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Abbott and Costello in Hollywood   1945     2 stars    N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Frances Rafferty, Robert(1) Stanton, Warner Anderson, Mike Mazurki, Jean Porter, Dean Stockwell

  Buzz Kurtis (Bud Abbott) is a barber and Abercrombie (Lou Costello) is a shoeshine boy in Hollywood who cannot resist getting involved in the movie profession when they try to help out their friend, Jeff (Robert Stanton), who wants a singing career.

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Dulcy   1940     1 and a half stars    N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Ann Sothern, Ian Hunter, Roland Young, Reginald Gardiner, Billie Burke, Dan Dailey, Hans Conried, Lynne Carver

  Dulcy (Ann Sothern) falls in love with Gordon (Ian Hunter) and tries to help along his career as an inventor. Not much here.

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The Fuller Brush Man   1948     2 and a half stars    N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Red Skelton, Janet Blair, Don McGuire, Adele Jergens, Ross Ford, Hillary Brooke, Trudy Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Donald Curtis, Arthur Space

  A novice door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) gets involved in a murder plot while he earnestly tries to ply his trade.

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Lust for Gold   1949     2 and a half stars    N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Ida Lupino, Glenn Ford, Gig Young, William Prince, Edgar Buchanan, Will Geer, Paul Ford, Jay Silverheels, Arthur Hunnicutt, Will Wright

  This film is based on the saga of the Lost Dutchman mine and those people whose greed undermined, and ultimately destroyed, their efforts to find the lost gold mine.


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Rio Rita   1942     2 and a half stars    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Tom Conway, Peter Whitney, Barry Nelson, Patricia Dane, Arthur Space, Joan Valerie

  This second remake of the Broadway musical features Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as Doc and Wishy, the heroes who capture Nazis that are threats to peace as they send messages via radio waves.

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Son of Lassie   1945     2 stars    N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Peter Lawford, Donald Crisp, June Lockhart, Nigel Bruce, William Severn, Leon Ames, Donald Curtis, Nils Asther, Robert Lewis, Fay Helm

  This sequel to "Lassie Come Home" has Lassie's son, Laddie, helping in the war effort, including adventures with his master (Peter Lawford) after they are shot down behind enemy lines.


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These Glamour Girls   1939     2 stars    N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: S. Sylvan Simon  
Cast: Lew Ayres, Lana Turner, Tom Brown, Richard Carlson, Jane Bryan, Anita Louise, Marsha Hunt, Ann Rutherford, Mary Beth Hughes, Ernest Truex

  Ivy Leaguer Philip (Lew Ayres) has a big night on the town and asks dancehall girl Jane (Lana Turner, in her first starring role) to the big, annual weekend party. When she arrives, he had forgotten that he invited her, but she refuses to leave. Rather, Jane shows up the snobbish girls of the school.

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Movie Quick Pick
1. Abbott and Costello in Hollywood (1945)
2. Dulcy (1940)
3. The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
4. Lust for Gold (1949)
5. Rio Rita (1942)
6. Son of Lassie (1945)
7. These Glamour Girls (1939)


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