The Big Trees 1952  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Western
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Eve Miller, Patrice Wymore, Edgar Buchanan, John Archer, Alan Hale Jr., Roy Roberts, Ellen Corby, Charles Meredith, Harry Cording, Lane Chandler, Frank Hagney, William Challee
Set around 1900, this remake of "Valley of the Giants" features Kirk Douglas as greedy lumberjack Jim Fallon who wants to use California's Redwood Forest for his own profit. Confronted by Quaker environmentalists, Fallon is finally convinced to save the trees.
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Chamber of Horrors 1966  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Hy Averback
Cast: Cesare Danova, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Patrick O'Neal, Laura Devon, Patrice Wymore, Suzy Parker, Jose Rene Ruiz, Philip Bourneuf, Jeanette Nolan, Marie Windsor, Wayne Rogers, Vinton Haworth
Set in 19th-century Baltimore, madman Jason Cravette (Patrick O'Neal) escapes while on his way to prison and execution, losing a hand in the escape. He attaches assorted weapons to the arm with the lost hand as he attempts to take revenge on those who convicted him. But the proprietors of the "Chamber of Horrors" wax museum (Cesare Danova and Wilfrid Hyde-White) are on his trail.
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I'll See You in My Dreams 1951 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore, James Gleason, Mary Wickes, Jim Backus, Hans Conried, Minna Gombell, Harry Antrim
This is a semi-accurate biography of songwriter Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) and his marriage to Grace LeBoy Kahn (Doris Day). Together, they wrote such songs as "I'll See You in My Dreams," "Ain't We Got Fun," and "Makin' Whoopee."
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King's Rhapsody 1955  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie, Francis De Wolff, Joan Benham, Miles Malleson, Reginald Tate, Lionel Blair
British actress icon Anna Neagle teams with Errol Flynn in this ho-hum musical/drama based on Igor Novella's musical play. A prince (Flynn) falls in love with a commoner (Neagle) and decides to go into exile to be with his love. But when his father, the King, dies, he returns to take the throne and the obligatory bride (Patrice Wymore-Flynn's wife at the time). When he is finally free his true love rejects him, knowing his people need him more.
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 Ocean's Eleven 1960 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore, Joey Bishop, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Buddy Lester, Richard Benedict, Jean Willes
Under Danny Ocean's (Frank Sinatra) leadership, veterans of the 82nd Airborne regroup after 15 years to raid five Las Vegas casinos–the Sahara, Flamingo, Riviera, Sands, and Desert Inn–on New Year's Eve. Of course, there are more than a few hurdles to overcome while carrying out their "perfect" plan. This is the "Rat Pack's" first feature film.
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Rocky Mountain 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Patrice Wymore, Scott Forbes, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Slim Pickens, Sheb Wooley, Yakima Canutt, Dickie Jones, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson, Robert "Buzz" Henry, Peter Coe, Rush Williams, Marianne Stone, Alex Sharp
While a band of Confederate soldiers, led by Captain Lave Barstow (Errol Flynn), is in California trying to recruit soldiers, they rescue Johanna (Patrice Wymore) who is aboard a stage coach that is being attacked by Indians. Johanna is the fiancee of Union soldier Lt. Rickey (Scott Forbes), and Barstow uses her as the bait to lure Rickey and his patrol of Union soldiers into battle. They capture the Union soldiers, but the Indians launch their own attack, and Barstow allows the Union soldiers and Johanna to escape the Indian massacre.
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She's Working Her Way Through College 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Patrice Wymore, Roland Winters, Raymond Greenleaf, George Meader, Eve Miller
Wanting to improve herself intellectually, burlesque dancer Angela Gardner (Virginia Mayo) heads for college and upsets the campus in this musical remake of "The Male Animal."
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Tea for Two 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Patrice Wymore, Eve Arden, Billy De Wolfe, S.Z. Sakall, Bill Goodwin, Virginia Gibson, Crauford Kent, Elinor Donahue, Harry Harvey, Pat Flaherty, George Baxter, Herschel Daugherty
Based on the Broadway musical, "No, No, Nanette," this delightful film is about Nan's (Doris Day) bet that she can get money needed for her Broadway musical show by not answering "NO!" for an entire weekend. Nan wins the bet and then learns that the money was wiped out in the Wall Street Stock Market crash. Jimmy (Gordon MacRae) is smitten with Nan and offers her the money. The show does go on and is a hit. The film's songs include "Tea for Two," "I Want to Be Happy," "I Only Have Eyes for You," and "Do Do Do."
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| 1. The Big Trees (1952)
2. Chamber of Horrors (1966)
3. I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
4. King's Rhapsody (1955)
5. Ocean's Eleven (1960)
6. Rocky Mountain (1950)
7. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
8. Tea for Two (1950)
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