The Adventures of Mark Twain 1944  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Fredric March, Nana Bryant, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine, Percy Kilbride, Thurston Hall, Monte Blue
This biography of Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) stars Fredric March as the teller of tales about mid-19th-century America whose work reflects concerns with how human beings relate to one another.
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Annie Oakley 1935  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas, Moroni Olsen, Pert Kelton, Andy Clyde, Chief Thunderbird, Percy Kilbride, Willie Best, Delmar Watson, Iron Eyes Cody, Si Jenks
Buffalo Bill's (Moroni Olsen) Wild West Show stars Annie Oakley (Barbara Stanwyck), an ace rifle shot, as one of its main draws. This is her story as she competes with "The World's Greatest Marksman" Toby Foster (Preston Foster) who, in real life, she marries–but not in this film. For the romantic story, watch "Annie Get Your Gun" (1950) starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel.
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The Egg and I 1947 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Louise Allbritton, Percy Kilbride, Donald MacBride, Samuel S. Hinds, Elisabeth Risdon, Fuzzy Knight, Esther Dale, Richard Long, Billy House, Ida Moore, John Berkes, Victor Potel
This witty story is based on Betty MacDonald's popular book about herself (Claudette Colbert) and her husband Bill's (Fred MacMurray) change in lifestyle when they moved from the city to take over a chicken ranch. Marjorie Main was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ma Kettle.
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Fallen Angel 1945 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Alice Faye, Linda Darnell, Dana Andrews, Charles Bickford, John Carradine, Bruce Cabot, Anne Revere, Percy Kilbride, Olin Howland, Hal Taliaferro, Harry Strang, J. Farrell MacDonald, Garry Owen, William Haade, Paul E. Burns
Dana Andrews plays the villain, Eric Stanton, hatching the devious plot to marry wealthy spinster June Mills (Alice Faye), take her money, and then divorce her. This will give him the money he needs to take up with diner waitress Stella (Linda Darnell) who will have nothing to do with Eric unless he has money. Plans go awry when, after Eric marries June, Stella is found murdered. Eric is the chief suspect in the murder case, and, with June by his side, he investigates to uncover the murderer whose identity will prove shocking.
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George Washington Slept Here 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel, William Tracy, Joyce Reynolds, Lee Patrick, Charles Dingle, John Emery, William Tracy
A New York couple (Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan) buys a "fix-me-up" home in Connecticut where they discover a letter that may be evidence that George Washington once slept there.
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Guest in the House 1944 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Anne Baxter, Ralph Bellamy, Aline MacMahon, Ruth Warrick, Scott McKay, Jerome Cowan, Marie McDonald, Margaret Hamilton, Percy Kilbride, Connie Laird
After her mental breakdown, Evelyn is taken by her fiance, Dan (Scott McKay), to his family home to recuperate. Once there, Evelyn becomes infatuated with Dan's married brother, Douglas (Ralph Bellamy), and tries her best to ruin his marriage. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score.
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Keeper of the Flame 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Whorf, Margaret Wycherly, Forrest Tucker, Darryl Hickman, Howard Da Silva, Percy Kilbride, Donald Meek, Stephen McNally
A reporter, Stephen O'Malley (Spencer Tracy), sets out to write a tribute to a World War I hero after his untimely death. He meets the widow (Katharine Hepburn) and falls in love with her–then he discovers that the subject of his tribute was a Nazi agent.
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Knickerbocker Holiday 1944  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Harry Joe Brown
Cast: Nelson Eddy, Charles Coburn, Constance Dowling, Shelley Winters, Ernest Cossart, Percy Kilbride, Otto Kruger, Chester Conklin, Fritz Feld
Relief from the pressures of politicians is what singing newspaper publisher Brom Broeck (Nelson Eddy) wants in this period film that features Charles Coburn as Peter Stuyvesant. The classic song, "September Song" was introduced in this musical.
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Ma and Pa Kettle 1949 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Audrey Young, Esther Dale, Barry Kelley, Harry Antrim, Ida Moore, Emory Parnell
In this first entry of what would become a series about the Kettles and their 15 kids, the down-on-their-luck family sees a change in fortune when they win a new home after naming the new slogan for a tobacco company.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Home 1954 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Alan Mowbray, Alice Kelley, Mary Wickes, Brett Halsey, Irving Bacon, Emory Parnell, Oliver Blake, Virginia Brissac
Elwin Kettle (Brett Halsey) enters an essay contest to win money for his college education. As a finalist, he must play host to the contest's judges, and Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa (Percy Kilbride) try to get the farm cleaned up for the visit.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair 1952  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Barton
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, James Best, Lori Nelson, Esther Dale, Russell Simpson, Emory Parnell, Oliver Blake, Edmund Cobb, Rex Lease
Hoping to get money for daughter Rosie's (Lori Nelson) college education, Ma heads to the fair with her preserves, but Pa comes up the real winner with a racehorse that provides the needed funds.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1955  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Lori Nelson, Byron Palmer, Loring Smith, Lowell Gilmore, Mabel Albertson, Esther Dale, Ida Moore, Fay Roope
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) come to Hawaii to help out with problems at the family's pineapple cannery. Once there, Pa makes matters even worse in this offbeat comedy. Kilbride's last film as "Pa."
