Androcles and the Lion 1952  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chester Erskine
Cast: Jean Simmons, Alan Young, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, Maurice Evans, Elsa Lanchester, Reginald Gardiner, Gene Lockhart, Alan Mowbray, Jim Backus
Based on George Bernard Shaw's satire, this is the story of a young Christian, Androcles (Alan Young), who is saved from certain death in the Coliseum because he has made friends with a lion.
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Back Street 1961   N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer, Alex Gerry, Tammy Marihugh, Robert Eyer, Doreen McLean, Karen Norris, Hayden Rorke, Mary Lawrence, Joseph Cronin
In this remake of earlier productions of "Back Street," Susan Hayward and John Gavin take on the roles of Rae Smith and Paul Saxon who meet and fall in love, but, due to a mix-up, they do not marry. Years later, they meet again, and now Paul is married to alcoholic Liz (Vera Miles). Unable to get a divorce from Liz, Walter enters into a love affair with Rae that will last for years to come. 2 User Reviews
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| | anonymous 02/14/2008 | | I am 66 years old now, but i still think about this movie. i loved susan hayward from my teenager years to today. i quote that line where John Gavin showed her his picture in their new house and asks her if she can decorate around it, and her reply was; why not, i built my whole life around it. i love it, i love it. where can you buy her movies? |
| | Anonymous 07/19/2007 | | If you are a romantic at heart, you will love this film. John Gavin is easy on the eyes and Susan Hayward is outstanding. You keep wishing throughout the movie that the two will end up together. |
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The Birds and the Bees 1956   N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven, Reginald Gardiner, Fred Clark, Hans Conried, Harry Bellaver, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Frome, Mary Treen
This remake of "The Lady Eve" does not measure up to the original. The story centers on naive millionaire George Hamilton (George Gobel) who is beguiled by cardsharp Jean Harris (Mitzi Gaynor).
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Black Widow 1954 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney, George Raft, Peggy Ann Garner, Reginald Gardiner, Otto Kruger, Cathleen Nesbitt, Skip Homeier, Virginia Leith, Hilda Simms, Bea Benaderet, Aaron Spelling
This mystery by Patrick Quentin is somewhat gaudy but still entertaining about goings on in an upper-crust apartment building. Van Heflin plays a married Broadway producer who is suspected of killing Nancy (Peggy Ann Garner) when she turns up dead in his apartment. Detective Lt. C.A.Bruce (George Raft) is on the scene to clear it all up.
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 Born to Dance 1936 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers, Frances Langford, Buddy Ebsen, Reginald Gardiner, Raymond Walburn, Alan Dinehart, Dennis O'Keefe, James Flavin, Jonathan Hale, Barnett Parker, Harry Strang
Sailors Ted (James Stewart), Mush (Buddy Ebsen), and Gunny (Sid Silvers) romance their girlfriends Nora (Eleanor Powell), Peppy (Frances Langford), and Jenny (Una Merkel) while on shore leave. This musical revue, highlighting the creative talents of the great Cole Porter, features delightful dance scenes. "I've Got You under My Skin" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
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Captains of the Clouds 1942 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Reginald Denny, Reginald Gardiner, Paul Cavanagh, Russell Arms, Clem Bevans
Brian MacLean (James Cagney) is a bush pilot in Canada during 1940 who runs a delivery service for adventurers way up north. Stimulated by hearing Winston Churchill's "we will not surrender" speech, Brian and his buddies join the Royal Canadian Air Force. There's lots of romance and humor but not much action.
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Christmas in Connecticut 1945 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Shayne, Una O'Connor, Frank Jenks, Joyce Compton, John Dehner, Dick Elliott, Marie Blake, Walter Baldwin, Emmet Smith, Jack Mower
Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) writes for a homemaker magazine, but, in reality, she does no housework herself. When she is coerced into entertaining a young World War II veteran (Dennis Morgan), Elizabeth must find a phony husband, baby, and house to ensure that her boss (Sydney Greenstreet) does not catch on to her deceptive business practices.
