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

The Gold Rush (1925)



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Story

The Tramp, played by Charlie Chaplin, travels to the Yukon to take part in the Klondike Gold Rush. Bad weather strands him in a remote cabin with a prospector who has found a large gold deposit (Mack Swain) and an escaped fugitive (Tom Murray), after which they part ways, with the prospector and the fugitive fighting over the prospector's claim, ending with the prospector receiving a blow to the head and the fugitive falling off a cliff to his death.

Cast
Charles Chaplin ....... as ........The Lone Prospector
Mack Swain ....... as ........Big Jim McKay
Tom Murray ....... as ........Black Larsen
Henry Bergman ....... as ........Hank Curtis
Malcolm Waite ....... as ........Jack Cameron
Georgia Hale ....... as ........Georgia
Jack Adams ....... as ........Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Frank Aderias ....... as ........Eskimo Child (uncredited)
Leona Aderias ....... as ........Eskimo Child (uncredited)
Lillian Adrian ....... as ........Woman in Dance Hall (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance, Western


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
95 minutes

Private Buckaroo (1942)



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Story

War time entertainment in which Harry James and his orchestra get drafted. They decide to put on a show for the soldiers and get help from the Andrews Sisters.

Cast
The Andrews Sisters ....... as ........Patty, Maxene, LaVerne
Dick Foran ....... as ........Lon Prentice
Joe E. Lewis ....... as ........Lancelot Pringle McBiff
Ernest Truex ....... as ........Col. Elias Weatherford
Jennifer Holt ....... as ........Joyce Mason
Shemp Howard ....... as ........Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
Richard Davies ....... as ........Lt. Howard Mason
Mary Wickes ....... as ........Bonnie-Belle Schlopkiss
Donald O'Connor ....... as ........Donny
Peggy Ryan ....... as ........Peggy
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Music, Romance, War


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
68 minutes

Penny Serenade (1941)



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Story

While listening to a recording of "Penny Serenade," Julie Gardiner Adams (Irene Dunne) begins reflecting on her past. Roger (Cary Grant) and Julie Adams suffer a tragedy when she miscarries in an earthquake during their trip to Japan. They are told that she cannot have children. They request to adopt a two-year old boy, but ultimately adopt a much younger girl.

Cast
Irene Dunne ....... as ........Julie Gardiner Adams
Cary Grant ....... as ........Roger Adams
Beulah Bondi ....... as ........Miss Oliver
Edgar Buchanan ....... as ........Applejack Carney
Ann Doran ....... as ........Dotty 'Dot'
Eva Lee Kuney ....... as ........Trina (at the Age of 6 Years)
Leonard Willey ....... as ........Doctor Hartley
Wallis Clark ....... as ........Judge
Walter Soderling ....... as ........Billings
Jane Biffle ....... as ........Trina (at the Age of 1 Year) (as Baby Biffle)
Other info:
Genre:
Drama, Romance


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
119 minutes

Li'l Abner (1940)



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Story

Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.

Cast
Jeff York ....... as ........Li'l Abner Yokum (as Granville Owen)
Martha O'Driscoll ....... as ........Daisy Mae Scraggs
Mona Ray ....... as ........Pansy 'Mammy' Yokum
Johnnie Morris ....... as ........Lucifer 'Pappy' Yokum
Buster Keaton ....... as ........Lonesome Polecat
Billie Seward ....... as ........Cousin Delightful
Kay Sutton ....... as ........Wendy Wilecat
Maude Eburne ....... as ........Granny Scraggs
Edgar Kennedy ....... as ........Cornelius Cornpone
Charles A. Post ....... as ........Earthquake McGoon
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
78 minutes

The Pharmacist (1933)



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Story

In "The Pharmacist," Fields plays a henpecked, but stoic, pharmacist who tries to maintains his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.

Cast
W.C. Fields ....... as ........Mr. Dilweg
Marjorie Kane ....... as ........Priscilla Dilweg
Elise Cavanna ....... as ........Mrs. Grace Dilweg
Grady Sutton ....... as ........Cuthbert Smith
Lorena Carr ....... as ........Ooleota Dilweg
Joe Bordeaux ....... as ........Gunman (uncredited)
Jack Cooper ....... as ........Minor Role (uncredited)
James Donnelly ....... as ........Street Sweeper (uncredited)
Junior Fuller ....... as ........2nd Man who helps fainting woman (uncredited)
Julia Griffith ....... as ........Fainting Woman (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Short


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
20 minutes

The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss (1936)



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Story

Ernest Bliss is a rich socialite suffering boredom. He makes a bet with a doctor, Sir James Aldroyd, that he can live a year without relying on any of his inherited wealth. He loses the bet for £50,000 when he has to draw money to wed poverty stricken Frances Clayton, to save her from an unhappy marriage of convenience.

