Across the Wide Missouri 1951  N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Ricardo Montalban, John Hodiak, Adolphe Menjou, J. Carrol Naish, Jack Holt, Alan Napier, George Chandler, Richard Anderson, Douglas Fowley
Flint Mitchell (Clark Gable) and Ironshirt (Ricardo Montalban) are 19th-century pioneers who are intent on fur trapping while Indians are just as determined to keep them out of their hunting grounds.
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Battleground 1949  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, James Whitmore, Marshall Thompson, Jerome Courtland, Don Taylor, Richard Jaeckel, Leon Ames, Bruce Cowling, Douglas Fowley, Herbert Anderson, Thomas E. Breen, Denise Darcel
The Battle of the Bulge provides the setting for this realistic look at the pathos of war. Led by Holley (Van Johnson), the men of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division spend the winter of 1945 in the Ardennes Forest preparing to battle the German army. Trapped and demoralized, the men do manage to work together to defend their position. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Director (William A. Wellman), and Supporting Actor (James Whitmore, for his role as the battle-scarred sergeant, Kinnie). It won for Best Writing and Cinematography.
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Beau Geste 1939  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gary Cooper, Donald O'Connor, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, J. Carrol Naish, Susan Hayward, Charles Barton, Brian Donlevy, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, James Stephenson, Heather Thatcher, James Burke, G.P. Huntley, Harold Huber
The Geste brothers–Beau (Gary Cooper), John (Ray Milland), and Digby (Robert Preston)–flee the country after Beau takes the blame for the theft of a family jewel that their aunt, Lady Brandon (Heather Thatcher) stole. They join the French Foreign Legion where Beau and John end up under the leadership of brutal Sergeant Markoff (Brian Donlevy). Tragedies ensue when the Arabs attack, and Beau is seriously wounded. Unbeknownst to the brothers, Markoff believes that Beau has the family jewel in his possession and searches Beau for the jewel. Beau kills Markoff and then dies. By story's end, John is the only surviving brother, and he returns home to give his aunt a note from Beau explaining why he ran away. Brian Donlevy received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Blood Alley 1955  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroeger, Mike Mazurki, Anita Ekberg, Henry Nakamura, W.T. Chang, George Chan
Chinese refugees escaping the Communist regime are led to Hong Kong by Merchant Marine Captain Tom Wilder (John Wayne).
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 Buffalo Bill 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell, Edgar Buchanan, Anthony Quinn, Moroni Olsen, Frank Fenton, Chief Thundercloud, Sidney Blackmer
Indian scout and Wild West showman William Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, is portrayed by Joel McCrea in this epic biography.
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Call of the Wild 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Frank Conroy, Reginald Owen, Sidney Toler, Katherine DeMille, Charles Stevens, James Burke, Herman Bing, Lalo Encinas, Thomas E. Jackson, Russ Powell, George MacQuarrie, Wade Boteler
In this film adaptation of Jack London's tale of searching for gold in Alaska, Jack Thornton (Clark Gable) plans to head to Alaska for the gold rush, but he loses his money in a poker game. He buys a Saint Bernard named "Buck" from cruel owner Smith (Frank Conroy) and trains Buck as a sled dog. Later, an angry Smith bets Jack $1,000 that Buck can't pull a sled. Buck accomplishes the feat, and Jack wins the money he needs for the Alaska trip. With his friend Shorty (Jack Oakie), Jack sets out for Alaska where he meets Claire (Loretta Young) whose prospector husband (Reginald Owen) is missing, and Jack's adventures continue.
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College Coach 1933 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Pat O'Brien, Arthur Byron, Lyle Talbot, Hugh Herbert, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Donald Meek, John Wayne, Ward Bond
Corruption in college sports is part of the theme of this film in which Phil Sargent (Dick Powell) is a young chemistry major AND football player who wins the big game for Coach Gore (Pat O'Brien). Watch for USC player John Wayne in a bit part.
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Darby's Rangers 1958 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes, Corey Allen, Stuart Whitman, Murray Hamilton, William Wellman Jr., Frieda Inescort, Reginald Owen
Colonel William Darby (James Garner) and his commando unit train in England for missions in Africa and Italy during World War II.
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Gallant Journey 1946 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers, Arthur Shields, Jimmy Lloyd, Charles Kemper, Willard Robertson, Selena Royle, Chris-Pin Martin
This film is the biography of John J. Montgomery who made the first successful flight in a glider and was one of the pioneers in the emerging field of aviation.
