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D: Rowland V. Lee. Victor McLaglen, Edmond O'Brien, June Havoc, Dorothy Lovett, Eddie Foy, Jr., Damian O'Flynn, Marten Lamont, Marion Martin. O'Brien is an eccentric scientist working to develop a secret explosive, clashing with plant foreman McLaglen, who's assigned to keep watch and ferret out spies. Humdrum, talky WW2 propaganda is, curiously, played mainly for laughs.
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war
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D: Don Siegel. Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn. Exciting WW2 adventure film of marine group on mission to capture Japanese naval commander wanted by U.S. interrogation department.
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western
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D: Lesley Selander. Edmond O'Brien, Helen Westcott, Robert Lowery, Barton MacLane, Peggie Castle, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton. Earnest Western set in 1880s Texas, with O'Brien coming to the rescue of debt-ridden ranchers struggling against villainous Lowery and his cronies.
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D: Lew Landers. Edmond O'Brien, Audrey Totter, Ruth Warren, Ted de Corsia, Horace McMahon, Nick Dennis. Convict O'Brien undergoes brain surgery to eliminate criminal bent and loses memory in the process; his old cohorts only care that he remember where he stashed their stolen loot. OK remake of THE MAN WHO LIVED TWICE was originally shown in 3-D.
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crime
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D: Fred F. Sears. Edmond O'Brien, Mona Freeman, Karin Booth, Robert McQueeney. Routine account of ship's captain proven innocent of negligence in sea disaster.
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war
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D: Robert Wise. Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Nick Cravat, Mary LaRoche, Don Rickles, Eddie Foy III. Battle of wills between officers Gable and Lancaster on WW2 submarine is basis for interesting drama. Script by John Gay, from a novel by Commander Edward L. Beach. One of the great WW2 "sub'' pictures.
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romance
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D: Robert Wise. Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa, Joan Blondell, Neile Adams, ZaSu Pitts, J. Carrol Naish. Forced, frantic comedy of prim teacher Simmons working as secretary to gangster Douglas, who runs a nightclub; Franciosa is the young associate who romances her. CinemaScope.
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close captioned
suspense
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D: Robert Wise. Tom Conway, Martha O'Driscoll, Robert Armstrong, Addison Richards, June Clayworth, Pat Gleason, Steve Brodie. Disappointingly routine programmer finds O'Driscoll charged with murder of blackmailer Armstrong, defended by wily attorney Conway who is the real killer (by accident). Confusing mystery tale.
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short
Clips of various orchestras are featured in this Melody Masters Bands short.
9
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TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT:
CHOREOGRAPHY BY JACK COLE
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D: Victor Saville. Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, Lee Bowman, Marc Platt, Leslie Brooks, Professor Lamberti, Florence Bates. Entertaining wartime musical of British theater that never misses a performance, despite bombings and personal hardships. Try spotting Shelley Winters as one of the chorines.
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short
An interesting look at the French Riviera, exploring Villefranche, Nice, Cannes, and St. Paul. This short also provides insight into the simple culture and lifestyle of the region in the early post-war period.
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9
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musical
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D: Walter Lang. Danny Kaye, Gene Tierney, Corinne Calvet, Marcel Dalio, Jean Murat. Bouncy musicomedy with Danny in dual role as entertainer and French military hero. "Ballin' the Jack,'' other songs in lively film. Gwen Verdon is one of chorus girls. Remake of Maurice Chevalier's FOLIES BERGERE.
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comedy
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D: Howard Hawks. Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, George "Foghorn'' Winslow. Slick, colorful bauble of entertainment with two sassy leading ladies tantalizing the men of two continents; Marilyn is at her best as fortune-hunter Lorelei Lee, and Russell gives a sly, knowing comic performance as her pal. Based on the Broadway adaptation of Anita Loos' venerable story, with sprightly Leo Robin Jule Styne songs including "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend.'' Sequel: GENTLEMEN MARRY BRUNETTES.
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D: George Cukor. Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips, Henry Daniell, Patrick Macnee. Charming, sprightly musical involving three showgirls who (via flashback) reveal their relationship to hoofer Kelly; chicly handled in all departments, with Cole Porter tunes and Oscar-winning Orry-Kelly costumes. John Patrick adapted Vera Caspary's novel. Scope.
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western
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D: Otto Preminger. Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun, Tommy Rettig, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer. Mitchum rescues Calhoun and Monroe from leaky raft; Calhoun returns the favor by stealing his horse and abandoning them (and Mitchum's young son) to hostile Indians. Dialogue leaves a lot to be desired, but it's worth watching Mitchum and Monroe at her most beautiful--not to mention some gorgeous locations (seen to best advantage in CinemaScope).
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widescreen
close captioned
documentary
MGM Parade Show #14 (1955)
documentary
MGM Parade Show #14 (1955)
Clark Gable and Charles Laughton perform in a clip from "Mutiny on the Bounty"; Howard Keel introduces a clip from "Kismet." Hosted by George Murphy.
25
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Singin' In the Rain - 60th Anniversary Edition