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Cluny Brown 1946 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner, Reginald Owen, C. Aubrey Smith, Richard Haydn, Sara Allgood, Florence Bates, Margaret Bannerman, Ernest Cossart, Una O'Connor
Set in England during the late 1930s, this is the story of Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) who fills in for her plumber uncle and takes a job at a country estate where she meets and is attracted to a very charming Czech refugee, Adam Belenski (Charles Boyer). She is also attracted to a shopkeeper, Mr. Jonathan W. Wilson (Richard Haydn), who tries to break up Cluny's relationship with Adam. Believing that he has lost Cluny to Mr. Wilson, Adam leaves the estate–but not before leaving a special message in a gift for Cluny. Is it too late, or will Cluny catch up with Adam?
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The Doctor Takes a Wife 1940 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Loretta Young, Ray Milland, Reginald Gardiner, Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn, Frank Sully, Gordon Jones, Georges Metaxa, Charles Halton, Irving Bacon, Joseph Eggenton, Paul McAllister, Chester Clute, Hal K. Dawson, Edward Van Sloan
When chauvinistic Professor Timothy Sterling (Ray Milland) and independent-minded author June Cameron (Loretta Young) are mistaken for husband and wife, June's publisher boyfriend, John (Reginald Gardiner), believes that she can write a book about marriage and make money–if she pretends to be married to Timothy. Timothy and June rent an apartment, and, at first, they cannot stand each other. But, they go along with the ruse, which results in them falling in love for real.
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The Dolly Sisters 1945 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner, Frank Latimore, Gene Sheldon, Sig Ruman, Trudy Marshall, Collette Lyons
Good "oldie" songs abound in this musical biography of the Hungarian-born Dolly sisters, Jenny and Rosie (Betty Grable and June Haver), who hit it big in the New York theater world in the early 1900s.
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The Flying Deuces 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val, Crane Whitley, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer, Michael Visaroff, Billy Engle, Sam Lufkin
After Ollie (Oliver Hardy) has been rejected by his lady love Georgette (Jean Parker) because she is already married to Francois (Reginald Gardiner), he and Stan (Stan Laurel) join the Foreign Legion to help Ollie forget his troubles. But, their ineptness leads to them being charged with desertion. They escape in a stolen airplane that crashes.
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 The Great Dictator 1940  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Emma Dunn, Maurice Moscovitch, Grace Hayle, Bernard Gorcey
Political satire about the Third Reich abounds as Charlie Chaplin plays dual roles of dictator Adenoid Hynbel as well as his look-alike: a Jewish barber.
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Halls of Montezuma 1950 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Richard Widmark, Jack Palance, Robert Wagner, Karl Malden, Reginald Gardiner, Richard Boone, Philip Ahn, Skip Homeier, Jack Webb, Bert Freed
U.S. Marine struggles in the Pacific theater of World War II are enacted in this tense war film.
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The Horn Blows at Midnight 1945 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jack Benny, Alexis Smith, Dolores Moran, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Guy Kibbee, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Dumont, Robert Blake, Paul Harvey
A musician (Jack Benny) dreams he is the angel Athanael whose trumpet, when blown at midnight, will result in the Earth's destruction.
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: June Haver, Mark Stevens, Martha Stewart, Reginald Gardiner, Lenore Aubert, William Frawley, Gene Nelson, George Cleveland, Truman Bradley, Charles Judels, Harry Cheshire, Robert Emmett Keane, John Arledge, Dewey Robinson, Buddy Clark
In this is a film biography, Mark Stevens takes on the role of early-20th century songwriter Joe Howard (his singing voice was dubbed by Buddy Clark). Romance enters Joe's life, and he marries chorus girl Katie (June Haver). Songs include "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," "What's the Use of Dreaming?", Goodbye My Lady Love," and "Hello My Baby."
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Immortal Sergeant 1943 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Melville Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher, Morton Lowry, Peter Lawford, Guy Kingsford
This is the story of a World War II desert patrol that suffers the loss of its leader. Faced with unwanted responsibility, Corporal Colin Spence (Henry Fonda) manages to get it together and lead the remaining patrol members to safety.
