 Bikini Beach 1964  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Asher
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Keenan Wynn, Martha Hyer, Harvey Lembeck, Don Rickles, Jody McCrea, Meredith MacRae, Boris Karloff, Paul Smith
As part of the series of "Beach Party" movies, this is one of the better entries. Frankie Avalon plays roles of a British singing star, "The Potato Bug," and Annette Funicello's favorite boyfriend.
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 Funny Face 1957  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Fred Astaire, Audrey Hepburn, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Suzy Parker, Robert Flemyng, Ruta Lee, Iphigenie Castiglioni, Jean Del Val, Alex Gerry, Dovima, Virginia Gibson, Sue England, Paul Smith
Fashion photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) uses a bookstore to shoot a layout and is fascinated with hapless clerk Jo Stockton (Audrey Hepburn) who has been left with the cleanup after models and photographer have left. Not to worry, Jo is rescued by Dick who takes her to Paris and turns her into a glamorous fashion model. All this, and a love story to boot, makes a good movie.
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The Left-Handed Gun 1958 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Paul Newman, Lita Milan, John Dehner, Hurd Hatfield, James Congdon, James Best, John Dierkes, Denver Pyle, Paul Smith, Nestor Paiva
This psychological Western explores the motives of Billy The Kid (Paul Newman) from his days in the Lincoln County cattle wars through the events that ended in his killing by Pat Garrett (John Dehner).
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Loving You 1957  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Hal Kanter
Cast: Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey, Dolores Hart, James Gleason, Paul Smith, Ralph Dumke, Jana Lund, Grace Hayle, Steve Pendleton
Deke Rivers (Elvis Presley) is a boy from the country who is discovered by Glenda Markle (Lizabeth Scott). Glenda is determined to make him a star.
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Retreat, Hell! 1952 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Russ Tamblyn, Anita Louise, Nedrick Young, Robert Ellis, Paul Smith, Lamont Johnson, Dorothy Patrick
Action scenes provide plenty of suspense for this wartime drama of U.S. Marines withdrawing during a Chinese offensive that took place during the Korean War.
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There's Always Tomorrow 1956 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Pat Crowley, Jane Darwell, William Reynolds, Gigi Perreau, Myrna Hansen, Paul Smith, Ross Hunter
Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray) is a successful businessman who questions his own happiness as a family man when he becomes interested in New York businesswoman Norma Miller (Barbara Stanwyck).
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| 1. Bikini Beach (1964)
2. Funny Face (1957)
3. The Left-Handed Gun (1958)
4. Loving You (1957)
5. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
6. There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
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