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It Happened One Night
Wealthy heiress Wendy Barrie , to escape an arranged marriage , stows away in poor Gene Raymond's trailer / camper . Interestingly , she does this wearing her slip . So , I guess you could say she SLIPS away . ( There is nothing that witty in the movie . ) Of course , they fall in love and get married ? then , he disco...
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Hungry Like the Wolf
Professional gambler and gunslinger William S . Hart ( as Oak Miller ) dearly loves sister Helen Holly ( as Rose Miller ) . The story begins with Ms . Holly on the Missouri riverboat " Valletta " . Holly is engaged to gentlemanly Alexander Gaden ( as Mark Granger ) , who decides he wants to " honeymoon " before marriag...
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Playing the Field
Shoreham College football star Richard Barthelmess ( as Jack Hamill ) specializes in " The Drop Kick " . At home , Mr . Barthelmess is admired by pretty hometown girl Barbara Kent ( as Cecily Graves ) . At school , the player is pursued by vamp Dorothy Revier ( as Eunice Hathaway ) . Ms . Revier is a newlywed , but doe...
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A Star Is Bugs
When radio singer Lee Bowman refuses to renew his contract , talent scout Jack Carson ventures out to look for a new star . He finds Doris Day - a significant improvement ! The story is similar to " A Star Is Born " . How Ms . Day goes undiscovered for so long with such a striking voice is not convincing . Day is a sin...
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The Fog of War
For service in World War II , brash Robert Taylor ( as Alan " Pensacola " Drake ) is assigned a " Flight Command " role , with the squadron of Navy fliers known as the " Hell Cats " . At first , Mr . Taylor's confident cockiness rubs everyone the wrong way ; but , he earns his comrades ' respect , through charm and abi...
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D . W . Griffith Makes Crime Pay
Mary Pickford ( as Mrs . Holcomb ) is a faithful wife ; outside prison walls , she waits for husband Elmer Booth ( as Jim Holcomb ) to be released . The day arrives , and Mr . Booth decides it's " the straight road for me . " But , his prison pal Charles Hill Mailes , released the same day , isn't so sure about the str...
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or , Get Off the Pot !
In order to protect a $100 million inheritance , commitment-shy bachelor Chris O'Donnell ( as Jimmie Shannon ) learns he must marry before he reaches his impending 30th birthday . Naturally , Mr . O'Donnell proposes to the woman he loves , beautiful blonde Renée Zellweger ( as Anne Arden ) . But , Ms . Zellweger senses...
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Never Getting Off the Ground
Don't get too excited about the prospect of seeing John Wayne and Robert Ryan in a Nicholas Ray-directed World War II drama . Considering those three names , " Flying Leathernecks " does not meet expectations . It's a mediocre Howard Hughes-RKO-commissioned war movie . Mr . Ray shows off his most " production line " di...
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The Women Stand Out
John Wayne ( as Rocklin ) arrives to work at the " Topaz " ranch . He is accompanied by drunken driver George ' Gabby ' Hayes ( as Dave ) , and the ranch owner's distaff kin : Audrey Long ( as Clara Cardell ) and Elisabeth Risdon ( as Elizabeth Martin ) . Mr . Wayne bonds with boozy Mr . Hayes ; they share a chauvinist...
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A Little Off the Top . . . and the Bottom
One of several attempts to talk-up William A . Wellman's high flying " Wings " ( 1927 ) . This time , the leading threesome form the more traditional triangle of love - - younger Marine pilot Ralph Graves ( as Lefty Phelps ) and his mentor / Sergeant Jack Holt as ( Panama Williams ) are in both love with lovely nurse L...
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For Laughing on ye Sabbath
This film is probably most notable , in hindsight , as containing the last cinematic performance from Colleen Moore , one of the great " silent " stars of the 1920s . Ms . Moore's portrayal of Hester Prynne is neither great nor representative , but it does reveal the actress had the ability to carry on making pictures ...
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The film's title invites the irresistible observation , and convenient movie review , " Krakatoa is West of Java . " The movie's story is likewise without direction . For what seems like an interminable length of time , the volcano Krakatoa spurts and sputters - - you are teased by the threatening eruption . During thi...
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The Civil War is Predictable
During the US Civil War , Confederate Major James Craig ( as Clay Clayburn ) finds himself fighting Union Major Guy Madison ( as Will Denning ) . As is the case in most Civil War stories , the opposing soldiers once had a close relationship ; in this case , they were West Point buddies . Mr . Craig is also in love with...
