Athena 1954   N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas, Vic Damone, Louis Calhern, Linda Christian, Steve Reeves, Ray Collins, Edmund Purdom, Dolores Starr, Jane Fischer, Cecile Rogers, Evelyn Varden, Howard Wendell
This musical is about a bizarre family of seven sisters who take the adage "You are what you eat" to the extreme. 1 User Review
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| | Worth seeing for the muscle | Candy Kane 01/28/2007 | | Athena had a dumb story and some stupid songs, but it features Steve Reeves and Dick Dubois, two of the best built and handsomest bodybuilders of the day. The parts where Steve Reeves is flipped by Edmund Purdom is pure science fiction. |
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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport, Irving Bacon, Don Beddoe, Johnny Sands, Veda Ann Borg, Lillian Randolph, Dan Tobin, Ransom M. Sherman, William Bakewell, Ian Bernard
Teenager Sharon (Shirley Temple) is so infatuated with 40-year-old playboy artist Dick Nugent (Cary Grant) that she sneaks into his apartment one night hoping to model for him. When this is discovered by Sharon's older sister, Judge Margaret Turner (Myrna Loy), she threatens Dick with jail if he does not agree to date Sharon for one week to help Sharon get over her infatuation with him. Dick agrees to take Sharon out, but as the week progresses, it is he and Margaret who discover mutual interests in each other.
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Bad for Each Other 1953  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Dianne Foster, Mildred Dunnock, Frank Sully, Ray Collins, Rhys Williams, Arthur Franz, Marjorie Rambeau, Lester Matthews, Lydia Clarke, Chris Alcaide, Robert Keys, Ann Robinson, Dorothy Green
Doctor Tom Owen (Charlton Heston) returns home after the war and sets up his medical practice. With help from socialite Helen Curtis (Lizabeth Scott), his practice flourishes with wealthy patients. Later, Tom changes his mind when he realizes that his true calling is for ministering to the poor coal miners in his hometown.
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The Best Years of Our Lives 1946  N/R, 172 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Myrna Loy, Hoagy Carmichael, Harold Russell, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Cathy O'Donnell, Gladys George, Ray Collins, Roman Bohnen, Minna Gombell, Dorothy Adams, Steve Cochran, Walter Baldwin
This Best Picture Oscar winner tells the story of three WWII soldiers who come home and find that they can't just pick up where they left off. A classic film in which Harold Russell, an actual veteran, made history by winning two Oscars for one role (Best Supporting Actor Oscar and a Special Award Oscar). William Wyler also took home an Oscar for his directing, as did Fredric March for Best Actor. There were three other Oscars awarded. 1 User Review
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| | Worth its Three Oscars | 1fatts 04/13/2009 | It would be hard to overstate the importance of this film, not simply as a Hollywood triumph: Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor -- but as an intelligent, sensitive portrayal of the America the GIs returned to when WW2 was over.
Our protagonists, every one of them, are imperfect, each of them made both better and more fragile by what they had seen and what they had done. The struggle to rebuild lives and to come to grips with had been left behind never to be found again, is moving and. finally, compellng and believable. The complexity of Fredrick March's character is wonderful: deep nobility and vulnerability co-existing in what is ultimately a real human being.
A trreasure. |
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 The Big Street 1942  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette, Hans Conried, Agnes Moorehead, Sam Levene, Ray Collins, George Cleveland, Marion Martin, Vera Gordon, William T. Orr, Ozzie Nelson, Louise Beavers, Chet Huntley
Henry Fonda plays nightclub busboy Agustus "Little Pinks" Pinkerton II who is in love with beautiful singer Gloria Lyons (Lucille Ball). She ignores him until she experiences a crippling accident and must rely on his attentions in this comedy/drama.
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Can't Help Singing 1944  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Ryan
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, David Bruce, Leonid Kinskey, June Vincent, Ray Collins, Andrew Tombes, Thomas Gomez, Clara Blandick
The senator's daughter (Deanna Durbin) loves a U.S. Army officer, but the senator, not caring for him, sends his unit to California. Now she is on the way West by all sorts of transportation, picking up companions on the way. Not much plot, but Deanna's singing is great, and Jerome Kern's musical score won an Academy Award nomination. This is Deanna's only Technicolor film.
