36 Hours 1965  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: George Seaton
Cast: James Garner, Rod Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Werner Peters, Alan Napier, Celia Lovsky, John Banner, Ed Gilbert, Sig Ruman, Russell Thorson, Oscar Beregi Jr., Karl Held, Martin Kosleck, Marjorie Bennett, Henry Rowland
During World War II, U.S. Army Intelligence Major Jefferson Pike (James Garner) is captured by the Germans shortly before D-Day. In an effort to get information about an Allied invasion, Pike's captors drug him to convince him that the war is long over and that he has suffered from amnesia for the last six years. Pike is also told that he has a wife, but Anna (Eva Marie Saint) is not really married to him. She took this assignment to get away from abuse in her concentration camp. Pike catches on to the ploy, and the game of cat-and-mouse ensues between Pike and the Nazi doctor, Major Walter Gerber (Rod Taylor), who is pumping him for information.
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Border Incident 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya, Teresa Celli, Charles McGraw, Jose Torvay, John Ridgely, Arthur Hunnicutt, Sig Ruman, Otto Waldis
Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban) and American border patrol agent Jack Bearnes (George Murphy) join forces to infiltrate a smuggling ring and put an end to the killing and kidnapping of illegal aliens around the California border.
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China Girl 1942   N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari, Victor McLaglen, Alan Baxter, Sig Ruman, Myron McCormick, Robert Blake, Philip Ahn, Tom Neal
Johnny (George Montgomery), an American newsreel cameraman in China shortly before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, has information the Japanese want. Johnny falls in love with an American-educated Chinese woman (Gene Tierney!), and together they get involved in the war effort.
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 Crossroads 1942  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, Felix Bressart, Margaret Wycherly, Reginald Owen, Sig Ruman, Fritz Leiber, Frank Conroy
This American version of the original French film takes place in pre-World War II France where an amnesia victim (William Powell) is convinced by the actual perpetrators (Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor) that he was the one who committed murder.
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 A Day at the Races 1937 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Douglass Dumbrille, Leonard Ceeley, Esther Muir
Veterinarian Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) poses as a medical doctor to convince the wealthy hypochondriac, Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont), to give financial assistance to Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), which will save Judy's sanitarium. Then a new plot is hatched: win a steeplechase race and use the winnings to pay off Judy's debts. This comedy features Groucho, Harpo, and Chico at their best.
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Desperate Journey 1942 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey, Nancy Coleman, Alan Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Sig Ruman, Patrick O'Moore, Charles Irwin, Richard Fraser
World War II airmen survive a crash behind enemy lines in Poland and set out to find their way back to England. Ronald Reagan plays one of the airmen–watch him double-talk a Nazi soldier.
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The Dolly Sisters 1945 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall, Reginald Gardiner, Frank Latimore, Gene Sheldon, Sig Ruman, Trudy Marshall, Collette Lyons
Good "oldie" songs abound in this musical biography of the Hungarian-born Dolly sisters, Jenny and Rosie (Betty Grable and June Haver), who hit it big in the New York theater world in the early 1900s.
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Gordon, Otto Kruger, Donald Crisp, Maria Ouspenskaya, Montagu Love, Sig Ruman, Donald Meek, Henry O'Neill, Albert Bassermann
This is an excellent film biography of the German research scientist, Dr. Ehrlich (Edward G. Robinson), who discovered a cure for venereal disease.
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The Emperor Waltz 1948 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson, Richard Haydn, Sig Ruman, Julia Dean, Harold Vermilyea, John Goldsworthy
Virgil Smith (Bing Crosby) is a phonograph salesman targeting Austria's Emperor Franz Joseph (Richard Haydn) as his prime customer reasoning that if the emperor buys a phonograph, the rest of Austria will follow suit.
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The Errand Boy 1961 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Lewis
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson, Renee Taylor, Kathleen Freeman, Isobel Elsom, Sig Ruman, Doodles Weaver, Fritz Feld
Errand boy Marty S. Tashman (Jerry Lewis) works at a film studio that will never be the same after he "helps out."