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Summer of Mother Love
Clea DuVall ( as Cally ) was born in the cross-fire hurricane summer of 1968 . But , she never got a chance to howl at her ma in the driving rain ; sadly , her hippie mother abandoned her as a baby . In the more sedate ( present ) summer of 1985 , Ms . DuVall lives with her caring father Tomas Arana ( as Wade ) , on a ...
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Leo Gorcey gets a Licking and Keeps on Kicking
The East Side Kids are looking for leader Leo Gorcey ( as Ethelbert " Muggs " McGinnis ) , who is celebrating his 18th birthday ( several years too late , obviously ) . " Clancy Street " pals Huntz Hall ( as Glimpy Freedhoff ) , Bobby Jordan ( as Danny ) , Benny Bartlett ( as Benny ) , Ernest " Sammy " Morrison ( as ...
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Digested Serial
In the 1840s , serial queen Neva Gerber ( as Sierra Sutter ) is " a girl of the primitive wilderness " ; conveniently , her father owns a large chunk of pre-state California . But , daddy Charles Brinley ( as John Sutter ) falls under the spell of vamping Ruth Royce ( as Arabella Ryan ) . And , Ms . Royce is in league ...
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Coke Adds Life
Douglas Fairbanks ( as Coke Ennyday ) is the world's greatest scientific detective . A comic " Sherlock Holmes " , Mr . Fairbanks regulates his day with a special spinner-type clock - - with hands for " Sleep , " " Eat , " " Dope , " and " Drink . " . Obviously , given the name " Coke Ennyday " , doping is his preferre...
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Script without a Net
After seeing the excellent " 13 West Street " ( 1962 ) , with Alan Ladd , I had high hopes for " The Man in the Net " . Another B & W film from his later years might be similar , I thought . I was very disappointed . This movie had , I thought , MORE going in : like , famed Director Michael Curtiz , and co-star Carolyn...
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Blue Turning Grey Over You
In 1861 , United States naval officer James Dunn ( as Kenneth Reynolds ) courts southern born Mae Clarke ( as Constance Jordan ) , the sister of his best friend , and fellow officer , David Manners ( as Raymond Jordan ) . When Civil War breaks out , Mr . Manners elects to join up with the Confederate States , alongside...
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Sheila Bromley is Bad Company
To go out partying , sweet Jane Bryan ( as Connie Heath ) borrows an evening dress from sassy Sheila Bromley ( as Hilda Engstrom ) . The dress turns out to be stolen ( from smartly attired Susan Hayward , in an early appearance ) . Thus , innocent Ms . Bryan is guilty by association with Ms . Bromley , a " wench " who ...
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Casting Stones
Spitfire ( 1934 ) John Cromwell - Katharine Hepburn , Ralph Bellamy , Robert Young Mountain hillbilly Katharine Hepburn ( as Trigger Hicks ) is a religious back-woods laundry woman . " Going on 18 " , she begins to attract male attention , and responds by throwing rocks . The arrival of a dam-building construction crew...
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Imitation of Life
At the opening of " The Undesired " , a New York play , the audience is stunned by the incredible beauty of Corinne Griffith , who simply stands up from her seat . Brilliant theater critic , and budding playwright , Conway Tearle ( as Lee Clavering ) is among those smitten by the ravishing Ms . Griffith . Mr . Tearle i...
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Fangs for the Throat
Make that one " Dead Man " walking . It's George Zucco ( as Dr . Elwyn Clayton ) , practitioner of the Black Arts , who has just been slain , by his abel ( okay , able ) look-alike brother George Zucco ( as Dr . Lloyd Clayton ) . The film's first mistake is not showing the murder ; instead , it is explained , by " bad ...
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A Long Day's Night
Matinée idol James O'Neill is said to have played " The Count of Monte Cristo " over 4 , 000 times on stage , beginning in 1875 . And , so , Mr . O'Neill was a natural choice to preserve his " own " interpretation of Dumas ' classic on film , as a " Famous Players " film production . Unfortunately , apart from Dantes '...
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He Ain't Heavy , He's My Brother
Siamese twins Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear ( as Bob Tenor and Walt Tenor ) are joined at the hip ( and liver ) . They have been told surgical separation would risk Mr . Kinnear's life , because Mr . Damon possesses most of the pair's operating liver . The twins , who prefer to be called " conjoined " , work in a Marth...
