Advise and Consent 1962  N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Lew Ayres, Eddie Hodges, Inga Swenson, Edward Andrews
Backstage politics are exemplified in this film concerned with the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings of the President's (Franchot Tone) newly appointed Secretary of State Robert A. Leffingwell (Henry Fonda). It provides an insightful look into Washington, D.C., politics.
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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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Big Brown Eyes 1936  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Joan Bennett, Cary Grant, Walter Pidgeon, Isabel Jewell, Lloyd Nolan, Alan Baxter, Marjorie Gateson, Douglas Fowley, Henry Brandon, Francis McDonald
Danny Barr (Cary Grant) is aided by his girlfriend (Joan Bennett) in capturing a gang of jewel thieves.
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Blossoms in the Dust 1941  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart, Marsha Hunt, Fay Holden, Samuel S. Hinds, Kathleen Howard, George Lessey, William Henry, Henry O'Neill, John Eldredge, Marc Lawrence
This is the true story of Edna Gladney (Greer Garson) who started the Texas Children's Home and Aid Society in Fort Worth. Edna's early life was hard until she met and married Samuel (Walter Pidgeon), the owner of a flour mill in Texas. After their baby died in infancy and she couldn't have more children, she decided to start the Children's Home, specializing in illegitimate children (a problem that had hurt her in the past). After her husband's death, Edna became a strong force in changing laws relevant to illegitimacy. The heavy melodrama won an Academy Award for Best Interior Set Decoration and was nominated for three others, including Best Picture and Actress.
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Calling Bulldog Drummond 1951 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Robert Beatty, Margaret Leighton, David Tomlinson, Peggy Evans, Charles Victor, Bernard Lee, James Hayter, Harold Lang, Patrick Doonan
Retired British military officer Bulldog Drummond (Walter Pidgeon) is called into service by Scotland Yard to help police Sergeant Helen Smith (Margaret Leighton) bring down a criminal gang working out of London.
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 Cinderella 1965 TV, 84 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Charles S. Dubin
Cast: Lesley Ann Warren, Stuart Damon, Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, Celeste Holm, Jo Van Fleet, Pat Carroll, Barbara Ruick, Joe E. Marks, Bill Lee, Don Heitgerd, Butch Sherwood, Bill Lee, Betty Noyes, Trudi Ames
This made-for-TV remake of the classic fairy tale is set to music (by Rodgers and Hammerstein) and is enjoyable fare, though far from a classic.
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Command Decision 1948 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Brian Donlevy, Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Charles Bickford, Edward Arnold, Richard Quine, Ray Collins, John McIntire
During World War II, Air Force General K.C. "Casey" Dennis (Clark Gable) orders a disastrous daylight bombing mission over Germany. His superior, General Roland Kane (Walter Pidgeon), investigates the matter that ends up the subject of a Congressional hearing.
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The Dark Command 1940 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Walter Pidgeon, Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Marjorie Main, Porter Hall, Raymond Walburn, Joe Sawyer, J. Farrell MacDonald
During the Civil War, the border between Missouri and Kansas became a hotbed when Quantrill's (Walter Pidgeon) Raiders attacked, murdered, and pillaged innocent citizens. Into the fray comes Bob Seton (John Wayne) who had become the Marshal by defeating Quantrill in an election. In the meantime, both are in love with Mary McCloud (Claire Trevor), which adds fuel to the fire.
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Deep in My Heart 1954 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Jose Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Henreid, Tamara Toumanova, Jim Backus, Gene Kelly, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Stewart, Isobel Elsom, Rosemary Clooney, Jane Powell, Ann Miller
Jose Ferrer is excellent in his role as Sigmund Romberg who comes to the United States in 1909 and begins his song-writing career in New York City. He is encouraged by Anna Mueller (Helen Traubel), and 40 years later he has written more than 2,000 songs as well as the scores for more than 80 plays, musical shows, and operettas–including "The Student Prince" and "The Desert Song." Romberg's songs, performed by musical stars, highlight this biography of his rise to fame and fortune.
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Design for Scandal 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Lee Bowman, Jean Rogers, Mary Beth Hughes, Guy Kibbee, Thurston Hall, Donald Meek, Barbara Jo Allen
Newsman Judson M. Blair (Edward Arnold) plots to set up and frame Judge Cornelia Porter (Rosalind Russell) in a scandal, but he falls in love with her in the process.
