Andy Hardy Comes Home 1958  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard W. Koch
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, Sara Haden, Joey Forman, Jerry Colonna, Vaughn Taylor, Frank Ferguson, William Leslie, Tom Duggan, Teddy Rooney
Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney), now a West-Coast lawyer and married with children, comes home on business. He wants to arrange for an aircraft factory to be built in his hometown. But, Andy runs into trouble buying land and gets involved in local politics.
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The Couch 1962  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Owen Crump
Cast: Shirley Knight, Grant Williams, Onslow Stevens, William Leslie, Hope Summers, Michael Bachus, Anne Helm, Simon Scott, Harry Holcombe, John Alvin
Co-written by Blake Edwards, Owen Crump, and Robert Bloch, this suspenseful story involves a psychopath who notifies police of his intended victims just prior to their murders.
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Hellcats of the Navy 1957 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Nathan Juran
Cast: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Davis, Arthur Franz, Robert Arthur, Harry Lauter, Selmer Jackson, William Leslie, Joe Turkel, Don Keefer, Maurice Manson
This is a war drama about a Navy submarine commander (Ronald Reagan) who endures the dangers of submarine patrol while his love, Helen (Nancy Davis), waits for his return. This is the only time the couple appeared together in a movie.
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The Long Gray Line 1955  N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer, Harry Carey Jr., Patrick Wayne, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone, Martin Milner, Robert Francis, Philip Carey, William Leslie, Sean McClory
For 50 years, Irish coach Martin Maher (Tyrone Power) worked for, encouraged, and loved West Point's cadets from his vantage point in the athletic department. This is Maher's personal story interwoven with those of special cadets he coached over the years.
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Operation Mad Ball 1957  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Mickey Rooney, Kathryn Grant, Ernie Kovacs, Arthur O'Connell, James Darren, Roger Smith, Dick York, L.Q. Jones, William Leslie, Sheridan Comerate, Jeanne Manet, Richard Bull, William Hickey, Paul Picerni
As a way to raise morale, World War II American soldiers stationed in France plan a big blast of a party and invite the nurses who they work with. But, the nurses are officers, and the soldiers are enlisted men, and they are not allowed to fraternize. Their commanding officer, Capt. Locke (Ernie Kovacs) sticks by the rules, so Pvt. Hogan (Jack Lemmon), with help from Sgt. Yancy Skibo (Mickey Rooney), sneaks around and arranges for the party to be held at a local hotel managed by Mme. LaFour (Jeanne Manet). One of the nurses, Betty Bixby (Kathryn Grant), is Hogan's love interest, and she is not sure that the scheme will work.
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Queen Bee 1955 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ranald MacDougall
Cast: Joan Crawford, Barry Sullivan, Betsy Palmer, John Ireland, Fay Wray, Tim Hovey, William Leslie, Lucy Marlow, Bill Walker, Olan Soule
Eva Phillips (Joan Crawford) rules the roost at her Southern mansion as she drives her husband (Barry Sullivan) to alcohol and his sister (Betsy Palmer) to suicide–then, her former lover (John Ireland) plots to end her evil reign in the only way possible: MURDER.
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Up Periscope 1959 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: James Garner, Edmond O'Brien, Andra Martin, Alan Hale Jr., Carleton Carpenter, Frank Gifford, William Leslie, Richard Bakalyan, Edd Byrnes, Sean Garrison
Navy frogman Lt. Ken Braden (James Garner) is on a mission to sneak onto a little Japanese-held island and steal a secret code book. But to get there he must travel on a submarine commanded by a captain (Edmond O'Brien) that he just can't seem to get along with. Average World War II fare.
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| 1. Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)
2. Bring Your Smile Along (1955)
3. The Couch (1962)
4. Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
5. The Long Gray Line (1955)
6. Operation Mad Ball (1957)
7. Queen Bee (1955)
8. Up Periscope (1959)
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