Algiers 1938  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart, Walter Kingsford, Paul Harvey, Johnny Downs, Robert Greig, Stanley Fields, Charles D. Brown, Leonid Kinskey, Joan Woodbury, Nina Koshetz
Suave French jewel thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) is safe within the Casbah confines where he plays cat-and-mouse games with Inspector Slimane (Joseph Calleia). But, when he meets the beautiful Gaby (Hedy Lamarr), her very presence represents the world at large that he can no longer enter, and Inspector Slimane just bides his time. Charles Boyer was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar and Gene Lockhart was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in his role as Regis, an undercover cop.
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Alibi Ike 1935   N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, William Frawley, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns, Joe King, Paul Harvey, Spencer Charters, Gene Morgan, Eddie Shubert, G. Pat Collins, Eddie Shubert, Wade Boteler, Frank Sully, Jed Prouty
This Ring Lardner comedy is about Chicago Cubs rookie baseball pitcher Frank X. Farrell (Joe E. Brown) who is the center of many events that go wrong as he continues to persevere. Frank makes so many excuses for his mistakes that he becomes known as "Alibi Ike." When not playing baseball, Frank romances Dolly (Olivia de Havilland) who is the sister-in-law of his coach, Cap (William Frawley). When Dolly breaks up with him, Frank is upset, loses the next game, and goes into a slump. Now, gamblers want Frank to throw a game and kidnap him when they learn that he is double-crossing them. Frank escapes in an ambulance and drives onto the ball field in time to pitch and hit a home run to win the big game–and Dolly. 2 User Reviews
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| | 07/28/2007 | GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!! THIS IS A LONG FORGOTTEN CLASSIC BUT I TAPED IT OFF MY SATELLITE DISH THIS MORNING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE ELMER THE GREAT AND FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD!!!!!! GOD BLESS JOE E. BROWN!!!!!!!
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April in Paris 1952  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin, Eve Miller, Paul Harvey, George Givot, Herbert Farjeon, Raymond Largay, John Alvin, Wilson Millar, Jack Lomas, Eugene Borden, Don Brodie, Nestor Paiva, Donald Kerr
The title song is a big highlight of this film about chorus girl Dynamite Jackson (Doris Day) who finds romance with businessman S. Winthrop Putnam (Ray Bolger) while sailing to Europe to attend a Parisian Arts Festival. It turns out that Winthrop is already married to Marcia (Eve Miller), but when it is discovered that the marriage is illegal, the path is cleared for Winthrop and Dynamite to live happily ever after.
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Arizona 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Regis Toomey, George Chandler, Byron Foulger, Edgar Buchanan, Colin Tapley, Uvaldo Varela, Griff Barnett, Earl Crawford, Ludwig Hardt, Paul Lopez
Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur), a rough-and-tumble pioneer woman, becomes involved with Peter Muncie (William Holden) who is passing through Arizona on his way to California. Phoebe wants Peter to stay and help with her cattle ranch, but Peter leaves. Problems lie ahead from Jefferson Carteret (Warren William) who wants Phoebe's land. But, Peter returns, and he and Phoebe work together as they clean up the area around Tucson.
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August Weekend 1936  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: Weekend Madness
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Valerie Hobson, G.P. Huntley, Paul Harvey, Betty Compson, Claire McDowell, Frank Melton, Dorothea Kent, Maynard Holmes, Gigi Parrish, Howard C. Hickman, Edgar Norton, Paul Irving
Despite his wealthy lifestyle, George Washburne (Paul Harvey) is restless and bored, so he leaves his family behind to go off on a weekend party with beautiful and sexy Claire (Valerie Hobson). But, it doesn't take long before George learns the value of his love for family–especially when he gets mixed up in a tax scandal and the IRS investigates his records. Director Charles Lamont made over 225 movies throughout his career and directed feature comedies such as Ma and Pa Kettle and Abbott & Costello.
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Big City 1937 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Eddie Quillan, William Demarest, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, Victor Varconi, Oscar O'Shea, Helen Troy, Irving Bacon, John Arledge, Edgar Dearing
Russian immigrant Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) is an independent cabby who gets caught up in a taxi-driver war when officials blame a bombing on Joe's wife Anna (Luise Rainer) and deport her. Joe pleads with the mayor (Charley Grapewin) to rescue Anna and hopes to rescue Anna before she delivers their baby.
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Black Legion 1937 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Dick Foran, Ann Sheridan, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds, Addison Richards, Eddie Acuff, Paul Harvey, Helen Flint, Dickie Jones, John Litel, Dorothy Vaughan, Henry Brandon
Auto factory worker Frank Taylor (Humphrey Bogart) is a hard worker who wants to become a foreman. The job opening occurs, but Polish-American immigrant Joe Dombrowski (Henry Brandon) is named the new foreman. Now hatred takes over, and Frank is recruited to join a secret White supremacist organization, The Black Legion. Frank and the Legion members burn down the Dombrowski family's chicken farm, and the family leaves town. Frank now gets the job of foreman, but tragedies lie ahead–beginning with his wife Ruth (Erin O'Brien-Moore) leaving when his job and the atrocities he commits with the Black Legion take up most of his time. Now, matters go from bad to worse as murder and a prison sentence follow with the Black Legion behind the whole thing.
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Blondie's Blessed Event 1942 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Arthur O'Connell, Hans Conried, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, Danny Mummert, Stanley Brown, Irving Bacon, Mary Wickes, Norma Jean Wayne, Tom Kennedy, Paul Harvey, Don Barclay
This film marks the arrival of the Bumsteads' baby daughter, Cookie, who joins her brother, Alexander, as a member of the family. A writer, George Wickley (Hans Conried) arrives at the Bumstead home in time to experience the birth of Cookie.
