Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man 1951  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Lamont
Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz, Sheldon Leonard, William Frawley, Adele Jergens, Syd Saylor, Edward Gargan, Gavin Muir
Detectives Bud Alexander (Bud Abbott) and Lou Francis (Lou Costello) come to the aid of a boxer who injects himself with a powerful serum enabling him to become invisible. Unseen, he helps the detectives search for clues that will free him from a murder charge.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
aka: Huckleberry Finn
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Rex Ingram, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Lynne Carver, Jo Ann Sayers, Minor Watson, Elisabeth Risdon, Victor Kilian, Clara Blandick, Wade Boteler, Irving Bacon, Frank Darien, Roger Imhof, E. Alyn Warren
This is a very good remake of the Mark Twain classic as the innocent boy, Huck (Mickey Rooney), and runaway slave Jim (Rex Ingram) meet adventures and become friends as they raft down the Mississippi River. During their trip, Huck and Jim run into con-men "the King" (Walter Connolly) and "the Duke" (William Frawley) who impersonate royalty as part of their swindling schemes. True to Twain's story.
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Alibi Ike 1935  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Joe E. Brown, Olivia de Havilland, William Frawley, Ruth Donnelly, Roscoe Karns, Joe King, Paul Harvey, Spencer Charters, Joseph Crehan, Eddie Shubert
This Ring Lardner comedy is about a baseball pitcher (Joe E. Brown) who is the center of many events that go wrong as he continues to persevere. 2 User Reviews
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| | 07/28/2007 | | I HAVE BEEN A PHILLIES FAN FOR 47 YEARS AND I TRULY LOVE THIS MOVIE. IT SHOULD BE PRODUCED ON DVD!!!!!!! |
| | 07/28/2007 | GREAT MOVIE!!!!!!! THIS IS A LONG FORGOTTEN CLASSIC BUT I TAPED IT OFF MY SATELLITE DISH THIS MORNING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE ELMER THE GREAT AND FIREMAN SAVE MY CHILD!!!!!! GOD BLESS JOE E. BROWN!!!!!!!
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The Babe Ruth Story 1948  N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: William Bendix, Claire Trevor, Charles Bickford, Sam Levene, William Frawley, Paul Cavanagh, Mark Koenig, Mel Allen, Harry Wismer, Lloyd Gough
William Bendix is a good George Herman "Babe" Ruth in this biography of the famed slugger but–the "Babe" is portrayed as a self-centered child who never was forced to grow up and take responsibility for his actions.
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Blondie in Society 1941 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank R. Strayer
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale, William Frawley, Garry Owen, Danny Mummert, Edgar Kennedy, Irving Bacon, Chick Chandler
The Bumsteads (Arthur Lake and Penny Singleton) adopt a Great Dane and enter the elite world of dog shows.
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Blondie's Anniversary 1947  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Abby Berlin
Cast: Arthur Lake, Penny Singleton, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Adele Jergens, Jerome Cowan, Grant Mitchell, William Frawley, Jack Rice, Eddie Acuff
Anniversaries come and go but few compare with the Bumsteads' comedy of errors when Blondie thinks that Dagwood's new watch is going to be her gift.
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Blondie's Hero 1950 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Bernds
Cast: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, William Frawley, Larry Simms, Marjorie Kent, Danny Mummert, Joe Sawyer, Iris Adrian, Teddy Infuhr, Frank Jenks
Dagwood accidentally joins the Army Reserves in this next-to-last entry of the long-running series.
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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 Came C. O. D. 1941  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Keighley
Cast: James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin, Eugene Pallette, Jack Carson, George Tobias, Harry Davenport, William Frawley, Edward Brophy, William Hopper
Runaway bride Joan (Bette Davis) is kidnapped by down-and-out pilot Steve (Jimmy Cagney) on behalf of her father. They end up getting along after the standard trials common to such story lines. Actually, it's a fun movie.
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The Crime Doctor 1934 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John S. Robertson
Cast: Nils Asther, G. Pat Collins, Frank Conroy, Donald Crisp, William Frawley, Samuel S. Hinds, Fred Kelsey, Otto Kruger, J. Farrell MacDonald, Karen Morley
A detective seeks to commit the perfect crime. He suspects his wife of having an affair and kills a woman who is blackmailing the suspected man involved in the affair. However, this doesn't solve the problem in this tragic tale.
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Crime Doctor's Man Hunt 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Ellen Drew, William Frawley, Frank Sully, Claire Carleton, Bernard Nedell, Jack Lee, Olin Howland, Francis Pierlot, Myron Healey
Forensic psychologist Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) gets involved in a case of Irene Cotter's (Ellen Drew) murder of two gangsters who had killed her brother.
