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Directed by Fred ZinnemannOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ComedyActors Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins,
Peter Lawford,
Edward Arnold,
Charles Ruggles,
Spring Byington,
O. Z. WhiteheadRoles Bank Employee (uncredited)
Rating60%
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose (Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins) claims that he can converse with horses-and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder (Charles Ruggles), who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John (Peter Lawford) carries on a romance with the lovely Martha (Beverly Tyler)., 1h53
Directed by Tay GarnettOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Films about sexuality,
Films about capital punishmentActors Lana Turner,
John Garfield,
Cecil Kellaway,
Hume Cronyn,
Leon Ames,
Audrey TotterRoles Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Rating73%
Frank Chambers (John Garfield) is a drifter who stops at a rural diner for a meal and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a beautiful young woman, Cora Smith (Lana Turner), and her much older husband, Nick (Cecil Kellaway)., 2h8
Directed by George SidneyOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Musical filmsActors Walter Pidgeon,
José Iturbi,
Roddy McDowall,
Ilona Massey,
Jane Powell,
King BaggotRating60%
Jeffrey Evans (Walter Pidgeon), an American ambassador to Mexico, is the sole parent to his teenage daughter, Christine (Jane Powell). She finds fulfillment in managing her father's life and spending time with him. Her father forces her to attend a party where her childhood friend, Stanley Owen (Roddy McDowell), who has just turned sixteen, awaits her. In revenge she gives Stanley one of her father's expensive, brand-new tobacco pipes. Stanley, thinking that this gift was meant to show that he is finally a man, asks Christine to be "his girl", but she insists that she is too busy for that. Yvette Baranga (Helene Stanley), the daughter of the French ambassador, begs Christine if she can attend Jeffrey Evans' upcoming party. Christine agrees, unaware that Yvette has a crush on her father. When they return home, Christine asks her father to permit her to arrange the party, to which he agrees. The next day, Stanley comes to drive her to her errands. Christine apologizes for being rude to Stanley, and says he doesn't have to drive her, but he takes her to speak with Toni Karpathy (Ilona Massey), who agrees to sing at the party. Unbeknownst to Christine, Toni was once a love interest of her father., 1h37
Directed by Robert Z. LeonardOrigin USAGenres DramaActors Claudette Colbert,
Walter Pidgeon,
June Allyson,
Patricia Medina,
Lionel Barrymore,
Robert SterlingRoles Man at Graduation Ceremony
Rating64%
Lee (Claudette Colbert) is engaged to marry Larry Adams (Richard Derr), a spendthrift widower with two children, son Chase (Robert Sterling) and daughter Penny (June Allyson). Lee had been living in England with her guardian aunt, who didn't approve of the match since Larry was an alcoholic, and while returning to America on an ocean liner, she meets Chris Matthews (Walter Pidgeon), a close friend of Larry's. Despite her loving feelings for Chris, she marries Larry, and moves to his farm in Rhode Island. Larry's talent is playing the piano, which he teaches Penny, but he gave up this ambition to work in a bank, to please his father. This frustrated ambition has ruined his life, and over the next two years Lee tries to confront his alcoholism, while trying to win Penny's confidence. While Lee is out for the night with Chris, Larry dies, his body found at the bottom of a cliff. He had committed suicide after two years of marriage, and on his death, it is reported that Larry had embezzled money from his clients. Lee sends Chris away and moves the family away from the farm, to New York where she takes a job to pay off Larry's debts, and withholds the truth from Penny, wanting to shield her from the stigma of scandal. Penny makes a hero out of Larry, who she believes died of a heart attack, and is unable to embrace Lee, who is now left to look after them alone., 1h23
Directed by S. Sylvan SimonOrigin USAGenres ComedyActors Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello,
Rags Ragland,
Lucille Ball,
Bob Haymes,
Jean PorterRoles Barbershop Patron (uncredited)
Rating62%
A barber, Buzz Curtis (Bud Abbott), and a porter, Abercrombie (Lou Costello), work for a Hollywood salon. They are sent to the office of agent Norman Royce (Warner Anderson) to give him a haircut and a shoeshine. On the way there they run into former co-worker Claire Warren (Frances Rafferty), who is about to star as the lead in a new musical. At the same time her co-star Gregory LeMaise (Carleton G. Young), whose fame is dwindling, arrives and invites her to join him at lunch. She declines, which angers him., 1h7
Directed by Edward SedgwickOrigin USAGenres War,
Comedy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Military humor in film,
Political films,
Buddy filmsActors Stan Laurel,
Oliver Hardy,
Edgar Kennedy,
Jacqueline White,
Stephen McNally,
Nella WalkerRating61%
