 Bedtime Story 1941  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Fredric March, Loretta Young, Robert Benchley, Allyn Joslyn, Eve Arden, Helen Westley, Joyce Compton, Tim Ryan, Clarence Kolb, Andrew Tombes, Olaf Hytten, Dorothy Adams, Jayne Hazard, Beatrice Maude, Ted Oliver
Playwright Lucius Drake (Fredric March) and his wife (Loretta Young) have problems: he wants her to star in his next production. Their solutions provide good entertainment.
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The Bride Wore Boots 1946   N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Pichel
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Cummings, Diana Lynn, Patric Knowles, Peggy Wood, Robert Benchley, Willie Best, Natalie Wood, Gregory Marshall, Mary Young, Catherine Craig, Charles D. Brown, Myrtle D. Anderson, Walter Baldwin, James Millican
Horsewoman Sally (Barbara Stanwyck) has major problems trying to convince her husband, Jeff (Robert Cummings), to enter her world of love and respect for horses. Jeff is a Civil War historian and is popular with Civil War historical society members–especially Mary Lou Medford (Diana Lynn). Jeff and Sally's differences threaten to break-up their marriage–until Jeff wins a steeplechase race, and they find hope for their future. 1 User Review
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| | bgreat Movie | anonymouss 12/25/2011 | | Very, very funny. I truly enjoyed this film. |
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Broadway Melody of 1938 1937 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Binnie Barnes, Buddy Ebsen, Billy Gilbert, Raymond Walburn, George Murphy, Charley Grapewin, Charles Igor Gorin, Robert Benchley, Willie Howard, Robert Wildhack, Barnett Parker
Steve Raleigh (Robert Taylor) needs funds to stage his Broadway show, and the leading lady, Sally Lee (Eleanor Powell), he wants to cast happens to own a race horse. The horse wins the big race at Saratoga, provides the money to back the show, and all ends happily. This musical features Judy Garland's classic rendition of "Dear Mr. Gable," which is without a doubt the highlight of this film.
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China Seas 1935 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley, Akim Tamiroff, Hattie McDaniel, Dudley Digges, William Henry, Liev De Maigret, Lilian Bond, Edward Brophy, Soo Yong
Chinese riverboat Captain Al Gaskell (Clark Gable) has his hands filled with ex-mistress Dolly Portland (Jean Harlow) and his one-time lover Sybil (Rosalind Russell) who are aboard his ship bound for Singapore. When Jamesy MacArdle (Wallace Beery) and his pirates attack the ship, Dolly sides with Jamesy. Meanwhile, Alan makes a play for Sybil but later learns that his true love is Dolly.
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Dancing Lady 1933 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, May Robson, Fred Astaire, Robert Benchley, Ted Healy, Nelson Eddy, Lynn Bari, Sterling Holloway, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Larry Fine
This is Fred Astaire's movie debut, and he shines in this film about an aspiring performer (Joan Crawford) and stage producer Patch Gallagher (Clark Gable) who works toward making her a star. Also featured are the Three Stooges when they were known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges."
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Flesh and Fantasy 1943 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer, Barbara Stanwyck, Betty Field, Robert Cummings, Thomas Mitchell, Charles Winninger, Dame May Whitty, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Benchley, Anna Lee, Edgar Barrier, David Hoffman, Eddie Acuff, Lane Chandler
This film consists of three intriguing stories–each connected through a supernatural theme with romantic twists and turns.
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Foreign Correspondent 1940  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders, Albert Bassermann, Robert Benchley, Edmund Gwenn, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Davenport, Ian Wolfe, Martin Kosleck, Frances Carson, Charles Wagenheim, Charles Halton, Eddie Conrad
At the beginning of World War II, American reporter Johnny Jones (Joel McCrea) is sent to Europe where he witnesses the assassination of Dutch diplomat Van Meer (Albert Basserman). Looking into the matter, Johnny finds a huge conspiracy, and, with help from peace advocate Stephen Fisher's (Herbert Marshall) daughter Carol (Laraine Day), he uncovers Nazi plans to conquer Europe. But, discovering the plans will lead to a dangerous journey as Johnny puts together clues to discover who is the leader of the deadly plot. The film received six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Supporting Actor (Basserman). This is one of Alfred Hitchcock's best films.
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 I Married a Witch 1942 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Fredric March, Veronica Lake, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Warwick, Emory Parnell, Emma Dunn, Eily Malyon
A victim (Veronica Lake) of the 17th-century Salem witch trials comes back to life in the 20th century to torment descendants of those who condemned her to death and falls in love instead.
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Janie 1944 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, Joyce Reynolds, Alan Hale, Hattie McDaniel, Barbara Brown, Richard Erdman, Jackie Moran, John Forrest
When teenager Janie (Joyce Reynolds) falls for a GI (Robert Hutton) stationed at a nearby army camp, her father goes into action to stop the romance.
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Janie Gets Married 1946 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Malone, Richard Erdman, Donald Meek, Hattie McDaniel, Barbara Brown
In this sequel to "Janie," Joan Leslie takes over the title role as a young wife helping her ex-soldier husband (Robert Hutton) adjust to the civilian world.
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Kiss and Tell 1945 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel, Katharine Alexander, Robert Benchley, Porter Hall, Tom Tully, Darryl Hickman, Kathryn Card, Darren McGavin, Virginia Welles, Mary Philips, Scott McKay, Scott Elliott, Edna Holland
This film is based on the Broadway character Corliss Archer. In this episode, 17-year-old Corliss Archer (Shirley Temple) tries to keep news of her brother Lenny's (Scott Elliott) marriage to Mildred (Virginia Welles) a secret. When Mildred becomes pregnant, Corliss goes to the doctor with her and is spotted leaving. Now, people mistakenly believe that it is Corliss who is pregnant and that her boyfriend Dexter (Jerome Courtland) is responsible.
