7th Cavalry 1956  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Seventh Cavalry
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Randolph Scott, Barbara Hale, Jay C. Flippen, Jeanette Nolan, Frank Faylen, Leo Gordon, Denver Pyle, Harry Carey Jr., Michael Pate, Donald Curtis, Frank Wilcox, Pat Hogan
Captain Tom Benson (Randolph Scott) is branded a coward at the Army outpost because he missed Custer's battle at Little Big Horn, which resulted in no survivors. He volunteers to lead a detail to retrieve and bury the bodies at the battlefield and accomplishes his mission despite threats by the Indians.
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Airport 1970  G, 137 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: George Seaton, Henry Hathaway
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Helen Hayes, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barry Nelson, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins, Jessie Royce Landis, Whit Bissell
Of the five "Airport" films, this first one is the only one worth your time. Based on Arthur Haley's novel by the same name it is filled with suspense as a plane is stuck on the needed runway during a VERY snowy night. Helen Hayes won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar; nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton).
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And Baby Makes Three 1949 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Robert Hutton, Janis Carter, Billie Burke, Nicholas Joy, Lloyd Corrigan, Melville Cooper, Louise Currie, Grandon Rhodes
Jacqueline (Barbara Hale) is already divorced from Vernon Walsh (Robert Young) when she learns she is pregnant and HE is the father of her expected baby.
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 Big Wednesday 1978 PG, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Summer of Innocence
Director: John Milius
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Barbara Hale, Robert Englund, Joe Spinell, Steve Kanaly, Reb Brown
This surfing film involves three California surfers–Matt (Jan-Michael Vincent), Jack (William Katt), and Leroy (Gary Busey)–whose exploits are covered from 1962 to 1974.
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The Boy with Green Hair 1948 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Losey
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Dean Stockwell, Richard Lyon, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds, Regis Toomey, Dwayne Hickman, Russ Tamblyn
Following his parents' death during an air raid, Peter Frye's (Dean Stockwell) hair turns green, and he becomes a social outcast in this insightful fable.
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Buckskin 1968  G, 98 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Michael D. Moore
Cast: Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney Jr., John Russell, Barbara Hale, Barton MacLane, Bill Williams, Richard Arlen, Leo Gordon
When cattle baron Rep Marlowe (Wendell Corey) threatens homesteaders, frontier sheriff Chaddock (Barry Sullivan) comes to their aid.
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Emergency Wedding 1950 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Buzzell
Cast: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, Willard Parker, Una Merkel, Alan Reed, Eduard Franz, Irving Bacon, Don Beddoe, Jim Backus, Queenie Smith
In this remake of "You Belong to Me," Dr. Helen Hunt (Barbara Hale) is about to divorce her worthless husband–until he turns his life around and becomes a benefactor to humankind.
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The Falcon in Hollywood 1944   N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Tom Conway, Barbara Hale, Rita Corday, Jean Brooks, Veda Ann Borg, Konstantin Shayne, John Abbott, Emory Parnell, Frank Jenks, Sheldon Leonard
The Falcon (Tom Conway) investigates the murder of a Hollywood star.
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The Far Horizons 1955 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Charlton Heston, Donna Reed, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Alan Reed, Eduardo Noriega, Walter Reed, Larry Pennell, Julia Montoya
This film is loosely based on the Lewis and Clark expedition into the Louisiana Territory. The scenery is beautiful, but the facts are strictly Hollywood.
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The First Time 1952 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tashlin
Cast: Robert Cummings, Barbara Hale, Bill Goodwin, Jeff Donnell, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Harvey, Cora Witherspoon, Bea Benaderet, Mona Barrie, Kathleen Comegys
Joe and Betsy (Robert Cummings and Barbara Hale) await the arrival of their baby with high anticipation. But after the baby arrives, they find that parenting is not as easy nor always as pleasant as they anticipated. Not great, but some laughs.
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The Giant Spider Invasion 1975  PG, 76 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Bill Rebane
Cast: Robert Easton, Barbara Hale, Leslie Parrish, Steve Brodie, Alan Hale Jr., Diane Lee Hart, Bill Williams, Christiane Schmidtmer, Kevin Brodie, Tain Bodkin, Paul Bentzen, J. Stewart Taylor, William W. Gillett Jr., David B. Hoff
This terrible film is a throwback to the monster flicks of the 1950s. A blast rocks the farmlands in Wisconsin, which turns out to be a black hole that lets beings from a parallel universe reach Earth. The being that causes the trouble is a giant spider, which controls the earthly spiders and eats its way through the rural area.