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Blondie's Lucky Day 1946 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Abby Berlin
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, Frank Jenks, Paul Harvey, Charles Arnt, Jack Rice, Frank Orth, Bob Haymes, Angelyn Orr, Jonathan Hale, Bobby Larson, Edwin Mills, Margie Liszt
Dagwood (Arthur Lake) loses his job aftr hiring Sgt. Betty Jane McDermott (Angelyn Orr), but Blondie (Penny Singleton) keeps up the family's spirits, and the Bumsteads begin to operate their own business–until Dagwood is offered his old job back.
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Blondie's Reward 1948 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Abby Berlin
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Marjorie Ann Mutchie, Jerome Cowan, Jack Rice, Danny Mummert, Paul Harvey, Eddie Acuff, Chick Chandler, Gay Nelson, Ross Ford, Frank Jenks, Alyn Lockwood, Frank Sully
Dagwood (Arthur Lake) loses prestige at the office when he mixes up a real-estate deal and is accused of hitting a client's son.
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Born to Be Bad 1934  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lowell Sherman
Cast: Loretta Young, Cary Grant, Jackie Kelk, Henry Travers, Russell Hopton, Marion Burns, Paul Harvey, Harry Green, Charles Coleman, Howard Lang, Geneva Mitchell, Guy Usher, Eddie Kane, Matt Briggs, Wade Boteler
Mickey (Jackie Kelk) got a bad start in life when he was born to unmarried, 15-year-old Letty who teaches him to lie, steal, and cheat. Now he has a chance to change his ways after being adopted by wealthy Malcolm Trevor (Cary Grant) and his wife Alyce (Marion Burns) who raise Micky the right way–despite problems from Letty.
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Broadway Melody of 1936 1935 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Harvey, Frances Langford, June Knight, Vilma Ebsen, Nick Long Jr., Robert Wildhack, Harry Stockwell, Luana Walters
A feud between conniving newspaper journalist Bert Keeler (Jack Benny) and Broadway show producer Robert Gordon (Robert Taylor) erupts when Keeler prints a story about one of Gordon's performers (Eleanor Powell) buying her way into a starring role in the show. This musical was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The good songs include "You Are My Lucky Star," "Broadway Rhythm," and Taylor's rendition of "I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin."
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Brother Rat and a Baby 1940 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Eddie Albert, Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan, Jane Bryan, Berton Churchill, Alan Ladd, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Arthur Treacher, Peter B. Good, Maroni Olsen, Jessie Busley, Larry Williams
This sequel to "Brother Rat" has Virginia Military Institute cadets Dan Crawford, Billy Randolph, and "Bing" Edwards (Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris, and Eddie Albert) graduated and on the road to success as young men in New York.
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 Calamity Jane 1953 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Philip Carey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Lane Chandler, Kenne Duncan, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Budd Buster, Lee Shumway, Monte Montague
Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel) meet in Deadwood, South Dakota, where they have a rollicking good time. Jane promises the townsfolk that she will get Chicago singing star Adelaide Adams (Gale Robbins) to perform on Deadwood's Golden Garter stage. Adelaide is booked on a European tour and, unbeknownst to Jane, sends her maid Katie (Allyn Ann McLerie) to perform. After failing at her first performance, Katie becomes a success and tries to make a "lady" out of Jane. Meanwhile, Jane thinks she is falling for handsome Lt. Gilmartin (Philip Carey), but when Gilmartin is attracted to Katie instead, Jane finally realizes that it is Wild Bill who she has loved all along. Terrific music; songs include "Deadwood Stage," "Secret Love," and "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better." "Secret Love" won the Oscar for Best Song.
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Call Northside 777 1948 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Conte, Lee J. Cobb, Helen Walker, E.G. Marshall, Kasia Orzazewski, Betty Garde, Moroni Olsen, John McIntire, Paul Harvey, Joanne De Bergh, Howard Smith, Michael Chapin, Samuel S. Hinds, George Pembroke
This story, based on an actual police case, features James Stewart as Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal who is given the assignment of writing a public interest story. His assignment is Tillie Wieceki (Kasia Orzazewski) who has offered $5,000 for information proving that her son Frank (Michael Chapin) is innocent although convicted of a policeman's murder committed 11 years ago. McNeal does not believe that Frank is innocent, but when McNeal examines the case, Frank passes a lie detector test showing that he is innocent, and, by the end of McNeal's investigation, Frank gains his freedom.
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung, Eddie Collins, Robert Barrat, Philip Ahn, Paul Harvey, Marc Lawrence, George Zucco, Claire Dodd, John "Dusty" King, Richard Lane, Layne Tom Jr., Al Kikume, Arthur Loft
Sidney Toler debuted as the replacement for the deceased Warner Oland in the title role of Charlie Chan in this film about murder aboard a ship docked in the port of Honolulu. Charlie's Number Two Son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) wants to be a detective and intercepts his father's telephone call to investigate the shipboard murder. Jimmy arrives aboard the ship, introduces himself as Charlie Chan, and begins the investigation. Charlie arrives later, straightens out who is really "Charlie Chan," and orders all to stay aboard. Meanwhile, the ship's Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat) wants to take the ship out of the harbor, and the pressure is on Charlie to find clues to the murder, which just might point to Captain Johnson.
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Charlie Chan's Courage 1934 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: George Hadden
Cast: Warner Oland, Drue Leyton, Donald Woods, Paul Harvey, Murray Kinnell, Jerry Jerome, Si Jenks, Harvey Clark
Murder amidst a jewelry delivery confronts Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) who sets out to solve the case. This film, like several other Charlie Chan movies in the early 1930s, was lost in the archives.
