 The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, Ian Hunter, Olivia de Havilland, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Una O'Connor, Herbert Mundin, Montagu Love, Robert Noble, Leonard Willey, Kenneth Hunter
Errol Flynn IS Robin Hood. Romance blooms between Robin and Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland) in the midst of sweeping sword fights in Sherwood Forest as Robin leads his band of merry men against Prince John (Claude Rains) and his efforts to tax the poor. The film received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
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 Auntie Mame 1958  N/R, 143 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Morton DaCosta
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark, Roger Smith, Jan Handzlik, Patric Knowles, Peggy Cass, Joanna Barnes, Willard Waterman
Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell) takes over the guardianship of her orphaned nephew, Patrick (Jan Handzlik as the boy/Roger Smith as the adult). It is love at first sight when Mame introduces Patrick to her madcap world of N.Y.C. sophistication in the Jazz Age. Academy Award nominations include Best Picture, Actress (Russell), and Supporting Actress (Peggy Cass).
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Band of Angels 1957  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Patric Knowles, Rex Reason, Torin Thatcher, Andrea King, Ray Teal, Juanita Moore
This is the film adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's epic novel about the Civil War and the personal love story of Hamish Bond (Clark Gable) and Amantha Starr (Yvonne De Carlo) who overcome racial prejudice in their efforts to find happiness.
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A Bill of Divorcement 1940 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall, Dame May Whitty, Patric Knowles, C. Aubrey Smith, Ernest Cossart, Kathryn Collier, Bunny Beatty
In this remake of the 1932 film, a mentally ill man (Adolphe Menjou) regains sanity and returns home after a long absence. He is confronted with divorce, but gets to know his now-grown daughter (Maureen O'Hara).
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The Bride Wore Boots 1946  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles, Peggy Wood, Robert Benchley, Willie Best, Natalie Wood
Horsewoman Sally (Barbara Stanwyck) has major problems trying to convince her husband, Jeff (Robert Cummings), to enter her world of love and respect for horses.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Donald Crisp, Nigel Bruce, Henry Stephenson, David Niven, Spring Byington, J. Carrol Naish, E.E. Clive, C. Henry Gordon, G.P. Huntley, Robert Barrat, Walter Holbrook, Scotty Beckett
In this film version of Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem, set during the 1854 Crimean War, Major Geoffrey Vickers (Errol Flynn) vows revenge on the Indian potentate Surat Khan (C. Henry Gordon) after witnessing a slaughter of British citizens at a British fort commanded by Col. Campbell (Donald Crisp). Meanwhile, Geoffrey and his brother Perry (Patric Knowles), who is also a soldier, are both in love with Campbell's daughter Elsa (Olivia de Havilland), but it is Perry who wins her heart. Now, Geoffrey leads his Light Brigade into a fight to the death against the Russian soldiers who are providing supplies to Surat Khan.
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 Chisum 1970 G, 111 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot, Andrew Prine, Patric Knowles, Richard Jaeckel, John Agar, Lynda Day George, Pamela McMyler, Lloyd Battista, Robert Donner
King of the Pecos John Simpson Chisum (John Wayne) is the wealthiest cattleman in the New Mexico Territory in the 1870s. Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker) arrives on the scene, challenges Chisum, and the cattle war begins.
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Crazy House 1943  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha O'Driscoll, Patric Knowles, Cass Daley, Lon Chaney Jr., Edgar Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Hans Conried, Many Guest Stars
Comics Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson make a movie about making a movie in this very entertaining musical comedy.
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The Devil's Brigade 1968 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Cast: William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards, Andrew Prine, Claude Akins, Richard Jaeckel, Dana Andrews, Michael Rennie, Carroll O'Connor, Patric Knowles
A group of thugs unite to form a Special Forces unit during World War II. Their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Frederick (William Holden), leads them on a dangerous mission into Italy.