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Dream Wife 1953  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Sheldon
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Walter Pidgeon, Betta St. John, Steve Forrest, Buddy Baer, Les Tremayne, Richard Anderson, Eduard Franz, Donald Randolph, Bruce Bennett, Dan Tobin
Business executive Clemson Reade (Cary Grant) divorces his wife, Effie (Deborah Kerr), when he has his eyes set on princess Tarji (Betta St. John) whose goal is to please her man. However, Tarji changes her tune after Effie teaches her a few facts of life. One of Grant's (and Kerr's and Pidgeon's) weaker films.
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Executive Suite 1954 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: William Holden, Tim Considine, William Phipps, June Allyson, Fredric March, Barbara Stanwyck, Shelley Winters, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Paul Douglas
Big business, with all of its perks and flaws, is exposed in this film. Loren Shaw (Fredric March) and his forces work against McDonald Walling (William Holden) and his supporters in the struggle for the position of president of Treadway Corporation.
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 Forbidden Planet 1956  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman, James Drury, George Wallace, Robert Dix, Jimmy Thompson, Harry Harvey Jr., Roger McGee, Peter Miller, James Best
This is probably the best science fiction movie of the 1950s. It is the year 2200, and spaceship Altair-4–commanded by John J. Adams (Leslie Nielsen)–has landed on a faraway planet. There he is greeted by Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) and his daughter (Anne Francis) who are the sole survivors of a colony of settlers. All is not as it should be, and the doctor does not intend to share the secrets of the planet.
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 Funny Girl 1968 G, 151 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Allen, Mae Questel, Gerald Mohr, Frank Faylen, John Harmon, Mittie Lawrence, Gertrude Flynn, Penny Santon, Thordis Brandt, Bettina Brenna
Barbra Streisand's talent was discovered by the world during the run of her Broadway performance in her role as Fanny Brice. The story is about comedian Fanny Brice's turbulent marriage to Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), which coincided with her rise to fame. Fanny Brice, "I'm a bagel on a plate of onion rolls." Streisand carried away an Oscar for Best Actress.
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Hit the Deck 1955 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Tony Martin, Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Pidgeon, Vic Damone, Russ Tamblyn, Ann Miller, J. Carrol Naish, Jane Darwell, Richard Anderson, Gene Raymond, Kay Armen, Alan King, Henry Slate, Dabbs Greer
While on leave from their ship, three sailors–William F. Clark (Tony Martin), Rico Ferrari (Vic Damone), and Danny Xavier Smith (Russ Tamblyn)–arrive in San Francisco for rest and relaxation. They meet three girls–Susan (Jane Powell), Carol (Debbie Reynolds), and Ginger (Ann Miller). Hi-jinks follow, and the sailors end up in the brig, even though Danny's father (Walter Pidgeon) is an admiral! But, romance is in the air, and all ends well amidst jokes, dancing, and songs including "Sometimes I'm Happy," "I Know that You Know," and "Hallelujah."
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The House Across the Bay 1940 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: George Raft, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, Gladys George, June Knight, Billy Wayne, Joe Sawyer, Cy Kendall, Max Wagner
During his imprisonment, a convict's (George Raft) wife (Joan Bennett) falls for another man (Walter Pidgeon), and now the husband wants revenge. Alfred Hitchcock directed portions of this film.
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How Green Was My Valley 1941  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Anna Lee, Roddy McDowall, John Loder, Sara Allgood, Barry Fitzgerald, Patric Knowles, Morton Lowry, Arthur Shields, Ann E. Todd, Frederick Worlock, Richard Fraser
Based on Richard Llewellyn's novel, this touching story about the changing world of a Welsh coal-mining family won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1941, John Ford won an Oscar for Best Director, and Donald Crisp won for Best Supporting Actor. The film won two additional Academy Awards and was nominated for five others.
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If Winter Comes 1947 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes, Janet Leigh, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Halliwell Hobbes
Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon) takes unwed, pregnant Nona Tybar (Deborah Kerr) as a goodwill effort, but tragedy results.