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Uncle Sam Wants Who ?
While sharing a soda with a young blond boy , hapless Huntz Hall ( as Horace De Bussy " Sach " Jones ) mistakes a mock " Air Raid " drill for the real thing . Feeling patriotic , Mr . Hall takes three of " The Bowery Boys " to join the U . S . Army . Soon , wise guy leader Leo Gorcey ( as Terence Aloysius " Slip " Maho...
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On Trial for a Swim Suit
Ronald Reagan is a " Glamour Girl " painter , famous for his paintings of the sexy " Randolph Girl " . When his pal Eddie Bracken wants to meet her , Mr . Reagan reveals she's actually a composite of twelve beautiful women . One day , at the Beach , Mr . Bracken spots Virginia Mayo in a bathing suit - Ms . Mayo is thei...
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Bear with What Drink Did
Henry King ( as Bob Daley ) and Marguerite Nichols ( as Sylvia Sanford ) are engaged ; to celebrate , Mr . King goes out drinking with the boys . Meanwhile , " Baby " Marie Osborne ( as " Little " Mary ) sits with her ailing ( or abused ) mother Mollie McConnell . She gets Ms . McConnell a drink , and plays with her do...
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Muslim Monster Movie
Betty ( Sally Field ) has come to the Middle East ( Iran ) with her daughter and native-born husband ( Alfred Molina ) for a visit with his family . But soon the horrible truth about their ' vacation ' surfaces . Betty's husband doesn't intend to bring his family back to America . . . ever . She may return , he says ,...
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Consenting Angels
Originals " Sabrina Duncan " , " Jill Munroe " , and " Kelly Garrett " are not seen , nor are subsequent graduates " Kris Munroe " , " Tiffany Welles " , and " Julie Rogers " . " Charlie " ( John Forsythe ) is still running the Townsend agency , and " Bosley " is played by Bill Murray . The new angels are : " Heaven Mu...
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From Love Shack to Death Row
Ex-circus performer Zita Johann ( as Nora Moran ) becomes a New York chorus girl . She meets up-and-coming politician Paul Cavanagh ( as Dick Crawford ) , and they begin an affair . Since Mr . Cavanagh is married , he sets up a " love shack " for trysts with Ms . Johann . After a few months of private bliss , an accide...
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Where the Boys Aren't
Four women , in various stages of romantic pursuit , " Follow the Boys " ( men , actually ) around European ports , mostly from a dilapidated old jalopy . The four females are : Connie Francis ( as Bonnie Pulaski ) , Paula Prentiss ( as Toni Denham ) , Janis Paige ( as Liz Bradville ) , and Dany Robin ( as Michele Perr...
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ?
Invisible Ghost ( 1941 ) Joseph H . Lewis - Bela Lugosi , Clarence Muse , Betty Compson " Bella Lugosi stars in this Monogram thriller as Charles Kessler , a man living with his daughter while hoping for the return of his wife . Upon seeing her peeking through a window , he falls into a trance and murders the maid . Th...
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Time After Time
Jazzy singer Frank Sinatra ( as Danny Webson Miller ) returns to Brooklyn , after serving during World War II . Mr . Sinatra moves in with his old high school janitor Jimmy Durante ( as Nick Lombardi ) . Sinatra suffers not from " shell shock " , but from " stage fright " , as he tries to make it in the music business ...
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Bad Blood
Mad scientist Boris Karloff ( as Dr . John Garth ) is sentenced to hang , as an admitted " mercy killer " . But , since his research in medicine is so important , Mr . Karloff is permitted to continue experimenting , in a laboratory behind bars . Karloff thinks human cells could be prompted to reproduce forever , curin...
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Dressler for Mayor
This story is dedicated to women , according to the introduction , " who have been fighting for their rights ever since Adam and Eve started the loose-leaf system . " When " Politics " was filmed , the Nineteenth Amendment , guaranteeing women the right to vote , was only a decade old . And , the film deals with the ...
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I Am Legend ( Not )
As many others note , the plot and several scenes are eerily similar to the superior " Night of the Living Dead " . The fact that this film came first , and probably inspired the latter film , does not mean this film should be elevated ; it is not good . It isn't even original , being another adaptation of " I Am Legen...