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Five Came Back 1939 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, Wendy Barrie, John Carradine, Allen Jenkins, Joseph Calleia, C. Aubrey Smith, Patric Knowles, Elisabeth Risdon, Frank Faylen
This is an interesting, if somewhat dated, film concerning passengers who attempt survival in a jungle full of headhunters after their plane crashes. This was remade as "Back from Eternity."
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Four's a Crowd 1938 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell, Patric Knowles, Hugh Herbert, Walter Connolly, Melville Cooper, Franklin Pangborn, Herman Bing, Margaret Hamilton
A romantic triangle involving Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Rosalind Russell provide good entertainment; the participants can't seem to make up their minds as to who loves whom.
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Roy William Neill
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Ilona Massey, Bela Lugosi, Patric Knowles, Lionel Atwill, Maria Ouspenskaya, Dennis Hoey, Don Barclay, Rex Evans, Dwight Frye, Harry Stubbs, Jeff Corey, Torben Meyer, Doris Lloyd, Martha Vickers
"The Wolf Man" Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.) has been resurrected from the dead, and a gypsy lady, Maleva (Maria Ouspenskaya), tells him that the only way to stay dead is to talk to Dr. Frankenstein. Maleva joins Lawrence in his search for Frankenstein, and when they find Frankenstein's daughter Elsa (Ilona Massey), they learn that Frankenstein has died. Elsa is engaged to scientist Dr. Manning (Patric Knowles) who tries to cure Larry. But, when Frankenstein's monster (Bela Lugosi) is discovered in a block of ice, Larry chips him out, and a battle ensues.
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Hit the Ice 1943 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Ginny Simms, Patric Knowles, Sheldon Leonard, Marc Lawrence, Joe Sawyer, Wade Boteler, Joseph Crehan, Elyse Knox
New York newsmen Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) happen upon a bank hold-up while visiting Sun Valley, Idaho.
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How Green Was My Valley 1941 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowall, John Loder, Sara Allgood, Barry Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Morton Lowry, Arthur Shields, Ann E. Todd, Frederick Worlock, Richard Fraser
Based on Richard Llewellyn's novel, this touching story about the changing world of a Welsh coal-mining family won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941, John Ford won an Oscar for Best Director, and Donald Crisp won for Best Supporting Actor. The film won two additional Academy Awards and was nominated for five others.
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It's Love I'm After 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Bette Davis, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles, Eric Blore, Bonita Granville, Spring Byington, Veda Ann Borg, George Barbier, E.E. Clive
An actress (Bette Davis) explodes with jealousy when her actor husband (Leslie Howard) pays more than a little attention to a fan (Olivia de Havilland).
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Jamaica Run 1953 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Foster
Cast: Ray Milland, Arlene Dahl, Wendell Corey, Patric Knowles, Murray Matheson, Robert Warwick, Clarence Muse, Lester Matthews, Laura Elliot, Rex Evans
Ena Dacey (Arlene Dahl) is threatened with losing her Caribbean estate but the captain of a charter boat, Patrick Fairlie (Ray Milland), comes to her rescue.
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Kitty 1945  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, Cecil Kellaway, Constance Collier, Dennis Hoey, Eric Blore, Sara Allgood, Mary Gordon
Set in England during the 18th century, this is the story of a street urchin's (Paulette Goddard) rise in the social world through which she learns that class distinctions do not change basic personalities.
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The Man 1972  G, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: James Earl Jones, Martin Balsam, Burgess Meredith, Lew Ayres, William Windom, Barbara Rush, Janet MacLachlan, Jack Benny, Patric Knowles, Anne Seymour
Based on Irving Wallace's novel, this is Rod Serling's film adaptation of the story of a presidential assassination and the vice president's (James Earl Jones) ascent to power as America's first black president.
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Monsieur Beaucaire 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds, Cecil Kellaway, Joseph Schildkraut, Reginald Owen, Constance Collier, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille
A barber (Bob Hope) impersonates Monsieur Beaucaire at the court of Louis XV in this entertaining farce involving royalty.