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The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Roger Imhof, Jane Withers, Margaret Hamilton, Sig Ruman, John Qualen
In Henry Fonda's film debut, he recreated his stage role of an Erie Canal worker's devoted labor on the Canal. 1 User Review
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The Fortune Cookie 1966 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ron Rich, Judi West, Cliff Osmond, Lurene Tuttle, Harry Holcombe, Les Tremayne, Ned Glass, Sig Ruman, Lauren Gilbert, Marge Redmond, Noam Pitlik, Harry Davis
This film is a satire on middle-class values in America. When television cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) is injured during his filming of a Cleveland Browns football game, his brother-in-law "Whiplash Willy" (Walter Matthau) becomes his lawyer as they go to court to collect for injuries. Matthau won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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Four Sons 1940 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes, Alan Curtis, George Ernest, Robert Lowery, Lionel Royce, Sig Ruman, Ludwig Stossel, Michael Visaroff, Greta Meyer
The sons are on different sides as this Czech family is in the middle of the Nazi invasion.
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Girls on Probation 1938  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William C. McGann
Cast: Jane Bryan, Ronald Reagan, Anthony Averill, Sheila Bromley, Henry O'Neill, Elisabeth Risdon, Sig Ruman, Susan Hayward, James Spottswood
After a young woman (Jane Bryan) is arrested for her unwitting involvement in a bank robbery, her lawyer (Ronald Reagan) falls in love with her.
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Give My Regards to Broadway 1948  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Dan Dailey, Charles Winninger, Nancy Guild, Charles Ruggles, Fay Bainter, Barbara Lawrence, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Georgia Caine, Herbert Anderson
Albert Norwick (Charles Winninger) is the patriarch of a large vaudeville family, but now just son Bert (Dan Dailey) supports his father's love of dancing and the stage. Then, when Bert is offered a contract to play major league baseball, even he is opting for a change of scene.
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Government Girl 1943 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dudley Nichols
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Sonny Tufts, Anne Shirley, Jess Barker, James Dunn, Paul Stewart, Agnes Moorehead, Harry Davenport, Sig Ruman, Jane Darwell
When Ed Browne (Sonny Tufts) is hired to develop bomber planes, a pretty secretary, Smokey Allard (Olivia de Havilland), shows him the ropes of wartime bureaucracy in Washington D.C.
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The Great Waltz 1938 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Luise Rainer, Fernand Gravey, Miliza Korjus, Hugh Herbert, Lionel Atwill, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Minna Gombell, George Houston, Bert Roach, Greta Meyer, Herman Bing, Alma Kruger, Henry Hull, Sig Ruman
In this fictionalized biography of Austrian "Waltz King" Johann Strauss, Fernand Gravey takes on the role of Strauss in a very good romantic musical. Luise Rainer plays Strauss' wife Poldie and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in this film.
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Heidi 1937 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Shirley Temple, Jean Hersholt, Arthur Treacher, Helen Westley, Pauline Moore, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Thomas Beck, Mary Nash, Mady Christians
Shirley Temple stars as the little girl who is unhappy when taken away from her grandfather's home in the Alps.
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Houdini 1953 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh, Torin Thatcher, Angela Clarke, Ian Wolfe, Sig Ruman, Connie Gilchrist, Stefan Schnabel, Michael Pate, Frank Orth
This fictionalized biography about the great escape artist Houdini (Tony Curtis) is entertaining as it recreates many of Houdini's famous illusions and escapes.
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House of Frankenstein 1944 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Boris Karloff, J. Carrol Naish, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Anne Gwynne, Elena Verdugo, Peter Coe, Glenn Strange, Lionel Atwill, George Zucco, Sig Ruman, William Edmunds, Philip Van Zandt, Hans Herbert, Julius Tannen
Doctor Nieman (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and is joined by an infamous group of characters–Wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), Dracula (John Carradine), and Frankenstein's Monster (Glenn Strange). The doctor and his hunchback sidekick are on the road posing as horror show operators. Followed by "House of Dracula."
