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

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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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day, starring Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Lionel Barrymore, Red Skelton

Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day

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Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day (1941), starring Lew Ayres, Laraine Day, Lionel Barrymore, Red Skelton

(Editor’s note: originally published at Red-Skelton.info, used with permission)

Red Skelton had a recurring role in the  Dr. Kildare movie series, providing comedy relief as orderly Vernon Briggs.  In  Dr. Kildare’s Wedding Day, he has three memorable comedy routines — as well as a serious moment that we’ll address later:

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Holiday, starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton

Holiday

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Holiday (1938), starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Franchot Tone, directed by George Cukor

Synopsis of Holiday

Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a free-thinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she’s agreed to marry him!  Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young.  But his fiancée has other plans.  She wants Johnny to work in her father’s bank!  He needs to decide whether to follow his head or his heart.  But Johnny can rely on at least one Seton in his corner. Its Linda Seton (Katherine Hepburn), the down-to-earth younger sister of his soon-to-be-wife.  And she likes Johnny just the way he is.

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A dead man's brain in a hidden laboratory tells him to kill ... kill ... kill ... Donovan's Brain (1953), starring Lew Ayers, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Nancy Reagan Davis

Donovan’s Brain

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Donovan’s Brain (1953), starring Lew Ayres, Gene Evans, Steve Brodie, Nancy Reagan Davis

Synopsis of Donovan’s Brain

In Donovan’s Brain, when a rich, selfish, multimillionaire is critically wounded in a plane crash, a nearby doctor uses an experimental procedure to preserve his brain after the death of the body. And Donovan’s brain survives … and thrives … and controls .. and kills.

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Advise and Consent (1962) starring Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Burgess Meredith, Gene Tierney, Peter Lawford

Advise and Consent

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In short, Advise and Consent is one of the best political intrigue movies that I’ve ever seen.   The basic plot involves a very ill President of the United States (Franchot Tone) who wants to nominate for Secretary of State a senator.  A man with a small secret in his past (played beautifully by Henry Fonda – a great performance).   The Senate Majority Leader (a wonderful performance by Walter Pidgeon) tries to line up the votes.  But he’s being undercut by a zealous young senator (Don Murray).  And, on the “other side of the aisle” by a Southern senator (played by Charles Laughton in his final performance), a man who views himself as a kingmaker, using the other senators and people like pawns on a chess board.

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