The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Tommy Kelly, Jackie Moran, May Robson, Walter Brennan, Victor Jory, Ann Gillis, Spring Byington, Donald Meek, Margaret Hamilton, David Holt
This is an excellent production of Mark Twain's story with Tommy Kelly in the title role and May Robson as Aunt Polly.
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All Hands on Deck 1961   N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Pat Boone, Buddy Hackett, Dennis O'Keefe, Barbara Eden, Warren Berlinger, Gale Gordon, Ann B. Davis, Jody McCrea, David Brandon, Joe E. Ross
When sailors head for town, Lieutenant Donald (Pat Boone) and local resident Sally Hobson (Barbara Eden) fall in love in this moderately entertaining musical comedy. 1 User Review
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| | only seen it on tv. not avail. on dvd or tape | Anonymous 10/05/2007 | | enjoyed the funny parts and the movie as a whole |
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Are Husbands Necessary? 1942 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Ray Milland, Betty Field, Patricia Morison, Eugene Pallette, Charles Dingle, Leif Erickson, Richard Haydn, Cecil Kellaway, Elisabeth Risdon, Kathleen Lockhart, Anne Revere, Phillip Terry
George (Ray Milland) and Mary (Betty Field) are a couple with many problems–including financial–who decide to adopt a baby as a partial solution to their irresponsibility.
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 A Bedtime Story 1933  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Helen Twelvetrees, Baby LeRoy, Edward Everett Horton, Adrienne Ames, Earle Foxe, Gertrude Michael, Reginald Mason, Henry Kolker
When a gigolo must take care of a baby, his livelihood is threatened.
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The Beginning or the End 1947  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Beverly Tyler, Audrey Totter, Hume Cronyn, Joseph Calleia, John Litel, Henry O'Neill, Moroni Olsen
The development of the atomic bomb during World War II unfolds in this drama that climaxes with the bombing of Hiroshima.
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The Big Broadcast of 1936 1935 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bing Crosby, Lyda Roberti, Wendy Barrie, Henry Wadsworth, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Ruggles, Ethel Merman, Samuel S. Hinds, C. Henry Gordon, Benny Baker, Guy Standing, Mary Boland
This second film in a series of "Big Broadcasts" uses a plot unfolding everyday occurrences at a radio station to showcase radio personalities on the big screen. The station's owner, Spud (Jack Oakie), performs as the announcer on his station's show. The station is on the verge of bankruptcy when George and Gracie (George Burns and Gracie Allen) sell Spud the "Radio Eye" that picks up events and televises them on a viewing screen. Among those captured performing on the "Radio Eye" are Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Amos "N" Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), and the Vienna Boys Choir
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The Big City 1948 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Robert Preston, Danny Thomas, George Murphy, Edward Arnold, Betty Garrett, Karin Booth, Butch Jenkins, Connie Gilchrist
Three young men, representing Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic faiths, adopt young Midge (Margaret O'Brien) and become her mentors in this musical film.
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The Birds and the Bees 1956  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: George Gobel, Mitzi Gaynor, David Niven, Reginald Gardiner, Fred Clark, Hans Conried, Harry Bellaver, Clinton Sundberg, Milton Frome, Mary Treen
This remake of "The Lady Eve" does not measure up to the original. The story centers on naive millionaire George Hamilton (George Gobel) who is beguiled by cardsharp Jean Harris (Mitzi Gaynor).
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 Blue Hawaii 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Nancy Walters, Roland Winters, Steve Brodie, Angela Lansbury, John Archer, Howard McNear, Gregory Gaye, Iris Adrian
Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) leaves the Army and returns to his home on a successful Hawaiian pineapple plantation. When he decides to work for the tourist bureau, his family is disappointed that he is not tending to the family fortune.