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I Was an Adventuress 1940 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre, Sig Ruman, Fritz Feld, Cora Witherspoon, Anthony Kemble-Cooper, Paul Porcasi, Roger Imhof
Tanya (Vera Zorina) is a member of a team of con-artists/jewel thieves. She decides to go straight after she meets the love of her life (Richard Greene), though he thinks she is a countess. The other two team members (Erich von Stroheim and Peter Lorre) don't like that and decide to interfere. Stroheim and Lorre are a great pair.
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It Happened Tomorrow 1944 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rene Clair
Cast: Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, John Philliber, Edward Brophy, George Cleveland, Sig Ruman, Paul Guilfoyle, Eddie Acuff, George Chandler, Marion Martin
Set in the 1890s, young newspaper reporter Larry (Dick Powell) seeks ways to rise above his competition in the newsgathering world. He meets a mysterious man who grants him the power to foresee the next day's news. All goes well until Larry's own death is predicted. Will he be able to avoid the prediction from happening? And what about his true love Sylvia (Linda Darnell), the daughter of a fake psychic? A fun comedy/fantasy.
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Living It Up 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Fred Clark, Sheree North, Sammy White, Sig Ruman, Sid Tomack, Richard Loo
This remake of "Nothing Sacred" features Janet Leigh as the reporter who dreams up the publicity stunt of bringing a supposedly dying man (Jerry Lewis) to New York City to grant his "last" wish.
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Love Crazy 1941 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick, Jack Carson, Florence Bates, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Vladimir Sokoloff, Kathleen Lockhart, Donald MacBride
While preparing for their fourth-anniversary celebration, Steve and Susan Ireland (William Powell and Myrna Loy) are stopped short by a stumbling block in the form of Steve's old girlfriend (Gail Patrick). But, comedy reigns, and all ends well.
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Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation 1953 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Ray Collins, Bodil Miller, Sig Ruman, Rita Moreno, Barbara Brown, Oliver Blake, Teddy Hart, Ivan Triesault
Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride) visit France and end up in the middle of an espionage plot.
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Many Rivers to Cross 1955 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy / Western / Romance
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Robert Taylor, Eleanor Parker, Victor McLaglen, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, James Arness, Alan Hale Jr., John Hudson, Rhys Williams, Josephine Hutchinson, Sig Ruman, Rosemary DeCamp, Abel Fernandez, Russell Johnson, Ralph Moody
Bushrod Gentry (Robert Taylor) is a trapper in the 18th century, and Mary Cherne (Eleanor Parker) is determined to gain his love. He can't escape her persistent pursuit, and a shotgun wedding ensues. But, Bushrod takes off to the North Country, and Mary is not far behind. They continue to rescue each other in this funny film, but the treatment of the Native Americans in that era is not acceptable today. Good song: "The Higher Up the Berry Tree, the Sweeter Grow the Berries."
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Marie Galante 1934 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ketti Gallian, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan, Sig Ruman, Leslie Fenton, Arthur Byron, Jay C. Flippen, Frank Darien, Stepin Fetchit
Down-on-her-luck Marie (Ketti Gallian) is kidnapped, tossed from a ship, and ends up in the Panama Canal Zone. While working in a dance hall, she meets undercover agent Crawbett (Spencer Tracy) who is investigating a plot to blow up the canal, and she is drawn into the fray. Helen Morgan sings a couple of songs.
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Maytime 1937 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, John Barrymore, Herman Bing, Tom Brown, Lynne Carver, Rafaela Ottiano, Paul Porcasi, Sig Ruman, Harry Davenport
An opera star and a poor singer fall in love in Paris, but she marries her mentor. They later reunite as leads in an opera. This is one of the famed singing duo's best films, with wonderful music, but, of course, a weak story. Based on Sigmund Romberg's Broadway musical, all music was changed except one: "Will You Remember (Sweetheart)."
