 Annie Get Your Gun 1950  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Family / Western / Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Betty Hutton, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish, Edward Arnold, Keenan Wynn, Benay Venuta, Clinton Sundberg, James Harrison, Mae Clarke, John Hamilton, Anne O'Neal, William Tannen, Frank Wilcox, Chief Yowlachie
This film features Irving Berlin songs "Anything You Can Do," "Doin' What Comes Naturally," and "There's No Business Like Show Business." It is the story of sharpshooter Annie Oakley's (Betty Hutton) life in Buffalo Bill's (Louis Calhern) Wild West Show and her romance with the show's star sharpshooter Frank Butler (Howard Keel).
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The Big Fisherman 1959   N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Howard Keel, Susan Kohner, John Saxon, Martha Hyer, Herbert Lom, Ray Stricklyn, Marian Seldes, Alexander Scourby, Beulah Bondi, Jay Barney
Based on a novel by Lloyd C. Douglas, this Disney production is overly long and not well executed. It is the story of Simon Peter (a miscast Howard Keel), the "fisher of men," who started as a fisherman and became a leader in the Christian movement. Good scenery (San Fernando Valley) with three Academy Award nominations. 1 User Review
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| | brimashica 02/08/2007 | | Yhis is a excellent movie to watch. Yet I can't find it to watch. The peson I watch the movie from can't find it. I would like to watch this movie, because I am teaching my kids about the Lord. |
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 Calamity Jane 1953 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: David Butler
Cast: Doris Day, Howard Keel, Philip Carey, Allyn Ann McLerie, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Lane Chandler, Kenne Duncan, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Budd Buster, Lee Shumway, Monte Montague
Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel) meet in Deadwood, South Dakota, where they have a rollicking good time. Jane promises the townsfolk that she will get Chicago singing star Adelaide Adams (Gale Robbins) to perform on Deadwood's Golden Garter stage. Adelaide is booked on a European tour and, unbeknownst to Jane, sends her maid Katie (Allyn Ann McLerie) to perform. After failing at her first performance, Katie becomes a success and tries to make a "lady" out of Jane. Meanwhile, Jane thinks she is falling for handsome Lt. Gilmartin (Philip Carey), but when Gilmartin is attracted to Katie instead, Jane finally realizes that it is Wild Bill who she has loved all along. Terrific music; songs include "Deadwood Stage," "Secret Love," and "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better." "Secret Love" won the Oscar for Best Song.
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Callaway Went Thataway 1951  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Star Said No
Director: Norman Panama
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, Howard Keel, Jesse White, Fay Roope, Elisabeth Fraser, Stan Freberg, Natalie Schafer, Douglas Kennedy, Don Haggerty
This spoof of the Western genre features cameo appearances by a number of Hollywood stars. The plot involves promoters Mike (Fred MacMurray) and Deborah (Dorothy McGuire) substituting a look-a-like cowboy (Howard Keel) for the real star (also Howard Keel) who is an alcoholic.
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 The Day of the Triffids 1962  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Steve Sekely, Freddie Francis
Cast: Howard Keel, Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott, Kieron Moore, Mervyn Johns, Ewan Roberts, Alison Leggett, Janina Faye, Geoffrey Matthews, Gilgi Hauser
A meteor shower blinds all who look at it, but Bill Masen (Howard Keel) is spared. The shower also brought alien spores that quickly took hold on Earth, growing into huge, fast-spreading, carnivorous plants, and the blind people are easy targets. Bill searches for others who still have sight in order to save the Earth. Meanwhile, a couple (Janette Scott and Kieron Moore) works in a lighthouse on a scientific solution.
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I Love Melvin 1953 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Don Weis
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Jim Backus, Robert Taylor, Allyn Joslyn, Les Tremayne, Barbara Ruick, Howard Keel
A would-be photographer (Donald O'Connor) for "Look" magazine pretends to be a man with important connections in order to make an impression on a young chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds).
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Kismet 1955  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Musical / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Vic Damone, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam, Ted de Corsia, Ross Bagdasarian, Mike Mazurki, Reiko Sato, Julie Robinson, Jamie Farr
Howard Keel plays Baghdad beggar, The Poet, whose daughter Marsinah (Ann Blyth) falls in love with the young Caliph (Vic Damone) while the sexy wife (Dolores Gray) of the Wazir (Sebastian Cabot) has her eyes on The Poet. Fate steps in, and all live happily ever after. The songs "Stranger in Paradise" and "Baubles, Bangles, and Beads" are highlights of this Arabian Nights musical.
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 Kiss Me Kate 1953 N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Bob Fosse, Ron Randell, Willard Parker, Dave O'Brien, Ann Codee, Claud Allister, Carol Haney
Based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," this adaptation of the Broadway musical is delightful. Fred Graham "Petruchio" (Howard Keel) and Lilli Vanessi "Katherine" (Kathryn Grayson) are a divorced couple who star in a musical and resemble Shakespeare's characters–both on and off stage. Cole Porter songs add to the enjoyment.