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Boys Town 1938  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Henry Hull, Leslie Fenton, Gene Reynolds, Addison Richards, Edward Norris, Minor Watson, Jonathan Hale, Bobs Watson, Mickey Rentschler, Frankie Thomas, Sidney Miller, Martin Spellman, Jimmy Butler
As Father Edward J. Flanagan (Spencer Tracy) strives to set up a community for homeless boys, he runs into trouble with one boy, Whitey Marsh (Mickey Rooney), whose older brother (Edward Norris) is a gangster. Whitey runs away a number of times and finally manages to join his brother's gang. But, Father Flanagan and the boys capture the gang, and Whitey, at last, respects Father Flanagan's program and has hope for the future. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award as Best Actor for his role in this film (his second consecutive Best Actor Oscar). Nominations were received for Best Picture and Director, and another Oscar was received for Best Original Story.
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The Bride Goes Wild 1948 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Van Johnson, June Allyson, Butch Jenkins, Hume Cronyn, Una Merkel, Arlene Dahl, Lloyd Corrigan, Elisabeth Risdon, Clara Blandick, Richard Derr
The author of children stories, Greg Rawlings (Van Johnson) pretends to be a widower father when he courts schoolteacher Martha Terrytown (June Allyson).
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Bundle of Joy 1956 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Adolphe Menjou, Tommy Noonan, Melville Cooper, Edward Brophy, Una Merkel, Gil Stratton, Mary Treen, Nita Talbot
Attempting to cash in on the real-life marriage of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, the studio put them in this film together. The plot involves the aftermath of Polly Parrish's (Debbie Reynolds) actions when she picks up a baby left at a front door. Everyone believes that she is the real mother. Her ex-boss (Adolphe Menjou) becomes involved and tries to make Polly an "honorable woman" through marriage to his son, Dan (Eddie Fisher).
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Design for Scandal 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Walter Pidgeon, Edward Arnold, Lee Bowman, Jean Rogers, Mary Beth Hughes, Guy Kibbee, Thurston Hall, Donald Meek, Barbara Jo Allen
Newsman Judson M. Blair (Edward Arnold) plots to set up and frame Judge Cornelia Porter (Rosalind Russell) in a scandal, but he falls in love with her in the process.
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Double Trouble 1967  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Annette Day, John Williams, Yvonne Romain, Chips Rafferty, Michael Murphy, Norman Rossington, Monte Landis, Leon Askin, John Alderson, Stanley Adams, Helene Winston
Singer Guy Lambert (Elvis Presley) is touring Europe when he runs into trouble on two fronts: jewel thieves who hide diamonds in his luggage AND a rich teenager (Annette Day) who falls in love with him.
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine 1965  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Vincent Price, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Susan Hart, Fred Clark, Annette Funicello, Aron Kincaid, Harvey Lembeck, Jack Mullaney, Deborah Walley
Weird scientist Doctor Goldfoot (Vincent Price) invents sexy female robots to seduce wealthy men and allow him to rule the world. A sequel to this film is 1966's "Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs." 1 User Review
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| | dr goldfoot movie | fignewton 01/27/2007 | | hi im fignewton i liked the dr goldfoot movie it funny entertainig because it was the sixties compared to stupid movies of today they make em good like these movies frankie avalon was agood actor and great singer susan hart shes mmmmmmp hot and sexy iwish i could meet her in person wow she should been in the girlbombs she would have filled the zipper swimsuit out mmmp well kissss from me to ms susan huh huh hart |
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Fifty Roads to Town 1937 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Don Ameche, Ann Sothern, Slim Summerville, Jane Darwell, John Qualen, Alan Dinehart, Stepin Fetchit, Oscar Apfel, Douglas Fowley, Allan Lane
While marooned in a mountain cabin during a snowstorm, Peter (Don Ameche) and Millicent (Ann Sothern) fall in love despite their ordeal.