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 Citizen Kane 1941 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Ruth Warrick, Everett Sloane, Alan Ladd, George Coulouris, Paul Stewart, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, Erskine Sanford, William Alland, Fortunio Bonanova, Philip Van Zandt, Georgia Backus
This Orson Welles film is often voted the best film ever made; it also revolutionized filmmaking technology. When reporter Jerry Thompson (William Alland) searches for the meaning of Charles Foster Kane's (Orson Welles) last dying word, "Rosebud," the life of the arrogant newspaper magnate is told through the reminiscences of those who knew him. An Oscar was awarded for Best Original Screenplay, and eight nominations were received–including Best Picture, Actor (Welles), and Director.
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Command Decision 1948  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Brian Donlevy, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Charles Bickford, Edward Arnold, Richard Quine, Ray Collins, John McIntire
During World War II, Air Force General K.C. "Casey" Dennis (Clark Gable) orders a disastrous daylight bombing mission over Germany. His superior, General Roland Kane (Walter Pidgeon), investigates the matter that ends up the subject of a Congressional hearing.
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The Commandos Strike at Dawn 1942 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke, Ray Collins, Lloyd Bridges, Rosemary DeCamp, Alexander Knox, Elisabeth Fraser, George Macready
When Nazis strike and gain control of his fishing village, Eric Toresen (Paul Muni) works with British forces to form a retaliatory underground movement.
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Crack-Up 1946 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Tommy Noonan, Ellen Corby, Dean Harens, Damian O'Flynn, Erskine Sanford
While trying to regain his own memory, amnesia victim George Steele (Pat O'Brien) attempts to get to the bottom of a series of suspected forgeries at his museum.
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The Desert Song 1953  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Ray Collins, Frank DeKova, William Conrad, Paul Picerni
This film, based on Sigmund Romberg's romantic operetta, is set in the African desert and features Gordon MacRae as the mysterious leader of the Riffs who fight evil Arabs. 1 User Review
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| | Voice and face of an angel | perspex 11/08/2010 | | I never did like Gordon McRae, but I have been in love with Kathryn Grayson for 60 years |
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The Desperate Hours 1955 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin, Gig Young, Mary Murphy, Robert Middleton, Ray Collins, Whit Bissell, Richard Eyer, Alan Reed, Bert Freed, Ray Teal, Michael Moore
With Deputy Sheriff Bard (Arthur Kennedy) on their trail, three escaped convicts–Glen (Humphrey Bogart), Hal (Dewey Martin), and Sam (Robert Middleton) use the Hilliard Familys'–Emily (Martha Scott), her husband Dan (Fredric March), and their children Cindy (Mary Murphy), and Ralph (Richard Eyer)–home as their hideout. Knowing that if he contacts the police, his family's lives will be in danger, Dan plays along with the convicts' demands. But, how long will Dan go along with their demands before reaching the breaking point?
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A Double Life 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O'Brien, Shelley Winters, Ray Collins, Philip Loeb, Millard Mitchell, Joe Sawyer, Whit Bissell, Charles La Torre
Shakespearean actor Tony John (Ronald Colman) imitates his roles off-stage. In this case, while playing Othello, he murders a waitress (Shelley Winters). Finally, completely insane, he almost murders Desdemona (Signe Hasso) on stage. Colman won a Best Actor Oscar for this powerful performance.
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The Eve of St. Mark 1944 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Anne Baxter, William Eythe, Michael O'Shea, Vincent Price, Dickie Moore, Ruth Nelson, Ray Collins, Harry Morgan, Stanley Prager, John Archer
Based on Maxwell Anderson's plot of lovers who foresee the end of their romance as military service looms, this is a very-watchable film on the unsettling drama of war.
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 The Fountainhead 1949 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull, Ray Collins, Moroni Olsen, Jerome Cowan, Paul Harvey, Roy Gordon, Creighton Hale, Jonathan Hale, Ruthelma Stevens, Selmer Jackson
In this screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's philosophical novel about the value of individualism, after being expelled from college, Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) finds work with architect Henry Cameron (Henry Hull). After Cameron drinks himself to death, Howard remains the individualist architect who stands for integrity in a world of conformity.
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Francis 1950 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, Zasu Pitts, Tony Curtis, Ray Collins, Chill Wills, John McIntire, Eduard Franz, Howland Chamberlin, Frank Faylen, James Todd, Robert Warwick, Mikel Conrad, Charles Meredith, Loren Tindall
Peter Sterling (Donald O'Connor) is a West Point cadet who discovers that the mule Francis (voice of Chill Wills) can talk, and they become friends. The problem is that Francis will not speak to anyone else, and Peter gets sent to the psychiatric ward when he insists that he and Francis carry on conversations. The problems are solved when Francis helps Peter uncover the activities of Nazi spy Mareen Gelder (Patricia Medina), and Peter becomes a hero. First in a series of seven "Francis" films.