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Julia Misbehaves 1948 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero, Nigel Bruce, Mary Boland, Lucile Watson, Reginald Owen, Ian Wolfe
When Susan (Elizabeth Taylor) is preparing for her marriage, her mother, Julia (Greer Garson), returns after a 20-year absence and upsets the bride AND the father of the bride (Walter Pidgeon).
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The Kiss Before the Mirror 1933 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Whale
Cast: Frank Morgan, Nancy Carroll, Gloria Stuart, Donald Cook, Paul Lukas, Jean Dixon, Walter Pidgeon, Charley Grapewin, Walter Brennan, Wallis Clark
This film, shot on available Frankenstein sets, is the story of a lawyer who begins to recognize that his family situation mirrors that of the client he is defending in a crime of passion.
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The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, Kurt Kasznar, Roger Moore, George Dolenz, Celia Lovsky, Peter Leeds, Sandy Descher, John Doucette, Odette Myrtil, Ann Codee, Jean Del Val
Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, II wrote the title song for this film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited." Successful writer Charles (Van Johnson) returns to Paris and remembers the last time he was there. Through flashbacks, the story takes place in post-World-War-II Paris where struggling writer Charles meets and falls in love with American ex-patriot Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor). They marry, and Charles loves Helen's free-spirited lifestyle. After Charles strikes it rich and lives off the revenue from a Texas oil well, he loses his desire to write, and his drinking leads to devastating results in his personal life.
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Madame Curie 1943 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Walker, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, C. Aubrey Smith, Albert Bassermann, Victor Francen, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson
This biography of Marie Curie (Greer Garson) and her discovery of radium is both educational and entertaining. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor (Walter Pidgeon), and Actress (Garson).
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Man Hunt 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, Roddy McDowall, Ludwig Stossel, Heather Thatcher, Frederick Worlock, Roger Imhof, Holmes Herbert, Olaf Hytten, William Haade, Kurt Kreuger, Frederick Vogeding, Lester Matthews
While in the Bavarian Alps, big-game hunter Thorndyke (Walter Pidgeon) has an opportunity to assassinate Hitler. He fails in the attempt and is captured by the Gestapo, beaten, and left for dead. With help from young Vaner (Roddy McDowell), Thorndyke stows away on a steamer where he sees a "Mr. Jones" (John Carradine) who has stolen Thornydyke's identity, including his passport. But "Mr. Jones" is only one problem he must deal with in the coming days. Remade in 1976 as "Rogue Male."
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Man-Proof 1938 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Myrna Loy, Franchot Tone, Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Nana Bryant, Rita Johnson, Ruth Hussey, Leonard Penn, John Miljan, William Stack
Who loves whom? It is hard to tell with this married couple (Walter Pidgeon and Rosalind Russell) with others (Myrna Loy and Franchot Tone) waiting in the wings.
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Men of the Fighting Lady 1954 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrew Marton
Cast: Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Louis Calhern, Dewey Martin, Keenan Wynn, Frank Lovejoy, Robert Horton, Bert Freed, Lewis Martin, George Cooper
The U.S.S. Lexington ("The Fighting Lady") played a prominent role in the Korean Conflict; this is the story of that great aircraft carrier and her crew.
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Mrs. Miniver 1942 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Reginald Owen, Miles Mander, Henry Wilcoxon, Rhys Williams, Mary Field, Brenda Forbes, Helmut Dantine, Tom Conway
Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) is the matriarch of a British family who holds things together as World War II closes in around them. While she tends to the children and her garden, her husband Clem (Walter Pigeon) takes part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, German bombs are dropping on their peaceful village, and the eldest son Vin (Richard Ney) falls in love with upper-crust Carol (Teresa Wright). The family seems able to face the tragedies of the war, but will the war take its toll on their young love? This film was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, Director (William Wyler), Actress (Garson), and Supporting Actress (Wright). It also won two more Oscars and was nominated for six others, including Best Actor (Pidgeon), Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), and Supporting Actress (Dame May Whitty).
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Mrs. Parkington 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Frances Rafferty, Agnes Moorehead, Selena Royle, Gladys Cooper, Lee Patrick, Rod Cameron, Hans Conried
MGM teamed up that "perfect" couple, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, in this family saga of a wealthy New York family: the Parkingtons. Garson received her fifth Academy Award nomination for her role of a hotel maid who marries an oil man and takes her place in the elite New York society.
