American Madness 1932  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien, Kay Johnson, Constance Cummings, Gavin Gordon, Arthur Hoyt, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Sterling Holloway, Walter Walker, Robert Ellis, Eddy Chandler, Charley Grapewin, Berton Churchill, Edwin Maxwell, Pat O'Malley
During the 1890s depression, bank president Thomas Dickson (Walter Huston) is at odds with his board members who want to merge with Union Bank. One day, the bank is robbed, and chief teller Matt Brown (Pat O'Brien) is accused of the theft. Brown has an alibi, but his loyalty to Dickson stands in his way of using it.
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The Babe Ruth Story 1948  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene, William Frawley, Paul Cavanagh, Mark Koenig, Mel Allen, Harry Wismer, Lloyd Gough, Gertrude Niesen, Fred Lightner, Stanley Clements, Robert Ellis, Matt Briggs
William Bendix is a good George Herman "Babe" Ruth in this biography of the famed Yankee slugger. The story begins when young George (Robert Ellis) is introduced to sandlot baseball by Brother Mathias (Charles Bickford) at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys. When his professional career begins, Bendix takes over the role of Babe, while Claire Trevor plays his wife, and memorable moments in his life are presented–including actual film clips of Ruth in action.
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Broadway to Cheyenne 1932 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Western
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
Director: Harry L. Fraser
Cast: Rex Bell, Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Ellis, Huntley Gordon, Earl Dwire, Roy D'Arcy, John Elliott, Al Bridge, Harry Semels, Rae Daggett, Gwen Lee, Gordon De Main, Tex Palmer
Detective Breezy (Rex Bell) is wounded by Butch (Robert Ellis) and his gang in New York. While Breezy recuperates at home in Wyoming, who should come along but Butch's gang with plans to run a protection racket on the ranchers? But, Breezy will have none of that.
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 Gidget 1959  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Wendkos
Cast: Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Joby Baker, Yvonne Craig, Doug McClure, Tom Laughlin, Jo Morrow, Robert Ellis
This classic film from the 1950s era features Sandra Dee as Gidget–the California teenager who surfs and finds love on the beach.
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The Green Promise 1949  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William D. Russell
Cast: Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan, Robert Paige, Natalie Wood, Ted Donaldson, Connie Marshall, Irving Bacon, Milburn Stone, Robert Ellis, Geraldine Wall, Jeanne LaDuke, Sam Flint
The Matthews family–with Walter Brennan playing the patriarch–ekes out a living on their farmstead in rural America. 2 User Reviews
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| | Widower and his kids move and start a new life. | Old Movie Buff 08/16/2010 | | Beautiful story about a 50-something widower (Walter Brennan) and his 4 kids starting over after the loss of the wife and mother. The family faces life-like scenarios of intra-family turmoil brought on as each child demonstrates the need for individual freedom within the conundrum of the tight-nit but growing family. Walter Brennan is the iron-willed father who, while running from the reality of his children's journey to adulthood and the eventual empty nest, is forcibly removed from his leadership position by a farm accident, leaving the children to make the tough decisions necessary to save the newly purchased farm. Challenges galore face the family, as neighbors and the 4-H step in to help. This movie is heartwarming and extraordinarily touching. |
| | Anonymous 09/28/2009 | | Remembering this movie was made in 1949, I was charmed by the picture of life as it used to be. Walter Brennan is a character you love to hate and love to love at the same time. Natalie Wood is as charming as ever and though the story line is a bit thin and the ending predictable, it is a feel good bit of fluff . Wlater Brennan and Natalie Wood are a good combination for the black and white cinema. |
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A Kiss for Corliss 1949  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Almost a Bride
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Shirley Temple, David Niven, Tom Tully, Virginia Welles, Darryl Hickman, Robert Ellis, Richard Gaines, Gloria Holden, Kathryn Card, Ray Roberts, Barbara Billingsley, Gary Owen, Max Wagner, John Wald, Howard Negley
This sequel to "Kiss and Tell" again features Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. This time, Corliss has a crush on playboy Kenneth Marquis (David Niven) who barely knows she exists. Corliss uses her imagination and writes stories in her diary about romantic trysts with Kenneth. When her parents (Tom Tully and Gloria Holden) find the diary, they try to teach Corliss a lesson.