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Higher and Higher 1943 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Michele Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, Victor Borge, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Risdon, Barbara Hale, Mel Torme, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Dooley Wilson, Ivy Scott, Rex Evans
Mr. Drake (Leon Errol) is bankrupt and has not paid his staff in months. Now, his valet Mike (Jack Haley) hatches a scheme to marry off the maid, Millie (Michele Morgan), to wealthy bachelor Frank (Frank Sinatra) who lives next door. Millie poses as Drake's debutante daughter to get the attention of Frank, and the fun begins. Songs include "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" and "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening."
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The Jackpot 1950 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: James Stewart, Barbara Hale, James Gleason, Fred Clark, Patricia Medina, Alan Mowbray, Natalie Wood, Tommy Rettig, Lyle Talbot, Robert Gist
After winning "The Jackpot" on a radio quiz show, Bill Lawrence (James Stewart) finds his anxiety level leaping as he finds new financial complications.
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Jolson Sings Again 1949 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Larry Parks, Barbara Hale, William Demarest, Ludwig Donath, Bill Goodwin, Myron McCormick, Tamara Shayne, Eric Wilton, Robert Emmett Keane, Marjorie Stapp, Jock Mahoney, Frank McClure
The success of the original Al Jolson film prompted a sequel, which continues the story of the popular singer, again played by Larry Parks. It includes the time during World War II and his visits to the troops as well as the making of the first movie. Again, Jolson's singing voice is used, with plenty of songs presented, some of which are repeats of the first film.
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Last of the Comanches 1952 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Broderick Crawford, Barbara Hale, Johnny Stewart, Lloyd Bridges, Mickey Shaughnessy, Martin Milner, George Mathews, Hugh Sanders, Ric Roman, Chubby Johnson
After a Comanche raid, Sergeant Matt Trainor (Broderick Crawford) leads a stagecoach of passengers to safety.
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A Lion Is in the Streets 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: James Cagney, Barbara Hale, Anne Francis, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Jeanne Cagney, Lon Chaney Jr., Frank McHugh, Larry Keating, Onslow Stevens
Hank Martin (Cagney) is a Southern hustler and con artist who tries to make it big as a backwoods politician. He steps on anyone and everyone he meets until he's stopped by a bullet. This would be just a so-so movie without Cagney and his favorite director (Raoul Walsh), but with them it packs a pretty good wallop.
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace 1988 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Nyby II
Cast: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Katt, Patty Duke, Erin Gray, David Ogden Stiers, Larry Wilcox, Charles Siebert, James Sutorius, James McEachin
When a witness can verify a man's innocence, Perry Mason defends that man, which he sent to prison in the past.
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Seminole 1953 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Rock Hudson, Barbara Hale, Anthony Quinn, Richard Carlson, Hugh O'Brian, Russell Johnson, Lee Marvin, James Best, Ralph Moody, Fay Roope
This film concerns the Seminole Indians' efforts to become civilized by white-men's standards in order to keep their land from greedy settlers who failed to see the Indians' side of the issue.
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Unchained 1955 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Hall Bartlett
Cast: Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, Chester Morris, Todd Duncan, Barbara Hale, Johnny Johnston, Jerry Paris, Peggy Knudsen, Chuck Connors, Tim Considine, John Qualen
Based on a true story this film tells about life on a prison farm in Chino, California. This film's theme song, "Unchained Melody," became a classic (and was nominated for an Oscar).
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The Window 1949 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Tetzlaff
Cast: Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman, Bobby Driscoll, Anthony Ross, Richard Benedict, Jim Nolan, Lee Phelps
Nine-year-old Tommy Woodry (Bobby Driscoll) is a compulsive teller of tales. One night, Tommy witnesses a murder, but because of his reputation, no one will believe him. Bobby Driscoll was awarded an Honorary Award (Miniature Oscar) for Outstanding juvenile actor.
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| 1. 7th Cavalry (1956)
aka: Seventh Cavalry
2. Airport (1970)
3. And Baby Makes Three (1949)
4. Big Wednesday (1978)
aka: Summer of Innocence
5. The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
6. Buckskin (1968)
7. Emergency Wedding (1950)
8. The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
9. The Falcon Out West (1944)
10. The Far Horizons (1955)
11. The First Time (1952)
12. The Giant Spider Invasion (1975)
13. Higher and Higher (1943)
14. The Jackpot (1950)
15. Jolson Sings Again (1949)
16. Last of the Comanches (1952)
17. A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)
18. Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace (1988)
19. Seminole (1953)
20. Unchained (1955)
21. West of the Pecos (1945)
22. The Window (1949)
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