All That Heaven Allows 1955  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Conrad Nagel, Virginia Grey, Gloria Talbott, David Janssen, Gia Scala, Charles Drake, Hayden Rorke, William Reynolds, Jacqueline deWit, Leigh Snowden, Donald Curtis, Nestor Paiva
After her friend Sara (Agnes Moorehead) persuades New England widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) to reenter the social scene, Cary's life changes. Harvey (Conrad Nagel) proposes to her, but she turns him down. Cary meets a young gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), and becomes involved in a love affair with him. Now, Ron asks Cary to marry him, but the idea of this May/December marriage does not get support from her family and friends who believe that Ron is no more than a fortune hunter. Will love survive the pressures?
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Away All Boats 1956  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney
Cast: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams, Keith Andes, Richard Boone, Charles McGraw, Jock Mahoney, John McIntire, Frank Faylen, Grant Williams, Clint Eastwood, William Reynolds, Don Keefer, Kendall Clark
Ex-Merchant Marine Dave MacDougall (George Nader) is the Executive Officer on the attack transport U.S.S Belinda on which Capt. Jebediah Hawks (Jeff Chandler) commands and prepares his sailors for battle in the Pacific theater during World War II. Hawks trains his men and pretends to be a self-centered snob so that they will direct their frustrations at him instead of each other. MacDougall, however, sees what is going on and gives the sailors clues so that they will respect Hawks. The crew pulls together and manages to survive many Japanese attacks. Look fast for Clint Eastwood as a medic near the end of the film.
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The Big Beat 1957  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Will Cowan
Cast: William Reynolds, Andra Martin, Gogi Grant, Jeffrey Stone, Rose Marie, Hans Conried, Fats Domino, Leigh Taylor-Young, Harry James
Fats Domino singing "I'm Walking" and the Diamonds singing "Little Darling" are some of the highlights of this movie that features a good collection of musical talent (including the Mills Brothers, Harry James, George Shearing, and the Four Aces)–unfortunately, they are backed up by a silly plot.
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 Carrie 1952  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Mary Murphy, Basil Ruysdael, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley, Don Beddoe, Royal Dano, Sara Berner, William Reynolds, Walter Baldwin, Harry Hayden, Charles Halton
Based on Theodore Dreiser's novel, "Sister Carrie," this is the story of Carrie Meeber's (Jennifer Jones) rise in social status with the help of cultured George Hurstwood (Laurence Olivier) who throws caution to the wind as he gives his money away to promote the welfare of Carrie.
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The Cimarron Kid 1952  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Audie Murphy, Yvette Dugay, Beverly Tyler, John Hudson, James Best, Leif Erickson, Noah Beery Jr., Hugh O'Brian, John Hubbard, Gregg Palmer, Rand Brooks, William Reynolds, Roy Roberts, David Wolfe, John Bromfield
After being falsely accused of a train robbery, the Cimarron Kid (Audie Murphy) heads for the hills where he joins up with the outlaw Dalton gang, and they all take refuge on a ranch. The Cimarron Kid falls in love with the rancher's daughter, Carrie (Beverly Tyler), who reforms him, but he still agrees to one last robbery. The robbery goes bad, and the Cimarron Kid is sent to jail. But, Carrie promises to wait for his return.
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Has Anybody Seen My Gal? 1952 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Piper Laurie, Rock Hudson, Charles Coburn, Gigi Perreau, Lynn Bari, Larry Gates, William Reynolds, Skip Homeier, Paul Harvey, Frank Ferguson, Forrest Lewis, Gloria Holden, Fred Nurney, Helen Wallace, James Dean
Aging millionaire Samuel Fulton (Charles Coburn) has no family of his own and wants to leave his fortune to the Vermont family of the woman who long ago turned down his marriage proposal. But first, he wants to test them. He poses as a poor artist, rents a room from them, and anonymously gifts the family $100,000. The mother, Harriet (Lynn Bari), wants to move the family to a mansion and tells her daughter Millicent (Piper Laurie) that she should break up with her boyfriend Dan (Rock Hudson) and find a wealthy man. They run into problems along the way, but, by story's end, lessons are learned, and the family regains its senses and returns to its old lifestyle. Playing a customer at the drug store, James Dean makes his first film appearance.
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Mister Cory 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Charles Bickford, Kathryn Grant, Louise Lorimer, Russ Morgan, Dick Crockett, William Reynolds, Henry Daniell, Willis Bouchey
Cory (Tony Curtis) was a poor young man who made it big in the gambling world. When he returns to his boyhood home in the Chicago slums, he learns the errors of his way of life
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Son of Ali Baba 1952 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kurt Neumann
Cast: Tony Curtis, Piper Laurie, Susan Cabot, William Reynolds, Hugh O'Brian, Victor Jory, Morris Ankrum, Philip Van Zandt, Gerald Mohr, Robert Barrat, Leon Belasco
Kashma Baba (Tony Curtis) sets out to save the beautiful princess Kiki (Piper Laurie) and to rescue the treasures of his kingdom.
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There's Always Tomorrow 1956 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, Pat Crowley, Jane Darwell, William Reynolds, Gigi Perreau, Myrna Hansen, Paul Smith, Ross Hunter
Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray) is a successful businessman who questions his own happiness as a family man when he becomes interested in New York businesswoman Norma Miller (Barbara Stanwyck).
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| 1. All That Heaven Allows (1955)
2. Away All Boats (1956)
3. The Big Beat (1957)
4. Carrie (1952)
5. The Cimarron Kid (1952)
6. Dear Brat (1951)
7. Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
8. Mister Cory (1957)
9. Son of Ali Baba (1952)
10. There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
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