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Marion Meets the Moustache
Marion Davies moves unsteadily into sound films , as the title character in the musical " Marianne " . This was Davies ' first sound film ; a silent version was filmed earlier . In her first aural offering , Ms . Davies combines silent mannerisms with a sometimes lilting , sometimes grunting French accent . Davies is a...
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He Ain't Heavy , He's My Brother
Brawny Kevin Dillon ( as David McLean ) takes a plane to Germany , where he plans to meet his estranged brother . Upon arrival , he is told what we've seen open the film , that brother Rod Wilson ( as Michael McLean ) blew up in a car . Mr . Dillon identifies his brother's burned-beyond-recognition body by observing hi...
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Swipe of Dark Shadows
Attractive husband and wife writing team Robert Wagner ( as Joel Gregory ) and Kate Jackson ( as Donna Gregory ) arrive at the spooky mansion of actress " Lorna Love " ( actually , silent film star Harold Lloyd's house ) . Mr . Wagner and Ms . Jackson are contracted to write the silent movie star's biography . Wagner h...
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A Thanksgiving Story with Chorus
A modest wheat-growing family prepares for their " Harvest " . The southern foursome are : mother Dorothy Gish ( as Ellen Zalinka ) , father Ed Begley ( as Karl ) , son James Dean ( as Paul ) , and elderly Vaughn Taylor ( as " Gramp " ) . Mr . Taylor is looking forward to celebrating his 100th birthday . Ms . Gish has ...
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A Swell Bunch
Although she was past being a teenager when the original silent version of " The Road to Ruin " ( 1928 ) was made , beautiful Helen Foster ( as Ann Dixon ) is still an innocent young thing . After hanging out with bad girl Nell O'Day ( as Eve Monroe ) , Ms . Foster begins to smoke , drink , and have sex - nothing too u...
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Wedding Bell Blues
On his wedding day , nervous Harold Lloyd is one minute and four seconds late for a pre-nuptial meeting with impatient bride-to-be Bebe Daniels . Ms . Daniels scolds Mr . Lloyd , and persuades him to buy her " a few things " in a nearby store . After an hour of shopping , Daniels wants to go home for a frock change , l...
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Gidget Gets Started
Sandra Dee gets to play the first " Gidget " ( combining " Girl and Midget " ) . She's seems too made-up and beautiful for the role , but she acts the perkiness well . James Darren has a good role with " Moondoggie " . Cliff Robertson is the " The Big Kahuna " of the beach . At different times , Ms . Dee's Gidget seems...
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Twenty-Three Skiddoo
The nightmare begins when Walter Sparrow ( Jim Carrey ) , a mild-mannered dogcatcher , begins reading a tattered , used book called ' The Number 23 ' . Obsessed by the countless similarities between the degenerate main character and himself , Walter plunges headlong into the same dark , seductive world . When the book...
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What Happened to Elvis ?
Elvis Presley ( as Mike Edwards ) goes to Seattle for their 1962 " World's Fair " ( set mainly in Culver City , though ) . Accompanying the singing pilot is his crop-dusting partner Gary Lockwood ( as Danny Burke ) . Along the way , they pick up cute little Vicky Tiu ( as Sue-Lin ) ; and , they agree to take her to the...
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This Apple Falls Very Far From the Tree
Ann Miler ( as Eve ) is a popular radio singer who wants to vacation after a successful season ; but , her handlers want her to film a movie . She leaves anyway ; then , her handlers give chase , forcing the star to hide out with William Wright ( as Ward ) , a traveling newspaperman . A series of misunderstandings thre...
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Golden Years
In the modernizing old west , idealistic young married Ricky Nelson ( as Jeff Rose ) wants to become mayor of his corrupt town . Wife Kris Nelson ( as Hannah Rose ) is concerned about Mr . Nelson , especially after he gets beat up ; to help the Nelsons , her elderly grandfather Pat O'Brien ( as Oren Hayes ) summons his...
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Hunks Hunt Uranium
Hunky secret agent man Fabio Testi ( as Renzo ) beds women , hunts uranium , and pals around Venice with handsome hetero partner Assaf Dayan ( as Dan ) . Sexy Janet Agren ( as Helga ) provides the two with a amorous assignment , which Testi accepts . After bedding down with the quickly undressed damsel , Testi thinks s...