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The Great Man's Lady 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Thurston Hall, K.T. Stevens, Lucien Littlefield, Lloyd Corrigan, Etta McDaniel, Mary Treen, Frank M. Thomas
Pioneer Hanna Sempler (Barbara Stanwyck) reflects on her long life and the love and support she gave her husband, Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea). 1 User Review
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| | Hattie 06/27/2009 | | I watched this show many years ago...enjoyed it greatly...have not seen it since...would not mind it being a re-run...if I could see it again. |
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The Happy Years 1950   N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dean Stockwell, Darryl Hickman, Scotty Beckett, Leon Ames, Margalo Gillmore, Leo G. Carroll, George Chandler, Danny Mummert, Peter M. Thompson
Based on Owen Johnson's "Lawrenceville Stories," Dean Stockwell plays prep-schooler John Humperdink Storer who struggles with professors, girls, and older students as he grows through his adolescent years. 1 User Review
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| | Great Movie | bobbyb 07/22/2007 | | The real story here is a boy growing into a man. Cast and Characters made you want to watch more. Stover is so cool. |
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The Hatchet Man 1932 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges, Leslie Fenton, J. Carrol Naish, Edmund Breese, Tully Marshall, Charles Middleton, Noel Madison, Blanche Friderici
Life during an earlier era in San Francisco's Chinatown is depicted in this story about love and ethnic conventions involving ritual executioner Wong Low Get (Edward G. Robinson) and his bride, Toya (Loretta Young).
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Heroes for Sale 1933 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Richard Barthelmess, Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Gordon Westcott, Robert Barrat, Grant Mitchell, Charley Grapewin, Douglass Dumbrille, Ward Bond, Frank Darien, Berton Churchill, Robert McWade, G. Pat Collins, Margaret Seddon, Arthur Vinton
As the country heads for the Great Depression in 1929, Tom and Ruth Holmes (Richard Barthelmess and Loretta Young) manage to cope with Tom's morphine addiction that he got while recuperating from an injury suffered during World War I. Tom is treated and released from an asylum and finds work at a laundry. He becomes friends with Max Brinker (Robert Barrat) who has invented a washing machine, and they form a partnership. Later, the machines put Tom and his coworkers out of business, which results in a riot during which Ruth is killed. By story's end, Tom has donated his fortune from the washing machine business to Mary (Aline MacMahon) so that she can feed the hungry during the Depression, and Tom is out roaming the streets looking for a job.
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 The High and the Mighty 1954 G, 147 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Newton, Robert Stack, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Sidney Blackmer, Ann Doran, David Brian
Passengers' emotions rise to the surface when their airplane is in danger of crashing into the Pacific Ocean. All of the "Airplane" comedies resulted from this, the first airplane disaster film. The film won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score and had four other nominations, including Best Director and two for Supporting Actress (Jan Sterling and Claire Trevor).
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The Iron Curtain 1948 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: Behind the Iron Curtain
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Berry Kroeger, Edna Best, Stefan Schnabel, Nicholas Joy, Eduard Franz, John Ridgely, Noel Cravat
Igor Gouzenko (Dana Andrews) is a clerk in the Soviet Embassy in Canada who defects to the West and reveals horrors of living under Communism during the reign of Stalin.
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Island in the Sky 1953 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, Walter Abel, James Arness, Andy Devine, Harry Carey Jr., Regis Toomey, Darryl Hickman, Paul Fix, Bob Steele
Dooley (John Wayne) and the crew of his C-47 are forced into a crash landing in the frozen Arctic where their knowledge of survival tactics helps to keep them alive while awaiting rescue.
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Lady of Burlesque 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Striptease Lady
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian, Gloria Dickson, Marion Martin, Pinky Lee, Frank Conroy, Charles Dingle, Frank Fenton
Based on Gypsy Rose Lee's novel, "The G-String Murders," this is a witty drama about striptease artist Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck) who becomes involved in murders at her burlesque theater.
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Lafayette Escadrille 1958 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Tab Hunter, Etchika Choureau, William Wellman Jr., Jody McCrea, David Janssen, Will Hutchins, Clint Eastwood, Marcel Dalio, Paul Fix, Tom Laughlin
During World War I an American, Thad Walker (Tab Hunter), joins the French Foreign Legion and later becomes a flyer in the French Air Corps.
