Born to Be Bad 1950  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Mel Ferrer, Joan Leslie, Zachary Scott, Harold Vermilyea, Virginia Farmer, Kathleen Howard, Irving Bacon, Bess Flowers, Dick Ryan, Joy Hallward, Hazel Boyne, Gordon Oliver, Avery Graves
Cristabel Caine (Joan Fontaine) tricks millionaire Curtis Carey (Zachary Scott), who is engaged to marry her cousin Donna Foster (Joan Leslie), into marrying her. But, she really loves Nick Bradley (Robert Ryan) and plays around with him even after her marriage to Curtis.
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 Camille 1936  N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Elizabeth Allan, Jessie Ralph, Henry Daniell, Laura Hope Crews, E.E. Clive, Joan Leslie, Fritz Leiber Jr., Lenore Ulric, Rex O'Malley, Eily Malyon, Olaf Hytten, Gwendolyn Logan
In one of Greta Garbo's most famous roles, she plays the Parisian prostitute, Camille, who has been supported by her consort, the wealthy Baron de Varville (Henry Daniell). Love does not enter the picture until Camille meets French nobleman Armand Duvall (Robert Taylor), and he becomes the love of her life. Camille decides to leave the baron and then finds that Armand's father (Lionel Barrymore) disapproves of her past and wants her to leave his son alone. Camille tries to leave Armand, but Armand pursues and supports Camille even as she lies dying from tuberculosis. Based on Alexandre Dumas' novel, this is also the story that Verdi used for "La Traviata."
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Cinderella Jones 1946  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton, Ruth Donnelly, Elisha Cook Jr., Monte Blue, Johnny Mitchell, Julie Bishop, Hobart Cavanaugh, William Prince, Charles Dingle, Charles Arnt, Chester Clute, Edward Gargan
This Busby Berkeley musical/comedy concerns a not-too-smart girl who must find a smart husband or lose her large inheritance. Where else to go looking than to enroll in college. The songs are good; the script isn't.
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The Hard Way 1943 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Ida Lupino, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Gladys George, Faye Emerson, Paul Cavanagh, Roman Bohnen, Leona Maricle, Ann Doran, Eddie Acuff, Monte Blue, Virginia Brissac, Julie Bishop, Eddy Chandler
Helen Chemen (Ida Lupino in one of her best performances) pushes her talented sister Katie (Joan Leslie) to enter show business as the means to get out of poverty in Pennsylvania. Katie becomes a star, but not without consequences. Heavy and depressing at times, but the acting saves it.
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High Sierra 1941 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Henry Hull, Barton MacLane, Henry Travers, Elisabeth Risdon, Cornel Wilde, Eddie Acuff, Donald MacBride, Paul Harvey, Isabel Jewell, Minna Gombell
Ex-con Roy "Mad Dog" Earle (Humphrey Bogart) heads for a fishing resort in the Sierras, and along the way he meets a farm family on their way to LA in search of work. Their daughter, Velma (Joan Leslie), needs an operation on her club foot, and Roy figures his next robbery will result in money necessary for the surgery. More than a few problems develop, but Roy pays for the operation and, with police in pursuit, takes refuge in the High Sierras.
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Hollywood Canteen 1944 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Dane Clark, Janis Paige, Joan Crawford, Barbara Stanwyck, Eddie Cantor, The Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Peter Lorre, Theodore von Eltz, Eddie Marr, Many Guest Stars
Cpl. Ed "Slim" Green (Robert Hutton), a soldier on sick leave during World War II, visits the famous U.S.O. Hollywood Canteen founded by Bette Davis (Herself) and John Garfield (Himself). Slim gets a kiss from Joan Leslie (Herself) who is the woman of his dreams. He returns to the Canteen and, this time, wins a date with Joan when he is named the Canteen's millionth visitor. Does romance lie ahead?
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Janie Gets Married 1946 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Malone, Richard Erdman, Donald Meek, Hattie McDaniel, Barbara Brown
In this sequel to "Janie," Joan Leslie takes over the title role as a young wife helping her ex-soldier husband (Robert Hutton) adjust to the civilian world.
