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The Happy Years   1950     3 stars    N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman  
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore, Leo G. Carroll, George Chandler, Danny Mummert, Peter M. Thompson

  Based on Owen Johnson's "Lawrenceville Stories," Dean Stockwell plays prep-schooler John Humperdink Storer who struggles with professors, girls, and older students as he grows through his adolescent years.

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Santa Fe   1951     2 and a half stars    N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Action / Western / Romance
Director: Irving Pichel  
Cast: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson, John Archer, Warner Anderson, Roy Roberts, Billy House, Olin Howland, Allene Roberts, Jock Mahoney, Harry Cording, Sven Hugo Borg, Frank Ferguson, Irving Pichel

  Britt Canfield (Randolph Scott) fought as a Confederate in the war, but now he finds a job working with ex-Union forces building the Santa Fe Railroad. He tries to keep his brothers–Terry, Tom, and Clint (Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson, and John Archer)–out of trouble, but after they try to rob the railroad, Britt is forced to help bring them to justice.



Cast
Randolph Scott Britt Canfield
Janis Carter Judith Chandler
Jerome Courtland Terry Canfield
Peter M. Thompson Tom Canfield
John Archer Clint Canfield
Warner Anderson Dave Baxter
Roy Roberts Cole Sanders
Billy House Luke Plummer
Olin Howland Dan Dugan
Allene Roberts Ella Sue Canfield
Jock Mahoney Crake
Harry Cording Moose Legrande
Sven Hugo Borg "Swede" Swanstrom
Frank Ferguson Marshal Bat Masterson
Irving Pichel Harned
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap   1947     2 and a half stars    N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western
Director: Charles Barton  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marjorie Main, Audrey Young, George Cleveland, Gordon Jones, William Ching, Peter M. Thompson, Glenn Strange, Diane Florentine, Bill Clauson, Bill O'Leary, Pamela Wells, Jimmy Bates, Rex Lease

  Traveling salesmen Chester Primm (Lou Costello) and Duke Egan (Bud Abbott) arrive in the town of Western Gap where Chester accidentally kills a man and then learns that he is responsible for his victim's debts and family. So, he is saddled with Widow Hawkins (Marjorie Main) and her six children. Although Duke tries to find ways to free Chester from his debt to Widow Hawkins, she, in turn, tries to get Chester to propose to her. It turns out that Widow Hawkins owns the most valuable property in town, and by story's end, Chester and saloon owner Jake Frame (Gordon Jones) fight a gun duel.



Cast
Bud Abbott Duke Egan
Lou Costello Chester Wooley
Marjorie Main Widow Hawkins
Audrey Young Juanita Hawkins
George Cleveland Judge Benbow
Gordon Jones Jake Frame
William Ching Jim Simpson
Peter M. Thompson Phil
Glenn Strange Lefty
Diane Florentine Sally Hawkins
Bill Clauson Matt Hawkins
Bill O'Leary Billy Hawkins
Pamela Wells Sarah Hawkins
Jimmy Bates Jimmy Hawkins
Rex Lease Hank
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1. The Happy Years (1950)
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