I Love You Again 1940 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas, Nella Walker, Pierre Watkin, Paul Stanton, Morgan Wallace, Charles Arnt
An amnesiac (William Powell) is dull and boring, but then he receives a bump on the head and regains his old personality–and the love of his wife (Myrna Loy). Very funny–even today.
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In Name Only 1939 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Peggy Ann Garner, Helen Vinson, Katharine Alexander, Jonathan Hale, Frank Puglia, Nella Walker
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Alec Walker (Cary Grant) meets and falls in love with a beautiful widow, Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), but their plans for the future depend on his current wife (Kay Francis) granting the divorce.
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Indiscreet 1931  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Barbara Kent, Monroe Owsley, Arthur Lake, Maude Eburne, Henry Kolker, Nella Walker, Harry Watson
Wealthy Jerry Trent (Gloria Swanson) tries to keep her past from current beau Tony (Ben Lyon). Enter sister with a former boyfriend of Jerry's, and the "fun" begins. Gloria got big bucks for this one, but even she couldn't bail it out from the weak script and songs.
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Kathleen 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, Gail Patrick, Felix Bressart, Nella Walker, Lloyd Corrigan, Wade Boteler, Charles Judels
An unhappy daughter, Kathleen (Shirley Temple), finds the right new wife for her widower father (Herbert Marshall), and everyone lives happily ever after.
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Kid Glove Killer 1942 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds, John Litel, Cliff Clark, Eddie Quillan, Nella Walker, Ava Gardner, James Flavin
Police criminologist Gordon McKay (Van Heflin) uses scientific test-tube evidence to solve the mystery behind the mayor's murder.
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Nancy Goes to Rio 1950 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Scotty Beckett, Fortunio Bonanova, Hans Conried, Louis Calhern, Nella Walker, Leon Belasco, Glenn Anders, Frank(2) Fontaine, Pierre Watkin, Sig Arno, Leonid Kinskey
Broadway star Frances (Ann Sothern) goes to Rio to prepare for her next show, and her daughter Nancy (Jane Powell) follows. Frances doesn't know that 17-year-old Nancy has been hired to appear in her show, and problems develop when rumors have Nancy rehearsing for Frances' role. As if that were not enough, rumors also mistakenly tell that Nancy is pregnant. Then to complete the problems, Frances and Nancy both fall for leading man Paul Berten (Barry Sullivan). Songs include "Time and Time Again" and "Shine on Harvest Moon."
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The Rage of Paris 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman, Samuel S. Hinds, Nella Walker, Harry Davenport, Lionel Pape, Mary Forbes, Leonard Mudie
Nicole de Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) needs money. Her solution: catch a rich husband. Wealthy Canadian Bill Duncan (Louis Hayward) becomes the target, and the plan works–until Bill's friend, Jim (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), enters the scene and complications are assured.
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Red Salute 1935 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Her Enlisted Man
Runaway Daughter
Her Uncle Sam
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Hardie Albright, Cliff Edwards, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Jones, Purnell Pratt, Paul Stanton, Nella Walker, Arthur Vinton
Drue Van Allen (Barbara Stanwyck) is a college student and daughter of an Army general (Purnell Pratt). She is swayed in the liberal direction by one suitor and in the conservative direction by another.
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Sabrina 1954  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams, Martha Hyer, Joan Vohs, Francis X. Bushman, Marcel Dalio, Nella Walker, Marcel Hillaire, Ellen Corby, Marjorie Bennett, Emory Parnell, Nancy Kulp
Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur. Unsophisticated Sabrina falls in love with David Larrabee (William Holden) who does not return her affections–until she returns from a Paris cooking school and has become a sophisticated woman. In addition to an Academy Award for Costume Design, the film received five nominations, including Best Actress (Hepburn) and Director.
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The Saint Takes Over 1940 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Hively
Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, Morgan Conway, Robert Emmett Keane, Cy Kendall, James Burke, Robert Middlemass, Nella Walker
Another good Saint episode as the Saint (George Sanders) again helps Inspector Fernack, who this time is being framed by gambling bad guys. After running into several murders, the Saint prevails.
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Small Town Girl 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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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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That Hagen Girl 1947  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell, Dorothy Peterson, Conrad Janis, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Charles Kemper, Penny Edwards, Harry Davenport, Nella Walker
This film is chock-full of sentimentality. It is the story about whether or not Tom Bates (Ronald Reagan) REALLY is Mary Hagen's (Shirley Temple) birth father, and it's really poor.
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Robert Cummings, William Lundigan, Ernest Cossart, Nella Walker, Felix Bressart, Grady Sutton
The song "Because" was introduced in this sequel to "Three Smart Girls" as the youngest sibling, Penny (Deanna Durbin), interferes in her sisters' romances.
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The Vagabond Lover 1929 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Marshall Neilan
Cast: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker, Danny O'Shea, Alan Roscoe, Malcolm Waite
College senior Rudy Bronson (Rudy Vallee) talks his way out of a tight spot by claiming to be his saxophone teacher: the famous Ted Grant. Believing he is Ted Grant, wealthy Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler) hires Rudy and his band, and Rudy goes along with the ploy–but not without worrying about risking losing the love of his life (Sally Blane) because of the deception.
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Young Dr. Kildare 1938 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Jo Ann Sayers, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Monty Woolley, Pierre Watkin, Truman Bradley, Nella Walker
This is the first in a series of nine Dr. Kildare movies. All films star Lew Ayres as the title character and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The setting is Blair General Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Kildare, upon graduation, decides not to join his father's practice in a small town; rather, he chooses a large hospital in NYC. He gets in trouble right away when he is blamed for the death of an important politician. The wheel-chair-bound Dr. Gillespie helps prove Kildare's innocence and, by story's end, becomes his mentor.
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| 1. Air Raid Wardens (1943)
2. Back Street (1941)
3. Captain January (1936)
4. Dante's Inferno (1935)
5. Ever in My Heart (1933)
6. Flesh and Fury (1952)
7. Four Frightened People (1934)
8. Hellzapoppin' (1941)
9. I Love You Again (1940)
10. In Name Only (1939)
11. Indiscreet (1931)
12. Kathleen (1941)
13. Kid Glove Killer (1942)
14. Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
15. The Rage of Paris (1938)
16. Red Salute (1935)
aka: Her Enlisted Man
aka: Runaway Daughter
aka: Her Uncle Sam
17. Sabrina (1954)
18. The Saint Takes Over (1940)
19. Small Town Girl (1936)
aka: One Horse Town
20. Stella Dallas (1937)
21. That Hagen Girl (1947)
22. Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
23. The Vagabond Lover (1929)
24. Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
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