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North to Alaska, starring John Wayne, Farley Granger, Capucine, Fabian, Ernie Kovacs

North to Alaska

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North to Alaska – John Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this comedy adventure set during the Alaskan gold rush as prospectors who hit the mother lode with gold, but not with women!

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The City of the Dead

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The City of the Dead – a young college student goes to an obscure village, to research a paper on Witchcraft in old New England – but finds what she wasn’t expecting. After her disappearance, her brother and fiancé come looking for her …

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Irresistible Andy

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In Irresistible Andy, Andy is tickled after Ellie accepts his invitation to the church picnic and dance. But soon comes to think that it is a scheme by Ellie and Fred, who talked Andy into asking his niece, to get her a husband. To put the “desperate, determined hunter” onto other “quarry”, Andy tells several other men that Ellie finds them attractive. Opie spills the beans and Ellie breaks the date and decides to go with Barney. Andy talks Barney out of going and winds up chaperoning Ellie and her other date. Original airdate: October 31, 1960

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Hey look me over

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Song lyrics to Hey look me over from the 1960 Broadway musical Wildcat, originally sung by Lucille Ball

Hey look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover, mortgage up to here
Don’t pass the plate folks, don’t pass the cup
I figure whenever you’re down and out, the only way is up
And I’ll be up like a rosebud high on the vine
Don’t thumb your nose, but take a tip from mine
I’m a little bit short of the elbow room, so let me get me some
And look out world, here I come

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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

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The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) starring Kerwyn Matthews, June Thorburn

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver deals with an English doctor, lost at sea, who lands on two strange islands. One populated by tiny people, the other by giants. Can he & his fiancee make it back home to England?

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I Passed for White

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I Passed for White (1960) starring James Franciscus, Sonya Wilde

In I Passed for White, a middle class girl, who looks white but is “secretly” black, marries a wealthy white man. This leads to conflict, as she tries to hide her past from his racist family.

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