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Mother Wore Tights 1947 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, Dan Dailey, Mona Freeman, Connie Marshall, Vanessa Brown, Robert Arthur, Sara Allgood, William Frawley, George Cleveland, Sig Ruman
Vaudevillians Myrtle McKinley (Betty Grable) and Frank Burt (Dan Dailey) mix professional and personal lives as they raise their family in the midst of show business. This film won the Academy Award for Best Musical Score.
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Never Say Die 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Martha Raye, Bob Hope, Andy Devine, Alan Mowbray, Gale Sondergaard, Sig Ruman, Paul Harvey, Monty Woolley, Ernest Cossart, Ivan F. Simpson
When millionaire John Kidley (Bob Hope) believes he is dying, he marries Mickey Hawkins (Martha Raye) so she can gain his near-future inheritance.
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 A Night at the Opera 1935 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Margaret Dumont, Allan Jones, Sig Ruman, Walter Woolf King, Edward Keane, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Gino Corrado, Frank Yaconelli, Billy Gilbert, Al Bridge, Jonathan Hale
When the Marx Brothers become part of the hoity-toity opera world, comedy abounds in this Marx Brothers' classic. In an attempt to reunite with his lover Rosa (Kitty Carlisle), Ricardo (Allan Jones) joins up with Fiorello and Tomasso (Chico Marx and Harpo Marx) to stow away on a ship headed for New York. They are prepared to pull out all stops to get Ricardo a job as the leading tenor in the New York Opera Company where Rosa is starring as the leading lady. They arrive in New York, but the authorities, who want to catch the stowaways, are on their trail, and they join up with Otis P. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) in their attempt to stay one step ahead of the authorities.
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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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Ninotchka 1939 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire, Sig Ruman, Bela Lugosi, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach, Gregory Gaye, Richard Carle, Edwin Maxwell
This pre-cold-war-era film pits the ideals of Communism against those of Capitalists in a very entertaining film featuring Greta Garbo as Ninotchka, the emissary from Russia whose head and heart are turned by love. There were Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Actress, and Writing (both Original Story and Screenplay).
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Nothing Sacred 1937 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman, Frank Fay, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Margaret Hamilton, Olin Howland, Hedda Hopper
When Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is told that she has only six weeks to live, reporter Wally Cook's (Fredric March) newspaper sends her to New York City for an all-expense-paid final fling. There is one little problem: the diagnosis is wrong! An excellent film that was remade in 1954 as "Living It Up" starring Jerry Lewis.
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On the Avenue 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Dick Powell, Madeleine Carroll, Alice Faye, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, George Barbier, Alan Mowbray, Cora Witherspoon, Walter Catlett, Douglas Fowley, Joan Davis, Stepin Fetchit, Sig Ruman, Billy Gilbert
Gary Blake (Dick Powell) produces a Broadway show that satirizes the wealthy Caraway family. Mona Merrick (Alice Faye) plays the role of "The Richest Girl in the World," and when Mimi Caraway (Madeleine Carroll) sees the show, she goes backstage and convinces Gary to ease up on the satire of her. But the plan doesn't work, and the Caraway family buys out the show, and giant changes ensue. Among the Irving Berlin songs is "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm."
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On the Riviera 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Jean Murat, Henri Letondal, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Ruman, Joyce Mackenzie, Mari Blanchard
Entertainer Jack Martin (Danny Kaye) is performing on the Riviera and is the look-alike of French aviation hero Henri Duran (also played by Danny Kaye). Jack is persuaded to stand in for Henri at an important party, and the comedy of mistaken identities begins–especially when he is approached by women in the aviator's life (though he is married). Lots of good music and Danny Kaye gags.