Cast
Cary Grant ....... as ........Ernest Bliss
Mary Brian ....... as ........Frances Clayton
Peter Gawthorne ....... as ........Sir James Alroyd
Henry Kendall ....... as ........Lord Honiton
Leon M. Lion ....... as ........Dorrington
John Turnbull ....... as ........Masters
Arthur Hardy ....... as ........Crawley
Iris Ashley ....... as ........Clare
Garry Marsh ....... as ........The Buyer
Andreas Malandrinos ....... as ........Guiseppi (as Andrea Malandrinos)
Other info:
Genre:
Drama, Romance, Comedy


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
UK


Duration:
80 minutes

The 3 Stooges : Disorder in the Court (1936)



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Story

The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend and colleague, Gail Tempest (Suzanne Kaaren), is a dancer at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians. She is accused of killing Kirk Robin.

When Curly is called to the witness stand, he is nowhere to be found. The defense attorney (Bud Jamison) goes out into the hall and finds the Stooges playing jacks and tic-tac-toe on the floor.

Cast
Curly Howard ....... as ........Curly (as Curly)
Larry Fine ....... as ........Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard ....... as ........Moe (as Moe)
Nick Baskovitch ....... as ........Man in Hallway (uncredited)
Alice Belcher ....... as ........Juror (uncredited)
Hank Bell ....... as ........Juror - Back Row (uncredited)
Dan Brady ....... as ........Juror (uncredited)
Sol Horowitz ....... as ........Middle-Aged Man in Front Row of Court Audience (uncredited)
Jenny Horwitz ....... as ........Middle-Aged Woman in Front Row of Court Audience (uncredited)
Bud Jamison ....... as ........Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Short


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
16 minutes

The 3 stooges: Brideless Groom (1947)




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Story

Shemp plays a voice instructor and the object of affection to a tone-deaf vocal student. Larry is his musical accompanist. After an excruciating session, Moe enters his classroom to tell Shemp that his uncle had died and left him an inheritance of five hundred thousand dollars. Shemp cannot collect the money unless he is married within 48 hours after the reading of the will.

Cast
Shemp Howard ....... as ........Prof. Shemp Howard (as Shemp)
Larry Fine ....... as ........Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard ....... as ........Moe Howard (as Moe)
Dee Green ....... as ........Miss Dinkelmeyer
Christine McIntyre ....... as ........Miss Hopkins
Doris Houck ....... as ........Aggressive Girlfriend (as Doris Colleen)
Johnny Kascier ....... as ........Bellboy (uncredited)
Alyn Lockwood ....... as ........Former Girlfriend (uncredited)
Nancy Saunders ....... as ........Former Girlfriend (uncredited)
Emil Sitka ....... as ........Justice of the Peace J.M. Benton (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Short


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
17 minutes

The 3 stooges: Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947)




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Story

The Stooges run a tailor shop that is about to be repossessed by the Skin and Flint Finance Corporation. When the Boys hear about a big reward for fugitive bank robber 'Terry "Slippery Fingers" Hargan', they think that catching him might end their financial woes. Hargan conveniently ducks into their shop as the officer enters and leaves a suit with a safe combination in its pocket. After his girlfriend fails to retrieve the combination, Hargan returns with his henchmen, and a wild mêlée follows.

Cast
Shemp Howard ....... as ........Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine ....... as ........Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard ....... as ........Moe (as Moe)
Virginia Hunter ....... as ........Hargan's Girlfriend
Tiny Brauer ....... as ........Terry 'Slipperyfinger' Hargan (as Harold Brauer)
Vernon Dent ....... as ........Detective
Phil Arnold ....... as ........Customer with Shredded Jacket (uncredited)
Bing Connolly ....... as ........Bit Man (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier ....... as ........Hargan's Henchman (uncredited)
Cy Schindell ....... as ........Hargan's Henchman (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Short


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
17 minutes

The 3 stooges: Malice in the Palace (1949)


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Story

The Stooges, while running the Cafe Casbah Bah (a Middle Eastern restaurant) and attempting to prepare a meal for customers Hassan Ben Sober and Gin-A Rummy , discover a plan that their hungry customers are hatching.

