April in Paris 1952   N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Ray Bolger, Claude Dauphin, Eve Miller, Paul Harvey, George Givot, Herbert Farjeon, Raymond Largay, John Alvin, Wilson Millar, Jack Lomas, Eugene Borden, Don Brodie, Nestor Paiva, Donald Kerr
The title song is a big highlight of this film about chorus girl Dynamite Jackson (Doris Day) who finds romance with businessman S. Winthrop Putnam (Ray Bolger) while sailing to Europe to attend a Parisian Arts Festival. It turns out that Winthrop is already married to Marcia (Eve Miller), but when it is discovered that the marriage is illegal, the path is cleared for Winthrop and Dynamite to live happily ever after.
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The Crooked Way 1949  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: John Payne, Sonny Tufts, Ellen Drew, Rhys Williams, Percy Helton, John Doucette, Charles Evans, Greta Grandstedt, Harry Bronson, Raymond Largay, Hal Baylor, Don Haggerty
While Eddie Rice (John Payne) is recuperating from shell shock–but is still suffering amnesia–following his service in World War II, his criminal past begins to catch up with him.
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Four Faces West 1948 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
aka: They Passed This Way
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, Charles Bickford, Joseph Calleia, William Conrad, Martin Garralaga, Raymond Largay, John Parrish, Dan White, Davison Clark, Houseley Stevenson, Sam Flint
Normally honest rancher Ross (Joel McCrea) resorts to bank robbery when his family homestead is threatened. He does, however, leave an IOU with the teller, intending to pay the money back. Sheriff Pat Garrett (Charles Bickford) sets out on his trail as Ross meets several people on his trek to avoid arrest. But Pat gets his man.
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Here Lies Love 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Second Woman
Twelve Miles Out
Director: James V. Kern
Cast: Robert Young, Betsy Drake, John Sutton, Florence Bates, Morris Carnovsky, Henry O'Neill, Jean Rogers, Raymond Largay, Jason Robards Sr., Steven Geray
Jeff (Robert Young) has not been the same since his fiancee died in a car accident with him driving. Are all those "accidents" that now plague him a result of his mental state? His new girlfriend, Ellen (Betsy Drake), doesn't think so and investigates.
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It Happened In Brooklyn 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Gloria Grahame, Marcy McGuire, Aubrey Mather, Tamara Shayne, William Roy, Bobby Long, William Haade, Lumsden Hare, Raymond Largay, William Tannen
Ex-GI Danny Miller (Frank Sinatra) returns to his Brooklyn neighborhood and moves in with his friend Nick Lombardi (Jimmy Durante) who is a high school janitor. Now, his friend from the Army, Jamie Shellgrove (Peter Lawford), arrives in town. Danny and Jamie decide to compose music together and help with a fundraiser for Nick's granddaughter Rae (Marcy McGuire) who wants to be a pianist. Soon both men are romantically attracted to Rae's music teacher Anne Fielding (Kathryn Grayson). Jamie ends up with Anne, but all is not lost when Danny falls for an Army nurse (Gloria Grahame) who he had met in the service.
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Johnny One-Eye 1950 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Wayne Morris, Dolores Moran, Gayle Reed, Lawrence Cregar, Jack Overman, Raymond Largay, Donald Woods, Harry Bronson
When the heat is on, Dane (Wayne Morris) tells the D.A. that his former crime partner, Martin (Pat O'Brien), is responsible for an unsolved murder. Martin hides in an abandoned house with 14-year-old Elsie (Gayle Reed) and her dog. Wouldn't you know it, Elsie is the D.A.'s daughter. Dane and Martin finally meet for the showdown. Based on a Damon Runyon story. By the way, "Johnny One-Eye" is the dog's name in this story that's a little slow.
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| 1. April in Paris (1952)
2. The Crooked Way (1949)
3. Four Faces West (1948)
aka: They Passed This Way
4. Here Lies Love (1951)
aka: The Second Woman
aka: Twelve Miles Out
5. It Happened In Brooklyn (1947)
6. Johnny One-Eye (1950)
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