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The Thing from Another World (1951) starring Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, Robert Cornthwaite

The Thing from Another World

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A UFO crashes near an isolated military base in the far Arctic. Scientists recover the craft’s now-frozen alien pilot and take it back to their base. While debating whether to study the alien, try to communicate with it or kill it, the pilot awakens …. And the scientists’ question of if it is friend or foe is quickly answered. Now, they’re trapped in a frozen wasteland with an unstoppable, nonhuman creature that sees them as prey. The small band of scientists come face to face with The Thing from Another World.

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Too Young to Kiss

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In Too Young to Kiss, a concert pianist,desperate to get a record deal, hears that a major record executive is staging a youth talent show. So, she pretends to be a child prodigy … and wins! But now she finds herself trapped in her own lies.

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As Young As You Feel

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As Young As You Feel (1951), starring Monty Wooley, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Constance Bennet, Marilyn Monroe

Synopsis of As Young as You Feel

In As Young as You Feel, a senior (Monty Wooley) decides to impersonate the head of a company — to dispense with their over-65 rule.

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Show Boat

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Show Boat (1951) starring Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner

Product description of Show Boat

 One of the greatest Broadway musicals comes to the screen in this tale of music, racial bigotry and enduring love as outsized as the American heartland set aboard a Mississippi River Show Boat. Magnolia Brown has grown up onboard a sailing theater, plying the river from town to town to entertain people, and she has always dreamed of a life on stage. When the star’s, Julie LaVerne part African American ancestry is revealed and she is forced to leave, Magnolia steps in to take Julie’s place on stage.

Magnolia soon falls in love with her leading man, the handsome gambler and rogue, Gaylord Ravenal (Howard KeelKiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), and the two marry, have a daughter and live happily–for a while. But Ravenal’s gambling debts force Magnolia to find a job, and Julie LaVerne again leaves her starring role–this time voluntarily–to give Magnolia the break she needs, an opportunity that leads to stardom.

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Bride of the Gorilla

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Bride of the Gorilla (1951) starring Raymond Burr, Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney, Jr., Tom Conway

Deep in the South American jungle plantation manager Barney Chavez kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife. However, an old native witch witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head? Find out in Bride of the Gorilla.

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