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Only Angels Have Wings 1939 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Thomas Mitchell, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Noah Beery Jr., Sig Ruman, Allyn Joslyn, Don "Red" Barry, Victor Kilian
This is the story of American pilots delivering mail in South America. They encounter danger as well as love while sharing loyalty to each other and their missions.
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The Princess Comes Across 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille, Alison Skipworth, William Frawley, Porter Hall, Sig Ruman, Mischa Auer, George Barbier, Lumsden Hare
Pretending to be Swedish Princess Olga (Carole Lombard), a young actress from Brooklyn falls in love while sailing across the sea to get a movie contract.
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Remember Pearl Harbor 1942 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Santley
Cast: Don "Red" Barry, Alan Curtis, Fay McKenzie, Sig Ruman, Ian Keith, Rhys Williams, Maynard Holmes, Diana Del Rio, Robert Emmett Keane, Sammy Stein, James B. Leong
Shortly after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Republic pictures produced this film about soldiers stationed in the Philippines at the time and culminates when an American G.I. (Don "Red" Barry) leads a suicide mission driving his plane into a Japanese troop ship.
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Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Falk, Bing Crosby, Barbara Rush, Victor Buono, Allen Jenkins, Edward G. Robinson, Hans Conried, Hank Henry, Robert Foulk, Jack La Rue, Sig Ruman, Richard Bakalyan
Robbo (Frank Sinatra), who leads Chicago gangsters during Prohibition, is given $50,000 by Marian (Barbara Rush) to hunt down the man who killed her gangster father Big Jim (Edward G. Robinson). Robbo gives the money to his henchman Will (Sammy Davis Jr.) who, in turn, gives the money to Allen A. Dale (Bing Crosby) who runs the Blessed Shelter Orphans Home. Dale informs the press about the gift, and Robbo becomes a celebrity, known as Chicago's Robin Hood. Now, Robbo and his gang open up their own mission and, of course, use it as a cover for back-room gambling. "My Kind of Town" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song.
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A Royal Scandal 1945 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Tallulah Bankhead, Anne Baxter, Charles Coburn, William Eythe, Vincent Price, Mischa Auer, Sig Ruman, Vladimir Sokoloff, Mikhail Rasumny, Grady Sutton, Eva Gabor, Egon Brecher, Donald Douglas, Michael Visaroff, Wilton Graff
Russia's Czarina, Catherine the Great (Tallulah Bankhead), is threatened with an overthrow, but her sexual appetite pays off as her lover, Alexi (William Eythe), comes to her aid and outfoxes the rebels.
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The Saint in New York 1938 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Ben Holmes
Cast: Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale, Jack Carson, Paul Guilfoyle, Frederick Burton, Ben Welden, Charles Halton, Paul Fix
This is the first in a series of Saint films based on the novel by Leslie Charteris. Simon Templar, the Saint, is a cool, urbane detective who, in this entry is called in to deal with a major crime wave in New York. The entire series is generally well done. Hayward starred only in this and the final ("The Saint's Girl Friday") episodes.
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Seventh Heaven 1937 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Henry King
Cast: Simone Simon, James Stewart, Jean Hersholt, Gregory Ratoff, Gale Sondergaard, J. Edward Bromberg, John Qualen, Victor Kilian, Sig Ruman, Thomas Beck, Georges Renavent, Mady Christians, Rafaela Ottiano, Rollo Lloyd, Edward Keane
Diane (Simone Simon) is exploited as a prostitute by her sister Nana (Gale Sondergaard) and then thrown out of the house. A Parisian sewer worker, Chico (James Stewart), rescues Diane, and she moves into his slum apartment. World War I breaks out just as Chico realizes that he is in love with Diane, but he is drafted and leaves for the front. Four years later, Chico, blinded during the war, returns to a loving Diane who is waiting for him.
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Shining Victory 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: James Stephenson, Donald Crisp, Montagu Love, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Barbara O'Neil, Sig Ruman, G.P. Huntley, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Doris Lloyd
A psychologist is so involved with his research that he has no time for his research assistant who is devoted to him.