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The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown 1957  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jane Russell, Keenan Wynn, Ralph Meeker, Fred Clark, Adolphe Menjou, Una Merkel, Benay Venuta, Robert Harris, Milton Frome, Dick Haynes
After kidnapping movie star Laurel Stevens (Jane Russell), criminals Dandy (Keenan Wynn) and Mike Valla (Ralph Meeker) are frustrated when their ransom note is taken for a publicity stunt.
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G.I. Blues 1960 N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, Leticia Roman, James Douglas, Arch Johnson, Ludwig Stossel, Sigrid Maier, Mickey Knox, John Hudson, Kenneth Becker, Jeremy Slate, Beach Dickerson, Trent Dolan, Carl Crow
Lili (Juliet Prowse) is a German nightclub dancer who catches the eye of an American soldier, Tulsa McCauley (Elvis Presley), who has plans to open up his own nightclub after he leaves the Army. Needing money to achieve his goal, Tulsa makes a bet with his friends that Lili will agree to a date with him. What are the odds? Songs include "Blue Suede Shoes," Shopping Around," and "Pocketful of Rainbows."
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Girl Crazy 1943 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Gil Stratton, Robert E. Strickland, Rags Ragland, June Allyson, Nancy Walker, Guy Kibbee, Henry O'Neill, Irving Bacon
Gershwin tunes "I Got Rhythm," "Embraceable You," and "But Not for Me" highlight this film about college students who work to stave off bankruptcy for their school. One of the best Rooney/Garland musicals
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Girls! Girls! Girls! 1962 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin, Benson Fong, Robert Strauss, Guy Lee, Frank Puglia, Nestor Paiva, Ann McCrea, Lili Valenty, Beulah Quo, Ginny Tiu, Elizabeth Tiu, Alexander Tiu
Ross Carpenter (Elvis Presley) is a charter boat captain in Hawaii where he spends his days at sea and his nights singing at a nightclub hoping to earn enough money to buy the boat from its owner Wesley Johnson (Jeremy Slate). Meanwhile, Ross cannot decide between heiress Laurel (Laurel Goodwin) and sexy singer Robin (Stella Stevens)–one of whom is destined to become his true love. Who will it be? Songs include "The Nearness of You" and "Never Let Me Go" by Stevens and "Girls, Girls, Girls," "Return to Sender," and "Because of You" by Presley.
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Hold 'Em Jail 1932 N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Betty Grable, Edgar Kennedy, Edna May Oliver, Roscoe Ates, Paul Hurst, Warren Hymer, Robert Armstrong, Spencer Charters
Prison inmates Curly (Bert Wheeler) and Spider (Robert Woolsey) get involved in prison football–the warden's (Edgar Kennedy) favorite sport.
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The Hoodlum Saint 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: William Powell, Esther Williams, Angela Lansbury, James Gleason, Lewis Stone, Rags Ragland, Frank McHugh, Slim Summerville, Henry O'Neill, Emma Dunn
Con artist Terry Ellerton O'Neill (William Powell) returns from the war and is determined to obtain wealth but runs into problems in the romance department with the lovely Kay Lorrison (Esther Williams).
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Huckleberry Finn 1931 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, Eugene Pallette, Jackie Searl, Clarence Muse, Clara Blandick, Jane Darwell, Oscar Apfel, Warner Richmond
Huckleberry Finn and Jim raft down the Mississippi in this Mark Twain classic about life on the Mississippi River. The same starring cast (Jackie Coogan, Mitzi Green, Junior Durkin, and Clara Blandick) appeared the previous year in "Tom Sawyer."
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 It Happened at the World's Fair 1963 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance / Adventure
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu, H.M. Wynant, Edith Atwater, Guy Raymond, Dorothy Green, Yvonne Craig, Kurt Russell, Kam Tong, Don Brodie, Tom Greenway, Paula Lane, Robert Williams
An adorable little girl, Sue-Lin (Vicky Tiu), is the catalyst for love and romance between Mike Edwards (Elvis Presley) and Diane Warren (Joan O'Brien) while they are both attending the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. Kurt Russell makes his screen debut in a bit part. Songs include "Take Me to the Fair," Cotton Candy Land," and "Beyond the Bend."
