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Athena   1954     1 star  User Rating      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

  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 muscleCandy 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     3 stars    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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Cary Grant Dick
Myrna Loy Margaret
Shirley Temple Susan
Rudy Vallee Tommy
Ray Collins Beemish
Harry Davenport Thaddeus
Irving Bacon Melvin
Don Beddoe Joey
Johnny Sands Jerry
Veda Ann Borg Agnes Prescot
Lillian Randolph Bessie
Dan Tobin Walters
Ransom M. Sherman Judge Treadwell
William Bakewell Winters
Ian Bernard Perry

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Bad for Each Other   1953     1 and a half stars    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

  Doctor Tom Owen (Charlton Heston) returns home after the war, is talked into setting up a plush practice for wealthy patients in the city, and then realizes that his true calling is for ministering to the coal miners in his hometown.

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The Best Years of Our Lives   1946     4 stars  User Rating      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

  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 Oscars1fatts 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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Fredric March Al Stephenson
Dana Andrews Fred Derry
Myrna Loy Milly Stephenson
Hoagy Carmichael Butch Engle
Harold Russell Homer Parrish
Teresa Wright Peggy Stephenson
Virginia Mayo Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell Wilma Cameron
Gladys George Hortense Derry
Ray Collins Mr. Milton
Roman Bohnen Pat Derry
Minna Gombell Mrs. Parrish

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Poster Art From art.comThe Big Street   1942     2 stars    N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Irving Reis  
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette, Hans Conried, Agnes Moorehead, Sam Levene, Ray Collins, George Cleveland, Marion Martin

  Henry Fonda plays a nightclub busboy who is in love with a beautiful singer (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     2 and a half stars    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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Poster Art From art.comCitizen Kane   1941     4 stars    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.



Cast
Orson Welles Charles Foster Kane
Joseph Cotten Jedediah Leland
Agnes Moorehead Mary Kane
Ruth Warrick Emily Monroe Norton Kane
Everett Sloane Mr. Bernstein
Alan Ladd Reporter
George Coulouris Walter Parks Thatcher
Paul Stewart Raymond
Dorothy Comingore Susan Alexander Kane
Ray Collins James W. Gettys
Erskine Sanford Herbert Carter
William Alland Jerry Thompson
Fortunio Bonanova Signor Matiste
Philip Van Zandt Mr. Rawlston
Georgia Backus Georgia Backus

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Command Decision   1948     3 and a half stars    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     2 and a half stars    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     3 stars    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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Crime Doctor   1943     2 and a half stars    N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Michael Gordon  
Cast: Warner Baxter, Margaret Lindsay, John Litel, Ray Collins, Harold Huber, Don Costello, Leon Ames, Constance Worth, Dorothy Tree

  This is the first in a pretty good series of Crime Doctor mysteries as a follow-on to the popular radio show. This film provides the background–Dr. Ordway is an amnesia victim who becomes a nationally known criminologist. It is then discovered that he was previously a clever criminal and stands trial after the discovery.

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The Desert Song   1953     2 stars    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.

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The Desperate Hours   1955     3 stars    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?



Cast
Humphrey Bogart Glenn Griffin
Fredric March Dan C. Hilliard
Arthur Kennedy Deputy Sheriff Jesse Bard
Martha Scott Eleanor "Ellie" Hilliard
Dewey Martin Hal Griffin
Gig Young Chuck Wright
Mary Murphy Cindy Hilliard
Robert Middleton Sam Kobish
Ray Collins Sheriff Masters
Whit Bissell FBI Agent Carson
Richard Eyer Ralphie Hilliard
Alan Reed Detective
Bert Freed Tom Winston
Ray Teal Police Lt. Fredericks
Michael Moore Night Watchman

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A Double Life   1947     3 and a half stars    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     2 and a half stars    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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Poster Art From art.comThe Fountainhead   1949     2 and a half stars    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

  In this screen adaptation of Ayn Rand's philosophical novel about the value of individualism, Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) is the individualist architect who stands for integrity in a world of conformity.

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Francis   1949     3 stars    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
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

  A West Point cadet (Donald O'Connor) discovers that the mule Francis (voice of Chill Wills) can talk, and Francis manages to get the cadet into all sorts of trouble. First in a series of seven "Francis" films.


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Good Sam   1948     1 and a half stars    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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Poster Art From art.comThe Heiress   1949     4 stars    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.