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So Ends Our Night 1941 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Fredric March, Frances Dee, Margaret Sullavan, Glenn Ford, Erich von Stroheim, Anna Sten, Joseph Cawthorn, Leonid Kinskey, Alexander Granach, Sig Ruman
In this World War II story, political refugees traverse Europe trying to stay one step ahead of the Nazis.
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The Song of Bernadette 1943  N/R, 158 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb, Anne Revere, Sig Ruman, Gladys Cooper, Roman Bohnen, Mary Anderson, Aubrey Mather
In the 19th century, Bernadette Soubirous (Jennifer Jones) saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at the Grotto Of Lourdes. Although her vision was doubted by the church, she did not falter in her claim nor her beliefs. The film received four Oscars, including Best Actress for Jennifer Jones. Nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Charles Bickford), two Supporting Actress (Gladys Cooper and Anne Revere) and Director.
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 Stalag 17 1953  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Robert Strauss, Harvey Lembeck, Richard Erdman, Peter Graves, Neville Brand, Sig Ruman, Peter Baldwin, Michael(2) Moore, Robinson Stone, Gil Stratton, William Pierson, Robert Shawley
William Holden captured the Oscar for his portrayal of Sefton, a P.O.W., suspected of collaborating with his Nazi captors. Intrigue continues throughout as clues are dropped that lead to the identity of the real informer. Oscar nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Robert Strauss) and Director.
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Suez 1938 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Annabella, J. Edward Bromberg, Joseph Schildkraut, Henry Stephenson, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander
Ferdinand De Lesseps was the architect for the Suez Canal; that much is true. But the rest of the material for this film is pure fiction. As an art form, however, this Darryl F. Zanuck epic deserves high marks.
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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Sweet Rosie O'Grady 1943 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Betty Grable, Robert Young, Adolphe Menjou, Reginald Gardiner, Virginia Grey, Phil Regan, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Hobart Cavanaugh, Jonathan Hale
This time around Tyrone Power takes on the role of the reporter who exposes the former burlesque queen, Rosie O'Grady (Betty Grable), when she tries to improve her station in life. Good music and talent make this film enjoyable fare. It was previously made as "Love Is News" and later remade as "That Wonderful Urge."
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Tarzan Triumphs 1943 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William Thiele
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Sheffield, Frances Gifford, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Pedro de Cordoba, Philip Van Zandt, Stanley Brown, Otto Reichow, Rex Williams
This World War II propaganda film pits Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) against Nazi paratroopers who land in the jungle.
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Thank You, Mr. Moto 1937 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Jayne Regan, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, John Carradine, Wilhelm von Brincken, Nedda Harrigan, Philip Ahn
This is the second in the series of J.P. Marquand's detective, and it's one of the best. Mr. Moto (Peter Lorre) tackles the problem of seven Chinese scrolls, which, when put together, reveal the hidden treasure of Genghis Khan. He has the seventh one and attempts to get it to the rightful owners who have the other six. Unfortunately, the bad guys also want that seventh scroll and will stop at nothing to get it.
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That Uncertain Feeling 1941 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray, Olive Blakeney, Harry Davenport, Sig Ruman, Eve Arden, Richard Carle, Mary Currier
Jill and Larry (Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas) seem to be happily married, though Larry is preoccupied with his job as an insurance salesman. Jill starts getting the hiccups and goes to a psychologist who tells her it is because she has marital problems. She decides that she needs a side interest, so she brings home an eccentric piano player (Burgess Meredith), another patient of her psychologist. Larry has his work cut out for him if he wants to save his marriage. A cute comedy with a fine cast–Burgess Meredith is a hoot.
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Think Fast, Mr. Moto 1937 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Ruman, Murray Kinnell, John Rogers, Lotus Long, George Cooper, J. Carrol Naish, Frederick Vogeding
This is the first of a successful series of Mr. Moto, master detective, with Peter Lorre in the role of the clever Japanese sleuth. In this episode, Mr. Moto is on his way from San Francisco to Shanghai–hot on the trail of diamond smugglers. A good entry into the series.
