All Ashore 1953  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, Peggy Ryan, Ray McDonald, Barbara Bates, Jody Lawrance, Dick Crockett, Fay Roope, Jean Willes, Rica Owen, Patricia Walker, Eddie Parker, Frank Kreig, Ben Welden, Gloria Pall
Three sailors Francis "Moby" Dickerson, Joe Carter, and Skip Edwards (Mickey Rooney, Dick Haymes, and Ray McDonald) head off on shore leave at Catalina Island but find they are broke. Their solution is to put on a show and star as performers.
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Here Come the Co-Eds 1945  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Peggy Ryan, Martha O'Driscoll, Lon Chaney Jr., Donald Cook, Charles Dingle, June Vincent, Richard Lane, Joe Kirk, Bill Stern, Phil Spitalny & Orchestra, Evelyn Silverstone, Ruth Lee, Don Costello
Janitors Slats (Bud Abbott) and Oliver (Lou Costello) help raise funds for the posh girl's college where they work while Slat's sister Molly (Martha O'Driscoll) attends the school. Among the schemes to raise money are a championship basketball game when Oliver is hypnotized and believes that he is female student "Daisy Dimple," and he stars in the game. Oliver also competes against "The Masked Marvel" (Lon Chaney Jr.) in the wrestling ring, and "The Masked Marvel" is really groundskeeper Johnson who is the main reason behind the college's financial problems. A good Abbott and Costello film.
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Miss Annie Rooney 1942 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Shirley Temple, William Gargan, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Peggy Ryan, Gloria Holden, June Lockhart, Selmer Jackson, Virginia Sale, Roland Dupree, Jonathan Hale
Annie Rooney (Shirley Temple) is a poor girl who falls in love with a wealthy youth, Marty (Dickie Moore). Shirley receives her first screen kiss.
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Private Buckaroo 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis, Jennifer Holt, Shemp Howard, Ernest Truex, Harry James, Mary Wickes, Donald O'Connor, Richard Davies, Peggy Ryan, Huntz Hall
During basic training, Army recruits visit the USO where they are entertained by the Andrews Sisters and bandleader Harry James.
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| 1. All Ashore (1953)
2. Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
3. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
4. Private Buckaroo (1942)
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