His Girl Friday
In His Gal Friday, an unscrupulous newspaper editor (Cary Grant) uses every dirty trick in the book to stop his ace reporter/ex-wife (Rosalind Russell) from remarrying and moving to Albany. Directed by Howard Hawks.
His Girl Friday
Earthworm Tractors
In Earthworm Tractors, high-pressure tractor salesman Joe E. Brown is out to land his most difficult sale yet, to timberman Guy Kibbee, and pulls out all the stops in this ground-shaking comedy. With June Travis, Dick Foran. 69 min.
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Edison the Man
Edison the Man (1940) starring Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson
Edison the Man – A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, starring Spencer Tracy. It’s the story of Edison, starting as a young man, beginning his career, through the fight to bring electric lighting to New York City.
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Going My Way
Going My Way (1944) starring Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, directed by Leo McCarey
Going My Way was the 1944 Best picture Academy Award winner. When old fading St. Dominic’s Church gets a new young priest, things are bound to change. The air is filled with music from the classic “Ave Maria” sung by Metropolitan Opera star Rise Stevens to the Academy Award winning “Swinging on a Star“
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Blondie! (1938)
Blondie! (1938) starring Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Gene Lockhart
On the eve of their 5th wedding anniversary, Dagwood loses his job – again! It’s Blondie! to the rescue!
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Her Husband’s Affairs
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.
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Hangmen Also Die
Hangmen Also Die! (1943), by Fritz Lang, starring Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Gene Lockhart, Anna Lee
Synopsis of Hangmen Also Die
Hangmen Also Die is set in occupied Czechoslovakia. It revolves around the successful plot by the Czech resistance to assassinate Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia Hangman Reinhard Heydrich. And the hunt by the Gestapo to track down the killers that follow.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
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.Abe Lincoln in Illinois
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Star of Midnight
review of Star of Midnight (1935) starring William Powell and Ginger Rogers
Movie review of Star of Midnight starring William Powell and Ginger Rogers, two of my favorite actors. In a murder mystery in the style of Powell’s famous “Thin Man” series. Very funny, very enjoyable, and strongly recommended!
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