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Don't Fence Me In 1945 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John English
Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Livingston, Moroni Olsen, Marc Lawrence, Andrew Tombes, Paul Harvey, Lucile Gleason, Tom London, Bob Nolan, Steve Barclay, Douglas Fowley, Edgar Dearing, Ray Teal
Roy Rogers is the proprietor of a dude ranch, and Gabby is one of his ranch hands when magazine journalist Toni Ames (Dale Evans) arrives while working on an article about Wildcat Kelly, an outlaw from the past who supposedly died 40 years ago. Gabby offers to help Toni with her article, and then Toni figures out that Gabby and Wildcat are the same person. She publishes the information, and, soon after, Gabby is shot–but survives. More complications follow before all ends happily. The music makes this movie. Roy Rogers sings the title song written by Cole Porter, and the Sons Of The Pioneers sing two of their biggest hits: "The Last Roundup" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."
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Easy to Wed 1946 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Musical
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Cecil Kellaway, Carlos Ramirez, Ben Blue, Paul Harvey, June Lockhart, Grant Mitchell
Rich playgirl Connie (Esther Williams) sues newspaperman Warren Haggerty (Keenan Wynn) for the unflattering comments he made in his newspaper. Warren brings in his suave friend, Bill Chandler (Van Johnson), to change Connie's mind. Lots of songs and fun, with Lucille Ball providing many laughs in this musical remake of the 1936 comedy, "Libeled Lady."
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Excuse My Dust 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Jane Darwell, Paul Harvey, Monica Lewis, Sheree North, Will Wright
Red Skelton plays Joe, the inventor of a horseless carriage, in this film about small-town America during the early 20th century. One trouble–his girlfriend's father runs a livery stable.
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Family Honeymoon 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Claude Binyon
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Rita Johnson, Peter Miles, Gigi Perreau, Hattie McDaniel, Chill Wills, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Jimmy Hunt, Lillian Bronson, Catherine Doucet, Chick Chandler, Frank Jenks, Fay Baker
Widow Katie Armstrong Jordan (Claudette Colbert) is left with three children to raise; she falls in love with Professor Grant Jordan (Fred MacMurray) and they take the CHILDREN on their honeymoon.
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Father of the Bride 1950  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll, Moroni Olsen, Melville Cooper, Paul Harvey, Russ Tamblyn, Taylor Holmes, Frank Orth, Tom Irish, Marietta Canty, Fay Baker
This excellent film depicts a father Stanley T. Banks' (Spencer Tracy) emotions surrounding the approaching wedding of his only daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor). Mother Ellie (Joan Bennett) and daughter prepare wedding plans, but Father becomes concerned with financing the wedding. Underlying all this is Father's problem of coming to grips with losing his place of importance in his daughter's life. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Tracy), and Writing.
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Father's Little Dividend 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Harvey, Richard Rober, Frank Faylen, Tom Irish, Hayden Rorke, Marietta Canty, Dabbs Greer, Howard M. Mitchell
This sequel to "Father of the Bride (1950)" has Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) trying to adjust to becoming a grandfather. His daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now married to Buckley (Don Taylor), and they are expecting a baby. Stanley's overbearing wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) is worried throughout the pregnancy, but their young grandson arrives safely. The baby now screams whenever Stanley comes near–until Stanley mistakenly leaves the baby alone in his carriage for a half hour. When Stanley returns, he is greeted by a smiling baby, and he is finally a proud grandfather.
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The First Time 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Bill Goodwin, Jeff Donnell, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Harvey, Cora Witherspoon, Bea Benaderet, Mona Barrie, Kathleen Comegys, Lawrence Dobkin, Norma Jean Nilsson, Shirley Whitney, Jean Willes, Joy Windsor
Joe and Betsy (Robert Cummings and Barbara Hale) await the arrival of their baby with high anticipation. But after the baby arrives, they find that parenting is not as easy nor always as pleasant as they anticipated. Not great, but some laughs.
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The Flying Missile 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Viveca Lindfors, Henry O'Neill, Carl Benton Reid, Jerry Paris, Kenneth Tobey, Paul Harvey, Richard Quine, Joe Sawyer, John Qualen, Anthony Ross, Harry Shannon, Zachary Charles
U.S. Navy Commander Bill Talbot (Glenn Ford) tries to convince the admirals in Washington, D.C. that guided missiles could be launched from submarines.
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 The Fountainhead 1949 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull, Ray Collins, Moroni Olsen, Jerome Cowan, Paul Harvey, Roy Gordon, Creighton Hale, Jonathan Hale, Ruthelma Stevens, Selmer Jackson
In this screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's philosophical novel about the value of individualism, after being expelled from college, Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) finds work with architect Henry Cameron (Henry Hull). After Cameron drinks himself to death, Howard remains the individualist architect who stands for integrity in a world of conformity.
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Four Hours to Kill 1935 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Joe Morrison, Helen Mack, Gertrude Michael, Dorothy Tree, Roscoe Karns, Ray Milland, Henry Travers, Paul Harvey, Noel Madison, Charles C. Wilson, Olive Tell, Lee Kohlmar, Bodil Rosing, Lois Kent
A murderer eludes his guard and escapes into a theater where the lives of those in attendance are affected by the danger of his presence.
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Four Jills in a Jeep 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, Mitzi Mayfair, Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra, John Harvey, Phil Silvers, Dick Haymes, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, George Jessel, James Flavin, Paul Harvey, Bess Flowers
Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, and Mitzi Mayfair play themselves as they go on a USO tour in 1943 to entertain the troops. This is their story, which is based on an actual trip that they took overseas, as they travel from the United States and visit England and Africa. Their escort, Sergeant Eddie (Phil Silvers), provides highlights, and good musical numbers fill the screen.
