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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, by Frank Capra

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, by Frank Capra

Synopsis of Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Small-town innocent Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) heads to New York to collect a $20 million inheritance. There, he ends up a target of ridicule thanks to Babe Bennett (Jean Arthur). She’s a cynical reporter whose demeaning stories have made him the joke of the city. Then, he discovers his sweet and unassuming new girlfriend is actually the hard-boiled Bennett in disguise.

A disillusioned Deeds decides to give his fortune away. But that’s an act of charity his crooked lawyer will stop at nothing to prevent! Winner of the 1936 Academy Award® for Best Director Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town is the quintessential screwball comedy.

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The Monolith Monsters (1957) starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright

The Monolith Monsters

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The Monolith Monsters (1957) starring Grant Williams, Lola Albright

Synopsis of The Monolith Monsters

The sleepy town of San Angelo is in danger after a giant meteor crashes nearby in the classic sci-fi thriller The Monolith Monsters. Strange black rocks from the event litter the town. Nearby geologists are unable to identify the unusual specimens. When the alien monoliths interact with water … They grow to terrifying, gargantuan dimensions and petrify anyone in their path. It is up to one of the geologists and a dedicated professor to stop their path of destruction. Before they plow humankind into a stone-cold early grave.

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A Face in the Crowd (1957) starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, directed by Elia Kazan

A Face in the Crowd

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A Face in the Crowd (1957) starring Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, directed by Elia Kazan

Synopsis of A Face in the Crowd

In A Face in the Crowd, an Arkansas drifter is discovered by the producer of a small radio station. He’s a philosophical country/western singer Larry “Lonesome” Rhodes. He’s “discovered” in the local jail by television talent coordinator Marcia Jeffries. His folksy style make him an overnight media sensation. He ultimately rises to great fame and influence on national television. But after becoming consumed by his power …. Will he ever be exposed as the fraud he’s become?

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Finian's Rainbow (1968) starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Keenan Wynn

Finian’s Rainbow

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Finian’s Rainbow (1968) starring Fred Astaire, Petula Clark, Tommy Steele, Keenan Wynn

Fred Astaire sang and danced his last musical lead in Finian’s Rainbow, director Francis Ford Coppola’s movie of the 1947 Broadway hit. Astaire plays an Irish rogue who plants a stolen crock of leprechaun gold in the soil near Fort Knox to reap what he thinks will be a rich harvest. In tow are his spirited daughter (Petula Clark), a lovestruck leprechaun (Tommy Steele) and a bigoted Southern senator (Keenan Wynn) transformed by misbegotten magic.

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The Corpse Vanishes  (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, Angelo Rossitto

The Corpse Vanishes

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The Corpse Vanishes  (1942) starring Bela Lugosi, Angelo Rossitto

Synopsis of The Corpse Vanishes.

The Corpse Vanishes is one of Bela Lugosi’s better Monogram efforts. He plays a mad scientist who uses a sadistic dwarf (Rossitto of Freaks) to help him kill virgin brides …. And then extract their spinal fluid to keep his ancient wife young and beautiful.

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The Apartment (1960) starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

The Apartment [Billy Wilder comedy]

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The Apartment (1960) starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

In The Apartment, Jack Lemmon is a career-climbing executive who offers his boss the use of his apartment for an extra-marital fling. And he soon gets tangled up with the boss’ flighty and fragile girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine).

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