 Brigadoon 1954  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse, Barry Jones, Jimmy Thompson, Elaine Stewart, Albert Sharpe, Eddie Quillan, Hugh Laing, Tudor Owen
For one day every 100 years, a Scottish mythical village comes back to life. Two Americans, Tommy (Gene Kelly) and Jeff (Van Johnson), stumble into Brigadoon on that very day, and Tommy falls in love with Jean (Cyd Charisse). The film received three Academy Award nominations.
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Dangerous When Wet 1953  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Esther Williams, Fernando Lamas, Jack Carson, Charlotte Greenwood, Denise Darcel, William Demarest, Donna Corcoran, Barbara Whiting, Bunny Waters, Henri Letondal, Paul Bryar, Richard Alexander, Tudor Owen, Ann Codee, Roger Moore
Katie Higgins (Esther Williams) and her Arkansas farm family need a new bull for the farm. They are all good swimmers and are convinced by shady promoter Windy Webbe (Jack Carson) that they should compete in a swimming race across the English Channel as the way to raise money to buy the bull. They arrive in England where, one day while practicing for her swim, Katie meets dashing Frenchman Andre Lanet (Fernando Lamas) who both helps and distracts Katie in her preparations for the race. But, Katie does succeed in her swim, and Andre even jumps in and swims the final mile with her. A highlight of this film involves the cartoon sequence representing Katie's dream in which she swims with Tom and Jerry.
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 Jack the Giant Killer 1962 G, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Fantasy
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Walter Burke, Roger Mobley, Don Beddoe, Barry Kelley, Dayton Lummis, Anna Lee, Robert Gist, Tudor Owen, Ken Mayer
Jack (Kerwin Mathews) slays the giant sent by evil wizard Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) in an attempt to kidnap Princess Elaine (Judi Meredith). Now, Jack is assigned the task of protecting Elaine from future spells cast by Pendragon.
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Montana 1950  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, S.Z. Sakall, Douglas Kennedy, James Brown, Ian MacDonald, Monte Blue, Charles Irwin, Paul E. Burns, Lester Matthews, Tudor Owen, Lane Chandler, Dorothy Adams, Creighton Hale, Kermit Maynard
Morgan Lane (Errol Flynn) is an Australian sheepherder who arrives in the Montana territory where he plans to graze his sheep. But, cattle ranchers–including Maria Singleton (Alexis Smith) and Rodney Ackroyd (Douglas Kennedy)–are already there and lead the neighboring cattlemen against the intruders. Battles ensue. But, later, Morgan and Maria find time for love and agree that cattle ranchers and sheepherders are able to live together.
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My Cousin Rachel 1952 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Richard Burton, Audrey Dalton, Ronald Squire, George Dolenz, John Sutton, Tudor Owen, J.M. Kerrigan, Argentina Brunetti, Mario Siletti
This is the film adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel about tragic Rachel (Olivia de Havilland) who is suspected of being a murderess. Richard Burton won the Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer for his role of Philip Ashley, Rachel's young cousin who loves and suspects her at the same time. Burton also received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor.
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The Notorious Landlady 1962 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Fred Astaire, Lionel Jeffries, Estelle Winwood, Dick Crockett, Maxwell Reed, Henry Daniell, Doris Lloyd, Philippa Bevans, Ronald Long, Richard Peel, Anthony Eustrel, James Logan, Tudor Owen
William Gridley (Jack Lemmon) is an American diplomat who arrives in London and is asked by his boss, American Ambassador Franklyn Ambruster (Fred Astaire), to help clear the name of William's beautiful landlady, Carley Hardwicke (Kim Novak). Rumors fly that Carley has murdered her husband Miles (Maxwell Reed), and then Miles shows up alive–only to be killed by Carley in a fight over stolen jewels. Carley escapes, but a helicopter rescue and a chase to obtain the jewels lie in wait.
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The Oklahoma Woman 1956  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Roger Corman
Cast: Peggie Castle, Mike Connors, Richard Denning, Cathy Downs, Dick Miller, Tudor Owen, Martin Kingsley, Jonathan Haze, Edmund Cobb
Ex-con Steve Ward (Richard Denning) arrives in town to claim his inheritance and becomes involved in a rough election engineered by a gunslinging saloon owner, Marie "Oklahoma" Saunders. Typical Corman.
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
aka: 101 Dalmatians
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi
Cast: Rod Taylor, J. Pat O'Malley, Betty Lou Gerson, Martha Wentworth, Tom Conway, Ben Wright, Lisa Davis, Cate Bauer, Frederick Worlock, Tudor Owen, Lisa Daniels, George Pelling, Thurl Ravenscroft, David Frankham, Ramsay Hill
A male Dalmation, Pongo (voice of Rod Taylor), finds a way for his master, Roger (voice of Ben Wright), to meet Anita (voice of Lisa Davis) who has a pet female Dalmatian, Perdita (voice of Cate Bauer). Roger and Anita fall in love and marry. Pongo and Perdita are now together and produce a litter of 15 Dalmatian puppies. The evil Cruella de Vil (voice of Betty Lou Gerson) wants to buy Dalmatian puppies to provide fur coats for profit. When Roger refuses to sell them to her, she arranges to steal them. The police cannot find the puppies, but Pongo and Perdita use a system of dog signals to locate them, and–with help from dogs, geese, horses, and cows–the puppies are rescued.
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Port of New York 1949 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Neville Brand, Alden "Stephen" Chase, Raymond Greenleaf, William Challee, Tudor Owen, John Kellogg
United States Customs agents try to break up a drug-smuggling ring led by Paul Vicola (Yul Brynner). This was Brynner's film debut.
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Top o' the Morning 1949 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: David Miller
Cast: Bing Crosby, Ann Blyth, Barry Fitzgerald, Hume Cronyn, Eileen Crowe, John McIntire, Jimmy Hunt, Mary Field, John Eldredge, Tudor Owen
Following a theft of the Blarney Stone, Joe Mulqueen (Bing Crosby) is given the job of retrieving the landmark. During his investigation, he succumbs to the charms of the daughter (Ann Blyth) of the local police chief (Barry Fitzgerald).
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When in Rome 1952 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, Joseph Calleia, Carlo Rizzo, Tudor Owen, Dino Nardi, Aldo Silvani, Mario Siletti, Argentina Brunetti, Mimi Aguglia, Emory Parnell
Joe Brewster (Paul Douglas) is on the lam from police when he runs across a priest, Father John (Van Johnson). Joe steals the priest's cloak and identification in hopes of eluding the police, but Father John tracks him down himself. Rather than turn Joe over to the police, Father John influences Joe to the extent of conversion to religion. Good acting by the stars and pictures of Rome and Venice add to this otherwise tame comedy/drama.
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| 1. Brigadoon (1954)
2. Dangerous When Wet (1953)
3. Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
4. Montana (1950)
5. My Cousin Rachel (1952)
6. The Notorious Landlady (1962)
7. The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
8. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
aka: 101 Dalmatians
9. Port of New York (1949)
10. Top o' the Morning (1949)
11. When in Rome (1952)
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