 An Affair to Remember 1957  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Cathleen Nesbitt, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Charles Watts, Fortunio Bonanova, Matt Moore, Robert Q. Lewis, George Winslow, Walter Woolf King, Marni Nixon
In this classic love story, Nickie (Cary Grant) is traveling on a luxury liner to New York when he meets fellow passenger Terry (Deborah Kerr). They are both engaged to others but fall in love during the voyage. At the end of the trip, they make a decision to split up and meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building to see if they still love each other. Nickie makes the date on the Empire State Building, but Terry has an accident and does not appear. Will Nickie discover the reason behind her absence, or are they destined to remain apart forever?
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 Go West 1940  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Marx Brothers Go West
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll, Diana Lewis, Walter Woolf King, Robert Barrat, Tully Marshall, June MacCloy, George Lessey
While this is not the Marx Brothers' best film, their closing scene is well worth the viewing.
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The Helen Morgan Story 1957  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Ann Blyth, Richard Carlson, Paul Newman, Gene Evans, Alan King, Cara Williams, Virginia Vincent, Walter Woolf King, Dorothy Green, Edward Platt, Warren Douglas, Sammy White, Peggy de Castro, Cherie de Castro, Babette de Castro
Bootlegger Larry Maddux (Paul Newman) discovers Helen Morgan (Ann Blyth) while she is performing in a carnival and helps her rise to stardom on Broadway. But, Larry is using Helen for his own good, and Helen is torn between Larry and married lawyer Russell Wade (Richard Carlson). Helen turns to alcohol and, after the Stock Market crash in 1929, ends up in Bellevue Hospital. But, Helen rises above her problems and regains her stardom. Songs include "Sunny Side of the Street" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." (sung by Gogi Grant).
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Melody for Three 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Erle C. Kenton
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King, Schuyler Standish, Patsy Lee Parsons, Maude Eburne, Astrid Allwyn, Irene Ryan, Donnie Allen, Leon Tyler, Andrew Tombes, Irene Shirley
RKO Radio's Dr. Christian comes to film with Jean Hersholt playing that understanding family doctor practicing in the town of River's End. In this story, he helps child prodigy Billy Stanley (Schuyler Standish) reunite with his estranged conductor father (Walter Woolf King).
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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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Smart Alecks 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, David Gorcey, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Gale Storm, Roger Pryor, Walter Woolf King
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) and gang need money for baseball uniforms, and when Danny (Bobby Jordan) receives a reward for helping capture Butch (Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom), the gang forces Danny to turn over the money, thinking Danny wants it all for himself. But when Danny is severely injured by the escaped Butch, the gang comes to his aid. A weak entry in the series.
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Swiss Miss 1938 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Grete Natzler, Walter Woolf King, George Sorel, Eric Blore, Adia Kuznetzoff, Charles Judels, Ludovico Tomarchio, Jean De Briac
Laurel and Hardy portray a pair of salesmen who head to the Alps to sell mousetraps. Their premise is that since cheese is being made there, rodents must not be far behind!
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Tonight We Sing 1953 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: David Wayne, Ezio Pinza, Roberta Peters, Tamara Toumanova, Anne Bancroft, Isaac Stern, Mikhail Rasumny, Steven Geray, Walter Woolf King, Oscar Karlweis
Arias from "La Traviata" and "Madam Butterfly" are featured in this biography of Russian-born impresario Sol Hurok (David Wayne).
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A Yank in Libya 1942  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Albert Herman
Cast: H.B. Warner, Walter Woolf King, Joan Woodbury, Harry Parke, Duncan Renaldo, George J. Lewis, Wilhelm von Brincken, Howard Banks, Amarilla Morris
Unwilling to give in when authorities fail to listen to his claims that Nazis are providing Libyan natives with guns, American correspondent Mike Malone (Walter Woolf King) continues the investigation on his own.
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| 1. An Affair to Remember (1957)
2. Go West (1940)
aka: Marx Brothers Go West
3. The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
4. Melody for Three (1941)
5. A Night at the Opera (1935)
6. Smart Alecks (1942)
7. Swiss Miss (1938)
8. Tonight We Sing (1953)
9. A Yank in Libya (1942)
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