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Desire 1936 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Marc Lawrence, Ernest Cossart, Alan Mowbray, Zeffie Tilbury, Harry Antrim, Harry Depp, Albert Pollet
In this comedy, Madeleine de Beaupre (Marlene Dietrich) tries to smuggle a piece of jewelry across the French border–in the pocket of innocent Tom Bradley (Gary Cooper) who is on his way to a holiday in Spain.
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Double or Nothing 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Theodore Reed
Cast: Bing Crosby, Martha Raye, Andy Devine, Mary Carlisle, William Frawley, Fay Holden, Benny Baker, Samuel S. Hinds, William Henry, Walter Kingsford
With a million dollars at stake, Lefty Boylan (Bing Crosby), Liza Lou Lane (Martha Raye), Half-Pint (Andy Devine), and Peterson (William Frawley) all compete for the prize in this zany musical/ comedy.
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 Down to Earth 1947 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, Marc Platt, Edward Everett Horton, Roland Culver, James Gleason, William Frawley, Jean Donahue, William Haade, Adele Jergens, George Macready, Kathleen O'Malley, James Burke, Eddie Acuff, Alan Bridge
Rita Hayworth plays the Greek Goddess Terpsichore who visits Earth in the human form of Kitty Pendleton when she learns that Broadway producer Danny Miller (Larry Parks) is putting on a musical satire about Greek goddesses. She comes to help with the show but ends up landing a role in the play. Now, she gets Danny to change the show from a satire into a "work of art." But, her ideas are not very good, and the show turns into a major flop, but our Greek goddess makes everything right. Remade as "Xanadu" in 1980.
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East Side, West Side 1949 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, James Mason, Van Heflin, Ava Gardner, Cyd Charisse, Nancy Davis, Gale Sondergaard, William Conrad, William Frawley, Raymond Greenleaf
An upper-class Manhattan couple, Jessie and Brandon Bourne (Barbara Stanwyck and James Mason), have marital problems because of Brandon's roaming eye.
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The Farmer's Daughter 1940 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James P. Hogan
Cast: Martha Raye, Charles Ruggles, Richard Denning, Gertrude Michael, William Frawley, Inez Courtney, William Demarest, Tom Dugan, Darryl Hickman, Si Jenks
Show business comes to the farmlands and the audience will say "so what." Martha Raye is a bright spot.
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The Fighting Seabees 1944 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, William Forrest, Leonid Kinskey, J.M. Kerrigan, Grant Withers, Paul Fix, Addison Richards, Roy Brent
The danger inherent in those who serve with the Seabees is the focus of this World War II film starring John Wayne as a construction boss.
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Flame of Barbary Coast 1945 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: John Wayne, Ann Dvorak, Joseph Schildkraut, William Frawley, Virginia Grey, Butterfly McQueen, Paul Fix, Marc Lawrence, Russell Hicks, Jack Norton
Montana rancher Duke Fergus (John Wayne) goes to San Francisco where he confronts the famous San Francisco earthquake AND a love affair with saloon singer Flaxen Tarry (Ann Dvorak).
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Footsteps in the Dark 1941 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale, Lee Patrick, Allen Jenkins, Lucile Watson, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Grant Mitchell
While looking for ideas for crime novels, writer Francis Warren (Errol Flynn) heads for the seamy side of the city and ends up solving a real crime.
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The General Died at Dawn 1936 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Thriller
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Akim Tamiroff, Dudley Digges, Porter Hall, William Frawley, J.M. Kerrigan, Philip Ahn, Leonid Kinskey, Paul Harvey, Lee Tung Foo, Val Durand, Willie Fung, Russell Hicks, John O'Hara
An American adventurer, O'Hara (Gary Cooper), travels across China with money to buy weapons needed to fight warlord General Yang (Akim Tamiroff). While on his mission, O'Hara falls in love with a beautiful spy, Judy (Madeleine Carroll), who is the daughter of Peter Perrie (Porter Hall). Peter happens to be one of Yang's agents. Judy and O'Hara are captured, and Yang orders that they be executed. When Judy and O"Hara manage to escape, Yang orders his guards to commit suicide, and then he dies.
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Gentleman Jim 1942 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Errol Flynn, Alan Hale, Jack Carson, Alexis Smith, Ward Bond, William Frawley, Rhys Williams, Minor Watson, Arthur Shields, John Loder
This is the biography of boxing champ Jim Corbett who fought in the 1890s when boxing was not always considered an accepted sport. Errol Flynn plays the title role with understanding and a dash of comedy.