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Good Sam 1948 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorring, Ruth Roman, Clinton Sundberg, Minerva Urecal, Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon
Lu Clayton (Ann Sheridan) has dreams of a new home, but her husband, Sam (Gary Cooper), cannot help giving a hand to those in need. If Sam continues his philanthropy, the Claytons will be bankrupt. Far from one of Cooper's best.
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 The Heiress 1949 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins, Selena Royle, Russ Conway, Harry Antrim, Betty Linley, Paul Lees, David Thursby
Set in mid-1800s' New York City, this is the story of a plain-looking young woman (Olivia de Havilland) who is pursued by a handsome man (Montgomery Clift) because of her fortune. An interfering father (Ralph Richardson) determines to ruin the relationship and, in the process, his daughter as well. Olivia de Havilland won the Academy Award for her performance. The film also won three other Academy Awards and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor ( Ralph Richardson) and Director.
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The Hidden Eye 1945 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, William "Bill" Phillips, Ray Collins, Paul Langton, Thomas E. Jackson, Morris Ankrum, Eddie Acuff, Francis Pierlot, Robert Lewis, Leigh Whipper, Sondra Rogers, Theodore Newton, Jack Lambert, Raymond Largay
Blind Detective Mclain (Edward Arnold) is back in this second film based on Baynard Kenrick's sleuth. With the help of his dog, and a good sense of smell, he is out to solve a series of murders associated with an oriental cult. The scent of a rare perfume links the murders. The prior movie was "Eyes in the Night."
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Homecoming 1948 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Anne Baxter, John Hodiak, Ray Collins, Gladys Cooper, Cameron Mitchell, Marshall Thompson, Lurene Tuttle, Jessica Grayson, J. Louis Johnson, Eloise Hardt
Doctor Ulysses Delby Johnson (Clark Gable) enlists in the Army as a World War II surgeon and learns the real meaning of love and life from his nurse, Lieutenant Jane "Snapshot" McCall (Lana Turner). Drags a little as time goes by.
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The Human Comedy 1943 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Ray Collins, Van Johnson, Donna Reed, Dorothy Morris, Henry O'Neill
Based on William Saroyan's novel about small-town America during World War II, this film won an Academy Award for Best Story and was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Actor.
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I Want You 1951  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow, Robert Keith, Mildred Dunnock, Ray Collins, Martin Milner, Jim Backus, Walter Sande
The Korean War's impact on families is the subject of this film, which provides an insightful artifact of the Cold War era.
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It Happens Every Spring 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Ray Milland, Jean Peters, Paul Douglas, Ed Begley, Ted de Corsia, Ray Collins, Alan Hale Jr., Jessie Royce Landis, Gene Evans, Edward Keane
What happens every spring is, of course, baseball season. This is the story of a college professor, Vernon Simpson (Ray Milland), who invents a formula that enables a ball to avoid bats–and the fun begins.
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The Kid from Left Field 1953 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Harmon Jones
Cast: Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Billy Chapin, Lloyd Bridges, Ray Collins, Richard Egan, Fess Parker, Bob Hopkins, Alex Gerry, Walter Sande, George Phelps, John Gallaudet, Paul Salata, John Beradino, Gene Thompson
Nine-year-old Christy Cooper's (Billy Chapin) father Larry "Pop" Cooper (Dan Dailey) once played big-league baseball but is now hawking peanuts during the games. Christy gets a job as batboy and starts giving game-winning tips to team member Pete Haines (Lloyd Bridges). Of course, Christy is getting his hints from his dad, but, as a publicity stunt, he is named manager of the team. All goes well until Christy gets sick, but his dad comes to the rescue.