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The General Died at Dawn 1936 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, William Frawley, J.M. Kerrigan, Philip Ahn, Leonid Kinskey, Paul Harvey, Lee Tung Foo, Val Durand, Willie Fung, Russell Hicks, John O'Hara
An American adventurer, O'Hara (Gary Cooper), travels across China with money to buy weapons needed to fight warlord General Yang (Akim Tamiroff). While on his mission, O'Hara falls in love with a beautiful spy, Judy (Madeleine Carroll), who is the daughter of Peter Perrie (Porter Hall). Peter happens to be one of Yang's agents. Judy and O'Hara are captured, and Yang orders that they be executed. When Judy and O"Hara manage to escape, Yang orders his guards to commit suicide, and then he dies.
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The Girl from Jones Beach 1949 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Virginia Mayo, Eddie Bracken, Dona Drake, Henry Travers, Lois Wilson, Florence Bates, Helen Westcott, Paul Harvey
Artist Bob Randolph (Ronald Reagan) sets out to find a perfectly proportioned model; he finds her in schoolteacher Ruth Wilson (Virginia Mayo), but the school board reaction is unfavorable.
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The Girl Who Had Everything 1953  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Fernando Lamas, William Powell, Gig Young, James Whitmore, Robert Burton, William Walker, Paul Harvey, Emory Parnell, Earle Hodgins
Jean (Elizabeth Taylor), the rich, beautiful, and spoiled daughter of criminal lawyer Steve Latimer (William Powell) begins a love affair with her father's client, Victor Y. Ramondi (Fernando Lamas).
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Give My Regards to Broadway 1948 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Barbara Lawrence, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Georgia Caine, Herbert Anderson
Albert Norwick (Charles Winninger) is the patriarch of a large vaudeville family, but now just son Bert (Dan Dailey) supports his father's love of dancing and the stage. Then, when Bert is offered a contract to play major league baseball, even he is opting for a change of scene.
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 Goin' to Town 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Mae West, Paul Cavanagh, Gilbert Emery, Marjorie Gateson, Tito Coral, Ivan Lebedeff, Fred Kohler, Monroe Owsley, Grant Withers, Luis Alberni, Wade Boteler, Mona Rico, Paul Harvey, Lucio Villegas
Dance-hall queen Cleo Borden (Mae West) inherits an oil field from her deceased husband but lacks social graces to enter high society. She takes etiquette lessons and gets into a marriage in name only with Fletcher Colton (Monroe Owsley) to gain social position. But, British engineer Edward Carrington (Paul Cavanagh), who she had fallen for when he surveyed her property, returns to the scene and is now an earl. By story's end, Cleo has divorced Fletcher, married Edward, and lives happily ever after in London.
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The Gorilla 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Anita Louise, Patsy Kelly, Lionel Atwill, Bela Lugosi, Joseph Calleia, Paul Harvey, Edward Norris, Wally Vernon, Art Miles
Inept detectives (the Ritz Brothers–Jimmy, Harry, and Al) visit Peter's (Bela Lugosi) haunted house and become involved in solving a murder mystery.
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Great Guns 1941 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Monty Banks
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Dick Nelson, Charles Trowbridge, Paul Harvey, Alan Ladd, Edmund MacDonald, Mae Marsh, Ethel Griffies, Pierre Watkin, Charles Arnt
As army recruits serving under a strict drill sergeant, Laurel and Hardy provide laughs for their ineptitude as cavalrymen. Far from their best effort.
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, Gigi Perreau, Lynn Bari, Larry Gates, William Reynolds, Skip Homeier, Paul Harvey, Frank Ferguson, Forrest Lewis, Gloria Holden, Fred Nurney, Helen Wallace, James Dean
Aging millionaire Samuel Fulton (Charles Coburn) has no family of his own and wants to leave his fortune to the Vermont family of the woman who long ago turned down his marriage proposal. But first, he wants to test them. He poses as a poor artist, rents a room from them, and anonymously gifts the family $100,000. The mother, Harriet (Lynn Bari), wants to move the family to a mansion and tells her daughter Millicent (Piper Laurie) that she should break up with her boyfriend Dan (Rock Hudson) and find a wealthy man. They run into problems along the way, but, by story's end, lessons are learned, and the family regains its senses and returns to its old lifestyle. Playing a customer at the drug store, James Dean makes his first film appearance.
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Heart of the Golden West 1942 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, George "Gabby" Hayes, Bob Nolan, Ruth Terry, Walter Catlett, Paul Harvey, Hal Taliaferro, Walter Catlett, Edmund MacDonald
Truckers get greedy in this film and shipping charges go up. The ranchers need help so Roy Rogers brings a steamboat in to counter the truckers.
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Heldorado 1946 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Helldorado
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Dale Evans, Paul Harvey, Brad Dexter, Eddie Acuff, Clayton Moore, Bob Nolan, John Phillips, Rex Lease, John Bagni, Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart, Steve Darrell, Doye O'Dell, Charles Williams
Nevada State Ranger Roy Rogers is attending the annual Heldorado parade in Las Vegas when he is told by the FBI to investigate racketeering at the gambling houses. Roy captures the racketeers and their leader (Paul Harvey) and still has time to woo heiress Carol Randall (Dale Evans) while enjoying the Heldorado celebration that his friend, Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes) had originated.
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High Sierra 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Hull, Barton MacLane, Henry Travers, Elisabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Eddie Acuff, Donald MacBride, Paul Harvey, Isabel Jewell, Minna Gombell
Ex-con Roy "Mad Dog" Earle (Humphrey Bogart) heads for a fishing resort in the Sierras, and along the way he meets a farm family on their way to LA in search of work. Their daughter, Velma (Joan Leslie), needs an operation on her club foot, and Roy figures his next robbery will result in money necessary for the surgery. More than a few problems develop, but Roy pays for the operation and, with police in pursuit, takes refuge in the High Sierras.