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Ride, Vaquero 1953 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Anthony Quinn, Kurt Kasznar, Ted de Corsia, Charlita, Jack Elam, Frank McGrath, Walter Baldwin
Rio (Robert Taylor) and Jose Esqueda (Anthony Quinn) are members of a band of outlaws who terrorize settlers in Southwest Texas.
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Rose Marie 1954  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Ann Blyth, Howard Keel, Fernando Lamas, Bert Lahr, Marjorie Main, Joan Taylor, Ray Collins, Chief Yowlachie, James Logan, Thurl Ravenscroft
This is another remake of the 1924 Rudolf Friml operetta and is the first musical to use the CinemaScope format, which it does to good advantage. Rose Marie (Ann Blyth) is a lovely French-Canadian lass who is after trapper James Duval (Fernando Lamas). James, in turn, is being pursued by mountie Mike Malone (Howard Keel). Mike uses Rose to help him get James and, in the process, falls in love with her. 1 User Review
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 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Adventure / Comedy / Drama
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Howard Keel, Jeff Richards, Russ Tamblyn, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt, Jane Powell, Julie Newmar, Ruta Lee, Ian Wolfe, Virginia Gibson, Matt Mattox, Jacques d'Amboise, Nancy Kilgas, Betty Carr, Norma Doggett
Great dancing highlights this fanciful musical about seven brothers in 1850s' Oregon who "kidnap" seven women chosen as their brides. An avalanche prevents the girls' relatives from rescuing them, and love blooms before the spring thaw. An Academy Award went to the film for Best Musical Score, and a nomination was received for Best Picture along with three other nominations.
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 Show Boat 1951 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Sterling, William Warfield, Adele Jergens, Lief Erickson, Norman Leavitt, Fuzzy Knight, Emory Parnell, Regis Toomey
This remake of the Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein Broadway musical features Kathryn Grayson in the role of Magnolia, the daughter of the Mississippi riverboat's Captain Andy Hawk (Joe E. Brown). Magnolia takes over the riverboat show's starring role when Julie (Ava Gardner) is forced to leave after local police learn that she is not White but is married to White man Steve (Robert Sterling), and interracial marriages are forbidden. Gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Howard Keel) takes the role of Magnolia's leading man, and they fall in love and marry. But, Gaylord's gambling will prove to be a big problem–until he cleans up his act and returns to Magnolia and their baby daughter. Song standards, such as "Old Man River" (sung beautifully by William Warfield), "Bill," and "Make Believe" make this an enjoyable film.
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Texas Carnival 1951 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Tom Tully, Glenn Strange, Donald MacBride, Hans Conried, Thurston Hall
In this MGM musical, poor carnival performers Debbie Telford (Esther Williams) and Cornie Quinell (Red Skelton) pretend to be rich Texans.
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That's Entertainment!, Part III 1994 G, 113 min.
Genre: Family / Documentary / Musical
Director: Bud Friedgen, Michael J. Sheridan
Cast: June Allyson, Cyd Charisse, Lena Horne, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Mickey Rooney, Ann Miller, Esther Williams, Joan McCracken, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Ray Bolger, Jeanette MacDonald
This third version of "That's Entertainment" is every bit as good as the previous ones. This time, out-takes are included in the film clips of M.G.M. classics from 1929 to 1954.
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Three Guys Named Mike 1951 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Jane Wyman, Van Johnson, Howard Keel, Barry Sullivan, Phyllis Kirk, Anne Sargent, Jeff Donnell, Herbert Heyes, Robert E. Sherwood, Don McGuire, Barbara Billingsley, Hugh Sanders
Flight attendant Marcy (Jane Wyman) knows that three "Mikes" are romantically interested in her. When Mike Lawrence (Van Johnson), Mike Jamison (Howard Keel), and Mike Tracy (Barry Sullivan) find out about each other, Marcy must choose from the three.
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The War Wagon 1967 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker Jr., Keenan Wynn, Bruce Dern, Gene Evans, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes, Sheb Wooley
Wanting revenge for being framed and sent to prison, Taw Jackson (John Wayne) gets help from his friend, Lomax (Kirk Douglas). Together, they try to hijack an armored wagon filled with gold. But–Lomax has been hired by the dastardly framer to kill Taw.
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| 1. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
2. Arizona Bushwhackers (1968)
3. The Big Fisherman (1959)
4. Calamity Jane (1953)
5. Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
aka: The Star Said No
6. The Day of the Triffids (1962)
7. I Love Melvin (1953)
8. Kismet (1955)
9. Kiss Me Kate (1953)
10. Ride, Vaquero (1953)
11. Rose Marie (1954)
12. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
13. Show Boat (1951)
14. Texas Carnival (1951)
15. That's Entertainment!, Part III (1994)
16. Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
17. The War Wagon (1967)
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