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Jumping Jacks 1952 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Mona Freeman, Don DeFore, Robert Strauss, Ray Teal, Richard Erdman, Edwin Max, Alex Gerry, Charles Evans
Chick Allen (Dean Martin) and Hap Smith (Jerry Lewis) are vaudeville buddies who entertain paratroopers and end up over their heads in Army brass.
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Little Nellie Kelly 1940 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Judy Garland, George Murphy, Charles Winninger, Douglas McPhail, Arthur Shields, Rita Page, Forrester Harvey, James Burke, George Watts, John Raitt
Based on the George M. Cohan play, this film tells the story of a stubborn father (Charles Winninger) who refuses to accept the marriage of his son (George Murphy) and a family feud is the result –until young Nellie (Judy Garland) saves the day. Songs include "It's a Great Day for the Irish" and "Singin' in the Rain."
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Live a Little, Love a Little 1968 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Michele Carey, Don Porter, Rudy Vallee, Sterling Holloway, Eddie Hodges, Dick Sargent, Celeste Yarnall, Joan Shawlee, Mary Grover, Phyllis Davis, Emily Banks
In Elvis Presley's 28th film, he takes on the role of freelance photographer Greg Nolan who has problems juggling his careers in which he works for a girlie magazine while taking a second job with a conservative publication located in the same building. Complications arise after he meets fashion model Bernice (Michele Carey) and enters into an on-again, off-again romance. Songs include "Wonderful World," "Almost in Love," and "Edge of Reality."
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Living It Up 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Janet Leigh, Edward Arnold, Fred Clark, Sheree North, Sammy White, Sig Ruman, Sid Tomack, Richard Loo
This remake of "Nothing Sacred" features Janet Leigh as the reporter who dreams up the publicity stunt of bringing a supposedly dying man (Jerry Lewis) to New York City to grant his "last" wish.
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Lucky Night 1939 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Myrna Loy, Robert Taylor, Joseph Allen, Henry O'Neill, Charles(2) Lane, Marjorie Main, Irving Bacon, Douglas Fowley
Wealthy Cora Jordan (Myrna Loy) marries a poor poet, Bill Overton (Robert Taylor), and problems mount over their different needs for social lives. No, thanks.
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Mad About Music 1938 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Deanna Durbin, Herbert Marshall, Gail Patrick, Arthur Treacher, Helen Parrish, William Frawley, Jackie Moran, Elisabeth Risdon, Franklin Pangborn, Marcia Mae Jones
A young girl boards at a Swiss girls' school while her socialite mother pretends her daughter does not exist–all ends well when the daughter plays cupid and finds the ideal mate for her mother.
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Men of Boys Town 1941 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney, Bobs Watson, Larry Nunn, Darryl Hickman, Henry O'Neill, Lee J. Cobb, Mary Nash, Sidney Miller, Addison Richards
This sequel to the classic "Boys' Town" again features Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney in their roles of Father Flanagan and Whitey Marsh. A reformed Whitey comes to the aid of Father Flanagan in rehabilitating boys.
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Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone 1950 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Marjorie Main, James Whitmore, Ann Dvorak, Phyllis Kirk, Fred Clark, Dorothy Malone, Willard Waterman, Don Porter, Clinton Sandberg, Douglas Fowley
When lawyer John J. Malone's (James Whitmore) client is murdered, he teams up with Hattie O'Malley (Marjorie Main), and, together, they solve the crime.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Pauline Lord, W.C. Fields, Zasu Pitts, Evelyn Venable, Kent Taylor, Donald Meek, Charles Middleton, Jimmy Butler, Virginia Weidler, George Reed
This is the story of Mrs. Wiggs (Pauline Lord), the mother of five children, who handles adversity and manages to instill positive messages in her brood. Remade in 1942.