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The Horn Blows at Midnight 1945 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Guy Kibbee, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Robert Blake, Paul Harvey
A musician (Jack Benny) dreams he is the angel Athanael whose trumpet, when blown at midnight, will result in the Earth's destruction.
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House of Rothschild 1934 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Harvey, Reginald Owen, Holmes Herbert, Helen Westley, Alan Mowbray
During the era of Napoleon, the Rothschilds were a very powerful banking family. This is their family saga. It is a well-told tale, and the film was nominated for an Oscar.
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If I Were King 1938 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee, Ellen Drew, Henry Wilcoxon, Sidney Toler, Paul Harvey, Heather Thatcher, Stanley Ridges, Walter Kingsford
Poet Francois Villon (Ronald Colman) and Louis XI (Basil Rathbone) match wits as Louis grants Villon one week as a grand constable before enacting his sentence of death.
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John Loves Mary 1949 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Patricia Neal, Wayne Morris, Edward Arnold, Virginia Field, Paul Harvey, Katharine Alexander, Irving Bacon, Ernest Cossart
Patricia Neal makes her film debut in this film, based on Norman Krasna's Broadway play, about a British woman who marries her American boyfriend (Ronald Reagan) as a way to reach America's shores.
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Kid Millions 1934 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ann Sothern, Ethel Merman, George Murphy, Warren Hymer, Paul Harvey, Edgar Kennedy, Paulette Goddard, Lucille Ball, Stanley Fields, Berton Churchill, Jesse Block, Eve Sully, Otto Hoffman, Jack Kennedy
After inheriting $77 million, young Eddie (Eddie Cantor) leaves Brooklyn and goes to Egypt to claim his inheritance. Con artist Dot (Ethel Merman) schemes to get Eddie's money as do others–including Sheik Mulhulla (Paul Harvey) who is ready to kill anyone who claims the treasure. Then, Princess Fanya (Eve Sully) wants to marry Eddie, and his problems increase. Songs include "When My Ship Comes In," "Ice Cream Fantasy," "Your Head on My Shoulder," "An Earful of Music," "I Want to Be a Minstrel Man," and "Mandy."
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The Late George Apley 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Charles Russell, Richard Ney, Mildred Natwick, Edna Best, Paul Harvey, Nydia Westman
Ronald Colman is excellent in his portrayal of the stuffy, autocratic Bostonian who is determined to rule his roost and maintain his family's social status.
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The Man from Music Mountain 1943 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Texas Legionnaires
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Roy Rogers, Ruth Terry, Paul Kelly, Ann Gillis, George Cleveland, Pat Brady, Paul Harvey, Jay Novello, Hal Taliaferro, Bob Nolan, Sons of the Pioneers, Renie Riano, Hank Bell, Slim Whitaker, Roy Barcroft
The war is on between the cattlemen and sheepherders when Roy (Roy Rogers) returns home for a singing engagement on the local radio station. Cattleman Victor Marsh (Paul Kelly) has launched a devious plot against the sheepherders. When one man is murdered, Roy is accused of the crime, but he solves the murder and even has plenty of time to sing in the finale.
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Maryland 1940 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Walter Brennan, Fay Bainter, Brenda Joyce, John Payne, Charles Ruggles, Hattie McDaniel, Marjorie Weaver, Sidney Blackmer, Paul Harvey, Terry Moore
Charlotte Danfield (Fay Bainter) sends her son to England following the tragic accidental death of his father during a fox hunt. Her well-laid plans to keep her son from riding fail when he returns and saddles up the same horse on which his father was killed.
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Meet Dr. Christian 1939 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Enid Bennett, Paul Harvey, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Maude Eburne, Frank Coghlan Jr., Patsy Lee Parsons, Sarah Edwards, John Kelly
Jean Hersholt started the "Dr. Christian" radio series in 1937 that lasted for 16 years. This film is the first of six episodes–also starring Hersholt. Loveable Dr. Christian has a practice in a small Minnesota town, and in this episode the good doctor wants to build a hospital. But the town's mayor has other plans–until Dr. Christian, despite having out-of-date tools, performs a delicate operation on the mayor's daughter.
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Mr. Belvedere Goes to College 1949 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Clifton Webb, Shirley Temple, Tom Drake, Alan Young, Jessie Royce Landis, Kathleen Hughes, Paul Harvey, Jeff Chandler, Taylor Holmes, Alvin Greenman
In this continuing series of "Mr. Belvedere" films, our genius Mr. Belvedere (Clifton Webb) heads for college where he becomes involved in the social, as well as the academic sphere, of his education.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Thriller
aka: Danger Island
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
Cast: Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer, Richard Lane, Leon Ames, Douglass Dumbrille, Paul Harvey, Robert Lowery, Ward Bond, Eddie Marr, Harry Woods, Charles D. Brown, Neely Edwards, Grace Hayle
Peter Lorre again plays Japanese intelligence agent Mr. Moto in this story about diamond smuggling operations in Puerto Rico.
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Never Say Die 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Monty Woolley, Ernest Cossart, Ivan F. Simpson
When millionaire John Kidley (Bob Hope) believes he is dying, he marries Mickey Hawkins (Martha Raye) so she can gain his near-future inheritance.