Set during World War II, just after Pearl Harbor, Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) try their hand at various business ventures. Their store opens and closes in various guises but without success. They finally open it as a bicycle store, but it goes bankrupt and they close it down to enlist in the army. They fail in every attempt to succeed in the military and return to their home town Huxton only to find out that their store now is open, with a man named Eustace Middling (Donald Meek) in charge, selling radios instead of bicycles. But Middling offers the unfortunate brothers to share the space in a joint venture. Stan and oliie don't realize that Middling in fact is a German spy, using the shop as a front to cover a base for espionage on the US Military. The brothers also join the civil defense by becoming air raid wardens in Huxton. To complete their training, they have to take part in an advanced military drill, and Stan of course manages to get the wrong assignment—one that is far more complicated than they can handle. They set out on their mission, to rescue a very prominent banker, J.P. Norton (Howard Freeman), from a fire. They fail hugely with their mission, ending up burying the banker alive in a huge load of sand. Still, they are given one more chance to prove their aptitude as air raid wardens, involving the task of ensuring that all the town citizens turn off their lights at night. They get into a quarrel with one of the more troublesome inhabitants, Joe Bledsoe (Edgar Kennedy), resulting in a commotion and a rumor that spy activity is taking place in Joe's home. The brothers are knocked out, and in the end they are finally dismissed from the corps altogether. When they return to their shop, they happen to overhear the psies speaking German, and follow them to a hide-out outside of town. They find out that Middling's real name is Mittelhause, and overhear him talking about blowing the town's magnesium plant to pieces with another spy, Rittenhause (Henry O'Neill). The brothers try to send a message to the civil defense, but instead they are captured by the German spies. Stan accidentally knocks out one of the spies and the boys manage to flee and alert the civil defense, who arrive at the plant just in time to stop the sabotage. Stan and Ollie also expose Middling as a German spy., 1h33
Directed by George CukorOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors Norma Shearer,
Robert Taylor,
George Sanders,
Frank McHugh,
Elizabeth Patterson,
King BaggotRoles Police Officer in Courtroom (uncredited)
Rating59%
Songwriter Terry Trindale is attracted to Consuelo Croyden, a woman he sees nightly at a Palm Beach casino. He finally works up the courage to approach her and express his feelings, but she rebuffs his advances. When he later accrues a $3,200 gambling debt to her, Consuelo agrees to hire him as her secretary to work off what he owes her. One of Terry's duties is to assume the role of her fiancé in order to discourage the insistent attention of Tony Barling, to whom Consuelo once was engaged, and to keep her from succumbing to her former beau's charms., 1h31
Directed by S. Sylvan SimonOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Buddy filmsActors Bud Abbott,
Lou Costello,
Kathryn Grayson,
John Carroll,
Tom Conway,
Patricia DaneRoles Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Rating59%
Nazi spies have infiltrated the Hotel Vista del Rio, a resort on the Mexican border. They plan to use a radio broadcast by a famous guest, Ricardo Montera (John Carroll), to transmit coded messages to their cohorts. Doc (Bud Abbott) and Wishy (Lou Costello) are stowaways in Montera's car, who steal a basket of "apples" that turn out being miniature radios used by the spies. Rita Winslow (Kathryn Grayson), the hotel's owner and childhood sweetheart of Montera, hire Doc and Wishy as house detectives, who discover the Nazi codebook and give it to Montera. They are then kidnapped by the spies, and left in a room with a bomb set to explode, but manage to escape while Wishy plants the bomb in the pocket of one of the culprits. Meanwhile, the broadcast has already begun and Montera, refusing to participate in treason, fights the spies until the Texas Rangers arrive. The spies' escape by car is thwarted when the planted bomb finally explodes., 1h20
Directed by Charles Davies LedererOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
CrimeActors Lew Ayres,
Laraine Day,
Basil Rathbone,
Walter Kingsford,
Miles Mander,
James FlavinRoles Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)
Rating62%
An axe murderer stalks Chicago. After six murders, the police identify six suspects, all of whom are lunatics not responsible for the crimes. Only one victim, socialite Edwina Brown (Laraine Day), has survived; she was rescued by actor Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres)., 1h45
Directed by Jack ConwayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Crime,
Romance,
WesternActors Clark Gable,
Lana Turner,
Claire Trevor,
Frank Morgan,
Marjorie Main,
Albert DekkerRoles Townsman
Rating65%
Con man "Candy" Johnson (Clark Gable) and his friend "Sniper" (Chill Wills) flee town using quick wits and magic tricks. They catch a train to Yellow Creek, Nevada, where a gold rush is in progress. Aboard, he meets Elizabeth Cotton (Lana Turner); she takes an instant dislike to him. When they arrive, Candy is amused to discover she is the daughter of "Judge" Cotton (Frank Morgan), an old acquaintance of his. Elizabeth is unaware of her father's crooked past and present., 1h52
Directed by George CukorOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Théâtre,
Films based on plays,
Films about marriageActors Cary Grant,
Katharine Hepburn,
James Stewart,
Ruth Hussey,
John Howard,
Roland YoungRoles Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Rating78%
Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is a wealthy Main Line Philadelphia socialite who had divorced C. K. Dexter Haven (Cary Grant), a member of her social set, because he did not measure up to her exacting standards, due to his alcoholism and Tracy's lack of faith in him, which exacerbated his condition. She is about to marry nouveau riche "man of the people" George Kittredge (John Howard).