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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Emory Parnell, Peter Leeds, Teddy Hart, Oliver Blake
While settling into their newly won city home, Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) hear the rumor that uranium is under their old farm. Swindlers also hear the news, and the competition is on for rights to the precious metal.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town 1950 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Jim Backus, Ray Collins, Barbara Brown, Esther Dale, Ellen Corby, Oliver Blake
Pa Kettle (Percy Kilbride) wins a contest, and the prize includes a trip to New York City. Once there, Ma (Marjorie Main) and Pa meet up with some gangsters, but the bad guys are no match for the Kettles.
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation 1953 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins, Bodil Miller, Sig Ruman, Rita Moreno, Barbara Brown, Oliver Blake, Teddy Hart, Ivan Triesault
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) visit France and end up in the middle of an espionage plot.
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Mr. Soft Touch 1949 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, John Ireland, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Ted de Corsia, Clara Blandick, Stanley Clements, Roman Bohnen, Harry Shannon
An army vet (Glenn Ford) falls for a do-gooder (Evelyn Keyes) in this lightweight drama.
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Riffraff 1947 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure / Thriller
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys, Percy Kilbride, Jerome Cowan, Jason Robards Sr., Eduardo Noriega, George Givot, Julian Rivero, Lou Lubin, Tommy Noonan, Betty Hill, Virginia Owen, Marc Krah
Panama City private-eye Dan Hammer (Pat O'Brien) is hired by a killer, Charles Hasso (Marc Krah), as his bodyguard. Hasso has stolen a map showing the location of a valuable oil location, and he is now pursued by Eric Molinar (Walter Slezak) and his thugs who want the map. Molinar kills Hasso to get the map, but, unbeknownst to Hammer, the map has been hidden in Hammer's office. Now the thugs wreck Hammer's office looking for the map. When that search fails, they beat up Hammer who has no idea of where the map is. Meanwhile, nightclub singer Maxine (Anne Jeffreys) enters the picture, and she and Hammer become romantically involved. The question is whether or not Maxine is really on Hammer's side in this story of intrigue.
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She's a Soldier Too 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Beulah Bondi, Lloyd Bridges, Nina Foch, Percy Kilbride, Shelley Winters, Ida Moore, Jess Barker, Jeanne Bates, Edward Earle, Marilyn Johnson
A woman taxi-driver (Beulah Bondi) listens to the story of a soldier (Lloyd Bridges) searching for his son and determines to help him in his quest.
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The Southerner 1945  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Renoir
Cast: Zachary Scott, Betty Field, Beulah Bondi, Bunny Sunshine, Percy Kilbride, Jay Gilpin, Charles Kemper, Blanche Yurka, Paul Harvey, J. Carrol Naish
Cotton farmer Sam Tucker (Zachary Scott), despite natural and manmade disasters, struggles to make a subsistence living for his family.
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 State Fair 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
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
A farm family heads for the Iowa State Fair in this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical featuring the Academy Award winning song, "It Might as Well Be Spring." A good remake of the 1933 hit.
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Welcome Stranger 1947 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Barry Fitzgerald, Wanda Hendrix, Frank Faylen, Elizabeth Patterson, Percy Kilbride, Charles Dingle, Robert Shayne, Don Beddoe
Doctor Jim Pearson (Bing Crosby) opts for rural life and arrives in a small village where he helps out an older doctor (Barry Fitzgerald) who wants a vacation.
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The Well-Groomed Bride 1946 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, Sonny Tufts, James Gleason, Constance Dowling, Percy Kilbride, Jean Heather, Tom Fadden, Don Beddoe, William Forrest
Lieutenant Dudley Briggs (Ray Milland) tries to get the only bottle of French champagne in San Francisco to use in the christening of an aircraft carrier. His quest leads to Margie Dawson (Olivia de Havilland) who is saving the champagne for her wedding to Lieutenant Torchy McNeil (Sonny Tufts).
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The Woman of the Town 1943 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Claire Trevor, Albert Dekker, Barry Sullivan, Henry Hull, Marion Martin, Porter Hall, Percy Kilbride, Beryl Wallace, Arthur Hohl, Clem Bevans, George Cleveland, Russell Hicks, Teddi Sherman, Herbert Rawlinson, Marlene Mains
Partially based on fact, this film is an account of Bat Masterson's (Albert Dekker) experiences in Dodge City. When unable to get a job as a newspaper reporter, Bat becomes the marshal of the town. Bat falls in love with dance-hall girl Dora (Claire Trevor) who works hard behind the scenes to look after the welfare of the town's citizens. When Dora is gunned down by cattle baron King Kennedy (Barry Sullivan), Bat not only takes care of King but also honors Dora for her efforts to clean up the town. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Musical Score.
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You Gotta Stay Happy 1948 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert, Roland Young, Willard Parker, Percy Kilbride, Porter Hall, Halliwell Hobbes, Mary Forbes, Stanley Prager
A millionaire (Joan Fontaine) forsakes her bridegroom in search of greener pastures with Marvin Payne (James Stewart).
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| 1. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
2. Annie Oakley (1935)
3. The Egg and I (1947)
4. Fallen Angel (1945)
5. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
6. Guest in the House (1944)
7. Keeper of the Flame (1942)
8. Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)
9. Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
aka: The Further Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle
10. Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954)
11. Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952)
12. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955)
13. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
14. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
15. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
16. Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
17. Riffraff (1947)
18. She's a Soldier Too (1944)
19. The Southerner (1945)
20. State Fair (1945)
aka: It Happened One Summer
21. Welcome Stranger (1947)
22. The Well-Groomed Bride (1946)
23. The Woman of the Town (1943)
24. You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
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