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Cover of the 1973 Walt Disney comedy, The World's Greatest Athlete, with Nanu (Jan-Michael Vincent) running in a track uniform, with several of his jungle animal friends chasing him

The World’s Greatest Athlete

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The World’s Greatest Athlete (1973), starring Jan-Michael Vincent, John Amos, Tim Conway, Roscoe Lee Browne

Synopsis of The World’s Greatest Athlete

In Walt Disney’s The World’s Greatest Athlete, a down-on-his-luck coach ends up signing the world’s greatest athlete to salvage his career. But, his adoptive father — the witch doctor — isn’t happy with that.

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With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) starring Doris Day, Brian Keith

With Six You Get Eggroll [Doris Day] [Brian Keith]

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With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) starring Doris Day, Brian Keith

Synopsis of With Six You Get Eggroll

In With Six You Get Eggroll, Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teenage daughter, begin dating and eventually decide to get married. But they’re not prepared for the hostile reactions from their children, who are not very excited about the new union between the two families.

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Angel on My Shoulder (1946) starring Paul Muni, Claude Rains, Anne Baxter

Angel on My Shoulder

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Angel on My Shoulder (1946) starring Paul Muni, Claude Rains, Anne Baxter

Synopsis of Angel on My Shoulder

In Angel on My Shoulder the Devil agrees to release a recently-murdered gangster back to Earth … if he’ll take over the body of an honest judge and make him do evil, to ruin his election chances. The criminal, eager to settle the score with his murderer, finds out being bad isn’t as easy in the judge’s shoes …

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A Slight Case of Murder (1938) starring Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Edward Brophy, Ruth Donnelly, Bobby Jordan, Allen Jenkins

A Slight Case of Murder [Edward G. Robinson]

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A Slight Case of Murder (1938) starring Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Edward Brophy, Ruth Donnelly, Bobby Jordan, Allen Jenkins

Synopsis of A Slight Case of Murder

A Slight Case of Murder is a spoof about gangsters who decide to go straight. With the end of Prohibition, bootlegger Remy Marco becomes a legitimate brewer. But he’s slowly going broke because the beer he makes tastes terrible, and everyone is afraid to tell him. After four years, with bank officers preparing to foreclose on the brewery, he retreats to his Saratoga summer home. There, he finds four dead mobsters who meant to ambush him, but were killed by their confederate whom they meant to betray. More and more problems begin to pop up in the life of the former bootlegger, as he has taken in a bratty orphan, and his daughter comes home with a fiancé that turns out to be a state cop.

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The Fuller Brush Girl cover - Lucille Ball knocks on the door, Eddie Albert answers

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

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The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) starring Lucille Ball, Eddie Albert

Synopsis of The Fuller Brush Girl

 Sally Elliot (played by Lucille Ball) has been engaged to her co-worker Humphrey Briggs (Eddie Albert) for three years; even though they have enough money saved up for a down payment on their dream house, but they don’t make enough for the monthly payments. Until Humphrey is promoted by his crooked supervisor, Mr. Simpson, who plans to make Humphrey the fall guy for a crooked scheme.  

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Bringing Up Baby (1938) starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, directed by Howard Hawks

Bringing Up Baby

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Bringing Up Baby (1938) starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Charles Ruggles, directed by Howard Hawks

Synopsis of Bringing Up Baby

Notorious His Girl Friday B&W Seated at Bottom of Staircase in Fur Trimmed Women's Robe

In Bringing Up Baby, the hilarity doesn’t let up for a moment. It’s a classic screwball comedy starring Cary Grant and the irrepressible Katherine Hepburn. Grant plays David Huxely. He’s an up-tight, stuffy paleontologist. While on a golf course, he has a run-in with the irrepressible, unfathomable Susan Vance (Hepburn). She’s an imp if ever there was. Deciding on the spot that David is the man for her, she proceeds to bedevil him at every turn with classic comedy results.

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Double Wedding (1937) starring William Powell , Myrna Loy , Florence Rice

Double Wedding

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Double Wedding (1937) starring William Powell , Myrna Loy, Florence Rice

Synopsis of Double Wedding

In Double Wedding, when Margit marches over to Charlie’s place to order him to stay away from Irene, the two realize that they are perfect for each other.

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