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Onionhead 1958 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Andy Griffith, Felicia Farr, Walter Matthau, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Joe Mantell, Ray Danton, James Gregory, Joey Bishop, Roscoe Karns, Claude Akins
Al Woods (Andy Griffith) serves as a cook on a Coast Guard buoy tender where Red Wilder (Walter Matthau) serves as his mentor.
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Palm Springs Weekend 1963 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Ty Hardin, Stefanie Powers, Robert Conrad, Andrew Duggan, Jack Weston, Carole Cook, Jerry Van Dyke, Bill Mumy, Zeme North, Dorothy Green, Robert Gothie, Greg Benedict, Gary Kincaid
Spring break is here, and Los Angeles area students arrive in Palm Springs for Easter weekend during which time they plan to blow off steam. The students–including Jim Munroe (Troy Donahue) who finds romance with Bunny (Stephanie Powers) who happens to be the daughter of the local police chief (Andrew Duggan)–will enjoy sun and romance before heading back to their respective schools.
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Pardners 1956 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin, Lori Nelson, Jackie Loughery, Agnes Moorehead, Lon Chaney Jr., Mickey Finn, Lee Van Cleef, Jeff Morrow, Jack Elam
This remake (by the same director) of 1936's "Rhythm on the Range" features Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as ranch hand and tenderfoot who fend off villains trying to gain control of the ranch.
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Please Believe Me 1950 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens, Peter Lawford, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish, Spring Byington, George Cleveland, Ian Wolfe, Henri Letondal
A British heiress, Alison Kirbe (Deborah Kerr), sails to America to claim her Texas land. While en route she is courted by three men looking for a chance to share her wealth and providing plenty of shipboard romances.
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Presenting Lily Mars 1943 N/R, 106 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Judy Garland, Van Heflin, Fay Bainter, Richard Carlson, Spring Byington, Marta Eggerth, Marilyn Maxwell, Tommy Dorsey, Bob Crosby, Leonid Kinskey
A small town girl, Lily Mars (Judy Garland), aspires to stardom on Broadway in this run-of-the-mill, boy-meets-girl musical.
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Rhythm on the Range 1936 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Samuel S. Hinds, Lucile Watson, Warren Hymer, George E. Stone, James Burke, Clem Bevans
The classic song "I'm an Old Cowhand" was introduced in this film AND Martha Raye made her film debut. Doris Halloway (Frances Farmer) is a wealthy New Yorker who heads west and meets a ranch hand (Bing Crosby) who, in turn, saves her from kidnappers. This film was remade in 1956 as "Pardners" starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
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Rich, Young and Pretty 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jane Powell, Danielle Darrieux, Wendell Corey, Vic Damone, Fernando Lamas, Marcel Dalio, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Hans Conried
While accompanying her father (Wendell Corey) on a United Nations trip to Paris, Elizabeth (Jane Powell) meets her long-lost mother (Danielle Darrieux) and falls in love with Andre Milan (Vic Damone).
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Room for One More 1952 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Easy Way
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Lurene Tuttle, Iris Mann, Randy Stuart, John Ridgely, Irving Bacon, Mary Treen, Hayden Rorke, Don Beddoe
George (Cary Grant) and Anna (Betsy Drake) Rose adopt two troubled children in this sentimental, but entertaining, film. 2 User Reviews
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| | Feel Good Movie | Ehutch 01/20/2008 | | I saw this movie on AMC many years ago, and I have never forgotten it. It is funny and poignant at the same time. I would love to see it again and I sure wish I could find it on DVD!! |
| | Anonymous 10/25/2007 | | I loved this movie as a child and have searched for years, to no avail, for it on DVD |
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Sergeant Deadhead 1965 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Frankie Avalon, Deborah Walley, Cesar Romero, Fred Clark, Gale Gordon, Buster Keaton, Reginald Gardiner, Eve Arden, Pat Buttram, Harvey Lembeck
A U.S. government experiment goes awry, and an airman (Frankie Avalon) exchanges with a chimpanzee during a journey into space.
