2024-10-19
Dick Van Dyke in the slapstick tale of a teller who becomes an anti-Establishment hero. Rachel: Angie Dickinson. Pamela: Rosemary Forsyth. Gardner: Elliot Reid. Bunny: Zohra Lampert. Baxter: Steve Roland. Havemeyer: Dennis King. Dr. Sara: Pippa Scott. Suzumi: Peter Brocco. Mrs. Boland: Connie Gilchrist. Garson Kanin directed.
About a wife who goes to work for her father-in-law to prove that she didn't marry for money. Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Reginald Barker, Arthur Hoyt, Alec B. Francis. A chance to see early Wayne. Directed by Phil Whitman.
Ginger Rogers brings added interest to this vintage thriller about two reporters trying to solve puzzling murders. Ted: Lyle Talbot. Wilfred: Arthur Hoyt. Petey: Harvey Clark. Augusta: Lillian Harmer. Russell: Purnell Pratt. Martini: Maurice Black. Maid: Louise Beavers. Albert Ray directed.
A detective (Rex Bell) pursues New York mobsters operating a protection racket out West. Marceline Day, Matthew Betz, Huntley Gordon, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Ellis, Gwen Lee, Al Bridge, George Hayes, John Elliott. Directed by Harry Fraser.
Singing cowpoke Gene Autry defends impoverished Native Americans from crooked scoundrels and still finds time to woo his leading lady (Jean Heather). Mason: Ralph Morgan. Matt: Mark Daniels. Lydia: Carol Thurston. Mike: Bobby (Robert) Blake.
Tale of a boy (Ted Donaldson) who has a dancing caterpillar, and the unwanted fame it brings. Cary Grant, Janet Blair, James Gleason, William Demarest. Some amusing moments, but mostly on the heavy side. Alexander Hall directed.
Dick Van Dyke in the slapstick tale of a teller who becomes an anti-Establishment hero. Rachel: Angie Dickinson. Pamela: Rosemary Forsyth. Gardner: Elliot Reid. Bunny: Zohra Lampert. Baxter: Steve Roland. Havemeyer: Dennis King. Dr. Sara: Pippa Scott. Suzumi: Peter Brocco. Mrs. Boland: Connie Gilchrist. Garson Kanin directed.
David Lean's epic won seven Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Alec Guinness as the leader of British POWs forced to build a railroad bridge in World War II Indochina. Filmed in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Oscar-winning screenplay by Carl Foreman.
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates.
A peace-loving former Union officer strives to sell his ranch and retire, but goes head to head with a scheming businessman who wants his land cheap. The former officer sets aside his pacifist ways as one of his ranch hands is murdered. Based on the novel "Smoky Valley" by Donald Hamilton.
Frank Capra's Best Picture nominee about a wide-eyed patriotic bumpkin named Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), who's appointed to the Senate by corrupt politicos, chief among them and unbeknownst to Smith is a senior senator whom he idolized. Stewart was nominated for Best Actor and the film was up for a total of 10 Academy Awards. A TV series of the same name had a one-season run (1962-3).
Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," about the loves of a woman in Regency England. Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke. Historically notable as the first feature in three-strip Technicolor. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.