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 A Night in Casablanca 1946 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Lisette Verea, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Harry Semels, Dan Seymour, Lewis L. Russell, Frederick Giermann, Harro Mellor, David Hoffman, Philip Van Zandt
In this entertaining comedy, Ronald Kornblow (Groucho Marx) is the new manager of a hotel in post-war Casablanca. The previous hotel managers have died under suspicious circumstances. Nazi war criminal Heinrich Stubel (Sig Ruman), disguised as Count Pfefferman, is plotting to make Kornblow the next victim so that he can reclaim stolen art treasures that Stubel has hidden inside the hotel. When Stubel's valet, Rusty (Harpo Marx), gets wind of the plot, businessman Corbacchio (Chico Marx) teams up with him to protect Kornblow. Rusty finds the treasure just before he, Kornblow, and Corbacchio are arrested and tossed into jail. But, they do manage to escape in time to foil Stubel's plan. Throughout all of the intrigue, comedy abounds.
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Out of the Blue 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Virginia Mayo, George Brent, Turhan Bey, Ann Dvorak, Carole Landis, Elizabeth Patterson, Julia Dean, Richard Lane, Charles Smith, Paul Harvey
George Brent plays a happily married husband who knows he will never be able to explain to his out-of-town wife why he has an unconscious woman in their apartment.
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Out of the Fog 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Thomas Mitchell, Eddie Albert, George Tobias, John Qualen, Aline MacMahon, Leo Gorcey, Paul Harvey, Jerome Cowan
This film adaptation of Irwin Shaw's "The Gentle People" is the tale of Jonah Goodwin (Thomas Mitchell) and George Watkins (Eddie Albert) who try to stand up to mobsters extorting money by terrorizing local fishermen.
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The Petrified Forest 1936 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Genevieve Tobin, Dick Foran, Joe Sawyer, Porter Hall, Charley Grapewin, Paul Harvey, Eddie Acuff, Adrian Morris, John Alexander, Arthur Aylesworth, Nina Campana, Slim Thompson
British writer Alan Squier (Leslie Howard) has seen better days when he wanders into the Arizona cafe owned by Jason Marple (Porter Hall). Jason's daughter, Gabrielle (Betty Davis), is working as a waitress, and the two are attracted to each other. Gabrielle tells Alan that she is unhappy and wants to go to France to see her mother and write poetry. Now, Duke Mantee (Humphrey Bogart) and his gang invade the cafe and hold them all captive. Alan wants them to kill him so that the Gabrielle can journey to France on the insurance money–and he dies in Gabrielle's arms.
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The Plainsman 1936 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Anthony Quinn, George "Gabby" Hayes, John Miljan, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Fuzzy Knight, Greg Whitespear
There is more myth than truth to this film, but it is still delightful fare. Gary Cooper is great in the role of Wild Bill Hickok, and he is backed up in the equally good performance by Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane.
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Private Number 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Robert Taylor, Loretta Young, Patsy Kelly, Basil Rathbone, Paul Harvey, Monroe Owsley, George Irving, John Miljan, Jane Darwell, Marjorie Gateson, Joe E. Lewis
Richard Winfield (Robert Taylor) falls in love with, and marries, his mother's household servant, Ellen (Loretta Young). Then, to protect the family's social status, they keep the marriage secret. 1 User Review
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Jack Haley, Gloria Stuart, Phyllis Brooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Bill Robinson, William Demarest, Paul Harvey, Raymond Scott, Alan Dinehart, J. Edward Bromberg, Dixie Dunbar, Paul Hurst
Although Rebecca Winstead's Aunt Miranda Wilkins (Helen Westley) forbids her to associate with the show business world, neighbor talent scout Tony Kent (Randolph Scott) sets up the talented Rebecca (Shirley Temple) for a radio broadcast. She wins the radio talent contest and becomes the darling of the airwaves. Along the way, she dances with Aloysius (Bill Robinson).
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The Return of Sophie Lang 1936 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gertrude Michael, Sir Guy Standing, Ray Milland, Elizabeth Patterson, Colin Tapley, Paul Harvey, Garry Owen, Purnell Pratt, Eddie Fetherston, Jack Raymond
Maximillian Bernard (Sir Guy Standing) sets out in quest of a valuable diamond, hoping to enlist the aid of Sophie Lang, a jewel thief now trying to go straight, who is also the companion of a wealthy matron who loves jewels.
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Rise and Shine 1941 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Murphy, Linda Darnell, Walter Brennan, Milton Berle, Sheldon Leonard, Donald Meek, Donald MacBride, Raymond Walburn, Paul Harvey
This film adaptation of James Thurber's "My Life and Hard Times" features Jack Oakie as football star Boley who suffers a series of misadventures before the BIG game.
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Side Street 1950 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Edmon Ryan, Jean Hagen, Paul Harvey, Charles McGraw, Edwin Max, Adele Jergens, Harry Bellaver, Whit Bissell, John Gallaudet, Esther Somers, Harry Antrim
New York City postman Joe Norson (Farley Granger) steals an envelope filled with $30,000. As if this act was not bad enough, when Joe tries to return the cash, it turns out that the money belonged to blackmailers who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. And the chase is on.
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Skirts Ahoy! 1952 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Esther Williams, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Barry Sullivan, Keefe Brasselle, Whit Bissell, Mae Clarke, Thurston Hall, Paul Harvey, Debbie Reynolds, Billy Eckstine, Dean Miller, Margalo Gillmore, Jeff Donnell, Roy Roberts
Una Yancy (Vivian Blaine), Mary Kate Yarbrough (Joan Evans), and Whitney Young (Esther Williams) join the Navy to see the world and fall in love instead.
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A Slight Case of Murder 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly, Willard Parker, John Litel, Edward Brophy, Harold Huber, Paul Harvey, Margaret Hamilton, Eric Stanley, Bobby Jordan, Joe Downing, Bert Hanlon, George E. Stone
Edward G. Robinson is again excellent as he plays a gangster who goes broke after Prohibition ends. His brewery collapses due to the terrible tasting product, and he heads to his summer home where the fun begins as assorted guests appear, and bodies of gangsters are discovered along with half a million dollars of their loot. A fine, funny flick.
