Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever 1939  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Helen Gilbert, Terry Kilburn, John T. Murray, George P. Breakston, Sidney Miller, Addison Richards
When Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) has a crush on his high-school drama teacher, Miss Meredith (Helen Gilbert), he writes a play that is chosen to be shown at school, he stars in it, and gets to spend more time with Miss Meredith.
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Boys Town 1938   N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Addison Richards, Edward Norris, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson, Mickey Rentschler, Frankie Thomas, Sidney Miller, Martin Spellman, Jimmy Butler
As Father Edward J. Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) strives to set up a community for homeless boys, he runs into trouble with one boy, Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney), whose older brother (Edward Norris) is a gangster. Whitey runs away a number of times and finally manages to join his brother's gang. But, Father Flanagan and the boys capture the gang, and Whitey, at last, respects Father Flanagan's program and has hope for the future. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award as Best Actor for his role in this film (his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar). Nominations were received for Best Picture and Director, and another Oscar was received for Best Original Story.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But... 1972  R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, John Carradine, Lou Jacobi, Louise Lasser, Anthony Quayle, Tony Randall, Lynn Redgrave, Burt Reynolds, Gene Wilder, Sidney Miller, Jack Barry, Robert Q. Lewis, Heather MacRae, Elaine Giftos
(Full title: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex * But Were Afraid To Ask) Loosely based on David Reuben's book, seven vignettes are used to showcase topics related to questions most wondered about sex.
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 1992 G, 85 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Misami Hata, William T. Hurtz
Cast: Gabriel Damon, Mickey Rooney, Rene Auberjonois, Danny Mann, Laura Mooney, Bernard Erhard, William E. Martin, Alan Oppenheimer, Michael Bell, Sidney Miller, Nancy Cartwright, June Foray, Kathleen Freeman, Michael Gough
Jointly made by the U.S. and Japan (taking advantage of Japan's animation techniques), this is a good children's story based on an early 1900s' comic strip. Dreams take Nemo (voice of Gabriel Damon) and his flying squirrel friend (voice of Danny Mann) off to a magic land where he befriends the king (voice of Bernard Erhard) and receives the keys to the kingdom. One no-no: do not open the forbidden door. Of course Nemo does, and bad things happen as the forces from Nightmareland are unleashed. Nemo learns several lessons while saving Slumberland.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse 1936  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Frank Coghlan Jr., Dickie Moore, Ann Doran, Lloyd Hughes, Richard Carle, Ralf Harolde, Frank Sheridan, Matthew Betz, Kenneth Howell, Sidney Miller, Lafe McKee, Don Brodie
Orphaned 17-year-old Frankie (Frank Coghlan Jr.) runs away from his hometown and heads for New York City where he gets in trouble with a gang and ends up in reform school. Teachers get him back on the right track, and Frankie returns home in time to save his brother, Dickie (Dickie Moore), from making the same mistake.
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Memories of Me 1988 PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Winkler
Cast: Billy Crystal, Alan King, JoBeth Williams, Janet Carroll, Sean Connery, David Ackroyd, Sidney Miller, Phil Fondacaro, Robert Pastorelli, Larry Cedar
Following a heart attack, a doctor (Billy Crystal) searches out his father (Alan King) in hopes of a second chance for rekindling their relationship.
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Men of Boys Town 1941 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman, Henry O'Neill, Lee J. Cobb, Mary Nash, Sidney Miller, Addison Richards
This sequel to the classic "Boys' Town" again features Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in their roles of Father Flanagan and Whitey Marsh. A reformed Whitey comes to the aid of Father Flanagan in rehabilitating boys.
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Panama Patrol 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leon Ames
Cast: Leon Ames, Charlotte Wynters, Weldon Heyburn, Adrienne Ames, Abner Biberman, Sidney Miller, Don "Red" Barry, Hugh McArthur, Frank Darien, Wilhelm von Brincken, Paul McVey, Philip Ahn
Army officers Phillip Waring (Leon Ames) and his aide, Helen Lane (Charlotte Wynters), are engaged to be married, but plans are put on hold when they are sent to the Panama Canal. They uncover plans of an Oriental espionage ring that has gained information that puts the Canal in jeopardy, and then, and only then, they continue on with wedding plans. This is a sequel to 1938's "Cipher Bureau."
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Star 80 1983 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bob Fosse
Cast: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker, Roger Rees, David Clennon, Josh Mostel, Sidney Miller, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Neva Patterson
In 1980 Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway) was "Playmate of the Year," but her husband Paul (Eric Roberts) could not endure his exclusion from her fame. He turned a shotgun on Dorothy and, after killing her, committed suicide. This is Bob Fosse's last directorial effort, and it provides the same documentary style that he introduced in his movie, "Lenny."
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Streets of New York 1939 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, Sidney Miller, Buddy Pepper, Bobby Stone, David Durand, Dick Purcell, Marjorie Reynolds, George Cleveland, Robert Emmett O'Connor, George Irving, Robert Emmett Keane
Idealist Jimmy Keenan (Jackie Cooper) attends law school at night and works at a NYC newspaper stand by day. When the mob demands a piece of the action, Jimmy and his young friend, Gimpy (Martin Spellman), fight back.
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Tammy and the Millionaire 1967 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Goodwins, Sidney Miller, Ezra Stone
Cast: Debbie Watson, Frank McGrath, Denver Pyle, George Furth, Dorothy Green, Donald Woods, Linda Marshall, David Macklin, Jay Sheffield, Jeff York, Roy Roberts, Teddy Quinn
Now it is Debbie Watson's turn to play sweet Tammy. This time around, Tammy has her hands full with a mother (Dorothy Green) scheming to lure Tammy's boss in her daughter's (Linda Mashall) direction. The film is derived from several TV episodes.
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Walking My Baby Back Home 1953  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Janet Leigh, Buddy Hackett, Lori Nelson, Scatman Crothers, Kathleen Lockhart, George Cleveland, John Hubbard, Walter Kingsford, Sidney Miller
Three ex-GIs form a Dixieland jazz band in this musical comedy that is saved by Buddy Hackett antics.
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Which Way to the Front? 1970  G, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Jan Murray, John Wood, Robert Middleton, Sidney Miller, Kaye Ballard, Paul Winchell, Gary Crosby
A private commando group, made up of 4-Fs, invades Italy during World War II. Jerry, why did you make this one?
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 Yours, Mine and Ours 1968  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson, Tom Bosley, Louise Troy, Tim Matheson, Ben Murphy, Morgan Brittany, Jennifer Leak, Sidney Miller, Nancy Howard, Walter Brooke, Gil Rogers, Gary Goetzman, Nancy Roth
The widow of a U.S. Navy pilot, Helen North (Lucille Ball), falls in love with Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda), a Navy man whose wife had died. One small complication: they have 18 children between them. This is the story of their new life together in Carmel, California. 1 User Review
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| 1. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
2. Boys Town (1938)
3. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But... (1972)
4. Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992)
5. The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
aka: Schoolboy Penitentiary
6. Memories of Me (1988)
7. Men of Boys Town (1941)
8. Panama Patrol (1939)
9. Star 80 (1983)
10. Streets of New York (1939)
aka: The Abe Lincoln of Ninth Avenue
11. Tammy and the Millionaire (1967)
12. Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
13. Which Way to the Front? (1970)
14. Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
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