Cast
Shemp Howard ....... as ........Shemp (as Shemp)
Larry Fine ....... as ........Larry (as Larry)
Moe Howard ....... as ........Moe (as Moe)
Vernon Dent ....... as ........Hassan Ben Sober
George J. Lewis ....... as ........Ginna Rumma (as George Lewis)
Frank Lackteen ....... as ........Affa Dolla
Curly Howard ....... as ........Chef (scenes deleted)
Everett Brown ....... as ........Nubian Guard (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier ....... as ........Emir of Schmow (uncredited)
Joe Palma ....... as ........Guard Outside Palace (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Short


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
16 minutes

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Baby Face Morgan (1942)



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Story

When gang chief Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, Doc Rogers re-organizes the mob. Learning that Morgan has a son named Edward , living in the country with his mother, Rogers has him brought to the city, and installs him as the head of Acme Protective Agency, which is a blind for gangs shakedown activities with local merchants.

Cast
Richard Cromwell ....... as ........Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan
Mary Carlisle ....... as ........Virginia Clark
Robert Armstrong ....... as ........'Doc' Rogers
Chick Chandler ....... as ........Oliver Harrison
Warren Hymer ....... as ........Wise Willie
Charles Judels ....... as ........'Deacon' Davis
Vince Barnett ....... as ........Lefty Lewis
Ralf Harolde ....... as ........Joe Torelli
Hal K. Dawson ....... as ........J.B. Brown
Toddy Peterson ....... as ........Mabel
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
63 minutes

The Flying Deuces (1939)




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Story

It's a comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad.

Cast
Stan Laurel ....... as ........Stan
Oliver Hardy ....... as ........Ollie
Jean Parker ....... as ........Georgette
Reginald Gardiner ....... as ........Francois
Charles Middleton ....... as ........Commandant
Jean Del Val ....... as ........Sergeant
Crane Whitley ....... as ........Corporal (as Clem Wilenchick)
James Finlayson ....... as ........Jailor
Monica Bannister ....... as ........Georgette's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon ....... as ........Georgette's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
69 minutes

West of the Divide (1934)



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Story


A young cowhand returns to his boyhood home, only to discover his brother missing and his father murdered. Considered by some to be John Wayne's best Lone Star film.

Cast
John Wayne ....... as ........Ted Hayden aka Gat Ganns
Virginia Brown Faire ....... as ........Fay Winters (as Virginia Faire Brown)
George 'Gabby' Hayes ....... as ........'Dusty' (as George Hayes)
Lloyd Whitlock ....... as ........Mr. Gentry (as Loyd Whitlock)
Yakima Canutt ....... as ........Hank
Lafe McKee ....... as ........Fred Winters
Billy O'Brien ....... as ........Spuds (as Billie O'Brien)
Dick Dickinson ....... as ........Henchman Joe
Earl Dwire ....... as ........Sheriff
Horace B. Carpenter ....... as ........Cattle Buyer Hornsby (uncredited)
Other info:
Genre:
Romance, Western


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English


Country:
USA


Duration:
54 minutes

His girl Friday (1940)



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Story

In this classic motion picture, Rosiland Russell is a newspaper reporter who is looking to get out of the news business. Her plan is to by marry and become a house wife after her divorce from newspaper publisher Cary Grant.

Cast
Cary Grant ....... as ........Walter Burns
Rosalind Russell ....... as ........Hildy Johnson
Ralph Bellamy ....... as ........Bruce Baldwin
Gene Lockhart ....... as ........Sheriff Hartwell
Porter Hall ....... as ........Murphy
Ernest Truex ....... as ........Bensinger
Cliff Edwards ....... as ........Endicott
Clarence Kolb ....... as ........Mayor
Roscoe Karns ....... as ........McCue
Frank Jenks ....... as ........Wilson
Other info:
Genre:
Comedy, Drama, Romance


Colors:
Black and White


Language:
English, French


Country:
USA


Duration:
92 minutes