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This Is My Affair 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy, Sidney Blackmer, John Carradine, Frank Conroy, Sig Ruman, Alan Dinehart, Douglas Fowley
Lieutenant Perry (Robert Taylor) is a federal agent who becomes involved in the assassination of President McKinley. Nightclub singer Lil Duryca (Barbara Stanwyck) is his love interest.
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Three Ring Circus 1954 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Jerrico, The Wonder Clown
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Joanne Dru, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Wallace Ford, Sig Ruman, Nick Cravat, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Sheldon, Douglas Fowley
Pete Nelson (Dean Martin) and Army pal Jerry Hotchkiss (Jerry Lewis) team up and join a circus owned by the beautiful Jill Brent (Joanne Dru). This film provides one VERY funny scene between Lewis and a "Bearded Lady."
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To Be or Not to Be 1942 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill, Stanley Ridges, Sig Ruman, Tom Dugan, Miles Mander, Tom Dugan
Shakespearean actors Joseph and Maria (Jack Benny and Carole Lombard) help the Polish underground aid families of escaped Polish aviators. This was Carole Lombard's last film.
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Victory 1940 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Fredric March, Cedric Hardwicke, Betty Field, Jerome Cowan, Sig Ruman, Margaret Wycherly, Fritz Feld, Rafaela Ottiano, Lionel Royce, Chester Gan
A loner, Hendrik Heyst (Fredric March), finds his life on a small island is disrupted by the intrusion of unexpected "guests" in this film version of a Joseph Conrad tale.
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 The Wagons Roll at Night 1941 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sig Ruman, Cliff Clark, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, Clara Blandick, Garry Owen, Charley Foy, Aldrich Bowker, Jack Mower, Frank Mayo, Al Herman
Grocery clerk Matt Varney (Eddie Albert) captures an escaped lion and returns it to Nick Coster's (Humphrey Bogart) carnival. Nick is impressed with Matt and offers him a job as lion tamer. Matt accepts the job and replaces Hoffman the Great (Sig Ruman), but trouble lies ahead when he falls for Mary Coster (Joan Leslie), who is Nick's sister. Nick disapproves of their relationship and sends Matt into the den of a ferocious lion. Matt survives but now must fight a gun-toting Hoffman the Great who is seeking revenge. Will Matt have met his match, or will his courage ensure winning the heart of Mary? Remake of "Kid Galahad" with a change in scenery.
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The Wedding Night 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Gary Cooper, Ralph Bellamy, Walter Brennan, Anna Sten, Helen Vinson, Sig Ruman, Esther Dale, George Meeker, Hilda Vaughn, Douglas Wood
A Polish girl is pursued by two men–with disastrous results.
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White Christmas 1954 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Dean Jagger, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen, Grady Sutton, Sig Ruman, Mary Wickes, John Brascia, Anne Whitfield, Herb Vigran, Joe Ploski, George Chakiris, I. Stanford Jolley, Barrie Chase
Irving Berlin songs are the real draw in this film as Phil and Bob (Danny Kaye and Bing Crosby) come to the aid of their ex-military boss Maj. Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger) who needs a boost in his struggling winter resort. Accompanied by singing sisters Betty and Judy (Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen), Phil and Bob travel to Vermont and make plans to put on a musical show to raise needed funds for Waverly. Songs include "White Christmas," "Sisters," and "Blue Skies"–and "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song.
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The Wings of Eagles 1957 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Edmund Lowe, Kenneth Tobey, James Todd, Sig Ruman, Barry Kelley, Henry O'Neill, Willis Bouchey, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Trowbridge, Mae Marsh
This is the film biography of U.S. Navy aviator Frank W. "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) who became a writer. His marriage flounders after their baby's death, and Spig is crippled after a fall. However, World War II becomes the pivotal force in his life when he must choose between duty and the emotional needs of his wife (Maureen O'Hara).
