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Directed by Ernest B. SchoedsackOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Fantastic,
Fantasy,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about animals,
Films about apes,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Terry Moore,
Ben Johnson,
Robert Armstrong,
Frank McHugh,
Douglas Fowley,
Nestor PaivaRating69%
In 1937 Tanganyika Territory, Africa, eight-year-old Jill Young (Lora Lee Michel) is living with her father on his ranch. While in her yard, two Africans come by with an orphaned baby gorilla; Jill so wants a pet that she trades her toys and money for him, vowing to always care for the gorilla., 1h34
Directed by Roy RowlandOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Noir,
CrimeActors Van Johnson,
Arlene Dahl,
Gloria DeHaven,
Tom Drake,
Leon Ames,
John McIntireRating65%
Lieutenant Mike Conovan (Van Johnson), head of an LAPD homicide detective squad, investigates when Ed Monigan, an older member of his squad (and former partner), is murdered while off-duty and carrying $1,000 in cash. Conovan's current partner and one-time mentor, Fred Piper (John McIntire), is getting on in years and his eyesight is failing, while under Conovan's wing is rookie detective C.C. Gordon (Tom Drake), learning the ropes., 1h34
Directed by Henry KosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about religion,
Children's filmsActors Loretta Young,
Celeste Holm,
Hugh Marlowe,
Elsa Lanchester,
Thomas Gomez,
Mike MazurkiRating70%
One winter's night, two French nuns, Sister Margaret and Sister Scholastica, come to the small New England town of Bethlehem (most likely modeled after Bethlehem, Connecticut – given the Abbey of Regina Laudis in that real town and the proximity to New York City), where they meet Amelia Potts, a painter of religious pictures. The Sisters announce that they have come to build a hospital there, and Chicago-born Sister Margaret explains that during the war she was in charge of a children's hospital in Normandy when it became a potential target during a military campaign. As many of the children could not be evacuated, Sister Margaret made a personal plea to an American general not to shell the hospital, which the Germans were using as an observation post. The hospital was spared but at the cost of American lives, and Sister Margaret made a promise to God that, in gratitude for saving the children, she would return to America to build a children's hospital., 1h42
Directed by Buster Keaton,
Robert Z. LeonardOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Films based on playsActors Judy Garland,
Van Johnson,
S.Z. Sakall,
Spring Byington,
Clinton Sundberg,
Buster KeatonRating70%
Veronica Fisher (Judy Garland) enters Oberkugen's music shop, looking for work. Although Otto Oberkugen (S. Z. Sakall) is reluctant to take on more staff, she wins a job by persuading a wealthy matron, through her singing and musical expertise, to buy a harp at almost $25 over Oberkugen's list price. Neither she nor Andrew Larkin (Van Johnson), the shop's senior salesman, suspects that they are each other's anonymous pen pal. They bicker constantly at work although becoming increasingly attracted to each other.