Always Leave Them Laughing 1949  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Milton Berle, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Bert Lahr, Alan Hale, Jerome Cowan, Lloyd Gough, Max Showalter, Iris Adrian, Wally Vernon
Comedian Kip Cooper's (Milton Berle) career has endured as many highs as lows. This story was remade as "Mr. Saturday Night" with Billy Crystal as the star.
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Beyond the Forest 1949  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Regis Toomey, Dona Drake
A greedy woman, Rosa (Bette Davis), marries a small-town doctor (Joseph Cotten) with little money and then lives unhappily ever after–until she finds a new, fateful love interest. Bette Davis mutters, "What a Dump!"
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Bitter Victory 1957  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Richard Burton, Curt Jurgens, Ruth Roman, Raymond Pellegrin, Anthony Bushell, Alfred Burke, Christopher Lee, Sean Kelly, Ramon de Larrocha, Nigel Green, Harry Landis, Andrew Crawford
Captain Leith (Richard Burton) and Major Brand (Curt Jurgens) lead a commando squad in the African Campaign during World War II. There is one hitch: Leith has been having an affair with Brand's wife, Jane (Ruth Roman). While on the campaign, Brand kills Leith and earns a medal for his bravery during the campaign. But, Jane figures out what really happened, and Brand must now pay the price.
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Brainwaves 1982  PG, 80 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ulli Lommel
Cast: Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Tony Curtis, Vera Miles, Percy Rodriguez, Paul Willson, Ryan Seitz, Nicholas Love, Corinne Wahl, Eve Brent Ashe, Gale Sondergaard, Ruth Roman
Following brain surgery, a young woman (Suzanna Love) has flashbacks to a murder and finds herself being stalked by the murderer.
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Champion 1949  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Robson
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Lola Albright, Ruth Roman, John Daheim, Luis Van Rooten, Harry Shannon, Ralph Sanford, Esther Howard, Polly Bergen, Tim Ryan, Hal March, George Meader
This is the story of boxer Michael 'Midge' Kelly (Kirk Douglas) who fights his way to a championship despite physical and mental problems. He lets nothing and no one–including his shotgun wife Emma (Ruth Roman), his manager Tommy Haley (Paul Stewart), and his crippled brother Connie (Arthur Kennedy)–stand in his way. He wins fights easily, but, after almost losing his crown, Midge tries to turn his life around and keep his championship. Several Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actor (Douglas), and the film won an Oscar for Best Film Editing.
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Colt .45 1950 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Thundercloud
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Randolph Scott, Ruth Roman, Zachary Scott, Lloyd Bridges, Ian MacDonald, Chief Thundercloud, Alan Hale, Luther Crockett, Walter Coy, Charles Evans
When gun salesman Steve Farrell (Randolph Scott) loses his guns during a prison escape, he tracks down the escaped convict and puts an end to his killing spree.
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Dallas 1950 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ruth Roman, Steve Cochran, Raymond Massey, Barbara Payton, Leif Erickson, Antonio Moreno, Jerome Cowan, Will Wright, Monte Blue
Blade Hollister (Gary Cooper) is a former Confederate officer out to avenge the destruction of his family's Georgia home. He switches identities and tracks down the perpetrators.
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Day of the Animals 1977 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Something Is Out There
Director: William Girdler
Cast: Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Leslie Nielsen, Richard Jaeckel, Michael Ansara, Ruth Roman, Jon Cedar, Paul Mantee, Walter Barnes, Andrew Stevens
The ozone layer is destroyed, and radiation has turned forest animals into crazed beasts that attack a group of hikers.
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Echoes 1983 R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Living Nightmare
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Cast: Richard Alfieri, Nathalie Nell, Ruth Roman, Gale Sondergaard, Mercedes McCambridge, Mike Kellin, John Spencer, Paul Joynt, Leonard Crofoot, Dennis Wayne
In this psychic tale, Michael Durant (Richard Alfieri) is suffering from recurrent nightmares about being attacked by his unborn twin brother.
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The Far Country 1955 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mason
Cast: James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Walter Brennan, Corinne Calvet, John McIntire, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie, Royal Dano, Jack Elam
This tale is set during the Alaska Gold Rush when a cattleman (James Stewart) attempts to bring his herd of cattle northward. His daring undertaking is filled with adverse experiences and adventure.
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Go Ask Alice 1973 TV, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Korty
Cast: William Shatner, Jamie Smith-Jackson, Andy Griffith, Julie Adams, Ruth Roman, Wendell Burton, Robert Carradine, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith, Michael Morgan, Jennifer Edwards, Ayn Ruymen
Alice is the pseudonym for the author of a "real-life" diary in which 15-year-old Alice (Jamie Smith-Jackson) writes about moving to a new school and getting involved in drugs. She ends up running away from her home and parents (William Shatner and Julie Adams) who have no clue as to her problems. Alice becomes a prostitute before crashing and realizing the error of her ways.
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Good Sam 1948 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorring, Ruth Roman, Clinton Sundberg, Minerva Urecal, Louise Beavers, Irving Bacon
Lu Clayton (Ann Sheridan) has dreams of a new home, but her husband, Sam (Gary Cooper), cannot help giving a hand to those in need. If Sam continues his philanthropy, the Claytons will be bankrupt. Far from one of Cooper's best.