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Leave Her to Heaven 1945 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Mary Philips, Reed Hadley, Hugh Maguire, Mae Marsh, Grant Mitchell, Addison Richards, Jim Farley
Beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) is a psychopath who marries Richard Harlan (Cornel Wilde) and moves to their lodge in Maine where she plans to make sure that Richard shares all of his time with her. When Richard's crippled brother Danny (Darryl Hickman) visits them, Ellen stands by and does nothing to save him when he drowns in the lake. Ellen becomes pregnant, and, fearing that she will have to share Richard's affections with their baby, she purposefully falls down the stairs and miscarries. Finally, Ellen confesses her terrible deeds to Richard and then commits suicide–but not before making sure that her death looks like a murder and framing her sister Ruth (Jeanne Crain) for the crime. Ellen has managed to destroy everyone around her–including herself. Tierney received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
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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. 1 User Review
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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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The Magnificent Ambersons 1942 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Agnes Moorehead, Tim Holt, Anne Baxter, Ray Collins, Richard Bennett, Erskine Sanford, Orson Welles, Don Dillaway, Nancy Gates, James Westerfield, John Elliott, Jack Baxley, Bobby Cooper
This is the Booth Tarkington's story of the wealthy Amberson family's fall from the heights of society and the impact it inflicts on its members in the late 19th century. Eugene Morgan (Joseph Cotten) returns to Indianapolis, Indiana, after many years. He left as a struggling inventor when Isabel Amberson (Dolores Costello) turned down his marriage proposal to marry the "more acceptable" Wilbur Minafer (Don Dillaway). Eugene is now a widower with a daughter Lucy (Anne Baxter) and the successful inventor of an automobile. Isabel has been widowed, and Eugene again pursues her. But her son George (Tim Holt) and Aunt Fanny Amberson (Agnes Moorehead) interfere, and their actions bring on tragedy for the family when they do not accept progress in the changing world of the automobile age. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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The Man from Colorado 1948  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ellen Drew, William Holden, Ray Collins, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Jerome Courtland, James Millican, Ian MacDonald, James Bush, Jim Bannon, William "Bill" Phillips, Eddie Fetherston, Ben Corbett, Stanley Andrews
Colonel Owen Devereaux (Glenn Ford) is a disturbed Civil War veteran who becomes a federal judge after returning from the war. His Army buddy Del Stewart (William Holden) has been appointed marshal, and he tries to help Owen overcome his psychologically motivated need to condemn men to death. Making matters worse is the fact that Del shares an unrequited love with Owen's wife Caroline (Ellen Drew) that causes jealousy. Tensions mount and lead to a violent conclusion. 1 User Review
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| | Glenn Ford,s acting, as usual, shows how limited his range i | Sam kendall 03/28/2012 | | |
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Miss Susie Slagle's 1945 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Berry
Cast: Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield, Ray Collins, Lillian Gish, Billy De Wolfe, Lloyd Bridges, Bill Edwards, Roman Bohnen, Morris Carnovsky
A group of medical students live together in Miss Susie Slagle's boarding house. Set in the early 1900s, this is the story of the drama and humor surrounding the lives of these future doctors and nurses.
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The Navy Comes Through 1942 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Murphy, Jane Wyatt, Jackie Cooper, Carl Esmond, Max Baer, Desi Arnaz, Ray Collins, Frank Jenks, Frank Fenton, Joey Ray, Marten Lamont
Filmed shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and using newsreel film footage, this World War II story involves the heroics of the crew of an old freighter that blows up U-Boats and shoots down Nazi bombers. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects.
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Never Say Goodbye 1956  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Hopper
Cast: Rock Hudson, George Sanders, David Janssen, Cornell Borchers, Clint Eastwood, Ray Collins, Shelley Fabares, Helen Wallace, John Wengraf, Robert F. Simon
A separated couple (Rock Hudson and Cornell Borchers) regains love and find happiness as parents. 2 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 09/22/2011 | | I love this movie!! |
| | Excellent **** | Star 09/16/2007 | | I was about 12 years old when I saw this movie - and for many many years I always said it was my favorite movie of all time. It's about a mother secretly giving piano lessons to an older gentleman from across the iron curton. One day she is not able to return and goes missing. Her little girl believes her mother is dead, and her husband thinks she left him. It has a very beautiful ending - touches the heart. I would give it four stars. |
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A Night in Paradise 1946 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez, Gale Sondergaard, Ray Collins, George Dolenz, John Litel, Douglass Dumbrille, Marvin Miller, Moroni Olsen
When Aesop (Turhan Bey) goes to the court of King Croesus (Thomas Gomez) to plead for his country's rights, he is bedazzled by the beautiful Princess Delarai (Merle Oberon).