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A Thrill and a Chill
In the dead of winter , pitiful little Adele DeGarde is sent out , by her mother , to beg on the streets ; the girl is unsuccessful , even with wealthy revelers , who are ending a celebration . Exhausted , little Adele lies down on some snowy steps , and falls fast asleep . Passing nobleman Owen Moore sees the girl , a...
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Fontaine of Love
London " Trafalgar Loan Co . " worker Derrick DeMarney ( as Michael " Mike " Ashburn ) must hold pretty young Joan Fontaine ( as Juliette " Julie " Evans ) for collateral against her uncle's £400 loan , due to an expensive pair of diamond earrings she wears . Ms . Fontaine claims the earrings have grown into her lobes ...
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Burned !
A man is unable to save his father from a fire that kills him and disfigures his sister . Sent away to a mental institution for evaluation , the man returns later to take up residence at his sister's home . Psychosomatically blinded by the incident , the man struggles with his life daily but finds things harder for hi...
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The Cruelest Day
It's Monday , April 1 at the morning " Megaphone " , the newspaper that's six months behind all big public events . Cub reporter Charley Chase ( as Jimmy Jump ) arrives to find the newsroom involved in " April Fool's Day " hi-jinks . Mr . Chase is the victim of several tired and true April fool jokes . For example , Ch...
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Angels with Dirty Faces
The script seems more coherent , compared to the last one . . . It's comic book live action storytelling . . . The production is very much like a string of music videos . . . The worst musical interlude is something involving angels Drew Barrymore ( Dylan ) , Cameron Diaz ( Natalie ) , and Lucy Liu ( Alex ) as " Sound ...
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The Monster with the Invisible Touch
A group of archaeologists is exploring mountains in a remote part of Greece when they stumble across an unexpected find . While blasting away the rock to find the hidden treasure , the explorers awaken a prehistoric creature with the power of invisibility . Only the shrieking cries of the approaching monster give its ...
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Have Tea with Lillian Gish
Celebrated artist Roland Young ( as Priam Farrel ) is very successful ; but , he can't stand the limelight . Suddenly , his valet dies . As Young was reclusive , he is easily mistaken for the deceased servant . Then , Young meets lovely Lillian Gish ( as Alice Challice ) , who had been corresponding with his valet ; an...
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Deadpan Bedside Manners
Frank Powell ( as Dr . Harcourt ) , Florence Lawrence ( as Mrs . Harcourt ) and little Gladys Egan ( as Edith Harcourt ) are the perfect country family ; however , tragedy strikes their idyllic world when little Gladys becomes gravely ill . Fortunately , wealthy Harcourt is also " The Country Doctor " , and can sit by ...
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Discriminating Vampires
In the near future , vampire and non-vampire people have a difficult time getting along . Renegade bloodsuckers don't help matters by creating vampire mischief among the tasty humans . In order to help a government plan to integrate vampires into mainstream society succeed , vampire cop Adrian Paul ( as Aaron Gray ) te...
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Felling the Cat
Young Lon McCallister has trouble making ends meet in depression-era Philadelphia , so he returns to his dead mother's rural hometown . There , he becomes involved with the town folk's soap opera past , and catches the eye of Peggy Ann Garner . Due to drought , a menacing cougar is on the scene , making the outdoors ve...
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Hanging on the Telephone
Three burglars ( Owen Moore , Herbert Prior , and Anthony O'Sullivan ) lurk outside the Cullison estate . When the family butler and maid leave on a date , the burglars trick master-of-the-house David Miles ( as Robert Cullison ) into vacating the premises ; Mr . Miles doesn't know it , but the lurking trio are plannin...
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Show Girls Gone Wild
A string of mysterious deaths and disappearances of young women have all been traced to a drama school , where all the girls were students . The district attorney suspects the school may be a front for a prostitution ring and sets out to investigate it . After the D . A . is blackmailed into dropping the investigation...
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A Chip Off the Old Blocks
Roy Rogers is summoned by Sheriff " Gabby " Hayes to save a modern day town from a gang of cattle-poisoning arsonists . Gabby believes Mr . Rogers , if elected Sheriff , will follow in the footsteps of his Roy Rogers namesakes ( including his father and grandfather ) . However , Rogers seems meek and mild ; though a po...
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Blimpie
Jules Verne had some great books , and there were some good film adaptations , but this isn't one of them . Vincent Price has a go at Verne's Mad Dictator , but is done in by a wavering budget . Some of the sequences are just silly . It's also silly to see Charles Bronson aboard ; he is not used to his best advantage ....
