 Annie Get Your Gun 1950  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Western / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn, Benay Venuta, Clinton Sundberg, James Harrison, Mae Clarke, John Hamilton, Anne O'Neal, William Tannen, Frank Wilcox, Chief Yowlachie
This film features Irving Berlin songs "Anything You Can Do," "Doin' What Comes Naturally," and "There's No Business Like Show Business." It is the story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley's (Betty Hutton) life in Buffalo Bill's (Louis Calhern) Wild West Show and her romance with the show's star sharpshooter Frank Butler (Howard Keel).
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The Bad and the Beautiful 1952  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Gloria Grahame, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Walter Pidgeon, Elaine Stewart, Gilbert Roland, Leo G. Carroll, Vanessa Brown, Paul Stewart, Sammy White, Ivan Triesault, Francis X. Bushman, William Tannen
This story is told from the perspectives of actress Gloria Lorrison (Lana Turner), writer James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) who go to a movie studio to listen to a pitch from producer Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) whose studio is troubled financially. Shields wants them to work on a new project, but all three have had bad experiences in the past with Shields that will make them think twice about signing with him. The film won five Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actress (Gloria Grahame for her role as Rosemary Bartlow), and Kirk Douglas received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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The Big Store 1941  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Reisner
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont, Douglass Dumbrille, William Tannen, Marion Martin, Virginia O'Brien, Henry Armetta, Anna Demetrio
Detective Wolf J. Flywheel (Groucho Marx) is hired by the Phelps Department Store co-owner, Martha Phelps (Margaret Dumont), to guard her partner, Tommy Rogers (Tony Martin), whose life has been threatened. This marks the last of the Marx Bros. MGM films.
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Dangerous Crossing 1953  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Joseph M. Newman
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Max Showalter, Carl Betz, Mary Anderson, Marjorie Hoshelle, Willis Bouchey, Yvonne Peattie, Carl Ludwig Lindt, Gayne Whitman, Anthony Jochim, Charles Tannen, Stanley Andrews, William Tannen, Adrienne Marden
Ruth and John Bowman (Jeanne Crain and Carl Betz) are enjoying a trans-Atlantic honeymoon cruise when John disappears. Ruth searches for John, but no one remembers John being on board, and their cabin number does not match with their names. To make matters worse, the passenger list has Ruth listed under her maiden name. Then the ship's doctor, Paul Manning (Michael Rennie), gets involved and helps Ruth uncover what has really happened to her husband.
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 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, Lana Turner, Donald Crisp, Ian Hunter, Barton MacLane, C. Aubrey Smith, Sara Allgood, Peter Godfrey, William Tannen, Frederick Worlock, Frances Robinson, Billy Bevan, Denis Green, Forrester Harvey
The focus of this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel is on the psychological problems involved with Jekyll's two personalities. After the good Dr. Jekyll (Spencer Tracy) drinks his potion and the evil Mr. Hyde emerges, his violent and sexual side is drawn to floozy barmaid Ivy Peterson (Ingrid Bergman). Later, when the father (Donald Crisp) of Beatrix (Lana Turner) gives permission for Dr. Jekyll to marry her, Dr. Jekyll decides that he must tell them about his evil side of Mr. Hyde. But, his decision may be too late when he discovers that Mr. Hyde is taking over his personality.
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Fingers at the Window 1942 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Charles Lederer
Cast: Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Basil Rathbone, Walter Kingsford, Miles Mander, Charles D. Brown, Cliff Clark, James Flavin, William Tannen, Russell Hicks
Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres) and his girlfriend, Edwina Brown (Laraine Day), sleuth out an axe-murderer who tried to kill Edwina.
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Flashpoint 1984  R, 94 min.
Genre: Action / Mystery
Director: William Tannen
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Miguel Ferrer, Jean Smart, Roberts Blossom, Tess Harper, Kurtwood Smith, Mark Slade
An unsolved mystery becomes the focus of Texas border patrolmen Bob Logan (Kris Kristofferson) and Ernie Wyatt (Treat Williams) after they stumble upon a skeleton and $800,000 in buried treasure.
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It Happened In Brooklyn 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Gloria Grahame, Marcy McGuire, Aubrey Mather, Tamara Shayne, William Roy, Bobby Long, William Haade, Lumsden Hare, Raymond Largay, William Tannen
Ex-GI Danny Miller (Frank Sinatra) returns to his Brooklyn neighborhood and moves in with his friend Nick Lombardi (Jimmy Durante) who is a high school janitor. Now, his friend from the Army, Jamie Shellgrove (Peter Lawford), arrives in town. Danny and Jamie decide to compose music together and help with a fundraiser for Nick's granddaughter Rae (Marcy McGuire) who wants to be a pianist. Soon both men are romantically attracted to Rae's music teacher Anne Fielding (Kathryn Grayson). Jamie ends up with Anne, but all is not lost when Danny falls for an Army nurse (Gloria Grahame) who he had met in the service.
