How to Frame a Figg 1971  G, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rafkin
Cast: Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Edward Andrews, Elaine Joyce, Yvonne Craig, Frank Welker, Parker Fennelly, Bill Zuckert, Pitt Herbert, Robert P. Lieb, Bob Hastings, Bruce Kirby
Hollis Alexander Figg (Don Knotts), a shaky assistant bookkeeper at City Hall, is framed by corrupt city officials of stealing money from the city's funds. With the help of wholesome Ema (Elaine Joyce) and a computer, Hollis is cleared after the usual hilarity.
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It Happened to Jane 1959  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Twinkle and Shine
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Steve Forrest, Mary Wickes, Teddy Rooney, Russ Brown, Max Showalter, Jayne Meadows, Harry Morgan, Parker Fennelly, Walter Greaza, Philip Coolidge
Widow Jane Osgood (Doris Day) runs a New England lobster business. After her shipment of lobsters die, Jane hires lawyer George Denham (Jack Lemmon) and sues the railroad company she holds responsible. But, railroad executive Harry Foster Malone (Ernie Kovacs), who is "the meanest man in the world," does not take the law suit lying down, and the battle rages between Harry and Jane. Meanwhile, love blossoms between George and Jane.
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Pretty Poison 1968  R, 89 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Noel Black
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Tuesday Weld, Beverly Garland, John Randolph, Dick O'Neill, Clarice Blackburn, Joseph Bova, Ken Kercheval, Don Fellows, Parker Fennelly
Mentally unstable Dennis (Anthony Perkins) has recently been released from prison after having burned down a house–with his aunt in it. He gets a job in a small town and meets perky, high-school student Sue Ann (Tuesday Weld). To impress Sue Ann, he tells her that he is a government agent. Sue Ann, who isn't what she appears to be, teams up with him in order to execute her own agenda. She starts by shooting her mother. Good performance by Tuesday Weld.
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The Trouble with Harry 1955  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe, Edmund Gwenn, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Jerry Mathers, Royal Dano, Barry Macollum, Parker Fennelly
Young Arnie (Jerry Mathers) discovers the corpse of Harry in a Vermont woods. He goes home and tells his mother (Shirley MacLaine) who recognizes Harry as her ex-husband and thinks she is responsible because she hit him with a bottle. Meanwhile, a hunter (Edmund Gwenn), also spots Harry and thinks he shot him while hunting. Others also believe they are the ones who are responsible for his death. To ensure that the authorities do not discover the body, the villagers get together and bury Harry. The trouble with Harry is that he is a corpse that just does not stay buried, and his body keeps popping up around town. Alfred Hitchcock, in a change for him, shows comic genius in directing this comedy. The film marks Shirley MacLaine's film debut.
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| 1. How to Frame a Figg (1971)
2. It Happened to Jane (1959)
aka: Twinkle and Shine
3. The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957)
4. Pretty Poison (1968)
5. The Trouble with Harry (1955)
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