Thursday, July 21, 2011

Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)


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Story

Mr. Dinkle and Jack look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly, but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly assigns Dinkle and Jack to babysit for Eloise Larkins brother and infant sister, while Eloise and her fiancé are out for the evening. The babysitting duties are complicated by the fact that Donald is something of a prodigy, as well as a self-proclaimed problem child.
Cast
Bud Abbott ....... as ........Mr. Dinkel / Mr. Dinkelpuss (as Abbott)
Lou Costello ....... as ........Jack / Jack Strong (as Costello)
Buddy Baer ....... as ........Sgt. Riley / The Giant
Shaye Cogan ....... as ........Eloise Larkin / Princess Eloise / Darlene
James Alexander ....... as ........Arthur / Prince Arthur / Troubador
Dorothy Ford ....... as ........Receptionist / Polly
Barbara Brown ....... as ........Mrs. Strong
David Stollery ....... as ........Donald Larkin
William Farnum ....... as ........The King
Johnny Conrad ....... as ........Dancer
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical

Colors:
Black and White, Color

Language:
English

Country:
USA

Duration:
70 minutes

Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Inspector General (1949)



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Story

Georgi, an illiterate member of a wandering band of Gypsies led by Yakov escapes from a travelling medicine show after he innocently lets slip that the elixir they're selling is a fraud. Tired and hungry, he wanders into the small town of Brodny and whilst trying to sample the contents of a horse's feed bag, he's arrested as a vagrant and sentenced to hang the next day by a corrupt police chief, desperate to prove his efficiency.

Cast
Danny Kaye ....... as ........Georgi
Walter Slezak ....... as ........Yakov
Barbara Bates ....... as ........Leza
Elsa Lanchester ....... as ........Maria
Gene Lockhart ....... as ........The Mayor
Alan Hale ....... as ........Kovatch
Walter Catlett ....... as ........Colonel Castine
Rhys Williams ....... as ........Inspector General
Benny Baker ....... as ........Telecki (uncredited)
Leonard Bremen ....... as ........Lieutenant (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Musical, Romance


Colors:
Color


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
102 minutes