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Hide Under the Hide
After a shoot-up , Reese ( Neville Brand ) , Chad ( Peter Brown ) , and Joe ( William Smith ) feel like they've been working hard enough to ask Parmalee ( Philip Carey ) for two days off , to rest and relax . Parmalee grants the Rangers ' request under one condition : no brawling ! Sure enough , the trio are almost imm...
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Bragging Rights
Reese ( Neville Brand ) wants to impress the absent Captain Parmalee ( Philip Carey ) , by painting his office red ; but , Chad ( Peter Brown ) and Joe ( William Smith ) talk him out of it . Meanwhile , Parmalee is escorting Texas State Senator Robert F . Simon ( as John Sparks ) to Laredo , bragging about his fine tea...
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Sexiest of the Series
As Annette Funicello ( as Connie ) and the " Beach Party " gang strip into their bathing suits for a pool party , outer-worldly Tommy Kirk ( as Go Go ) dons a movie usher's uniform ; then , he is transported to Earth . Mr . Kirk's mission is to prepare Earth for an invasion of Martians . He is sent to dresser Elsa Lanc...
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Just Say No For a Day
This film peaks near its beginning with a production number featuring Doris Day and Gene Nelson dancing with both an infinity mirrored wall and the New York skyline showing outside ( of some huge windows ) . The later production number , a blend of " No , No Nanette " and " Tea for Two " , is tellingly anti-climatic . ...
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Griffith Chalks Up One for the Indians
In a peaceful Indian ( aka Native American ) village , Owen Moore ( he's Silver Eagle ) courts squaw Lottie Pickford ( she's Minnewanna ) . Inevitably , white conquerors arrive ; at gunpoint , they force the Indian tribe to abandon their land . For nefarious reasons , the conquerors keep lovely Lottie for themselves , ...
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Mary Pickford Goes Up a Hill to Fetch a Pail of Water
Boyhood chums James Kirkwood ( as Joe Fielding ) and Harry Solter ( as Sam Walters ) are both smitten with fair lady Mary Pickford ( as Kittie Ryan ) . When she goes up a hill to fetch a pail of water , both Mr . Kirkwood and Mr . Solter want to help . Ms . Pickford shows a preference for Kirkwood , and allows him to c...
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Jack Lord Takes the Pilot Seat
Dark-suited good guy Jack Lord ( as Jabin " Jab " Harlan ) , who likes to operate " Above the Law " , has been hired to track down the man who framed an innocent Kansas man . To achieve his mission , Mr . Lord allows a criminal named Scanlon ( John Kellogg ) to escape capture by Reese ( Neville Brand ) . Instead of bri...
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Go Fish
On the Fire ( 1919 ) Hal Roach - Harold Lloyd , ' Snub ' Pollard , Bebe Daniels Harold Lloyd is employed as " The Chef " for a fancy restaurant . Mr . Lloyd is obviously not one to labor over a hot stove ; instead , he has the kitchen equipped with all kinds of common gadgets . The gadgets , including gardening tools ,...
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Lucy Hits the Wall
You're invited to party hearty - and in fabulous style - with this lavish 1974 screen version of the beloved Broadway musical . Lucille Ball brings star sparkle to the title role , a high-living grande dame who's outlandishly eccentric and , when suddenly faced with raising an orphaned nephew , fiercely loving . Veter...
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En Garde !
Reese ( Neville Brand ) interrupts an abduction , saving handsome Donnelly Rhodes ( as Don Carlos ) and beautiful Madlyn Rhue ( as Dona Dolores ) from apparent death . As a reward , the young couple's dying father gratefully gives Reese a partnership in his estate . As it turns out , the old man's estate includes land ...
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Promoting Israel
The Wandering Jew , or " The Life Story of Theodore Herzl " , is a propagandized biography of the Austrian who is considered the founder of Zionism - - the political movement which resulted in the creation of the country Israel in what was Palestine . Mr . Herzl's movement was successful , of course ; in 1948 , follo...
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William Smith Loses His Shirt
When old friend Albert Salmi ( as Cletus Grogan ) visits pal Reese ( Neville Brand ) in Laredo , accidents begin to happen . Mr . Salmi thinks he is a " Jinx " . Reese decides to help his friend overcome superstition by having Capt . Parmalee ( Philip Carey ) sign him up as a Texas Ranger . Then , Chad ( Peter Brown ) ...