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The World in His Arms 1952 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Gregory Peck, Ann Blyth, Anthony Quinn, John McIntire, Andrea King, Eugenie Leontovich, Hans Conried, Rhys Williams, Sig Ruman, Carl Esmond, Gregory Gaye, Bill Radovich, Bryan Forbes, Henry Kulky, Gregg Barton
Set in the 1850s, this film is about a sea captain, Jonathan Clark (Gregory Peck), who illegally hunts seals. He falls in love with a beautiful Russian princess, the Countess Marina (Ann Blyth), while helping her flee from an arranged marriage to Prince Semyon (Carl Esmond). Now, Clark and the Countess are about to wed, but the Countess is kidnapped by Prince Semyon and taken to Alaska. After recovering from a drunken stupor, Clark races fellow seal hunter Portugee (Anthony Quinn) to Alaska, but they are both arrested by the Russians. In an effort to save them, Countess Marina says she will marry Semyon when he orders the release of Clark and Portugee.
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The World Moves On 1934 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Ford
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Franchot Tone, Reginald Denny, Raul Roulien, Stepin Fetchit, Sig Ruman, Lumsden Hare, Louise Dresser, Dudley Digges, Frank Melton, Brenda Fowler, Russell Simpson, Marcelle Corday
This is the saga of two wealthy Louisiana families enduring grim changes in Europe and America during a 100-year period. The Girards of French heritage and the Warburtons from England intermarry and form a successful business alliance. They corner the cotton business in the South, but, personally, they fight each other. Nevertheless, their fortunes grow–until the stock market plunge in the 1920s destroys the empire. Mrs. Warburton (Madeleine Carroll) and Richard Girard (Franchot Tone) survive and begin anew only to find World War II now closing in on them. A strong anti-war film.
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| 1. 36 Hours (1965)
2. Border Incident (1949)
3. China Girl (1942)
4. Comrade X (1940)
5. Crossroads (1942)
6. A Day at the Races (1937)
7. Desperate Journey (1942)
8. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
9. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
10. The Emperor Waltz (1948)
11. Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
12. The Errand Boy (1961)
13. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
14. Father Is a Bachelor (1950)
15. The Fortune Cookie (1966)
16. Four Sons (1940)
17. Girls on Probation (1938)
18. Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
19. Government Girl (1943)
20. The Great Waltz (1938)
21. Heidi (1937)
22. Houdini (1953)
23. House of Frankenstein (1944)
24. I Was an Adventuress (1940)
25. It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
26. Living It Up (1954)
27. Love Crazy (1941)
28. Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953)
29. Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
30. Marie Galante (1934)
31. Maytime (1937)
32. Mother Wore Tights (1947)
33. Never Say Die (1939)
34. A Night at the Opera (1935)
35. A Night in Casablanca (1946)
36. Ninotchka (1939)
37. Nothing Sacred (1937)
38. On the Avenue (1937)
39. On the Riviera (1951)
40. Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
41. The Princess Comes Across (1936)
42. Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
43. Robin and the Seven Hoods (1964)
44. A Royal Scandal (1945)
45. The Saint in New York (1938)
46. Seventh Heaven (1937)
47. Shining Victory (1941)
48. So Ends Our Night (1941)
49. The Song of Bernadette (1943)
50. Stalag 17 (1953)
51. Suez (1938)
52. Summer Storm (1944)
53. Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
54. Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
55. Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937)
56. That Uncertain Feeling (1941)
57. Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)
58. This Is My Affair (1937)
59. Three Ring Circus (1954)
aka: Jerrico, The Wonder Clown
60. To Be or Not to Be (1942)
61. Victory (1940)
62. The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
63. The Wedding Night (1935)
64. White Christmas (1954)
65. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
66. The World in His Arms (1952)
67. The World Moves On (1934)
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