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The Southerner 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Noreen Nash, Percy Kilbride, Jay Gilpin, Charles Kemper, Blanche Yurka, Paul Harvey, J. Carrol Naish, Jean Vanderwilt, Norman Lloyd, Jack Norworth, Paul E. Burns, Estelle Taylor
Cotton farmer Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott), despite natural and man-made disasters, struggles to make a subsistence living for his family. His wife Nona (Betty Field), children Jot (Jay Gilpin) and Daisy (Jean Vanderwilt), and Granny (Beulah Bondi) have joined Sam on the farm, and the dream of a better life seems to fade, but they learn how to live off the land–for better and worse.
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Speed to Spare 1948 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Richard Arlen, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Roscoe Karns, Nanette Parks, Pat Phelan, Ian MacDonald, Paul Harvey, George Eldredge, Roy Gordon, John Bagni, Sol Gorss, Gloria Marlen, Lee Phelps, Eddy Waller
Stunt car driver Cliff Jordan (Richard Arlen) decides to take a less dangerous job as truck driver for his friend Jerry McGee's (Richard Travis) company. But trouble looms on the road when Cliff makes enemies with trucker Pusher Wilks (Ian MacDonald) who then sets out to sabotage Cliff's truck..
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 Spellbound 1945  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Leo G. Carroll, Michael Chekhov, Donald Curtis, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery, Paul Harvey, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, Jean Acker, Norman Lloyd, Steven Geray, Bill Goodwin, Wallace Ford
Dr. Edwards (Gregory Peck) reports as the new director of Green Manors mental hospital where he is to replace Dr. Murchison (Leo G. Carroll). While answering questions of his staff, a psychiatrist, Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergman) notices that there are problems with their new director. She suspects that he is not really Edwards and that he is an amnesiac and could have murdered the real doctor. Constance believes that curing his amnesia is the key to solving the mystery and attempts to heal him. While working with him, Constance begins to fall in love but will soon learn that danger lurks ahead. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Michael Chekhov) for his role as Dr. Alexander Brulov, and Director.
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Stanley and Livingstone 1939 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Henry King
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, Paul Harvey, David Torrence, Holmes Herbert, C. Montague Shaw, Brandon Hurst, Hassan Said
Reporter Henry M. Stanley (Spencer Tracy) travels to Africa to locate missing explorer Doctor David Livingstone (Sir Cedric Hardwicke). After conquering many obstacles in the jungle, Stanley finally espies the good doctor and greets him with: "Doctor Livingstone, I presume."
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 State Fair 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
aka: It Happened One Summer
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh, Percy Kilbride, Harry Morgan, Jane Nigh, William Marshall, Phil Brown, Paul Harvey, Paul E. Burns
The Frake family–father Abe (Charles Winninger), mother Melinda (Fay Bainter), and young adult children Wayne (Dick Haymes), and Margy (Jeanne Crain)–heads for the Iowa State Fair in this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Adventures and romances abound as they spend their week at the fair. Songs include "It's a Grand Night for Singing," "State Fair," and the Academy Award winning song, "It Might as Well Be Spring." A good remake of the 1933 hit.
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Take One False Step 1949 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: William Powell, Shelley Winters, Marsha Hunt, Dorothy Hart, James Gleason, Sheldon Leonard, Paul Harvey, Felix Bressart, Art Baker, Howard Freeman
Accepting a dinner invitation with a former girlfriend, Catherine Sykes (Shelley Winters), leads Professor Andrew Gentling (William Powell) to investigate the mystery surrounding her failure to attend their date. Meanwhile, he is hunted by police, who think he killed her.
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Thanks a Million 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Raymond Walburn, David Rubinoff, Benny Baker, Andrew Tombes, Alan Dinehart, Paul Harvey, Edwin Maxwell, Margaret Irving, Charles Richman, Lynn Bari, Harry Stubbs
Eric Land (Dick Powell) is the leading man in a traveling musical show whose manager Ned Lyman (Fred Allen) talks him into taking the place of an alcoholic candidate and running for the office of Governor of Pennsylvania. The campaigning proves disastrous for Eric's relationship with his girlfriend Sally (Ann Dvorak), and Eric wants out of politics. However, the people now love Eric, and he wins the election–and Sally as well.
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They Made Me a Killer 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. Thomas
Cast: Robert Lowery, Barbara Britton, Lola Lane, Frank Albertson, Elisabeth Risdon, James Bush, Edmund MacDonald, Ralph Sanford, Byron Barr, Paul Harvey, John Harmon, Will Wright
Wrongfully accused of robbery and murder, Tom Durling (Robert Lowery) escapes from the police and gets help from the sister (Barbara Britton) of the man he is accused of killing. Together, they track down the real criminals.
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They Shall Have Music 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea, Gene Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Porter Hall, Terry Kilburn, Marjorie Main, Paul Harvey, Tommy Kelly, Gale Sherwood, Mary Ruth
Professor Lawson (Walter Brennan) runs a musical school for underprivileged children in this film effort by Samuel Goldwyn to popularize classical music through film. 1 User Review
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Three for the Show 1955 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Betty Grable, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Jack Lemmon, Myron McCormick, Paul Harvey, Willard Waterman, Hal K. Dawson, Gene Wesson, Eugene Borden, Bess Flowers, Aileen Carlyle, Rudy Lee, Henry Slate, Robert Williams
Musical comedy star Julie (Betty Grable) is married to her dancing partner Vernon (Gower Champion) when–out of the blue–her "dead" husband Marty Stewart (Jack Lemmon) returns home from World War II. Now, Julie has two husbands, begins to like the idea, and chooses to stay with both while she decides which one she is more in love with.
