Air Raid Wardens 1943  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Donald Meek, Stephen McNally, Henry O'Neill, Philip Van Zandt, Nella Walker, Rose Hobart
This movie, filmed during World War II, features Laurel and Hardy as military rejects who become Civil Defense workers and uncover a Nazi plot to gain control of a magnesium company.
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Bride of Vengeance 1949 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Paulette Goddard, John Lund, Macdonald Carey, Raymond Burr, Albert Dekker, Rose Hobart, John Sutton, Donald Randolph, Nicholas Joy, Fritz Leiber
This historical drama is based on the trials and tribulations of the Borgia family who lived during medieval times.
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Canyon Passage 1946  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc, Ward Bond, Andy Devine, Lloyd Bridges, Stanley Ridges, Hoagy Carmichael, Rose Hobart
Hoagy Carmichael sings "Buttermilk Sky" in this Western set in 1850s' Oregon. The owner of a thriving general store, Logan Stuart (Dana Andrews), vies with corrupt banker George Camrose (Brian Donlevy) for the attentions of the beautiful Lucy Overmire (Susan Hayward).
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Conflict 1945  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Curtis Bernhardt
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet, Rose Hobart, Charles Drake, Grant Mitchell, Patrick O'Moore, Ann Shoemaker, Frank Wilcox, James Flavin
When Richard Mason (Humphrey Bogart) kills his wife, Katherine (Rose Hobart), in order to marry her sister, Evelyn (Alexis Smith), he is tricked into a confession by Dr. Mark Hamilton (Sidney Greenstreet).
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Convention Girl 1935  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Luther Reed
Cast: Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn, Sally O'Neil, Herbert Rawlinson, Toni Reed, Shemp Howard, Ruth Gillette, James Spottswood, Lucille Mendez, Nancy Kelly, Alan Brooks, William H. White, Nell O'Day
Cynthia "Babe" Laval (Rose Hobart) is a queen in her world of Atlantic City call girls, but she would love to live a normal life. One possibility is for Babe to marry Bill Bradley (Weldon Heyburn), but she refuses to settle down with him because he owns a gambling house. When she meets wealthy Ward Hollister (Herbert Rawlinson), Babe thinks he could be the answer to her dreams. But problems arise, and now Bill looks pretty good to Babe.
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1932  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Halliwell Hobbes, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton, Douglas Walton, Sam Harris, Tempe Pigott, Eric Wilton, Arnold Lucy, G.L. McDonnell, John Rogers
Fredric March won the Oscar for his performance in this, the first, sound production of the famous tale by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll (March) experiments with good and evil and drinks a potion after which his dark side emerges as the evil Mr. Hyde whose lecherous appetite is unrestrained. Dr. Jekyll is unable to restrain Mr. Hyde, and tragedy ensues.
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East of Borneo 1931 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Melford
Cast: Rose Hobart, Charles Bickford, Georges Renavent, Lupita Tovar, Noble Johnson
Linda Randolph (Rose Hobart) searches for her long-lost husband, Allan (Charles Bickford), in the jungles east of Borneo and finds him serving as the court physician in the Prince of Marudu's (Georges Renavent) palace. Rose and Allan rekindle their love just as a smoking volcano is about to erupt.
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The Farmer's Daughter 1947 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Charles Bickford, Ethel Barrymore, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams, Harry Davenport, Tom Powers, Lex Barker, Thurston Hall
Loretta Young won the Oscar for her role of Katrin who moves to St. Paul to study nursing but is naive and loses her money. As a result, she works as a servant for Congressman Glenn Morley (Joseph Cotten) and ends up running for the congressional seat of her boss.
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Lady Be Good 1941 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Dan Dailey, Virginia O'Brien, Tom Conway, Reginald Owen, Rose Hobart, Doris(2) Day, Phil Silvers, Edward Gargan, Connie Russell
Songwriters Dixie and Eddie (Ann Sothern and Robert Young) are in love with each other but have more than a few problems in their personal relationship. Despite their difficulties, they still manage to compose numbers for a new Broadway show–and, in the process, manage to reconcile their differences. Highlights are "Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm," and the Academy Award winner "The Last Time I Saw Paris."
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Mr. and Mrs. North 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Cast: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart, Virginia Grey, Tom Conway, Felix Bressart, Stuart Crawford, Porter Hall, Millard Mitchell, Lucien Littlefield, Keye Luke
Daffy Pam (Gracie Allen) and husband Gerry (William Post Jr.) return home to their apartment and discover a corpse. When she learns that all the suspects match up with their socialite friends, Pam jumps into the fray using her off-beat logic to help solve the case.
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Nothing But the Truth 1941 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Edward Arnold, Leif Erickson, Helen Vinson, Grant Mitchell, Willie Best, Catherine Doucet, Rose Hobart, Clarence Kolb, Glenn Anders, Mary Forbes, Leon Belasco, Helene Millard, Lee Shumway
Gwen Saunders (Paulette Goddard) gives stockbroker Steve Bennett (Bob Hope) $10,000 and tells him to double its value. Problems really begin when Steve uses the money for a bet that involves his telling the truth–and nothing but–for 24 hours.
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Susan and God 1940 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, John Carroll, Rita Hayworth, Nigel Bruce, Bruce Cabot, Rose Hobart, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main
Susan (Joan Crawford) is a socialite whose family and friends have problems understanding her new religion–until she begins to understand what charity is really all about.
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The Trouble with Women 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Brian Donlevy, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams, Lloyd Bridges, Iris Adrian, Charles Smith, Lewis L. Russell
Professor Gilbert Sedley (Ray Milland) runs into problems while publicizing his new book and sues the newspaper responsible. Kate Farrell (Teresa Wright) is sent to investigate, and the good professor is soon smitten.
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| 1. Air Raid Wardens (1943)
2. Bride of Vengeance (1949)
3. Canyon Passage (1946)
4. Conflict (1945)
5. Convention Girl (1935)
6. Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
7. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
8. East of Borneo (1931)
9. The Farmer's Daughter (1947)
10. Lady Be Good (1941)
11. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
12. Nothing But the Truth (1941)
13. Susan and God (1940)
14. The Trouble with Women (1947)
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