Cast
Olivia de Havilland Catherine Sloper
Ralph Richardson Dr. Austin Sloper
Montgomery Clift Morris Townsend
Miriam Hopkins Lavinia Penniman
Vanessa Brown Maria
Mona Freeman Marian Almond
Ray Collins Jefferson Almond
Selena Royle Elizabeth Almond
Russ Conway Quintus
Harry Antrim Mr. Abeel
Betty Linley Mrs. Montgomery
Paul Lees Arthur Townsend
David Thursby Geier
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The Hidden Eye   1945     2 and a half stars    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

  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     2 stars    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     3 stars    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     3 stars  User Rating      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     3 stars    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     2 stars    N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harmon Jones  
Cast: Dan Dailey, Anne Bancroft, Billy Chapin, Lloyd Bridges, Ray Collins, Richard Egan, Fess Parker

  Nine-year-old Christy (Billy Chapin) rises to team manager as his father, a past Major League player, gives his son advice that leads to victories over opposing teams.

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Leave Her to Heaven   1945     3 stars    N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
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

  Beautiful Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) is a psychopath who marries Richard Harlan (Cornel Wilde) and destroys everyone around her–including herself. Tierney received an Academy Award nomination.


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Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm   1951     1 and a half stars    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     2 and a half stars    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     2 stars    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     4 stars    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

  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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Joseph Cotten Eugene Morgan
Dolores Costello Isabel Amberson Minafer
Agnes Moorehead Fanny Amberson
Tim Holt George Amberson Minafer
Anne Baxter Lucy Morgan
Ray Collins Jack Amberson
Richard Bennett Major Amberson
Erskine Sanford Benson
Orson Welles Narrator
Don Dillaway Wilbur Minafer
Nancy Gates Girl
James Westerfield Cop at Accident
John Elliott Guest
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The Man from Colorado   1948     3 stars    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.



Cast
Glenn Ford Col. Owen Devereaux
Ellen Drew Caroline Emmet
William Holden Capt. Del Stewart
Ray Collins Big Ed Carter
Edgar Buchanan Doc Merriam
Denver Pyle Easy Jarrett
Jerome Courtland Johnny Howard
James Millican Sgt. Jericho Howard
Ian MacDonald Jack Rawson
James Bush Cpl. Dixon
Jim Bannon Nagel
William "Bill" Phillips York
Eddie Fetherston Jones
Ben Corbett Deputy
Stanley Andrews Roger MacDonald

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Miss Susie Slagle's   1945     2 and a half stars    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     2 stars    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     2 and a half stars  User Rating      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.    1 User Review




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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     2 and a half stars    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     3 stars    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

  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     2 and a half stars  User Rating      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     2 and a half stars  User Rating      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     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles  
Cast: Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Robert Benchley, Keenan Wynn, Ray Collins, Bob Crosby, Chill Wills, Grant Mitchell, Frank Faylen, Douglas Fowley

  Raw recruit Private Marion Hargrove (Robert Walker) learns the basics about army life in this very funny story.

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The Senator Was Indiscreet   1947     2 and a half stars    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

  Senator Ashton (William Powell) wants to be President of the United States and hires a press agent to help him attain his lofty ambition.

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The Seventh Cross   1944     3 stars    N/R, 110 min.
Genre: 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

  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     1 and a half stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
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

  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     3 stars    N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
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

  Laura Partridge (Judy Holliday) is a minor shareholder (only 10 shares) in a large corporation, but 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.


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Summer Stock   1950     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
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

  Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) lives on a 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     4 stars    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.



Cast
Orson Welles Hank Quinlan
Charlton Heston Ramon Miguel "Mike" Vargas
Janet Leigh Susan Vargas
Dennis Weaver Motel Clerk
Zsa Zsa Gabor Owner of Strip Joint
Joseph Calleia Pete Menzies
Akim Tamiroff "Uncle Joe" Grandi
Ray Collins District Attorney Adair
Joanna Moore Marcia Linnekar
Marlene Dietrich Tanya
Valentin de Vargas Pancho
Joi Lansing Blonde
Joseph Cotten Detective
Mercedes McCambridge Gang Leader

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Two Years Before the Mast   1946     1 star    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     2 stars    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).



Cast
Burt Lancaster Owen Daybright
Robert Walker Lee Strobie
Joanne Dru Jen Strobie
Sally Forrest Lily Fasken
John Ireland Hub Fasken
Carleton Carpenter Hewie
Ray Collins Arch Strobie
Ted de Corsia Herb Backett
Hugh O'Brian Dick Fasken
Will Wright Mr. Willoughby
Jim Hayward Sheriff Con Alvis
Stanley Andrews Mead Calhoun
Grayce Mills Mrs. Burke
James Harrison Orv Esterly
Margaret Bert Mrs. Calhoun

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Young Man with Ideas   1952     2 and a half stars    N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen  
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch, Donna Corcoran, Ray Collins, Mary Wickes, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Wessel, Carl Milletaire

  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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Movie PictureYou're in the Navy Now   1951     2 stars    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
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

  Not one of Gary Cooper's best films, but this comedy about the U.S.S. Teakettle and its captain (Cooper) and crew is fun to watch.


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