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Murder on Flight 502 1975 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller / Drama
Director: George McCowan
Cast: Robert Stack, Ralph Bellamy, Theodore Bikel, Walter Pidgeon, Hugh O'Brian, Farrah Fawcett, Polly Bergen, Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Fernando Lamas, Brooke Adams, Sonny Bono, George Maharis, Danny Bonaduce
After a jumbo jet takes off from New York to London, a note is found with the message that some of the passengers are going to be killed. At first, the message is not taken seriously, but when two on board are murdered, the pilot (Robert Stack) tries to calm his passengers while background checks on the passengers are performed at the airport.
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The Neptune Factor 1973  G, 98 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: The Neptune Disaster
An Underwater Odyssey
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Ben Gazzara, Walter Pidgeon, Yvette Mimieux, Ernest Borgnine, Michael J. Reynolds, Donnelly Rhodes, Chris Wiggins, Leslie Carlson, Mark Walker, Stuart Gillard
Commander Blake (Ben Gazzara), skipper of an experimental deep-sea rescue vessel, is called on to rescue a scientific team trapped on the ocean floor.
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The Rack 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arnold Laven
Cast: Paul Newman, Wendell Corey, Walter Pidgeon, Edmond O'Brien, Lee Marvin, Anne Francis, Cloris Leachman, Robert Burton, Robert F. Simon, Trevor Bardette
Adapted from Rod Serling's teleplay, this compelling drama is about an Army court-martial of an officer (Paul Newman) who was brainwashed into collaborating with the enemy in a North Korea prison camp.
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The Red Danube 1949 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Ethel Barrymore, Peter Lawford, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, Louis Calhern, Francis L. Sullivan, Melville Cooper, Robert Coote, Alan Napier
This post-World War II film depicts Soviets as BAD in a story involving the plight of Russian refugees living in Austria and is a good example of propaganda used by the film industry during the Red Scare.
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 Saratoga 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Lionel Barrymore, Frank Morgan, Walter Pidgeon, Una Merkel, Cliff Edwards, Hattie McDaniel, George Zucco, Jonathan Hale
The racetrack at Saratoga Springs, New York is the setting for this comedy about sly gambler Duke Bradley (Clark Gable) falling in love with the beautiful Carol Clayton (Jean Harlow) whose grandfather (Lionel Barrymore) is a horse breeder. Harlow died during filming at the age of 26.
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The Sellout 1952 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gerald Mayer
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Audrey Totter, Paula Raymond, Cameron Mitchell, Karl Malden, Everett Sloane, Whit Bissell, Thomas Gomez, Jonathan Cott
Political corruption in a small town is the theme of this story in which newspaper editor Allridge (Walter Pidgeon) fights the forces of city hall.
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Sextette 1978  PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Hughes
Cast: Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, George Hamilton, Regis Philbin, Walter Pidgeon, George Raft, Alice Cooper
When a former sex goddess, Marlo Manners (Mae West–in her 80s), marries a young nobleman, Sir Michael Barrington (Timothy Dalton), their wedding night is interrupted by her former husbands. Not a bomb only because it IS Mae West.
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Shopworn Angel 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Pendleton, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Charley Grapewin, Charles D. Brown, Jimmy Butler
A self-centered actress (Margaret Sullavan) plays with the affections of a soldier (James Stewart) from Texas who is on his way to battle. Typically good Sullavan/Stewart matchup.
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Skyjacked 1972 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Sky Terror
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Uggams, Claude Akins, Ken Swofford, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry
A commercial jetliner piloted by Captain O'Hara (Charlton Heston) is skyjacked by a maniac (James Brolin) and is forced to fly to the Soviet Union.
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Society Lawyer 1939 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Bruce, Lee Bowman, Edward Brophy, Eduardo Ciannelli, Harry Strang, Frances Mercer, Clarence Kolb, Pierre Watkin, Ian Wolfe, Paul Guilfoyle
This is a remake of "Penthouse," Arthur Somers Roche's story about a lawyer's involvement with underworld characters.