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The Light That Failed 1939 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Ronald Colman, Walter Huston, Muriel Angelus, Ida Lupino, Dudley Digges, Ernest Cossart, Pedro de Cordoba, Halliwell Hobbes, Francis McDonald, George Chandler
Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this film is about a painter, Dick Heldor (Ronald Colman), who races to finish his masterpiece–a portrait of Bessie Broke (Ida Lupino)–before blindness overtakes him.
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Magic Town 1947 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks, Wallace Ford, Regis Toomey, Donald Meek, Ann Doran, Ann Shoemaker, Mickey Kuhn, Larry Wheat
After a pollster, Rip Smith (James Stewart), finds the quintessential American town, troubles brew when the resulting publicity exposes the quiet town to the rest of the world.
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Men with Wings 1938 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell, Andy Devine, Walter Abel, Virginia Weidler, Donald O'Connor, Lynne Overman, Porter Hall, Kitty Kelly
Look for a young Donald O'Connor as one of the boys shown as the film begins in this story about two fliers (Ray Milland and Fred MacMurray) who both love the same woman (Louise Campbell).
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Midnight Mary 1933 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone, Andy Devine, Una Merkel, Frank Conroy, Warren Hymer, Harold Huber, Charley Grapewin, Halliwell Hobbes, Ivan F. Simpson, Sandy Roth, Martha Sleeper, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Louise Beavers
While Mary (Loretta Young) is on trial for murder, her story is told through flashbacks. She grows up in poverty, and when she reaches adulthood Mary gets mixed up with Leo the Rat (Ricardo Cortez) and his gang of crooked gamblers (Warren Hymer, Harold Huber, Una Merkel, and Sandy Roth). After meeting wealthy lawyer Tom and becoming romantically involved with him, Mary tries to straighten out her life. But, she finds it difficult to escape her past, and she is torn between "good" Tom and "bad" Leo. Good Wellman and Young efforts.
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My Man and I 1952 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalban, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Jack Elam, Robert Burton, Jose Torvay, George Chandler, Pascual Garcia Pena, Juan Torena
A Mexican migrant worker, Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), is entranced with a suicidal dancer, Nancy (Shelley Winters), and also runs into legal problems with his employer Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) after an accidental shooting.
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Night Nurse 1931 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon, Charles Winninger, Clark Gable, Edward J. Nugent, Blanche Friderici, Walter McGrail, Ralf Harolde, Vera Lewis, Charlotte Merriam, Marcia Mae Jones, Jed Prouty, Allan Lane, Betty Jane Graham
Student nurse Lora Hart (Barbara Stanwyck) learns of a plot to starve her young patients Nanny (Marcia Mae Jones) and Desney (Betty Jane Graham) who are heirs to a large inheritance. The family chauffeur Nick (Clark Gable) plans to marry the children's mother (Charlotte Merriam), and he wants to take control of the inheritance. Now it is up to Lora's nurse friend B. Maloney (Joan Blondell) and bootlegging boyfriend Mortie (Ben Lyon) to come to Laura's aid and save the children.
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Nothing Sacred 1937 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winninger, Walter Connolly, Sig Ruman, Frank Fay, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Margaret Hamilton, Olin Howland, Hedda Hopper
When Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard) is told that she has only six weeks to live, reporter Wally Cook's (Fredric March) newspaper sends her to New York City for an all-expense-paid final fling. There is one little problem: the diagnosis is wrong! An excellent film that was remade in 1954 as "Living It Up" starring Jerry Lewis.
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Other Men's Women 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Cagney, Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, Joan Blondell, Fred Kohler, J. Farrell MacDonald, Walter Long, Lillian Worth, Pat Hartigan, Lucille Ward, Pat Harmon, Kewpie Morgan, Bob Perry, Lee Moran
Passions seethe while Lily (Mary Astor) is at one corner of a love triangle involving railroad workers Bill (Grant Withers) and Jack (Regis Toomey)–and Jack is her husband. The two men fight on a train, Jack falls off the engine, and his injuries leave him permanently blind. Later, a torrential rainstorm hits the area, and a railway bridge is threatened by the swelling waters. Bill tries to save the bridge by stalling a train on the bridge to give it extra weight. But, Jack takes over, throws Bill off the train, and drives the train to the bridge where it crashes into the water, bringing about his demise.
