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North to Alaska, starring John Wayne, Farley Granger, Capucine, Fabian, Ernie Kovacs

North to Alaska

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North to AlaskaJohn Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this comedy adventure set during the Alaskan gold rush as prospectors who hit the mother lode with gold, but not with women!

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O. Henry's Full House (1952) starring Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe

O. Henry’s Full House

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O. Henry’s Full House (1952) starring Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark, Farley Granger, Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe

Synopsis of O. Henry’s Full House

O. Henry’s Full House is an anthology of five of O. Henry’s short stories, well-acted and well-directed, that are well worth watching.

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Half a Hero (1953), starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen

Half a Hero [Red Skelton]

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Half a Hero (1953), starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen

Synopsis of Half a Hero, starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen

Half a Hero, starring Red Skelton, Jean Hagen

In Half a Hero, Red Skelton stars as Ben Dobson, a freelance writer who no sooner starts working full-time as a rewrite man at a magazine then his wife (Jean Hagen) decides that they should have their first child. Afterward, she pushes him into moving from New York City to the suburbs.  Here he is nickel and dimed to the verge of bankruptcy.  Until his boss gives him his first chance at writing his own article for this national magazine.  An article talking about the “slums of tomorrow” — the suburbs

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The Fly (1958) starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price

The Fly

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The Fly (1958) starring  David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price

David Hedison starring in The Fly

Many people think of  The Fly as a monster movie.  But that’s not correct.  The Fly is a psychological thriller, where a beautiful young wife (Patricia Owens) has murdered her rich, successful husband (David Hedison) – a brilliant inventor.  The inventor’s brother (Vincent Price) is shocked beyond words.  He knows that she loved her husband more than her own life, and can’t imagine why she would do such a thing.  Especially knowing how it would impact her young son (Charles Herbert). Only after Vincent Price tricks her does the bed-ridden woman tell the story …

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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

The Disorderly Orderly (1964) starring Jerry Lewis, Susan Oliver, Karen Sharp, Del Moore

The Disorderly Orderly

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The Disorderly Orderly (1964) starring Jerry LewisSusan Oliver, Karen Sharp, Del Moore, Kathleen Freeman

 In The Disorderly OrderlyJerry Lewis plays the part of Jerome Littlefield, a would-be medical student who has dropped out of school due to his extreme case of sympathy pains—whenever a patient discusses his or her symptoms, Jerome begins to feel the malady himself.  In addition, he finds himself pining for the girl that he fell in love with in college.  She doesn’t know that he exists (Susan Oliver).  To the distress of one of the nurses (Karen Sharp), who has fallen in love with Jerry Lewis’ character.

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