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That Forsythe Woman 1949 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Compton Bennett
Cast: Errol Flynn, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young, Janet Leigh, Harry Davenport, Halliwell Hobbes, Stanley Logan, Lumsden Hare, Aubrey Mather
Based on John Galsworthy's novel, "The Man of Property," from "The Forsythe Saga," Soames Forsythe's (Errol Flynn) marriage goes on the rocks, and the split has repercussions that echo throughout the family.
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These Wilder Years 1956 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Betty Lou Keim, Don Dubbins, Edward Andrews, Basil Ruysdael, Grandon Rhodes, Will Wright, Lewis Martin
A steel industry leader (James Cagney) tracks down his 20-year-old son and becomes involved with orphanage director Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck).
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Too Hot to Handle 1938  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Virginia Weidler, Henry Kolker, Marjorie Main, Robert Emmett Keane, Gregory Gaye
Everything goes wrong when newsreel photographer Chris Hunter (Clark Gable) fakes an event–and he is caught by a rival. Love saves the day–with pilot Alma Harding (Myrna Loy)–when all is said and done. 1 User Review
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Two Minute Warning 1976 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Charlton Heston, John Cassavetes, Martin Balsam, David Janssen, Jack Klugman, Gena Rowlands, Walter Pidgeon, Beau Bridges, Brock Peters, David Groh
This disaster film involves a sniper who plans to use sports fans in a crowded football stadium as targets. Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and Sergeant Chris Button (John Cassavetes) race to catch the sniper.
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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1961 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Adventure
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling, Michael Ansara, Frankie Avalon, Regis Toomey, John Litel, Howard McNear, Henry Daniell, Charles Tannen, Skip Ward, Mark Slade, Del Monroe
Great special effects highlight this colorful sci-fi film about the shakedown cruise of the U.S.S. Seaview. The submarine's designer, U.S. Navy Admiral Harriman Nelson (Walter Pidgeon), is aboard, and, when a giant fire in the sky is spotted, Harriman, without permission, takes on the mission to knock out the fire that he believes threatens to destroy Earth. This decision causes conflict between Nelson and the Seaview's captain, Commander Lee Crane (Robert Sterling), as well as suspicions of psychiatrist Dr. Susan Hiller (Joan Fontaine) who questions Nelson's sanity. To make matters worse, there appears to be a saboteur aboard the Seaview.
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Weekend at the Waldorf 1945 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Lana Turner, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Robert Benchley, Edward Arnold, Leon Ames, Phyllis Thaxter, Keenan Wynn, George Zucco
Weekend guests at New York's largest hotel include a movie star, a war correspondent, a soldier, and a reporter whose lives intersect at this particular time and place.
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White Cargo 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Reginald Owen, Henry O'Neill, Bramwell Fletcher, Clyde Cook, Leigh Whipper, Richard Ainley
Seductive Tondelayo's (Hedy Lamarr) experiences at a British outpost in Africa are related in this dated story.
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| 1. Advise and Consent (1962)
2. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
3. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
4. Big Red (1962)
5. Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
6. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951)
7. Cinderella (1965)
8. Command Decision (1948)
9. The Dark Command (1940)
10. Deep in My Heart (1954)
11. Design for Scandal (1941)
12. Dream Wife (1953)
13. Executive Suite (1954)
14. Forbidden Planet (1956)
15. Funny Girl (1968)
16. The Glass Slipper (1955)
17. Hit the Deck (1955)
18. The House Across the Bay (1940)
19. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
20. If Winter Comes (1947)
21. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
22. The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
23. The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
24. Madame Curie (1943)
25. Man Hunt (1941)
26. Man-Proof (1938)
27. Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
28. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
29. Mrs. Parkington (1944)
30. Murder on Flight 502 (1975)
31. The Neptune Factor (1973)
aka: The Neptune Disaster
aka: An Underwater Odyssey
32. The Rack (1956)
33. The Red Danube (1949)
34. Saratoga (1937)
35. The Sellout (1952)
36. Sextette (1978)
37. Shopworn Angel (1938)
38. Skyjacked (1972)
aka: Sky Terror
39. Society Lawyer (1939)
40. That Forsythe Woman (1949)
41. These Wilder Years (1956)
42. Too Hot to Handle (1938)
43. Two Minute Warning (1976)
44. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
45. Weekend at the Waldorf (1945)
46. White Cargo (1942)
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