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The Admiral Was a Lady (1950) starring Wanda Hendrix, Edmond O'Brien, Rudy Vallee

The Admiral Was a Lady

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In The Admiral Was a Lady, a post-World War II comedy, Wanda Hendrix (Prince of Foxes) stars as Jean Madison, a former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) ensign taken under the wings of a rowdy group of former airmen, who affectionately dub her the “Admiral.” Handily directed by veteran filmmaker Albert S. Rogell (Li’l Abner), the film is bolstered by the crackling chemistry between Hendrix and her co-star, Oscar winner Edmond O’Brien (The Barefoot Contessa).

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Big Town

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Big Town aka. Guilty Assignment (1947) starring Philip Reed, Hillary Brooke – based on the radio series of the same name, news exposing …

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Maisie Was a Lady

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Maisie Was a Lady (1941) starring Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres

Maisie Was a Lady (1941) starring Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres – the perpetually unemployed actress is a fish out of water in a mansion …

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The Enchanted Cottage

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The Enchanted Cottage (1945) starring Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Herbert Marshall

In The Enchanted Cottage, after being scarred and disfigured during World War I, can a veteran find love and acceptance from a homely woman?

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Lost Continent

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Lost Continent begins when an atomic-powered military rocket is lost in an unexplored region of the South Pacific. An Air Force expedition is dispatched to find it. Searching by air, their plane goes out of control and crash-lands on a strange, uncharted island. Searching for the rocket (to retrieve the flight data) they find a lost world of prehistoric dinosaurs. And vast radioactive uranium fields, powerful enough to cause rockets and planes to go off course. Hope nobody gets any greedy thoughts …

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