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Typhoon 1940 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy
Director: Louis King
Cast: Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish, Chief Thundercloud, Frank Reicher, Paul Harvey, Jack Carson, Al Kikume, John Rogers
Adventure mixed with comedy prevails when sailors discover Dea (Dorothy Lamour) living alone on a tropical island where, since childhood, she has survived in isolation from the outside world.
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The Walking Dead 1936 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull, Paul Harvey, Robert Strange, Eddie Acuff, Edmund Gwenn, Henry O'Neill, Joe King, Addison Richards, Joe Sawyer, Kenneth Harlan, Miki Morita
Corrupt attorney Nolan (Ricardo Cortez) leads a group of gangsters and frames John Ellman (Boris Karloff) on a trumped-up charge of murder. Ellman is found guilty and is executed. Now, after learning that Ellman was innocent, Dr. Edmund Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) brings Ellman back to life. Ellman is intent on avenging his untimely demise, tracks down the gangsters, and scares them to death. Finally, Nolan and his cohort, Loder (Barton MacLane), kill Ellman, but then their car crashes into a power line, and they are also killed.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Dan Dailey, Colleen Townsend, Corinne Calvet, William Demarest, Jimmy Lydon, Lloyd Corrigan, Evelyn Varden, Mae Marsh, Kenneth Tobey, Charles Trowbridge, Luis Alberni, Whit Bissell, David McMahon, Paul Harvey
A young soldier's (Dan Dailey) dreams of fighting in World War II are thwarted by duty in the United States; however, he finds another chance for danger when he is chosen for a mission with the French Resistance Forces.
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Wyoming 1947 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey, George "Gabby" Hayes, Paul Harvey, Maria Ouspenskaya, Grant Withers, Harry Woods
"Wild Bill" Elliott comes to the rescue of settlers being harassed by a cattle baron who doesn't want his free range limited.
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The Yellow Cab Man 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Jack Donohue
Cast: Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Harvey, Herbert Anderson, John Butler, John Indrisano, Polly Moran, Donald Kerr, Mae Clark, Nolan Leary, Charles Lane
Augustus "Red" Pirdy (Red Skelton) invents an "unbreakable" glass and runs into major problems keeping from being stolen by the bad guys. A very funny Skelton romp. 1 User Review
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| | Red's funniest feature film | kenh 01/27/2011 | | |
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You Belong to Me 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Clark, Ruth Donnelly, Melville Cooper, Maude Eburne, Ralph Peters, Renie Riano, Mary Treen, Harold Waldridge, Ellen Lowe, Gordon Jones, Fritz Feld, Paul Harvey
Following an accident on the ski slopes, romance blooms between Dr. Helen Hunt (Barbara Stanwyck) and wealthy Peter Kirk (Henry Fonda) in this comedy.
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You're in the Army Now 1941 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Jimmy Durante, Phil Silvers, Donald MacBride, Jane Wyman, Regis Toomey, Joe Sawyer, Clarence Kolb, Paul Harvey, George Meeker, Paul Stanton, William Haade, John Maxwell, Etta McDaniel, Kay Aldridge, Peggy Diggins
This comedy involves vacuum-cleaner salesmen Homer "Jeeper" Smith and Breezy Jones (Jimmy Durante and Phil Silvers) who, through their own ineptness, enlist in the Army–and the fun and problems lie ahead.
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| 1. Algiers (1938)
2. Alibi Ike (1935)
3. April in Paris (1952)
4. Arizona (1940)
5. August Weekend (1936)
aka: Weekend Madness
6. Big City (1937)
7. Black Legion (1937)
8. Blondie's Blessed Event (1942)
9. Blondie's Lucky Day (1946)
10. Blondie's Reward (1948)
11. Born to Be Bad (1934)
12. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
13. Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
14. Calamity Jane (1953)
15. Call Northside 777 (1948)
16. Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
17. Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
18. Don't Fence Me In (1945)
19. Easy to Wed (1946)
20. Excuse My Dust (1951)
21. Family Honeymoon (1948)
22. Father of the Bride (1950)
23. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
24. The First Time (1952)
25. The Flying Missile (1950)
26. The Fountainhead (1949)
27. Four Hours to Kill (1935)
28. Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
29. The General Died at Dawn (1936)
30. The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
31. The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
32. Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
33. Goin' to Town (1935)
34. The Gorilla (1939)
35. Great Guns (1941)
36. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
37. Heart of the Golden West (1942)
38. Heldorado (1946)
aka: Helldorado
39. High Barbaree (1947)
40. High Sierra (1941)
41. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
42. House of Rothschild (1934)
43. If I Were King (1938)
44. John Loves Mary (1949)
45. Kid Millions (1934)
46. The Late George Apley (1947)
47. The Man from Music Mountain (1943)
aka: Texas Legionnaires
48. Maryland (1940)
49. Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
50. Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949)
51. Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
aka: Danger Island
52. Never Say Die (1939)
53. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
54. Out of the Blue (1947)
55. Out of the Fog (1941)
56. The Petrified Forest (1936)
57. The Plainsman (1936)
58. Private Number (1936)
59. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
60. The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
61. Rise and Shine (1941)
62. Side Street (1950)
63. Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
64. A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
65. The Southerner (1945)
66. Speed to Spare (1948)
67. Spellbound (1945)
68. Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
69. State Fair (1945)
aka: It Happened One Summer
70. Take One False Step (1949)
71. Thanks a Million (1935)
72. They Made Me a Killer (1946)
73. They Shall Have Music (1939)
74. Three for the Show (1955)
75. Typhoon (1940)
76. The Walking Dead (1936)
77. When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
78. Wyoming (1947)
79. The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
80. You Belong to Me (1941)
81. You're in the Army Now (1941)
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