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The Lodger 1926 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Ivor Novello, June, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen, Alfred Hitchcock, Eve Gray, Reginald Gardiner
This is the prototype for Alfred Hitchcock's future suspense movies. "The avenger" is murdering women in London, and suspicions of being a murderer plague innocent Jonathan Drew (Ivor Novello) who has recently rented a room in a boarding house. The proprietor's daughter Daisey (June) suspects Jonathan and clues in her fiance Joe (Malcolm Keen) about her suspicions. Joe is a police detective, and he arrests Jonathan, but Jonathan manages to escape. Now, the police are on his trail, and Jonathan must evade the police until the real killer is discovered.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante, Reginald Gardiner, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Fraser, Grant Mitchell, George Barbier, Russell Arms, Edwin Stanley
Monty Woolley recreates his Broadway role of Sheridan Whiteside, a critic and radio personality. Whiteside is a guest lecturer who suffers an injury. While recuperating, he and his secretary (Bette Davis) move in with a local family. It does not take long for the welcome to wear out. Monty Woolley: "Strange? She's right out of 'The Hounds of the Baskervilles.'"
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Marie Antoinette 1938 N/R, 160 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore, Robert Morley, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut, Gladys George, Henry Stephenson, Reginald Gardiner, Cora Witherspoon
Set in pre-revolutionary France, MGM spared nothing on its opulent sets, French antiques, and expensive costumes in presenting this story of the doomed Austrian princess (Norma Shearer) who became Queen of France just as it became a "crumbling" empire.
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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation 1962 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: James Stewart, Maureen O'Hara, Fabian, John Saxon, Marie Wilson, Reginald Gardiner, John McGiver, Minerva Urecal, Lauri Peters, Michael Burns
The Hobbs family sets out for a seashore vacation where comedy reigns when everything goes wrong.
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One More Tomorrow 1946  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Godfrey
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, John Loder, Jane Wyman, Reginald Gardiner, Marjorie Gateson, Thurston Hall, Sig Arno
Based on Philip Barry's play, this is the story of a playboy (Dennis Morgan) and his ill-fated romance with a magazine editor (Ann Sheridan). This is a re-make of 1932's "The Animal Kingdom."
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Rock-A-Bye Baby 1958 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Connie Stevens, Salvatore Baccaloni, Reginald Gardiner, Hans Conried, Ida Moore, Isobel Elsom, James Gleason, George Sanders
When film star Carla Naples (Marilyn Maxwell) has triplets, she hires Clayton Poole (Jerry Lewis) to care for the babies and keep them out of the public eye. And the fun begins.
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Sergeant Deadhead 1965  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Cesar Romero, Fred Clark, Gale Gordon, Buster Keaton, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Arden, Pat Buttram, Harvey Lembeck
A U.S. government experiment goes awry, and an airman (Frankie Avalon) exchanges with a chimpanzee during a journey into space.
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Sundown 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gene Tierney, Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey, Joseph Calleia, Reginald Gardiner, Cedric Hardwicke, Carl Esmond, Marc Lawrence, Gilbert Emery
Zia (Gene Tierney) is a member of an African tribe and helps the British uncover a German plot by infiltrating the Nazi organization. Some pretty good action, but overall it's just another flick with one important ingredient: patriotism, which was important in the early stages of World War II.
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady 1943 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou, Reginald Gardiner, Virginia Grey, Phil Regan, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jonathan Hale
This time around Tyrone Power takes on the role of the reporter who exposes the former burlesque queen, Rosie O'Grady (Betty Grable), when she tries to improve her station in life. Good music and talent make this film enjoyable fare. It was previously made as "Love Is News" and later remade as "That Wonderful Urge."
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That Lady in Ermine 1948 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch, Otto Preminger
Cast: Betty Grable, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cesar Romero, Walter Abel, Reginald Gardiner, Harry Davenport, Virginia Campbell, Whit Bissell, Edmund MacDonald, Harry Cording
It's the mid-1800s and an invading force, led by Col. Karolyi (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), takes over the castle of a ruling countess (Betty Grable). Karolyi falls in love with the countess, while she seeks advice from a deceased, female ancestor who dealt with a similar problem over 200 years ago. Not much here, but there are a few good songs. Director Lubitsch died shortly after the start of filming; Otto Preminger completed the film without credits.
