The Bad and the Beautiful 1952  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Elaine Stewart, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown, Paul Stewart, Sammy White, Ivan Triesault, Francis X. Bushman, William Tannen
This story is told from the perspectives of actress Gloria Lorrison (Lana Turner), writer James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) who go to a movie studio to listen to a pitch from producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) whose studio is troubled financially. Shields wants them to work on a new project, but all three have had bad experiences in the past with Shields that will make them think twice about signing with him. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Grahame for her role as Rosemary Bartlow), and Kirk Douglas received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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The Basketball Fix 1951  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Felix E. Feist
Cast: John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Vanessa Brown, William Bishop, Hazel Brooks, Johnny Sands, Bobby Hyatt, Walter Sande, Ted Pierson, Johnny Phillips, Lester Sharpe, Donald Kerr
After high-school basketball star Johnny Long (Marshall Thompson) becomes involved in point shaving, sportswriter Pete Ferreday (John Ireland) tries to intervene in an attempt to draw Johnny away from the mob's influence.
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947   N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Anna Lee, Robert Coote, Natalie Wood, Isobel Elsom, Victoria Horne
When widowed Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierney) and her small family move into Gull Cottage, they find it is already inhabited–by the ghost of sea Captain Daniel Gregg (Rex Harrison). Although she thinks she is in love with Miles Fairley (George Sanders), it is really the captain with whom Mrs. Muir is destined to become a soul mate.
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 The Heiress 1949  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins, Vanessa Brown, Mona Freeman, Ray Collins, Selena Royle, Russ Conway, Harry Antrim, Betty Linley, Paul Lees, David Thursby
Set in mid-1800s' New York City, this is the story of a plain-looking young woman (Olivia de Havilland) who is pursued by a handsome man (Montgomery Clift) because of her fortune. An interfering father (Ralph Richardson) determines to ruin the relationship and, in the process, his daughter as well. Olivia de Havilland won the Academy Award for her performance. The film also won three other Academy Awards and was nominated for four others, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor ( Ralph Richardson) and Director.
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The Late George Apley 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Ronald Colman, Peggy Cummins, Vanessa Brown, Richard Haydn, Charles Russell, Richard Ney, Mildred Natwick, Edna Best, Paul Harvey, Nydia Westman
Ronald Colman is excellent in his portrayal of the stuffy, autocratic Bostonian who is determined to rule his roost and maintain his family's social status.
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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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Rosie! 1967 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Sandra Dee, Brian Aherne, Audrey Meadows, James Farentino, Vanessa Brown, Leslie Nielsen, Margaret Hamilton, Reginald Owen, Juanita Moore
Based on a play by Ruth Gordon, this reworked "King Lear" story changes gender but focuses on children's greed as it relates the experiences of a grandmother (Rosalind Russell) whose children try to get their hands on their inheritance BEFORE she dies. 4 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 04/08/2009 | | This was a wonderful movie with a great cast. I saw it only once but loved it and have always wanted to see it again. I, too, wish it would come out on DVD. |
| | classic movie buff 01/03/2008 | | Excellent movie. This is definitely one movie that should be on DVD, available for all to purchase. |
| | scrapper 12/27/2007 | This is a great Rosalind Russell movie with Sandra Dee as her grandaughter and
Leslie Nielsen as her sceming son in law. I would love to purchase this movie |
| | 02/13/2007 | | Would very much like to purchase this movie. |
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Tarzan and the Slave Girl 1950  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Tarzan and the Jungle Queen
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda, Denise Darcel, Hurd Hatfield, Arthur Shields, Anthony Caruso, Robert Warwick, Paul E. Burns, Mary Ellen Kay
Tarzan (Lex Barker) searches for a tribe of iron worshippers who are holding a group of native women–and Jane–captive.
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Three Husbands 1951  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown, Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Kames, Emlyn Williams, Billie Burke, Louise Erickson, Jonathan Hale, Jane Darwell, Benson Fong, Frank Cady, Dorothea Wolbert
When playboy Maxwell Bard (Emlyn Williams) arrives in Heaven, he is granted one last wish. His request is to watch from above the reactions of his three poker playing pals (Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, and Robert Kames) after they read the letters he left for them when he died. The letters tell about his affairs with each of their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown), and the letters result in amusing reactions from the husbands.
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| 1. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
2. The Basketball Fix (1951)
3. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
4. The Heiress (1949)
5. The Late George Apley (1947)
6. Mother Wore Tights (1947)
7. Rosie! (1967)
8. Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
aka: Tarzan and the Jungle Queen
9. Three Husbands (1951)
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
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