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Mutiny 1952 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Mark Stevens, Angela Lansbury, Patric Knowles, Gene Evans, Rhys Williams, Robert Osterloh, Peter Brocco, Norman Leavitt, Walter Sande, Morris Ankrum, Todd Karns, Clayton Moore
During the War of 1812, officers serving on an American Naval ship, the Ulysses–American Capt. James Marshall (Mark Stevens) and British Capt. Ben Waldridge (Patric Knowles)–vie for control of the gold shipment as well as the attention of passenger Leslie (Angela Lansbury).
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O.S.S. 1946 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Richard Benedict, Richard Webb, Don Beddoe, Bobby Driscoll, Onslow Stevens, John Hoyt, Harold Vermilyea, Gloria Saunders, Crane Whitley, Gavin Muir, Joseph Crehan, Egon Brecher
During World War II, Allies are aided by O.S.S. agents (Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald) who are sent to France to destroy the Corbett Mallon railroad tunnel that German invaders are using to ship supplies to the troops. They succeed in their mission and fall in love in the process. But, commitment to duty interferes with their love for each other.
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Of Human Bondage 1946 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Paul Henreid, Eleanor Parker, Edmund Gwenn, Marten Lamont, Alexis Smith, Patric Knowles, Janis Page, Henry Stephenson, Isobel Elsom, Una O'Connor
In this version of W. Somerset Maugham's story, the young medical student is replaced by a young artist (Paul Henreid), whose love affair with a promiscuous waitress (Eleanor Parker) nearly brings about his ruin.
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Terror in the Wax Museum 1973  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Georg Fenady
Cast: Ray Milland, Broderick Crawford, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, Shani Wallis, John Carradine, Louis Hayward, Patric Knowles, Mark Edwards, Lisa Lu
Talent is wasted in this dull murder mystery surrounding the killing of the owner (John Carradine) of a wax museum. When watching this film, close examination reveals the wax people seem to move. No, that couldn't be.
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Three Came Home 1950 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Negulesco
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Patric Knowles, Florence Desmond, Sessue Hayakawa, Sylvia Andrew, Helen Westcott, Patrick O'Moore, Mark Keuning, Phyllis Mooris, Howard Chuman
Based on a true story, this excellent film concerns the struggle for survival of American and British families who were POWs in Borneo during World War II.
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Who Done It? 1942 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, Louise Allbritton, William Gargan, William Bendix, Mary Wickes, Don Porter, Thomas Gomez, Jerome Cowan
When a radio network's president is killed, Abbott and Costello pretend to be detectives out to solve the murder.
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 The Wolf Man 1941 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Fantasy / Drama / Horror
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Bela Lugosi, Ralph Bellamy, Warren William, Patric Knowles, Fay Helm, Maria Ouspenskaya, Leyland Hodgson, J.M. Kerrigan, Forrester Harvey, Harry Cording, Gibson Gowland, Olaf Hytten
Larry Talbot (Lon Chaney Jr.), while attempting to prevent a wolf from mauling Jenny Williams (Fay Helm), is bitten by the animal. When he revives, Larry finds that Jenny is dead and lying by her side is Bela (Bela Lugosi). Bela is a wolf man, and now that he has bitten Larry, Larry will be transformed into a werewolf every time that there is a full moon. Larry confesses his fate to his father Sir John (Claude Rains) and to his sweetheart Gwen (Evelyn Ankers), but they do not believe him–until they are forced to confront the curse one fateful night during a full moon.
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| 1. The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
2. Auntie Mame (1958)
3. Band of Angels (1957)
4. The Big Steal (1949)
5. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
6. The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
7. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
8. Chisum (1970)
9. Crazy House (1943)
10. The Devil's Brigade (1968)
11. Five Came Back (1939)
12. Four's a Crowd (1938)
13. Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
14. Hit the Ice (1943)
15. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
16. It's Love I'm After (1937)
17. Jamaica Run (1953)
18. Kitty (1945)
19. The Man (1972)
20. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
21. Mutiny (1952)
22. O.S.S. (1946)
23. Of Human Bondage (1946)
24. Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
25. Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
26. Three Came Home (1950)
27. Who Done It? (1942)
28. The Wolf Man (1941)
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