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That Wonderful Urge 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner, Arleen Whelan, Lucile Watson, Gene Lockhart, Chill Wills, Hope Emerson, Porter Hall, Lloyd Gough, Richard Gaines, Taylor Holmes, Al Bridge, Lane Chandler, Frank Ferguson
Tyrone Power repeats his starring role in this remake of "Love Is News." This time, Gene Tierney takes the role of heiress Sara Farley who decides to get back at reporter Thomas Jefferson Tyler (Power) who has been printing non-flattering stories about her. Sara gets even by announcing to the press that she and Tyler are secretly married, and their love/hate relationship results in more than a few misadventures.
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Wabash Avenue 1950  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Phil Harris, Reginald Gardiner, James Barton, Barry Kelley, Margaret Hamilton, Irving Bacon, Jacqueline Dalya, Charles Arnt
Set during the 1892 Chicago World's Fair, this remake of 1943's "Coney Island" features Victor Mature and Phil Harris as the partners in a dance hall who vie for the attentions of burlesque queen Ruby Summers (Betty Grable).
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What a Way to Go! 1964 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Shirley MacLaine, Robert Mitchum, Gene Kelly, Paul Newman, Dick Van Dyke, Robert Cummings, Margaret Dumont, Dean Martin, Reginald Gardiner, Roy Gordon, Fifi D'Orsay, Lou Nova, Maurice Marsac, Wally Vernon, Jane Wald
Poor Louisa (Shirley MacLaine)–every time she marries, her new husband dies. Eventually, she has a whole lot of money that she is trying to give to the IRS, but officials suspect that she is insane and send her to a psychiatrist, Dr. Victor Stephanson (Robert Cummings), Louisa's story unfolds as she tells Stephanson about her marriages. The first one involves her choice of poor shopkeeper Edgar (Dick Van Dyke) over wealthy Leonard (Dean Martin), but Edgar works himself to death. Next, Louisa marries inventor Larry (Paul Newman) who becomes wealthy and dies. Then, she marries business tycoon Rod (Robert Mitchum) who retires, becomes a farmer, and is killed by a bull. Finally, Louisa marries entertainer Jerry (Gene Kelly), and he becomes a star and is crushed to death by a mob of his fans. All died trying to make Louisa happy, and now she believes that the money they made is cursed.
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A Yank in the R.A.F. 1941 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton, Reginald Gardiner, Donald Stuart, Ralph Byrd, Richard Fraser, Denis Green, Bruce Lester, Lester Matthews
Tim (Tyrone Power), a U.S. pilot, flew planes to Canada and then ferried them to Britain before the U.S.'s entrance into World War II, thus helping arm Britain. Tim has a cocky attitude and does not appreciate the war effort. While in London, he meets ex-girlfriend Carol (Betty Grable), and she isn't pleased with his cavalier attitude about the war. To show his dedication, he joins the R.A.F. Great combat footage, which earned an Oscar nomination for Special Effects. One of Power's better efforts.
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| 1. Androcles and the Lion (1952)
2. Back Street (1961)
3. The Birds and the Bees (1956)
4. Black Widow (1954)
5. Born to Dance (1936)
6. Captains of the Clouds (1942)
7. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
8. Cluny Brown (1946)
9. Do Not Disturb (1965)
10. The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
11. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
12. Dulcy (1940)
13. The Flying Deuces (1939)
14. The Great Dictator (1940)
15. Halls of Montezuma (1950)
16. The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
17. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
18. Immortal Sergeant (1943)
19. The Lodger (1926)
aka: The Case of Jonathan Drew
20. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
21. Marie Antoinette (1938)
22. Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)
23. One More Tomorrow (1946)
24. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)
25. Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
26. Sundown (1941)
27. Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
28. That Lady in Ermine (1948)
29. That Wonderful Urge (1948)
30. Wabash Avenue (1950)
31. What a Way to Go! (1964)
32. A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
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