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High Barbaree [Van Johnson, June Allyson]

High Barbaree (1947) starring Van Johnson, June Allyson, Thomas Mitchell, Marilyn Maxwell

Synopsis

At it’s heart, High Barbaree is the story of a young man who gives up on his dreams, regrets it, and tries to turn around. As two World War II airmen are shot down, afloat in the ocean, one of them (Van Johnson) tells the other his story. The story of High Barbaree.

High Barbaree [Van Johnson, June Allyson]

Fee Fi Fo Fum song lyrics

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Song lyrics to Fee Fi Fo Fum (1947) written by Paul J. Smith and Arthur Quenzer, performed by Billy Gilbert in Fun and Fancy Free

Fee Fi Fo Fum is sung by Willie the Giant in Disney’s 1947 animated film Fun and Fancy Free, in the segment Mickey and the Beanstalk. It features Willie gloating about himself while displaying his magic powers, changing shapes, etc.

Fee Fi Fo Fum song lyrics

Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free

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Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free (1947) starring Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, Pinto Colvig, Edgar Bergen, Billy Gilbert, Cliff Edwards

Synopsis

Two different animated stories produced by the Disney studios in Fun and Fancy Free. ‘Bongo‘ is based on a children’s story by Sinclair Lewis, sung by Dinah Shore. It tells the tale of a lonely circus bear who finds love in the wilderness. ‘Mickey and the Beanstalk‘, featuring live-action sequences, casts Mickey Mouse (voice of Walt Disney), Donald Duck (Clarence Nash) and Goofy (Pinto Colvig) in a variant of the familiar tale. The trio climb a magic beanstalk in an attempt to rescue a singing harp.

Walt Disney’s Fun and Fancy Free

Life with Father

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Life with Father (1947) starring William Powell, Irene Dunne, Elizabeth Taylor, directed by Michael Curtiz

Life with Father

Lured

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Lured (1947) starring Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Boris Karloff, Charles Coburn, Sir Cedric Hardwicke

Synopsis of Lured

A serial killer in London is murdering young women whom he meets through the personal columns of newspapers. He announces each of his murders to the police by sending them a cryptic poem. After a dancer disappears, the police enlist her American friend to answer advertisements in the personal columns and so lure the killer.

Lured

Her Husband’s Affairs

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Her Husband’s Affairs (1947), starring Lucille Ball, Franchot Tone

Her Husband’s Affairs is a comedy starring Lucille Ball as Margaret Weldon, a wife who is constantly trying to help her husband, ad man William Weldon (played by Franchot Tone) — who doesn’t want the help.  This leads to significant friction between the couple nearly leading to divorce.  

Her Husband’s Affairs

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

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The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple

Synopsis of The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

In The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a classic screwball comedy.  Through no fault of his own, artist and lady’s man Richard Nugent finds a teenage girl curled on his sofa.  The teen’s sister is a judge who “sentences” thunderstruck Richard to date the girl until her schoolgirl crush wanes. Circumstances aren’t kind to Richard. But they certainly are hilarious!

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
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