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Love Affair 1939 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leo McCarey
Cast: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Scotty Beckett, Maurice Moscovitch, Tom Dugan, Frank McGlynn Sr., Joan Leslie
This movie has been remade two times as "An Affair to Remember" in 1958 and again as "Love Affair" (1994). It is the three-hankie story about lovers on an ocean voyage who plan to reunite later, BUT fate intervenes. Six Academy Award nominations were received including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress (Maria Ouspenskaya).
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The Male Animal 1942 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Joan Leslie, Herbert Anderson, Hattie McDaniel, Ivan F. Simpson, Don DeFore, William B. Davidson
This film was adapted from the James Thurber novel about a triangle made up of scholarly professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda), his wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), and football hero Joe Ferguson (Jack Carson). Too busy with university affairs, Turner fails to pick up warning signs about Ellen's possible extra-marital affair with Joe.
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Man in the Saddle 1951 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Andre De Toth
Cast: Randolph Scott, Joan Leslie, Ellen Drew, Alexander Knox, Richard Rober, John Russell, Alfonso Bedoya, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Clem Bevans, Cameron Mitchell, Richard Crane, Frank Sully
Laura Bidwell (Joan Leslie) is married to land baron Will Isham (Alexander Knox), but she still loves Owen Merritt (Randolph Scott) who owns a nearby ranch. Involvement in this romantic triangle leads to bloody fist and gun fights in the ensuing battles for love and property.
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Nancy Drew, Reporter 1939 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Family / Mystery / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: William Clemens
Cast: Bonita Granville, John Litel, Frankie Thomas, Mary Lee, Dickie Jones, Larry Williams, Betty Amann, Thomas E. Jackson, Olin Howland, Sheila Bromley, Irving Bacon, Nat Carr, Florence Halop, Joan Leslie, George Lloyd
This likeable entry in the series features teenager Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) entering a newspaper contest that requires a news story be submitted. She stumbles onto a real story–MURDER–and is off with friend Ted (Frankie Thomas) to prove that the accused girl, Eula Denning (Betty Amann) is innocent. There's even a song by the four young stars.
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The Revolt of Mamie Stover 1956  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Jane Russell, Richard Egan, Joan Leslie, Agnes Moorehead, Jorja Curtright, Michael Pate, Alan Reed, Eddie Firestone, Jean Willes, Margia Dean
Jane Russell stars in the title role of a saloon singer during World War II who ends up in Hawaii where she learns that there must be a better life–it is back home in Mississippi, and Mamie bids aloha to the islands.
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Rhapsody in Blue 1945 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Musical
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Julie Bishop, Albert Bassermann, Morris Carnovsky, Rosemary DeCamp, Ira Gershwin, Darryl Hickman
Robert Alda stars in this well-made biography of the composer George Gershwin who is determined to succeed. The story may be short on actual facts, but it is certainly long on entertainment value.
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Sergeant York 1941  N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Hawks
Cast: Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly, Noah Beery Jr., Ward Bond, Elisha Cook Jr., Frank Faylen, June Lockhart, Dickie Moore, Clem Bevans, Charles Trowbridge, Howard Da Silva
Gary Cooper won the Oscar for his portrayal of Sergeant York in this film based on a true story of York's single-handed killing of 25 and capture of 132 Germans during one day of battle. In addition to one other Oscar (Film Editing), nine nominations were received, including Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Walter Brennan), Supporting Actress (Margaret Wycherly), and Director.
