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I'll See You in my Dreams, starring Doris Day and Danny Thomas

I’ll See You in my Dreams

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I’ll See You in my Dreams, starring Danny Thomas and Doris Day

Doris Day and Danny Thomas romantically collaborate in this affectionate biopic of tunesmith Gun Kahn that’s a treasure chest of some of this century’s greatest songs. Year: 1952 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy

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Scarlet Street, starring Edgar G. Robinson, directed by Fritz Lang

Scarlet Street

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Scarlet Street (1945) starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Dan Duryea – classic film noir directed by Fritz Lang

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You made me love you lyrics

You Made Me Love You lyrics

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You Made Me Love You lyrics (I didn’t want to do it)- written by James V. Monaco, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy

You made me love you
I didn’t want to do it, I didn’t want to do it
You made me love you
and all the time you knew it
I guess you always knew it.
You made me happy sometimes, you made me glad
But there were times, Dear, you made me feel so bad

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois, starring Raymond Massey

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois is one of the best movie biographies that I’ve ever seen, bar none – a riveting biography, with excellent acting by Raymond Massey, who literally becomes the title character – highly recommended.Read More »Abe Lincoln in Illinois

The Big Circus (1959) starring Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Red Buttons

The Big Circus

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The Big Circus (1959) starring Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Red Buttons

While flipping through channels, I saw The Big Circus on Turner Classic Movies as part of a marathon of circus movies.   Despite my love of the circus, I almost went past until I saw Vincent Price as the ringmaster.   I’m a long-time fan of Vincent Price.  He’s one of the small fraternity of actors who never turn in a poor performance.   Another member of that fraternity is Peter Lorre, who also co-stars here as one of the circus clowns.   I’m glad that I stayed to watch — The Big Circus is an entertaining, although not dreadfully original, movie.

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Thousands Cheer (1943) starring Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson

Thousands Cheer

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Thousands Cheer (1943) starring Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson

Thousands Cheer (1943) starring Gene Kelly, Kathryn Grayson

Thousands Cheer is a  musical romance, set in the U.S.A. during World War II.   The first half of the movie deals with Kathryn Roberts (played by Kathryn Grayson). She’s a  concert singer who is retiring from the stage to work on putting on shows for the Army, to help morale.   This is also designed to let her bond with  her father, an Army colonel. Whom she hasn’t seen since she was a baby, after her parents’ divorce.  

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Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Cry of the Werewolf [monster movie]

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Cry of the Werewolf (1944) starring Stephen Crane, Nina Foch

Cry of the Werewolf (1944)

Celeste, a Romany princess visits a paranormal museum where the curator Dr. Morris is writing the history of her werewolf mother, Marie LaTour. Shortly after her visit to the museum Dr. Morris is murdered. The police automatically suspect Elsa, his personal assistant. So the deceased Dr. Morris’s son Robert aka Bob, with Elsa’s help investigate what really happened to Dr. Morris.

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Advise and Consent (1962) starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Burgess Meredith, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford

Advise and Consent

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In short, Advise and Consent is one of the best political intrigue movies that I’ve ever seen.   The basic plot involves a very ill President of the United States (Franchot Tone) who wants to nominate for Secretary of State a senator.  A man with a small secret in his past (played beautifully by Henry Fonda – a great performance).   The Senate Majority Leader (a wonderful performance by Walter Pidgeon) tries to line up the votes.  But he’s being undercut by a zealous young senator (Don Murray).  And, on the “other side of the aisle” by a Southern senator (played by Charles Laughton in his final performance), a man who views himself as a kingmaker, using the other senators and people like pawns on a chess board.

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Invitation, starring Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman

Invitation

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Invitation (1952) starring Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, Ruth Roman

Editorial review of Invitation (1952) starring Van Johnson, Dorothy McGuire, courtesy of Amazon.com

No more loneliness. Shy, plain Ellen Bowker has found unexpected fulfillment as the bride of handsome Dan Pierce. What she doesn’t know is that Dan was bought and paid for — €“ he’s a — €œgift — € from Ellen’s wealthy father, who wants his fatally ill daughter to experience romance before she dies.

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