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New Mexico 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Lew Ayres, Marilyn Maxwell, Robert Hutton, Andy Devine, Raymond Burr, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Corrigan, Verna Felton, Ted de Corsia, John Hoyt, Donald Buca, Robert Osterloh, Ian MacDonld, William Tannen, Hans Conried
U.S. Cavalry Captain Hunt (Lew Ayres) is stationed in Indian Territory and is sympathetic to the plight of the Native Americans. In fact, he has become friends with Chief Acoma (Ted de Corsia) and was instrumental in getting a peace treaty signed by Acuma and President Lincoln (Hans Conreid). But after Lincoln is assassinated, the relationship with the Native Americans deteriorates, and war breaks out. Now, Capt. Hunt sets out to avert all-out war.
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Raiders of the Seven Seas 1953 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: John Payne, Donna Reed, Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr., Anthony Caruso, Henry Brandon, Frank DeKova, William Tannen, Christopher Dark, Claire DuBrey
Pirate Barbarossa (John Payne), in his stolen Spanish ship with a crew of prisoners taken with the ship, has success in embarrassing the Spanish Navy by routinely winning sea battles. He also steals the affections of a high-ranking Spanish officer's love. This adds to the Spanish Navy's desire to capture the pirate.
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Sitting Bull 1954 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Sidney Salkow
Cast: Dale Robertson, Mary Murphy, J. Carrol Naish, Iron Eyes Cody, John Litel, William Hopper, Douglas Kennedy, William Tannen, Joel Fluellen, John Hamilton, Thomas Browne Henry, Al Wyatt
In this reasonably accurate account of the story surrounding the Battle of Little Big Horn, Major Parrish (Dale Robertson) fights for Indian rights, but General Custer presses on into battle. In the aftermath, the Major is tried for treason and sentenced to death. Sitting Bull (J. Carrol Naish), Chief of the Sioux Indians, appeals to President Grant to pardon Major Parrish. The President, knowing the Major from the Civil War, grants the pardon.
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 Speed 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: James Stewart, Wendy Barrie, Una Merkel, Weldon Heyburn, Ralph Morgan, Patricia Wilder, Robert Livingston, Ted Healy, Walter Kingsford, Charles Trowbridge, William Tannen, Claudelle Kaye, George Chandler, Jack Clifford, Don Brodie
Terry Martin (James Stewart) and his crew at an auto plant have invented a new carburetor that they want to use in the upcoming Indianapolis 500 race. The plant owner's daughter Jane (Wendy Barrie) suggests that Terry let her engineer friend Frank (Weldon Heyburn) help in perfecting the carburetor. Frank steps in, but problems arise between Terry and Frank because they both are falling for Jane. When the carburetor is tested, it turns out to be a disaster, and the car crashes nearly killing the driver, Gadget (Ted Healy) and Terry. Frank saves them, and, together, they work to perfect the carburetor. They succeed and enter the car in the big race where the new carburetor earns the respect of all, and Terry ends up with Jane.
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Sunset in the West 1950 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Western
Director: William Witney
Cast: Roy Rogers, Estelita Rodriguez, Penny Edwards, Gordon Jones, Will Wright, Pierre Watkin, Charles La Torre, William Tannen, Steve Pendleton, Paul E. Burns
Gunrunners are on the loose, and between songs Roy Rogers, the deputy sheriff, is after them.
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 Woman of the Year 1942 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, William Bendix, Reginald Owen, Roscoe Karns, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake, Dan Tobin, William Tannen, Ludwig Stossel, Sara Haden, Edith Evanson, George Kezas, Ann Codee
This was the first time Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn appeared together on the screen. They play sports columnist Sam (Tracy) and political reporter Tess (Hepburn) who carry on a feud through their columns. They finally meet when their editor Clayton (Reginald Owen) introduces them to try to make peace. They seem to have nothing in common–except love–but they marry. The marriage is filled with problems, and after Tess is named "Woman of the Year," Sam walks out. Now, Tess tries to mend her ways in order to win Sam back. Hepburn was nominated for an Oscar, and an Oscar was won for Best Original Screenplay.
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| 1. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
2. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
3. The Big Store (1941)
4. Dangerous Crossing (1953)
5. Deadly Illusion (1987)
aka: Love You to Death
6. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
7. Fingers at the Window (1942)
8. Flashpoint (1984)
9. Hero and the Terror (1988)
10. It Happened In Brooklyn (1947)
11. New Mexico (1951)
12. Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
13. Sitting Bull (1954)
14. Speed (1936)
15. Sunset in the West (1950)
16. Woman of the Year (1942)
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