 An American in Paris 1951  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Gene Kelly, Oscar Levant, Leslie Caron, Nina Foch, Georges Guetary, Eugene Borden, Ann Codee, Dick Wessel, Paul Maxey, John Eldredge, Noel Neill, Madge Blake
Based on the music of George and Ira Gershwin, dance and music sequences contributed to the Academy Award for Best Picture. The story is about ex-GI Jerry (Gene Kelly) who stays in Paris after the war to study art and then falls in love with Lise (Leslie Caron). The film also won five other Oscars, and Director Vincente Minnelli received a nomination.
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Bride of the Gorilla 1951  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Curt Siodmak
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney Jr., Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Ray Corrigan, Paul Maxey, Carol Varga, Woody Strode, Martin Garralaga
This movie is bad enough to be fun to watch. Barney Chavez (Raymond Burr) oversees a jungle plantation and falls under a native curse after killing his employer.
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If I'm Lucky 1946  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Frank J. Scannell, Charles Tannen, Harry Cheshire, Frank Fenton, Harry Hayden, Edward Keane, Paul Maxey, Dewey Robinson, Charles C. Wilson
In this remake of "Thanks a Million" (1937), Perry Como takes on the Dick Powell role of singer Allan Clark who receives an offer to sing at gubernatorial candidate Magonnagie's (Edgar Buchanan) rally. The campaign backers really want Allan to be the stooge candidate for their corrupt political machine–and, wonder of wonders, Allan wins the election. Songs include "One More Kiss," and "Bet Your Bottom Dollar."
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It's Always Fair Weather 1955  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly
Cast: Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, Michael Kidd, David Burns, Jay C. Flippen, Hal March, Paul Maxey, Peter Leeds
Three veterans meet for a 10th-year reunion and find their lives have not gone the way they planned. The situation takes a turn for the better when a television show provides the chance to work out difficulties–but not without creating more problems!
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Kid Monk Baroni 1952 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Young Paul Baroni
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Richard Rober, Bruce Cabot, Allene Roberts, Mona Knox, Leonard Nimoy, Jack Larson, Budd Jaxon, Archer MacDonald, Kathleen Freeman, Joseph Mell, Paul Maxey, Stuart Randall
Teenager Paul "Monk" Baroni (Leonard Nimoy) learns how to box by instructions from his priest. After a manager steps in, "Monk" earns a reputation in the world of professional boxing, but, in the process, he forgets some of the lessons learned at his old church and neighborhood. Never fear, redemption lies just around the corner.
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Let's Go Collegiate 1941 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
aka: Farewell to Fame
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Frankie Darro, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Gale Storm, Frank Sully, Barton Yarborough, Frank Faylen, Marguerite Whitten, Paul Maxey, Tristram Coffin
After members of a collegiate crew team–Frankie (Frankie Darro) and Jeff (Mantan Moreland)–tell their girlfriends that they will win the big race, their star rower is drafted. But that doesn't stop Frankie and Jeff who get a truck driver, Herk Bevans (Frank Sully), to fill in. They win, but Herk turns out to be a criminal on the run, and more than a few problems await the boys.
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Philo Vance's Secret Mission 1947  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Reginald LeBorg
Cast: Alan Curtis, Sheila Ryan, Tala Birell, Frank Jenks, James Bell, Frank Fenton, Paul Maxey, Kenneth Farrell, Toni Todd, David Leonard, Frank Wilcox
The renowned master sleuth Philo Vance (Alan Curtis) is hired to provide input for a mystery magazine by publisher Martin Jamison (Paul Maxey) while also helping Martin solve the murder of his partner several years previously. When Martin is murdered Vance must figure out who killed the partner, which will surely lead to Martin's killer. This is the final Philo Vance film–at least for more than a half century and counting.
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Showdown at Boot Hill 1958 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gene Fowler Jr.
Cast: Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Paul Maxey, Carole Mathews, Fintan Meyler, Thomas Browne Henry, Mike Mason, George Pembroke, William Stevens
When a lawman (Charles Bronson) discovers, to his horror, that he has mistakenly killed an innocent man, he has many problems to solve for himself as well as the family of the victim.
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 Till the Clouds Roll By 1946 N/R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Robert Walker, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Van Heflin, Lena Horne, Van Johnson, Tony Martin, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Paul Langton, Paul Maxey, Dorothy Patrick
An all-star cast singing Jerome Kern's songs make this account of Kern's life and times an entertaining experience. Kern's story begins and ends with his Broadway show, "Showboat," and is told through flashbacks as Kern sells his songs, moves to London, and marries Eva (Dorothy Patrick). Then, his contacts with Victor Herbert (Paul Maxey) and Oscar Hammerstein (Paul Langton) lead to success on Broadway. Songs are abundant and are sung by top musical stars of the day.
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| 1. An American in Paris (1951)
2. Bride of the Gorilla (1951)
3. If I'm Lucky (1946)
4. It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
5. Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
aka: Young Paul Baroni
6. Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
aka: Farewell to Fame
7. Philo Vance's Secret Mission (1947)
8. Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)
9. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
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