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The Ox-Bow Incident 1943  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, William Eythe, Jane Darwell, Marc Lawrence, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Matt Briggs, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Willard Robertson
Cowboys Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry Morgan) ride into a small Nevada town and have a drink at a bar. The next thing they know, they are in the midst of a barroom brawl, which sets them apart from the locals. The sheriff is out of town, and a lynch mob forms, led by Major Tetley (Frank Conroy), when the news is revealed that a rancher has been killed by rustlers. The cowboys ride out of town and witness the mob hanging three men. When they learn that no rancher was killed, the cowboys' reaction is to search for the truth and bring justice to the killing of three innocent men. This film presents a psychological view of mob violence and its aftermath and is based on a true story that took place during 1885 in Nevada. A great Western that received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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 The Public Enemy 1931 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Mae Clarke, Beryl Mercer, Leslie Fenton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Clark "Buddy" Burroughs, Frankie Darro, Frank Coghlan Jr., Tyrell Davis
This gangster film was the vehicle that catapulted James Cagney to the top as a portrayer of tough guys. Tom Powers (Cagney) rises from the slums of Chicago to become a vicious racketeer only to find that the fall from power is inevitable.
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Reaching for the Sun 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Albert Dekker, Billy Gilbert, George Chandler, Regis Toomey, Bodil Rosing, James Burke, Charles D. Brown
A country fisherman moves to Detroit to find work in a factory for which he plans to earn extra cash to spend on his fishing boat in this amusing film.
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Ring of Fear 1954  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: James Edward Grant, William A. Wellman
Cast: Clyde Beatty, Mickey Spillane, Pat O'Brien, Sean McClory, Marian Carr, John Bromfield, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Emmett Lynn, Jack Stang, Kenneth Tobey, Kathy Cline
Clyde Beatty stars as himself as the Clyde Beatty traveling circus is the target of a homicidal maniac. When police have problems solving the case, they call in mystery writer Mickey Spillane (playing himself) in this pop culture film of the era.
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The Robin Hood of El Dorado 1936 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Warner Baxter, Ann Loring, Bruce Cabot, Margo, J. Carrol Naish, Edgar Kennedy, Charles Trowbridge, Francis McDonald, Edgar Kennedy, Soledad Jimenez, Carlos De Valdez, Eric Linden, Harvey Stephens, Ralph Remley, George Regas
Beautiful location shots enhance this definitely fictionalized biography of a real-life Mexican marauder, Joaquin Murrieta (Warner Baxter), who commits brutal crimes to avenge his wife Rosita's (Margo) death. Branded an outlaw, Joaquin joins forces with bandit Three-Fingered Jack (J. Carrol Naish), and they steal horses and guns for their army of Mexicans who join them on a rampage. Their brutality culminates in a deadly gun battle when Joaquin's friend Bill Warren (Bruce Cabot) leads a posse in pursuit of the marauders.
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Roxie Hart 1942 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, William Frawley, Spring Byington, George Chandler, Sara Allgood
Based on Nunnally Johnson's play, this story is set in the 1920s. Dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers) commits murder and then hires Billy Flynn (Adolphe Menjou) to defend her. Flynn and his protege, Homer Howard (George Montgomery), publicize her story, and mayhem reigns in this farce.
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Small Town Girl 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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So Big! 1932 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis, Alan Hale, Guy Kibbee, Mae Madison, Hardie Albright, Robert Warwick, Earle Foxe
This is the second rendition of Edna Ferber's novel about a schoolteacher who, after becoming a widow, turns to farming.
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 A Star Is Born 1937 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Andy Devine, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lionel Stander, Owen Moore, J.C. Nugent, Clara Blandick, Franklin Pangborn, Peggy Wood, Elizabeth Jenns, Wade Boteler, Edgar Kennedy, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams
This is an excellent production of the story of Norman Maine's (Fredric March) depression as his acting career fades just when his wife Esther Blodgett's (Janet Gaynor) professional star soars. While winning two Oscars, it was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Director.
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Star Witness 1931 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Walter Huston, Charles "Chic" Sale, Frances Starr, Grant Mitchell, Sally Blane, Edward J. Nugent, Ralph Ince, Dickie Moore, Tom Dugan, Russell Hopton
After a family witnesses a crime committed by gangsters and offers to testify in court, gang members intimidate them into committing perjury to defeat the legal system.