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Going My Way 1944 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Musical
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh, Rise Stevens, Gene Lockhart, William Frawley, James Brown, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Fortunio Bonanova, Eily Malyon, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer, Julie Gibson, Georgie Nokes, Martin Garralaga
Besides winning the Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writer Awards, both Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald won Academy Awards for their roles as Father O'Malley and Father Fitzgibbon. In the film, Father O'Malley is sent to the parish to help the elderly Father Fitzgibbon. It is a heartwarming story about their developing friendship. To top off the Oscars, it also won for Best Song: "Swinging on a Star."
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Here Is My Heart 1934 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth, Reginald Owen, Cecilia Parker, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Arnt, Charles C. Wilson
A radio star (Bing Crosby) pretends to be a waiter to get close to a princess (Kitty Carlisle). "Love is Just Around the Corner" is one of the featured songs in this musical comedy.
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Hit Parade of 1947 1947 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Frank McDonald
Cast: Eddie Albert, Constance Moore, Joan Edwards, Gil Lamb, Bill Goodwin, William Frawley, Roy Rogers, Richard Lane, Frank Fenton, Ralph Sanford
Kip Walker (Eddie Albert) and his fellow performers rise to stardom in a variety of fields of show business.
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: June Haver, Mark Stevens, Martha Stewart, Reginald Gardiner, Lenore Aubert, William Frawley, Gene Nelson, George Cleveland, Truman Bradley, Charles Judels, Harry Cheshire, Robert Emmett Keane, John Arledge, Dewey Robinson, Buddy Clark
In this is a film biography, Mark Stevens takes on the role of early-20th century songwriter Joe Howard (his singing voice was dubbed by Buddy Clark). Romance enters Joe's life, and he marries chorus girl Katie (June Haver). Songs include "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now," "What's the Use of Dreaming?", Goodbye My Lady Love," and "Hello My Baby."
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 The Inner Circle 1946 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Philip Ford
Cast: Warren Douglas, Adele Mara, William Frawley, Ricardo Cortez, Will Wright, Virginia Christine, Martha Montgomery, Ken Niles, Dorothy Adams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Gargan, Fred Graham
Private detective Johnny Strange (Warren Douglas) is framed for the murder of a popular radio personality. Johnny's solution: reenact the crime at the radio station using the suspects as participants and see if the truth can be sorted out.
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Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye 1950 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Paxton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond, Luther Adler, Barton MacLane, William Frawley, Steve Brodie, Rhys Williams, Kenneth Tobey
Shades of the B movie days, this fast-paced gangster film highlights Cagney as the ruthless gangster Ralph Cotter. Cotter and his cronies break out of jail and return to their life of crime.
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Lady on a Train 1945 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles David
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton, David Bruce, George Coulouris, Allen Jenkins, Dan Duryea, Jacqueline deWit, Patricia Morison, Elizabeth Patterson, Samuel S. Hinds, William Frawley
As her train pulls into Grand Central Station, Nikki (Deanna Durbin) glimpses a murder being committed in a nearby building. She reports the crime, but the police won't listen. So, Nikki investigates and gets involved with the dead man's off-beat family.
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Lake Placid Serenade 1944 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: Roy Rogers, Vera Ralston, John Litel, Walter Catlett, Robert Livingston, Stephanie Bachelor, Eugene Pallette, Barbara Jo Allen, William Frawley, Ruth Terry, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor
A foreign ice skater attending an ice carnival is stranded in the U.S. when war breaks out. Love ensues when she meets her uncle's young partner. Many old standards are sung.
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1934 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Marshall Nellan
Cast: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, William Frawley, Minna Gombell, Robert McWade, Henry B. Walthall, Kitty Kelly, Baby LeRoy, Clarence Wilson, Charles C. Wilson, Eddie Peabody, Edward LeSaint, Dell Henderson, Ann Sheridan, Lee Shumway
A reformed racetrack tipster (Lee Tracy) finds his past catching up with him as the legal system closes in. This film, based on a Damon Runyon story, was remade in 1951 with Bob Hope playing the title role.
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The Lemon Drop Kid 1951 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Andrea King, Fred Clark, Jay C. Flippen, William Frawley, Tom Dugan, Harry Bellaver, Sid Melton, Ben Welden, Ida Moore, Tor Johnson, Jack Kruschen
Based on a Damon Runyan story, this is the remake of the 1934 film about a reformed gangster, The Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope). The Kid accidentally gives gangster Moose Moran (Fred Clark) a bad tip on a race. Now Moran tells The Kid that he must come up with $10,000 to make up for what he would have won. The Kid sets up a fake charity–after all, it is Christmas–and begins to raise the needed funds. This is the film that introduced Ray Evans and Jay Livingston's Christmas ballad, "Silver Bells."