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Bad Sister
Boarding house sisters Clara Bow ( as Mayme Barry ) and Jean Arthur ( as Janie Barry ) both work as salesgirls in " Ginsberg's Department Store " . Ms . Bow is in love with dashing James Hall ( as William " Bill " Taylor ) . Conveniently , Mr . Hall rooms at the same boarding house , and also works at " Ginsberg's " . ...
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Donna Reed answers the Call
With her film career fading , Donna Reed answered the television call . That black thing ringing in each episode's catchy theme song is what a " telephone " looked like in the 1950s - and , it must have been an upscale model . Producer husband Tony Owen and the ever elegant Ms . Reed assembled a terrific TV family : Do...
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Donna and the Family Stone
Although aired later , this episode seems to introduce the series ( perhaps , it was the " pilot " ) . The show opens with Donna Reed ( as Donna Stone ) rising from her twin bed ; she wears a sexy nightgown , and looks lovingly made-up . Her charming voice-over introduces the Stone family : pediatrician husband Alex ( ...
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Comedy Off Course
William Haines ( as Jack Kelly ) is a shipping clerk , and an avid golfer ; he is much more interested in the hobby than the livelihood . Mr . Haines ' golfing prowess earns him a two week membership in the ritzy " Oakmont Country Club " , where he meets fetching young Joan Crawford ( as Allie Monte ) . Of course , Ms ...
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Basketball Builds Better Boys
After some juvenile delinquents are caught stealing sporting goods , " Big Town " reporter Hillary Brooke ( as Lorelei Kilbourne ) coerces boyfriend , and " Illustrated Press " managing editor , Phillip Reed ( as Steve Wilson ) into taking responsibility for the gang of five , during their probationary period . Mr . Re...
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Don't Mess with Witches
A woman is put to death after bring accused of witchcraft . Her daughter confronts the man who accused her mother of the crime , and discovers the true reason for the accusation , but loses her life in doing so . The youngest daughter is taken in by the man's family and raised by them , with the intent to marry her of...
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Donna Plays Baby Detective
At the breakfast table , Donna ( Donna Reed ) reminds her family that Fintan Meyler ( as Kathleen ) , an Irish woman with no boyfriends , will be coming to clean the house today . After Alex ( Carl Betz ) leaves for work , Mary ( Shelley Fabares ) goes to see if milkman Paul Picerni ( as Tony ) has arrived ; instead , ...
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As the Worms Turn
A parasite that's " a combination of aphrodisiac and venereal disease , and will hopefully turn the world into one beautiful , mindless orgy " is unleashed in a luxurious Canadian hotel . Despite director / writer David Cronenberg's script , " Shivers " isn't any great shakes as a bloody erotic horror . Mr . Cronenberg...
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Happy , Happy Birthday Donna
Donna ( Donna Reed ) says she wants nothing special for her birthday , but Alex ( Carl Betz ) isn't so sure . He becomes aware Donna has been admiring a ( reduced to ) $65 beaded bag , at the town's upscale " Carter's " , and thinks she is trying to arrange for him to buy her the bag . Meanwhile , Jeff is broke , and a...
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It's Not an Earthquake , It's Only Uncle Fred
Chaos reigns in the Stone house , thanks to a visit from boastful and gregarious Rhys Williams ( as " Uncle Fred " Sutton ) . Soon , Mr . Williams ' outspokenness causes a rift between Mary ( Shelley Fabares ) and her boyfriend . He also fails to open a Saturday playground for Jeff ( Paul Peterson ) , and insults one o...
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Boxing Camp for East Side Kids
Bobby Jordan ( as Danny ) thinks Leo Gorcey ( as Muggs ) could be a champion boxer , so he tricks " The East Side Kids " leader into signing up with a training camp for young boxers . At first , Mr . Gorcey is disgruntled - but , eventually , he works out , with young Mr . Jordan as his trainer . Bowery mates Donald Ha...
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The Eyes Have It
Along the coast of Cornwall , duplicitous Charles Laughton ( as Sir Humphrey Pengallan ) helps budding romantic twosome Maureen O'Hara ( as Mary ) and Robert Newton ( as Jem Trehearne ) fight smuggling pirates . Everyone comes to the conveniently shore-situated " Jamaica Inn " , where leader Leslie Banks ( as Josh Merl...