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The Story of G.I. Joe 1945 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, Freddie Steele, Wally Cassell, Jimmy Lloyd, William Murphy, William Self, Dick Rich, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Tito Renaldo
During World War II, war correspondent Ernie Pyle wrote about the common fighting man–G.I. Joe. This film covers Pyle's (Burgess Meredith) tour of duty with Company C and its men about whom Pyle wrote. Robert Mitchum received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor.
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This Man's Navy 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason, Jan Clayton, Selena Royle, Noah Beery, Henry O'Neill, Steve Brodie, Paul Cavanagh, Blake Edwards
Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery) is an old salt who takes a young recruit, Jess Weaver (Tom Drake), under his wing. They form a close relationship, which ends tragically when Weaver's heroic action results in his death.
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 Thunder Birds 1942 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Dame May Whitty, George Barbier, Richard Haydn, Reginald Denny, Iris Adrian, Ted North, C. Montague Shaw, Joyce Compton
Set during World War II, this is the story of a love triangle between Kay Saunders (Gene Tierney), air cadet Steve Britt (Preston Foster), and his trainer Peter Stackhouse (John Sutton).
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Westward the Women 1951  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Marilyn Erskine, Julie Bishop, Frankie Darro, Renata Vanni, George Chandler, Henry Nakamura
Buck (Robert Taylor) is hired to lead a wagon train of mail-order brides from Chicago to California in this surprisingly good Western.
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Wild Boys of the Road 1933 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Frankie Darro, Dorothy Coonan Wellman, Edwin Phillips, Rochelle Hudson, Ann Hovey, Grant Mitchell, Sterling Holloway, Charley Grapewin, Ward Bond, Arthur Hohl, Minna Gombell, Claire McDowell, Robert Barrat, Willard Robertson, Wade Boteler
California teenagers Eddie Smith (Frankie Darro) and Tommy Gordon (Edwin Phillips) find their families suffering during the early Depression era and run away to find work. They hop a train and meet others on their trip east, including Sally (Dorothy Coonan Wellman) and Grace (Rochelle Hudson). The mobile group of teens turns into outlaws, and they become involved with other teens, just like themselves, in a quest for survival during desperate times.
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 Wings 1927 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Action
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Tucker, Henry B. Walthall, Roscoe Karns, Julia Swayne Gordon
"Wings" won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. It is a silent film that depicts the World War I Air Corps aerial flight sequences and an anti-war statement that tells of buddies who fly in the face of danger.
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Yellow Sky 1948 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Robert Arthur, John Russell, Harry Morgan, James Barton, Charles Kemper, Jay Silverheels, Robert Adler
Outlaws arrive in an Arizona ghost town and are confronted by a woman (Anne Baxter) living there alone with just her prospecting grandfather for company. They have hit gold, don't plan on giving it up easily to the robbers, and the battle begins.
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| 1. Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
2. Battleground (1949)
3. Beau Geste (1939)
4. Beggars of Life (1928)
5. Blood Alley (1955)
6. Buffalo Bill (1944)
7. Call of the Wild (1935)
8. College Coach (1933)
9. The Conquerors (1932)
aka: Pioneer Builders
10. Darby's Rangers (1958)
11. Gallant Journey (1946)
12. Good-Bye, My Lady (1956)
13. The Great Man's Lady (1942)
14. The Happy Years (1950)
15. The Hatchet Man (1932)
16. Heroes for Sale (1933)
17. The High and the Mighty (1954)
18. The Iron Curtain (1948)
aka: Behind the Iron Curtain
19. Island in the Sky (1953)
20. Lady of Burlesque (1943)
aka: Striptease Lady
21. Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
22. The Light That Failed (1939)
23. Love Is a Racket (1932)
24. Magic Town (1947)
25. Men with Wings (1938)
26. Midnight Mary (1933)
27. My Man and I (1952)
28. The Next Voice You Hear (1950)
29. Night Nurse (1931)
30. Nothing Sacred (1937)
31. Other Men's Women (1931)
32. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
33. The Public Enemy (1931)
34. Reaching for the Sun (1941)
35. Ring of Fear (1954)
36. The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
37. Roxie Hart (1942)
38. Small Town Girl (1936)
aka: One Horse Town
39. So Big! (1932)
40. A Star Is Born (1937)
41. Star Witness (1931)
42. The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
43. This Man's Navy (1945)
44. Thunder Birds (1942)
45. Track of the Cat (1954)
46. Westward the Women (1951)
47. Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
48. Wings (1927)
49. Yellow Sky (1948)
50. Young Eagles (1930)
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