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The Lone Wolf and His Lady 1949 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: John Hoffman
Cast: Ron Randell, June Vincent, Alan Mowbray, William Frawley, Collette Lyons, Douglass Dumbrille, Arthur Space, Philip Van Zandt, Jack Overman, Robert Barrat
One last time around for the Lone Wolf as Ron Randell takes on the Lone Wolf role. This last one is probably the poorest as a valuable diamond is stolen from an exhibition and, of course, the Lone Wolf is the prime suspect, both because of his past and his presence on the scene as a news reporter.
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Mad About Music 1938 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, Helen Parrish, William Frawley, Jackie Moran, Elisabeth Risdon, Franklin Pangborn, Marcia Mae Jones
A young girl boards at a Swiss girls' school while her socialite mother pretends her daughter does not exist–all ends well when the daughter plays cupid and finds the ideal mate for her mother.
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 Miracle on 34th Street 1947  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: George Seaton
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, Thelma Ritter, Jerome Cowan, Gene Lockhart, Porter Hall, William Frawley, James Seay, Jack Albertson, Harry Antrim, Jeff Corey, Mary Field, Anthony Sydes
The new Santa Claus at Macy's Department Store teaches a lesson in faith to those who no longer believe in the spirit of Christmas. Jerome Cowan: "Your Honor, we request an immediate ruling from this court–is there or is there not a Santa Claus?" Edmund Gwenn received an Oscar for his great portrayal of Santa. There were two other Academy Awards (Best Writing-Original Story and Screenplay) and a nomination for Best Picture.
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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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One Night in the Tropics 1940 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Cummings, Mary Boland, William Frawley, Peggy Moran, Leo Carrillo, Don Alvarado, Eddie Acuff
This is Bud Abbott's and Lou Costello's movie debut. The story is about a romantic trio (Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, and Robert Cummings), but the real stars shine on Abbott and Costello.
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The Princess Comes Across 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, Douglass Dumbrille, Alison Skipworth, William Frawley, Porter Hall, Sig Ruman, Mischa Auer, George Barbier, Lumsden Hare
Pretending to be Swedish Princess Olga (Carole Lombard), a young actress from Brooklyn falls in love while sailing across the sea to get a movie contract.
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Professor Beware 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Phyllis Welch, Raymond Walburn, Lionel Stander, William Frawley, Thurston Hall, Cora Witherspoon, Sterling Holloway, Mary Lou Lender, Montagu Love, Etienne Girardot, Christian Rub, Spencer Charters, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Ward Bond
Archaeologist Prof. Dean Lambert (Harold Lloyd) is scheduled to go on trial, but there is a delay in the court proceedings, and he will miss an expedition to Egypt if he waits. Instead, he skips bail and heads out from Los Angeles to New York City. And the chase is on when he hops a train for the trip to New York during which he evades police, meets and is attracted to Jane (Phyllis Welch), and has adventures with hoboes.
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Rendezvous with Annie 1946 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe, Gail Patrick, Philip Reed, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, William Frawley, Wallace Ford, Will Wright, Lucien Littlefield
When a GI (Eddie Albert) went AWOL and visited his wife, she became pregnant. Now, nine months later, he tries to prove that he did indeed go AWOL and is the baby's father.
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Rhubarb 1951 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Arthur Lubin
Cast: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart, Elsie Holmes, William Frawley, Leonard Nimoy, Taylor Holmes, Donald MacBride, Strother Martin, Willard Waterman, Henry Slate, James Griffith, Jim Hayward, Tristram Coffin, James Flavin
Rhubarb is a cat that is willed to a baseball team–as the owner! Eric Yeager (Ray Milland) is appointed guardian of Rhubarb, and it becomes immediately apparent that Rhubarb brings good luck to the team, and the fun begins. Based on H. Allen Smith's best-selling novel.
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Rhythm on the River 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: Bing Crosby, Mary Martin, Basil Rathbone, Oscar Levant, John Scott Trotter, Charley Grapewin, William Frawley, Jeanne Cagney, Charles(2) Lane, Pierre Watkin
Ghostwriters Bob (Bing Crosby) and Cherry (Mary Martin) have been in the employ of music composer Oliver Courtney (Basil Rathbone). They fall in love and start writing in their own names. Naturally, they come up with a hit, but the story of their efforts is entertaining.