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Incident in San Francisco 1970 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Medford
Cast: Richard Kiley, Christopher Connelly, Leslie Nielsen, Phyllis Thaxter, John Marley, Ruth Roman, Tim O'Connor, Claudia McNeil
When a businessman (Richard Kiley) comes to the aid of a mugging victim, he accidentally kills the mugger and, consequently, faces a murder charge. A newspaper reporter (Chris Connelly) steps in and begins a crusade to help the cause of the "good Samaritan."
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Mara Maru 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr, Richard Webb, Nestor Paiva, Paul Picerni, Dan Seymour, Georges Renavent, Michael Ross, Don C. Harvey
Salvage divers (Errol Flynn and Raymond Burr) vie for sunken treasure off the Philippines.
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 A Night in Casablanca 1946 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Charles Drake, Lois Collier, Lisette Verea, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Ruth Roman, Dan Seymour
The Marx Brothers satirize "Casablanca" in this entertaining comedy.
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The Sacketts 1979 TV, 193 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Totten
Cast: Sam Elliott, Tom Selleck, Glenn Ford, Ben Johnson, Jeff Osterhage, Gilbert Roland, John Vernon, Ruth Roman, Jack Elam, Gene Evans, L.Q. Jones, Paul Koslo, Mercedes McCambridge, Slim Pickens, Pat Buttram
This made-for-TV Western combines the plots of Louis L'Amour's "The Daybreakers" and "The Sacketts" and takes place at the end of the Civil War when the Sackett brothers–Tell (Sam Elliott), Orrin (Tom Selleck), and Ty (Jeff Osterhage)–escape from a family feud and head West from their Tennessee home. While Tell prospects for gold, Orrin and Ty join cowboys Tom Sunday (Glenn Ford) and Cap Roundtree (Ben Johnson) herding cattle on the journey to Santa Fe where new troubles await.
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Stage Door Canteen 1943 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Cheryl Walker, Marjorie Riordan, William Terry, Lon McCallister, Margaret Early, Patrick O'Moore, Ruth Roman, Paul Muni, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn
This is another W.W.II-era musical in which the studio loaded their stars into a film to help the war effort.
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Starlift 1951 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Janice Rule, Ron Hagerthy, Dick Wesson, Richard Webb, Gary Cooper, James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Ruth Roman, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Gene Nelson, Hayden Rorke, Howard St. John, Virginia Gibson, Phil Harris
This film is a patriot tribute to those who served in the Korean War. Starlet Nell Wayne (Janice Rule) is accompanying Doris Day and Gordon MacRae (playing themselves) to perform in a variety show at Travis Air Force Base. A soldier, Cpl. Rick (Ron Hagherthy), falls for Nell, romance blooms, and the press makes a big deal of it. But, Rick has misled Nell about his military duties, and the romance begins to fail–until Rick really does volunteer for combat duty. The film features cameo appearances by many movie stars.
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Strangers on a Train 1951  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman, Patricia Hitchcock, Leo G. Carroll, Laura Elliot, Jonathan Hale, Howard St. John, Norma Varden, Robert Gist, Marion Lorne, John Brown, John Doucette, Dick Wessel
In this thriller, Bruno Antony (Robert Walker) is the psychopathic stranger on a train who has a conversation with Guy Haines (Farley Granger) about exchanging murders. Later, Guy learns that Bruno has carried out the murder of Guy's wife, and now Guy is expected to perform his part of the bargain. Tense all the way; an Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece.
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The Window 1949 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Bobby Driscoll, Anthony Ross, Richard Benedict, Jim Nolan, Lee Phelps
Nine-year-old Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) is a compulsive teller of tales. One night, Tommy witnesses a murder, but because of his reputation, no one will believe him. Bobby Driscoll was awarded an Honorary Award (Miniature Oscar) for Outstanding juvenile actor.
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Young Man with Ideas 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Glenn Ford, Ruth Roman, Denise Darcel, Nina Foch, Donna Corcoran, Ray Collins, Mary Wickes, Sheldon Leonard, Dick Wessel, Carl Milletaire
A young family man, Maxwell Webster (Glenn Ford), moves his wife, Julie (Ruth Roman), to California where he plans to take his bar exams. Gangsters, bookies, and pretty women interrupt his plans as everything goes awry.
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| 1. Always Leave Them Laughing (1949)
2. Beyond the Forest (1949)
3. Bitter Victory (1957)
4. Blowing Wild (1953)
5. Brainwaves (1982)
6. Champion (1949)
7. Colt .45 (1950)
aka: Thundercloud
8. Dallas (1950)
9. Day of the Animals (1977)
aka: Something Is Out There
10. Echoes (1983)
aka: Living Nightmare
11. The Far Country (1955)
12. Go Ask Alice (1973)
13. Good Sam (1948)
14. Incident in San Francisco (1970)
15. The Killing Kind (1973)
16. Mara Maru (1952)
17. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
18. The Sacketts (1979)
19. Stage Door Canteen (1943)
20. Starlift (1951)
21. Strangers on a Train (1951)
22. The Window (1949)
23. Young Man with Ideas (1952)
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