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McLintock! (1963) starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara

McLintock!

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McLintock! (1963) starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara

McLintock! is a personal favorite. Equal parts Western, comedy, and romance – and it excels at all three. With an all-star cast of truly great performances!

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The Apartment (1960) starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

The Apartment [Billy Wilder comedy]

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The Apartment (1960) starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray

In The Apartment, Jack Lemmon is a career-climbing executive who offers his boss the use of his apartment for an extra-marital fling. And he soon gets tangled up with the boss’ flighty and fragile girlfriend (Shirley MacLaine).

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The Angry Red Planet (1969) starring Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden

The Angry Red Planet

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The Angry Red Planet (1969) starring Gerald Mohr, Nora Hayden

The Angry Red Planet deals with the fictional first manned exploration of Mars. Our intrepid explorers find all sorts of “interesting” wildlife, and barely escape.

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The Ladies Man starring Jerry Lewis

The Ladies Man

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Editorial Reviews of Jerry Lewis’ The Ladies Man (1961), courtesy of Amazon.com  Jerry Lewis conjured up one of his simplest concepts for this 1961 hit, but… Read More »The Ladies Man

Money from Home (1953) starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley

Money from Home

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Synopsis of Money from Home (1953) starring Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Marjie Millar, Pat Crowley

Synopsis of Money from Home

In Money from Home, Gambler Honey Talk Nelson needs money to pay off his losses – quickly. He enlists the aid of his cousin Virgil, a veterinary assistant, to fix a horse race. Things become complicated when Nelson falls in love with the horse’s owner and Virgil falls in love with a veterinarian.

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Dear Brigitte (1965) starring James Stewart, Glynis Johns, Billy Mumy, Fabian, Ed Wynn, Jesse White

Dear Brigitte

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Dear Brigitte (1965) starring Jimmy Stewart, Glynis Johns, Billy Mumy, Fabian, Ed Wynn, Jesse White

Dear Brigitte is a funny family comedy, dealing with the Leaf family, headed by Dr. Robert Leaf (Jimmy Stewart).  He’s the proverbial absent-minded professor, a poet who loves art and music, and dislikes the hard sciences.  When his young son Erasmus (Billy Mumy) turns out to be a mathematical prodigy, it causes him no end of consternation.  Vina Leaf (Glynis Johns)  plays the loving mother.  Cindy Carol plays the older sister (who uses her brother’s math skills to do her homework.  And later the homework of her boyfriend, Fabian, which leads to people wanting to use him to win at the race track.

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