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The Major and the Minor 1942  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Rita Johnson, Diana Lynn, Robert Benchley, Norma Varden, Will Wright, Edward Fielding, Charles Smith, Milton Kibbee
Billy Wilder made his directorial debut in this film about Susan Applegate (Ginger Rogers) who pretends to be a 12-year-old child so she can get a cheaper fare on the train. Once on board, she meets and falls in love with Major Philip Kirby (Ray Milland) who does not realize that she is a grown woman. A very good comedy, even today.
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Nice Girl? 1941 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, Robert Benchley, Helen Broderick, Ann Gillis, Anne Gwynne, Elisabeth Risdon, Nana Bryant
In this first "adult" role for Deanna Durbin, she plays Jane Dana–who falls asleep in Richard Calvert's (Franchot Tone) home and must now protect her reputation.
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Practically Yours 1944  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Gil Lamb, Robert Benchley, Rosemary DeCamp, Cecil Kellaway, Tom Powers, Jane Frazee, Donald MacBride, Mikhail Rasumny
War hero Lieutenant Daniel Bellamy (Fred MacMurray) is presumed dead but returns and learns he is engaged to Peggy Martin (Claudette Colbert) who has intercepted a love letter he wrote.
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The Reluctant Dragon 1941 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske
Cast: Robert Benchley, Nana Bryant, Buddy Pepper, Frances Gifford, Alan Ladd, Barnett Parker, Claud Allister, Billy Lee, John Dehner, Ward Kimball, Gerald Mohr, Florence Gill, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Norman Ferguson
While trying to pitch his idea of making a movie about a reluctant dragon, humorist Robert Benchley tours the Walt Disney studios and provides a glimpse into the inner-workings of animated films.
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 Road to Utopia 1945 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille, Jack La Rue, Robert Benchley, Robert Barrat, Nestor Paiva, Will Wright
This is one of the best of seven "Road" films. Duke (Bing Crosby) and Chester (Bob Hope) head for the Klondike to find their fortunes in gold and are aided by Sal (Dorothy Lamour) in their pursuit of riches.
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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 Sky's the Limit 1943  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan, Elizabeth Patterson, Marjorie Gateson, Richard Davies, Clarence Kolb, Eric Blore, Freddie Slack, Norma Drury Boleslavsky, Arthur Stuart Hull, Dorothy Kelly, Peter Lawford, Ed McNamara
Flying ace Fred (Fred Astaire) takes leave while his group is on tour in support of the war effort. In the guise of a drifter, he meets and falls for photographer Joan (Joan Leslie). Good Academy Award-nominated musical score, and Fred's new dancing partner isn't bad but not one of Fred's best.
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The Stork Club 1945 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Hal Walker
Cast: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley, Bill Goodwin, Iris Adrian, Mikhail Rasumny, Mary Young, Andy Russell, Pierre Watkin, Charles Coleman, Catherine Craig, Perc Launders, Audrey Young, Anthony Caruso
Judy Peabody (Betty Hutton) is a hat check girl who saves the life of Jerry B. Bates (Barry Fitzgerald). He repays her anonymously by setting her up as a wealthy woman. But, problems develop when her boyfriend, Sgt. Danny Wilton (Don DeFore), returns from the war and is suspicious of her newfound prosperity.
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Take a Letter, Darling 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Constance Moore, Macdonald Carey, Robert Benchley, Dooley Wilson, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Arnt, Kathleen Howard, Margaret Seddon
Tom (Fred MacMurray) is hired by Mac (Rosalind Russell), a high-powered business executive, to act as her secretary and help deal with clients' female relatives. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 06/13/2010 | | this is a great clean and wholesome movie. I look forward to it coming to dvd |
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Weekend at the Waldorf 1945 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold, Leon Ames, Phyllis Thaxter, Keenan Wynn, George Zucco
Weekend guests at New York's largest hotel include a movie star, a war correspondent, a soldier, and a reporter whose lives intersect at this particular time and place.
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Young and Willing 1943 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Martha O'Driscoll, James Brown, Barbara Britton, Mabel Paige, Paul Hurst, Olin Howland, Florence MacMichael, Jay Fassett, Billy Bevan, Willaim Cabanne, Fay Helm
Young and aspiring show-business hopefuls share an apartment building as well as their dreams and love as they strive for success.
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 You'll Never Get Rich 1941 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald MacBride, Marjorie Gateson, Cliff Nazarro, Ann Shoemaker, Boyd Davis, Frank Ferguson, Harold Goodwin, Eddie Laughton
When musical comedy star Robert Curtis (Fred Astaire) is drafted into the Army, he immediately thinks that the Army will solve his problems by removing him from his romantic entanglements, but it doesn't take long before Curtis changes his mind.
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| 1. Bedtime Story (1941)
2. The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
3. Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937)
4. China Seas (1935)
5. Dancing Lady (1933)
6. Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
7. Foreign Correspondent (1940)
8. I Married a Witch (1942)
9. Janie (1944)
10. Janie Gets Married (1946)
11. Kiss and Tell (1945)
12. The Major and the Minor (1942)
13. Nice Girl? (1941)
14. Practically Yours (1944)
15. The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
16. Road to Utopia (1945)
17. See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
18. The Sky's the Limit (1943)
19. The Stork Club (1945)
20. Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
21. Weekend at the Waldorf (1945)
22. Young and Willing (1943)
23. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
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