Arizona 1940  N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Regis Toomey, George Chandler, Byron Foulger, Edgar Buchanan, Colin Tapley
Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur) is a rough-and-tumble woman who becomes involved with Peter Muncie (William Holden), and together they clean up the area around Tucson.
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Bolero 1934   N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: George Raft, Carole Lombard, Sally Rand, Frances Drake, William Frawley, Ray Milland, Gertrude Michael, Ann Sheridan, Dell Henderson, Phillips Smalley
A nightclub owner and dancer (George Raft) and his partner (Carole Lombard) part during World War I when he joins the military. At the end of the film, they reunite and dance the "Bolero." 1 User Review
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| | nana 05/03/2007 | | great movie, dance sequel fantastic |
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The Bride Comes Home 1935 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Robert Young, William Collier Sr., Donald Meek, Edgar Kennedy, Jimmy Conlin, Edward Gargan, Richard Carle, Robert McKenzie
A romantic triangle results when Jeanette Desmereau (Claudette Colbert) tries to help two men, Cyrus Anderson (Fred MacMurray) and Jack Bristow (Robert Young).
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Cimarron 1931 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor, Nance O'Neil, William Collier Jr., Roscoe Ates, George E. Stone, Robert McWade, Edna May Oliver, Frank Darien, Stanley Fields, Judith Barrett, Eugene Jackson, Frank Beal, Helen Parrish
This early sound film won the Academy Award for Best Picture and is based on Edna Ferber's novel about the hardships faced by Yancey and Sabra Cravat (Richard Dix and Irene Dunne) staking a land claim during the Oklahoma land rush. Yancey starts a newspaper business and crusades for justice. His efforts lead to long separations from Sabra, which prove fatal for the marriage, and Yancey leaves Sabra and their children to continue his "quick draw" brand of justice. With help from her friend, Mrs. Wyatt (Edna May Oliver), Sabra takes over the newspaper business and turns it into a powerful empire.
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College Humor 1933  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Joe Sawyer, Mary Kornman
Professor Danvers (Bing Crosby) falls for popular co-ed, Barbara (Mary Carlisle), in this film providing a humorous look at academia.
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The Gilded Lily 1935 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, C. Aubrey Smith, Luis Alberni, Eddie Craven, Donald Meek, Grace Bradley, Tom Dugan, Claude King
Marilyn David (Claudette Colbert) must decide between two potential husbands: English duke Charles Gray (Ray Milland) and American Pete Dawes (Fred MacMurray). Good performance by MacMurray helped him reach stardom.
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Invitation to Happiness 1939 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, Charles Ruggles, Billy Cook, William Collier Sr., Eddie Hogan, Marion Martin, Gordon Jones, Doodles Weaver, Virginia Brissac
Boxer Albert "King" Cole (Fred MacMurray) strives for both fame in the ring and love from his estranged wife, Eleanor (Irene Dunne), and finds difficulty in both efforts.
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 I'm No Angel 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Mae West, Cary Grant, Edward Arnold, Kent Taylor, Gregory Ratoff, Ralf Harolde, Gertrude Michael, Russell Hopton, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Pendleton, Gertrude Howard
This is one of Mae West's best films. She plays a lion tamer in a sideshow who becomes entangled in an affair that results in a court case where she proves more than capable of providing her own defense.
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See Here, Private Hargrove 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Robert Walker, Donna Reed, Robert Benchley, Keenan Wynn, Ray Collins, Bob Crosby, Chill Wills, Grant Mitchell, Frank Faylen, Douglas Fowley
Raw recruit Private Marion Hargrove (Robert Walker) learns the basics about army life in this very funny story.
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Sing, You Sinners 1938 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Bing Crosby, Fred MacMurray, Ellen Drew, Donald O'Connor, Elizabeth Patterson, John Gallaudet, William Haade, Irving Bacon, Tom Dugan
When Joe Beebe (Bing Crosby) wheels and deals his way to ownership of a racehorse, the whole Beebe family joins in the act by following "their" horse from track to track.
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Slightly Dangerous 1943  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Lana Turner, Robert Young, Walter Brennan, Dame May Whitty, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Florence Bates, Ray Collins, Ward Bond, Paul Stanton, Millard Mitchell, Pamela Blake
Peggy Evans (Lana Turner) leaves her small town and heads for New York City where she pretends to be a missing heiress and gets herself in a lot of trouble for her efforts.
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Somewhere I'll Find You 1942 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane, Reginald Owen, Lee Patrick, Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Keye Luke, Charles Dingle
War correspondents Johnny Davis (Clark Gable) and Paula Lane (Lana Turner) find the heat of their passions is almost as strong as the heat of war in this film about love among the tragedies of war.
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Too Many Husbands 1940 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, Melvyn Douglas, Harry Davenport, Dorothy Peterson, Melville Cooper, Edgar Buchanan, Tom Dugan, Sam McDaniel, Larry Steers, Billy Wayne
This film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's play, "Home and Beauty," features Fred MacMurray as Bill Cardew who was reported drowned at sea and now comes home to find his "widow" Vickie (Jean Arthur) in love with her new husband, Henry Lowndes (Melvyn Douglas). This film was remade as "Three for the Show."
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True Confession 1937  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy, Lynne Overman, Fritz Feld, Hattie McDaniel, Irving Bacon
After being accused of a murder she did not commit, Helen Bartlett (Carole Lombard) confesses, and her lawyer husband Kenneth (Fred MacMurray) defends her. The film was remade as "Cross My Heart."
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You Belong to Me 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Clark, Ruth Donnelly, Melville Cooper, Maude Eburne, Ralph Peters, Renie Riano, Mary Treen
Following an accident on the ski slopes, romance blooms between Helen (Barbara Stanwyck) and Peter (Henry Fonda) in this lame comedy.
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| 1. Accent on Youth (1935)
2. Arizona (1940)
3. Bolero (1934)
4. The Bride Comes Home (1935)
5. Cimarron (1931)
6. College Humor (1933)
7. Condemned (1929)
8. The Gilded Lily (1935)
9. Invitation to Happiness (1939)
10. I'm No Angel (1933)
11. No Man of Her Own (1932)
12. See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)
13. Sing, You Sinners (1938)
14. Slightly Dangerous (1943)
15. Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
16. Too Many Husbands (1940)
17. True Confession (1937)
18. You Belong to Me (1941)
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