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The McConnell Story 1955 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Alan Ladd, June Allyson, James Whitmore, Frank Faylen, Robert Ellis, Willis Bouchey, Sarah Selby, Gregory Walcott, Frank Ferguson, Perry Lopez
This is a fictionalized biography of Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., a jet pilot who returned from the Korean War as a hero but lost his life while performing as a test pilot.
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Murder at Midnight 1931 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Clara Blandick, Brandon Hurst, Leslie Fenton, William Humphrey, Tyrell Davis, Aileen Carlyle, Kenneth Thomson, Robert Ellis
During a parlor game, Jim (Kenneth Thomson) pretends to shoot his secretary, but his gun was loaded with real bullets. The police call in Phillip Montrose (Hale Hamilton) to help in the investigation. When Jim is soon killed, the police believe that it was a murder/suicide. But we (and Phillip) know there is a ruthless killer on the loose. Oh, by the way, did you know that Phillip was Jim's wife's (Aileen Pringle) lover?
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 Peter Pan 1953 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Tom Conway, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, Candy Candido, Roland Dupree, Don Barclay, June Foray, Robert Ellis, Thurl Ravenscroft, Margaret Kerry
Disney Studios brought to the screen this delightful children's story by James M. Barrie. It is the story of Peter, the boy who refuses to grow up. Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, and Tinker Bell are all there along with Wendy and her siblings.
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The Phantom Express 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Emory Johnson
Cast: William Collier Jr., Sally Blane, J. Farrell MacDonald, Hobart Bosworth, Axel Axelson, Lina Basquette, Eddie Phillips, Robert Ellis, Claire McDowell, David Rollins, Tom O'Brien, Huntley Gordon, Jack Pennick, Jack Mower, Brady Kline
Railroad engineer Smokey Joe Nolan (J. Farrell MacDonald) is trying to avoid a head-on collision and wrecks his train. This is the third such wreck for the railroad in three weeks, and the wrecks, caused by phantom trains, are the work of a syndicate led by Reynolds (Robert Ellis) who wants to force President Harrington (Hobart Bosworth) to sell his railroad. When the railroad holds an inquiry, Smokey is fired. After meeting Smokey's beautiful daughter Carolyn (Sally Blane), Harrington's son Bruce (William Collier Jr.) volunteers to investigate. He poses as a mechanic, solves the mystery, and rides off on the train with Carolyn for their honeymoon.
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Retreat, Hell! 1952 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Russ Tamblyn, Anita Louise, Nedrick Young, Robert Ellis, Paul Smith, Lamont Johnson, Dorothy Patrick, Peter Ortiz, Morton C. Thompson, Joseph Keane, Mack Williams, Oreste Seragnoli, Howard Negley
Action scenes provide plenty of suspense for this wartime drama of U.S. Marines withdrawing during a Chinese offensive that took place during the Korean War.
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The Sphinx 1933 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Wilfred Lucas, Phil Rosen
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Sheila Terry, Theodore Newton, Paul Hurst, Luis Alberni, Robert Ellis, Lucien Prival, Lillian Leighton, Paul Fix, George "Gabby" Hayes, Ernie Adams, Jack Cheatham, Theodore Lorch, Wilfred Lucas, Hooper Atchley
Following a murder, wealthy Jerome Breen (Lionel Atwill) was accused after an eye witness insisted that Jerome was at the crime scene and spoke to another person. But, Jerome is proven to be a deaf mute. Reporter Jack Burton (Theodore Newton), feeling that something strange is going on, investigates. Jerome's secret is uncovered at film's end. Remade in 1942 as "The Phantom Killer."
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| 1. American Madness (1932)
2. The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
3. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932)
aka: From Broadway to Cheyenne
4. Gidget (1959)
5. The Green Promise (1949)
6. A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
aka: Almost a Bride
7. The McConnell Story (1955)
8. Murder at Midnight (1931)
9. Peter Pan (1953)
10. The Phantom Express (1932)
11. Retreat, Hell! (1952)
12. The Sphinx (1933)
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