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The Racket 1951 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Lizabeth Scott, Robert Ryan, William Talman, William Conrad, Virginia Huston, Les Tremayne, Ray Collins, Joyce Mackenzie, Robert Hutton, Walter Sande, Don Porter, Walter Baldwin, Brett King, Richard Karlan
Police Captain McGuigg (Robert Mitchum) resists pressure from a mobster, Nick (Robert Ryan), when he investigates racketeering in this intuitive film about political and legal corruption.
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Rose Marie 1954 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr, Marjorie Main, Joan Taylor, Ray Collins, Chief Yowlachie, James Logan, Thurl Ravenscroft
This is another remake of the 1924 Rudolf Friml operetta and is the first musical to use the CinemaScope format, which it does to good advantage. Rose Marie (Ann Blyth) is a lovely French-Canadian lass who is after trapper James Duval (Fernando Lamas). James, in turn, is being pursued by mountie Mike Malone (Howard Keel). Mike uses Rose to help him get James and, in the process, falls in love with her. 1 User Review
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Roughly Speaking 1945 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Donald Woods, Ann Doran, Alan Hale, Ray Collins, Craig Stevens, Jean Sullivan, Ann E. Todd, Kathleen Lockhart
This film spans 40 years in the life of Louise Randall Pierson (Rosalind Russell). Through trials and tribulations in good times and bad, Pierson always retains her spirit. 1 User Review
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| | tulliomike 08/20/2007 | | ourtstanding movie kept my attention and really made me feel good about american family. i like optimism and this film sets a new standard for guts, and patience and love. |
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See Here, Private Hargrove 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Robert Benchley, Keenan Wynn, Ray Collins, Bob Crosby, Chill Wills, Grant Mitchell, Frank Faylen, Douglas Fowley, George Offerman Jr., Edward Fielding, Donald Curtis, William "Bill" Phillips, Marta Linden
Raw recruit Private Marion Hargrove (Robert Walker) has been a journalist and has entered the Army to make extra income writing about his training experiences. He reports to Fort Bragg where he learns the basics about Army life in this very funny story.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet 1947 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
Director: George S. Kaufman
Cast: William Powell, Ella Raines, Arleen Whelan, Peter Lind Hayes, Ray Collins, Allen Jenkins, Hans Conried, Charles D. Brown, Whit Bissell, Norma Varden, Milton Parsons, Francis Pierlot, Chief Thundercloud, Chief Yowlachie, Iron Eyes Cody
Senator Melvin G. Ashton (William Powell) wants to be President of the United States and hires press agent Lew Gibson (Peter Lind Hayes) to help him attain his lofty ambition. Ashton plans to use a diary documenting all of the shady deals made by his party as the source to blackmail his party leaders. When the diary is stolen, more than a few problems ensue.
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The Seventh Cross 1944 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins, Alexander Granach, George Macready, Herbert Rudley, Felix Bressart, Katherine Locke, Paul Guilfoyle, Steven Geray, Kurt Katch, Kaaren Verne
Set during World War II, this story is about seven men who escape from a Nazi concentration camp. The S.S. captain in charge of the camp vows to nail each one of the seven escapees to seven separate trees. The title refers to the one tree that remains unused as one of the ex-prisoners manages to make it to freedom. Hume Cronyn received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Slightly Dangerous 1943 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Florence Bates, Ray Collins, Ward Bond, Paul Stanton, Millard Mitchell, Pamela Blake, Howard Freeman, O.K. Ford, Spencer Charters
Peggy Evans (Lana Turner) leaves her small town and heads for New York City where she pretends to be a missing heiress and gets herself in a lot of trouble for her efforts.
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The Solid Gold Cadillac 1956 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, John Williams, Hiram Sherman, Neva Patterson, Ralph Dumke, Ray Collins, Arthur O'Connell, George Burns, Richard Deacon, Harry Antrim, Larry Hudson, Jack Latham, Emily Getchell
Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) is a minor shareholder (only 10 shares) in a large corporation. After questioning the board of directors and looking into their operations, she spearheads an effort to oust corrupt board members and get the honest CEO, Edward L. McKeever (Paul Douglas), back in control of the company. She communicates with other stockholders, which presents problems for the board. Meanwhile, a romance develops between Laura and Edward.