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Strangers in the Night
A young woman suffers from the delusion that she is a werewolf , based upon a family legend of an ancestor accused of and killed for allegedly being one . Due to her past treatment by men , she travels the countryside seducing and killing the men she meets . Falling in love with a kind man , her life appears to take a...
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Water Under the Bridge
Seafaring young Robert Wagner ( as Gilbert Barrows ) wants to impress pretty blonde Dolores Hart ( as Elinor Harrison ) ; so , he innocently takes her on a cruise with a gang of bank robbers , led by disearnest Ernie Kovacs ( as Bugsy " The Captain " Foglemeyer ) . Mr . Wagner thinks Mr . Kovacs and crew are experience...
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Blue Christmas
It's Christmas in a little French town . Carolers sing " O Holy Night " while toymaker Josef Swickard works in his shop . Outside , beautiful little waif Virginia Marshall begs in the snow , but mean adults push her down in the street . Mr . Swickard witnesses the cruelty , and takes Ms . Marshall in ; he warm her feet...
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Kathleen Freeman Butts In
Donna ( Donna Reed ) and Alex ( Carl Betz ) return home from a dinner party to learn that neighbor Kathleen Freeman ( as Celia Wilgus ) almost called the police , due to a noisy " party " at the Stone's house . Mary ( Shelley Fabares ) confesses , " Some of my friends stopped by , " including a bongo drummer . Their pa...
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In the Deep End
It's a " fatal attraction " for handsome high school swimmer Jesse Bradford ( as Ben Cronin ) when sexy " Swimfan " Erika Christensen ( as Madison Bell ) can't get into her sticky locker . After Mr . Bradford helps the voluptuous Ms . Christensen get into the locker , she succeeds in getting into his swimming trunks . ...
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Kiss My Asp
In Hawaii , surfing motorcyclist Nathan Phillips ( as Sean Jones ) witnesses a gruesome murder . FBI agent Samuel L . Jackson ( as Neville Flynn ) puts Mr . Phillips in the " witness protection program " to protect him until he can testify against the bad guys . Mr . Jackson commandeers a plane headed for Los Angeles ....
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Like Mother , Like Son
Two of the family Stone wish to raise money . Donna ( Donna Reed ) wants $2 , 500 for the hospital committee ; and , Jeff ( Paul Peterson ) needs $33 , so that his " Bobcats " football team can buy a new tackling dummy . Donna tells Alex ( Carl Betz ) she wants to get concert pianist Roger Til ( as Anton Duval ) for a ...
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Historical Hooey
This " story inspired by the tradition of Betsy Ross " is historical fiction . Accordingly , white-wigged Francis X . Bushman ( as George Washington ) requests seamstress Enid Bennett ( as Betsy Ross ) to design " The Flag " for the impending United States of America , because the Revolutionary forces fly a confusing a...
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Tim Burton Goes Ape
The good news is that this re-make doesn't completely ruin the original ; still , if you haven't seen the 1968 " Planet of the Apes " , view the older film first . That film's " landmark " moment is one of the all-time great moments in science fiction films . The " memorial " in this new version is a science fiction fa...
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No Sign of Life in the Russell Crowe & Meg Ryan Romance
Hostage retrieval expert Russell Crowe ( as Terry Thorne ) is recruited to retrieve the South American businessman husband of Meg Ryan ( as Alice Bowman ) . The Marxist rebel kidnapping coke-heads want an impossible to obtain $3 , 000 , 000 for the safe return of " K & R " ( it means " Kidnap and Ransom " ) victim Davi...
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Kenneth Branagh's " Frankenstein "
This curious , good-looking version of Mary Shelley's " Frankenstein " was promoted as faithful to the original work - and , although is follows events much more closely than the familiar version , its changes make it a more different , distant work than you might expect . The overriding theme is not man creating artif...
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Hart to Heart
William S . Hart ( as Jim Treen ) , the most eligible bachelor in Canyon City , is finally getting hitched , to pretty blonde waitress Leona Hutton ( as Molly Stewart ) . His fiancée doesn't know it , but Mr . Hart is secretly the western town's " Most Wanted " bandit . However , Hart is planning to go straight , due t...
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Richard Carle and Johnny Arthur Hold Sway
People stranded in a country house during a storm discover that the home was the sight of an unsolved murder years before . During a dinner discussion of the incident , the lights go out and , when they come back on , they discover that one of the guests has been killed . Fearing for their lives , the guests attempt t...