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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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Something to Sing About 1937 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama
aka: Battling Hoofer
Director: Victor Schertzinger
Cast: James Cagney, Evelyn Daw, William Frawley, Mona Barrie, Gene Lockhart, Philip Ahn, Dwight Frye, William B. Davidson, Richard Tucker, Kathleen Lockhart, Marek Windheim, Johnny Arthur, James Newill, Harry Barris, Cully Richards
The story involves New York bandleader Terry Rooney (James Cagney) who seeks fame and fortune in Hollywood. Rooney marries his band's vocalist Rita Wyatt (Evelyn Daw), and they head for Hollywood. He meets studio head Bennett O. Regan (Gene Lockhart) who wrongly believes that Rooney is arrogant and also wants him to keep his marriage a secret, so he and Rita put on a charade. The movie turns out to be a big success, but Regan hides that fact from Rooney, and Rooney does not discover his fame until he returns home from a South Seas cruise with Rita.
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Strike Me Pink 1936 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, William Frawley, Brian Donlevy, Jack La Rue, Harry Parke, Helen Lowell, Gordon Jones, Edward Brophy
This is a weak Eddie Cantor entry as he plays a mild-mannered tailor who becomes involved with the Mob when he takes on the job of manager of an amusement park.
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Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven 1948 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Girl from Texas
Director: William Castle
Cast: Guy Madison, Diana Lynn, James Dunn, Lionel Stander, Florence Bates, Michael Chekhov, Margaret Hamilton, Moyna MacGill, Irene Ryan, Colin(2) Campbell, Clem Bevans, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Erskine Sanford
Texas cowboy Eddie Taylor (Guy Madison) and city-girl Perry Dunklin (Diana Lynn) arrive in New York for fun, adventure, and fortune. But when Eddie falls in love with Perry, she does not return his affections. And while they do buy a Brooklyn riding academy, Eddie spends much of his time keeping Perry out of trouble.
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Untamed 1940 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Ray Milland, Patricia Morison, Akim Tamiroff, William Frawley, Darryl Hickman, Charlene Wyatt, Jane Darwell, Esther Dale
A New York surgeon, William Crawford (Ray Milland), visits Canada, and his trip coincides with an epidemic. After treating the citizens with a vaccine, Crawford is caught in a blizzard, and the rescue reveals his love affair with Alverna Easter (Patricia Morison) whose husband rescues them.
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The Virginian 1946 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Stuart Gilmore
Cast: Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, Barbara Britton, Fay Bainter, Tom Tully, Henry O'Neill, Marc Lawrence, Paul Guilfoyle, William Frawley
Joel McCrea is the fourth actor to play the lead role in this story of the good guy, the Eastern schoolteacher, the friend-gone-bad, and the villain (Brian Donlevy). OK; saved by Donlevy, who always makes a good villain.
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We've Never Been Licked 1943 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Rawlins
Cast: Richard Quine, Noah Beery Jr., Robert Mitchum, Anne Gwynne, Martha O'Driscoll, Moroni Olsen, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry Davenport, Mantan Moreland, William Frawley
A young American, raised in Japan, is faced with the dilemma of which country he wants to ally with following the Japanese attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor.
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| 1. Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
aka: Huckleberry Finn
3. Alibi Ike (1935)
4. The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
5. Blondie in Society (1941)
6. Blondie's Anniversary (1947)
7. Blondie's Hero (1950)
8. Bolero (1934)
9. The Bride Came C. O. D. (1941)
10. The Crime Doctor (1934)
11. Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946)
12. Desire (1936)
13. Double or Nothing (1937)
14. Down to Earth (1947)
15. East Side, West Side (1949)
16. The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
17. The Fighting Seabees (1944)
18. Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
19. Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
20. The General Died at Dawn (1936)
21. Gentleman Jim (1942)
22. Going My Way (1944)
23. Here Is My Heart (1934)
24. Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
25. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
26. The Inner Circle (1946)
27. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
28. Lady on a Train (1945)
29. The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
30. Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
31. The Lemon Drop Kid (1934)
32. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
33. The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)
34. Mad About Music (1938)
35. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
36. Mother Wore Tights (1947)
37. One Night in the Tropics (1940)
38. The Princess Comes Across (1936)
39. Professor Beware (1938)
40. Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
41. Rhubarb (1951)
42. Rhythm on the River (1940)
43. Roxie Hart (1942)
44. Something to Sing About (1937)
aka: Battling Hoofer
45. Strike Me Pink (1936)
46. Texas, Brooklyn and Heaven (1948)
aka: The Girl from Texas
47. Untamed (1940)
48. The Virginian (1946)
49. We've Never Been Licked (1943)
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