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The Sky's the Limit 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan, Elizabeth Patterson, Marjorie Gateson, Richard Davies, Clarence Kolb, Eric Blore, Freddie Slack, Norma Drury Boleslavsky, Arthur Stuart Hull, Dorothy Kelly, Peter Lawford, Ed McNamara
Flying ace Fred (Fred Astaire) takes leave while his group is on tour in support of the war effort. In the guise of a drifter, he meets and falls for photographer Joan (Joan Leslie). Good Academy Award-nominated musical score, and Fred's new dancing partner isn't bad but not one of Fred's best.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Dinah Shore, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Errol Flynn, John Garfield, Dennis Morgan, S.Z. Sakall, Joan Leslie, Ann Sheridan, Hattie McDaniel, Edward Everett Horton, Jack Carson
Movie star Eddie Cantor (Himself) steps in as chairman of the Cavalcade of Stars benefit show and creates so many problems that the producers (S.Z Sakall and Edward Everett Horton) arrange to have him kidnapped. They plan to replace him with his look-a-like, talented bus driver Joe Simpson (also Eddie Cantor), who has been looking for work as an actor but can't get a job because he looks so much like Cantor. Simpson proves to be a hit and is signed to a film contract.
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Thieves Fall Out 1941 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Alan Hale, William T. Orr, John Litel, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy, Jane Darwell, Minna Gombell, Hobart Cavanaugh, Frank Faylen
When his grandmother is kidnapped, a prominent businessman sets out to rescue in his own way.
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This Is the Army 1943 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Alan Hale, Ronald Reagan, Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, Rosemary DeCamp, Frances Langford, Irving Berlin, Dolores Costello, Stanley Ridges, Ruth Donnelly, Dorothy Peterson, Kate Smith
This film was made as a benefit for the Army Emergency Relief Fund during World War II. It features World War I veterans (and many guest stars) entertaining World War II troops with vintage Irving Berlin songs–including "God Bless America" (sung by Kate Smith), "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and "This is the Army, Mr. Jones."
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Two Guys from Milwaukee 1946 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Butler
Cast: Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Joan Leslie, Janis Paige, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary DeCamp, S.Z. Sakall, Tom D'Andrea, Franklin Pangborn, Lauren Bacall
Thinking that Prince Henry (Dennis Morgan) is really from his hometown of Milwaukee, taxi driver Buzz Williams (Jack Carson) helps to acclimate the prince to New York.
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 The Wagons Roll at Night 1941 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sig Ruman, Cliff Clark, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely, Clara Blandick, Garry Owen, Charley Foy, Aldrich Bowker, Jack Mower, Frank Mayo, Al Herman
Grocery clerk Matt Varney (Eddie Albert) captures an escaped lion and returns it to Nick Coster's (Humphrey Bogart) carnival. Nick is impressed with Matt and offers him a job as lion tamer. Matt accepts the job and replaces Hoffman the Great (Sig Ruman), but trouble lies ahead when he falls for Mary Coster (Joan Leslie), who is Nick's sister. Nick disapproves of their relationship and sends Matt into the den of a ferocious lion. Matt survives but now must fight a gun-toting Hoffman the Great who is seeking revenge. Will Matt have met his match, or will his courage ensure winning the heart of Mary? Remake of "Kid Galahad" with a change in scenery.
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 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942  N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Irene Manning, Frances Langford, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, S.Z. Sakall, Eddie Acuff, George Barbier, Douglas Croft, Eddie Foy Jr., Minor Watson
George M. Cohan's biography is the theme of this patriotic musical, and James Cagney is superb in the title role. The story begins when George (Douglas Croft) was growing up as a star in his family's vaudeville show, continues through his years as one of Broadway's great stars, and ends up with him receiving a medal from the President for his contributions to the United States. Cagney won the Best Actor Oscar for his effort. Nominations included Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Walter Huston), and Director. 1 User Review
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| 1. Born to Be Bad (1950)
2. Camille (1936)
3. Cinderella Jones (1946)
4. The Hard Way (1943)
5. High Sierra (1941)
6. Hollywood Canteen (1944)
7. Janie Gets Married (1946)
8. Love Affair (1939)
9. The Male Animal (1942)
10. Man in the Saddle (1951)
11. Nancy Drew, Reporter (1939)
12. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
13. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
14. Sergeant York (1941)
15. The Sky's the Limit (1943)
16. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
17. Thieves Fall Out (1941)
18. This Is the Army (1943)
19. Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
20. The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
21. Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
22. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
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