By Love Possessed 1961 N/R, 115 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Sturges Cast: Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards, George Hamilton, Susan Kohner, Thomas Mitchell, Everett Sloane, Carroll O'Connor, Barbara Bel Geddes, Yvonne Craig
A successful lawyer (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) has an affair with his partner's wife (Lana Turner) in this soapy melodrama that is very loosely based on James Gould Cozzens' novel.
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Eighteen and Anxious 1957 N/R, 93 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joe Parker Cast: Martha Scott, Jim Backus, Mary Webster, William Campbell, Jackie Coogan, Yvonne Craig, Ron Hagerthy, Connie Stevens, Jackie Loughery, Damian O'Flynn
A teenage woman secretly marries, and is shortly widowed when her husband is killed while drag racing. She has a child, but can't prove she was married. Her life goes downhill from there in this exploitation film.
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The Gene Krupa Story 1959 N/R, 101 min. Genre: Drama aka: Drum Crazy
Director: Don Weis Cast: Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver, Yvonne Craig, Lawrence Dobkin, Celia Lovsky, Red Nichols, Bobby Troup, Anita O'Day, Shelly Manne, Buddy Lester
Although not entirely accurate, this film is entertaining as it covers Gene Krupa's (Sal Mineo) life from his childhood, when he expected to become a priest; to his early days in friend Eddie's (James Darren) band; through his years of drug and alcohol addiction; and then his life as a great jazz drummer and band leader.
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Gidget 1959 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Wendkos Cast: Sandra Dee, James Darren, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Joby Baker, Yvonne Craig, Doug McClure, Tom Laughlin, Jo Morrow, Robert Ellis
This classic film from the 1950s era features Sandra Dee as Gidget–the California teenager who surfs and finds love on the beach.
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How to Frame a Figg 1971 G, 103 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Alan Rafkin Cast: Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Edward Andrews, Elaine Joyce, Yvonne Craig, Frank Welker, Parker Fennelly, Bill Zuckert, Pitt Herbert, Robert P. Lieb, Bob Hastings, Bruce Kirby
Hollis Alexander Figg (Don Knotts), a shaky assistant bookkeeper at City Hall, is framed by corrupt city officials of stealing money from the city's funds. With the help of wholesome Ema (Elaine Joyce) and a computer, Hollis is cleared after the usual hilarity.
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In Like Flint 1967 N/R, 114 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Coburn, Lee J. Cobb, Jean Hale, Andrew Duggan, Anna Lee, Hanna Landy, Totty Ames, Steve Ihnat, Herb Edelman, Yvonne Craig
In this poor sequel to "Our Man Flint," our hero (Coburn) is coaxed out of retirement as a secret agent to deal with a secret society of women who are out to take over the world.
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It Happened at the World's Fair 1963 N/R, 105 min. Genre: Musical / Romance / Adventure
Director: Norman Taurog Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu, H.M. Wynant, Edith Atwater, Guy Raymond, Dorothy Green, Yvonne Craig, Kurt Russell, Kam Tong, Don Brodie, Tom Greenway, Paula Lane, Robert Williams
An adorable little girl, Sue-Lin (Vicky Tiu), is the catalyst for love and romance between Mike Edwards (Elvis Presley) and Diane Warren (Joan O'Brien) while they are both attending the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. Kurt Russell makes his screen debut in a bit part. Songs include "Take Me to the Fair," Cotton Candy Land," and "Beyond the Bend."
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Ski Party 1965 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Alan Rifkin Cast: Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig, Robert Q. Lewis, Bobbi Shaw, Aron Kincaid, Steve Rogers, Michael Nader, Patti Chandler, Salli Sachse
The beach crowd, now in college, heads to the ski slopes. Todd and Craig (Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman) decide to dress as girls in order to crash a girls-only party–for fun and to find out why their girlfriends, Linda and Barbara (Deborah Walley and Yvonne Craig), are so enamored with nerdish Freddie (Aron Kincaid). An energetic comedy/musical with plenty of songs to go around.
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The Young Land 1959 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Western
Director: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Patrick Wayne, Yvonne Craig, Dennis Hopper, Dan O'Herlihy, Ken Curtis, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez
In 19th-century California, Hatfield Carnes (Dennis Hopper) is on trial for the murder of a Mexican. The film highlights racial tensions that existed at that time, but is, overall, a weak effort.
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| 1. By Love Possessed (1961)
2. Eighteen and Anxious (1957)
3. The Gene Krupa Story (1959) aka: Drum Crazy
4. Gidget (1959)
5. High Time (1960)
6. How to Frame a Figg (1971)
7. In Like Flint (1967)
8. It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
9. Kissin' Cousins (1964)
10. One Spy Too Many (1966)
11. Ski Party (1965)
12. The Young Land (1959)
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