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Summer Stock 1950 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers, Ray Collins, Hans Conried, Carleton Carpenter, Paul E. Burns, Nita Bieber, Erville Alderson, A. Cameron Grant, Eddie Dunn, Kathryn Sheldon
Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) is struggling to make a living on her farm in a New England town when a troupe of actors arrives, and they all agree to "put on a show" in Jane's barn. 1 User Review
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| | lover of musicals 07/10/2007 | | If you like musicals, this is a must. Gene Kelly and July Garland do very well together in this show. They are both naturals. Two of my favorites as a young girl. A little slapstick with Eddie Bracken, and Phil Slivers, not to mention the Gloria DeHaven and Marjorie Main. I have this as a VHS and a DVD. Keeps me busy as age keeps creeping up on me. We need more of this type of beauty and laughter in todays world. |
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Touch of Evil 1958 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Orson Welles
Cast: Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Dennis Weaver, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Ray Collins, Joanna Moore, Marlene Dietrich, Valentin de Vargas, Joi Lansing, Joseph Cotten, Mercedes McCambridge
Orson Welles can make film masterpieces, and this is one excellent example of his artistic talents. Welles plays an American policeman who has issues with an important man (Charlton Heston) in the Mexican government while on the trail of the killers of a wealthy Mexican. A number of cameo appearances add to the appeal.
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Two Years Before the Mast 1946 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy, William Bendix, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Da Silva, Esther Fernandez, Albert Dekker, Darryl Hickman, Ray Collins, Frank Faylen
Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd) goes undercover and details hardship and brutality under the diabolical sea captain, Richard Henry Dana (Howard Da Silva).
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Vengeance Valley 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Walker, Joanne Dru, Sally Forrest, John Ireland, Carleton Carpenter, Ray Collins, Ted de Corsia, Hugh O'Brian, Will Wright, Jim Hayward, Stanley Andrews, Grayce Mills, James Harrison, Margaret Bert
Owen Daybright (Burt Lancaster) has spent his lifetime covering for his deviant foster brother, Lee Stroble (Robert Walker). Now, Lee is responsible for Lily Fasken's (Sally Forrest) pregnancy, but he blames Owen who then must answer to Lily's brothers Hub and Dick (John Ireland and Hugh O'Brian).
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Young Man with Ideas 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch, Donna Corcoran, Ray Collins, Mary Wickes, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Wessel, Carl Milletaire, Bobby Diamond, Curtis Cooksey, Karl "Killer" Davis, Fay Roope, John Call
A young family man, Maxwell Webster (Glenn Ford), moves his wife, Julie (Ruth Roman), to California where he plans to take his bar exams. Gangsters, bookies, and pretty women interrupt his plans as everything goes awry.
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You're in the Navy Now 1951 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Millard Mitchell, John McIntire, Harry von Zell, Jack Webb, Jane Greer, Eddie Albert, Ray Collins, Lee Marvin, Charles Bronson, Richard Erdman, Harvey Lembeck, Henry Slate, Ed Begley, Jack Warden
Not one of Gary Cooper's best films, but this comedy about the U.S.S. Teakettle and its captain, Lt. John W. Harkness (Cooper), and crew, who are all inexperienced, is fun to watch.
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| 1. Athena (1954)
2. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
3. Bad for Each Other (1953)
4. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
5. The Big Street (1942)
6. Can't Help Singing (1944)
7. Citizen Kane (1941)
8. Command Decision (1948)
9. The Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
10. Crack-Up (1946)
11. Crime Doctor (1943)
12. The Desert Song (1953)
13. The Desperate Hours (1955)
14. A Double Life (1947)
15. The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
16. The Fountainhead (1949)
17. Francis (1950)
18. Good Sam (1948)
19. The Heiress (1949)
20. The Hidden Eye (1945)
21. Homecoming (1948)
22. The Human Comedy (1943)
23. I Want You (1951)
24. It Happens Every Spring (1949)
25. The Kid from Left Field (1953)
26. Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
27. Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951)
28. Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
29. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
30. The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
31. The Man from Colorado (1948)
32. Miss Susie Slagle's (1945)
33. The Navy Comes Through (1942)
34. Never Say Goodbye (1956)
35. A Night in Paradise (1946)
36. The Racket (1951)
37. Rose Marie (1954)
38. Roughly Speaking (1945)
39. See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
40. The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947)
aka: Mr. Ashton Was Indiscreet
41. The Seventh Cross (1944)
42. Slightly Dangerous (1943)
43. The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
44. Summer Stock (1950)
45. Touch of Evil (1958)
46. Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
47. Vengeance Valley (1951)
48. Young Man with Ideas (1952)
49. You're in the Navy Now (1951)
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