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Skippy 1931 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Jack Clifford, Guy Oliver, Donald Haines
This film received nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor, and Norman Taurog took home the Oscar for Best Director. Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is an all-American boy finding happiness and success in spite of not being born with a silver spoon in his mouth. A sequel, "Sooky," was made later the same year.
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Sooky 1931 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Oscar Apfel, Tom Wilson, Gertrude Sutton, Harry Beresford
This sequel to "Skippy" again features boyhood friends Skippy (Jackie Cooper) and Sooky (Robert Coogan) in funny, yet sentimental, escapades around their neighborhood.
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 Speedway 1968 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Bill Bixby, Nancy Sinatra, Gale Gordon, William Schallert, Victoria Paige Meyerink, Ross Hagan, Carl Ballantine, Poncie Ponce, Harry Hickox
Elvis Presley plays a racecar driver in this story revolving around stock car racing. It does feature, as part of the racing scene, real-life racers Richard Petty and Cale Yarborough.
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Spinout 1966 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Deborah Walley, Will Hutchins, Cecil Kellaway, Una Merkel, Jack Mullaney, Dodie Marshall, Warren Berlinger
As the leader of a rock-and-roll band, Mike McCoy (Elvis Presley) is pursued by drummer Les (Deborah Walley), along with Cynthia (Shelley Fabares) and Diana (Diane McBain)–all of whom have more than music in mind.
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The Stars Are Singing 1953 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Rosemary Clooney, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Lauritz Melchoir, Bob Williams, Fred Clark, Lloyd Corrigan, John Archer, Mikhail Rasumny, Don Wilson, Tom Morton
Katri Walenska (Anna Maria Alberghetti) illegally enters the country, and Terry Brennan (Rosemary Clooney) and her friends try to hide her from immigration authorities.
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The Stooge 1952 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall, Eddie Mayehoff, Frances Bavier, Richard Erdman, Oliver Blake, Don Haggerty, Donald MacBride
Singer Bill Miller (Dean Martin) has problems accepting the fact that his success is largely based on the presence of his comic sidekick (Jerry Lewis).
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Strike Me Pink 1936 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers, William Frawley, Brian Donlevy, Jack La Rue, Harry Parke, Helen Lowell, Gordon Jones, Edward Brophy
This is a weak Eddie Cantor entry as he plays a mild-mannered tailor who becomes involved with the Mob when he takes on the job of manager of an amusement park.
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That Midnight Kiss 1949 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Jose Iturbi, Ethel Barrymore, Mario Lanza, Keenan Wynn, J. Carrol Naish, Jules Munshin, Thomas Gomez, Marjorie Reynolds, Arthur Treacher
Mario Lanza makes his film debut in this film about truck driver Johnny Donnetti who is hired as the tenor lead in an opera production where he falls in love with heiress and female lead Prudence Budell (Kathryn Grayson).
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Tickle Me 1965 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Elvis Presley, Julie Adams, Jocelyn Lane, Jack Mullaney, Merry Anders, Bill Williams, Edward Faulkner, Connie Gilchrist, John Dennis, Allison Hayes, Barbara Werle, Grady Sutton, Ines Pedroza, Angela Greene, Lilyan Chauvin
Lonnie Beals (Elvis Presley) is a singing cowboy who takes on temporary work to earn money before rodeo season. He works at an all-female health spa and, of course, quickly becomes a celebrity among the clients. When Lonnie learns that the physical trainer Pam Merritt (Jocelyn Lane) holds a treasure map leading to gold in the ghost town of Silverado, Lonnie and Pam set off looking for the treasure. But, others are plotting to steal the treasure map, and a showdown is destined to occur in Silverado. Elvis' songs "Put the Blame on Me," "I'm Yours," "Long, Lonely Highway," and "It Feels So Right" contribute to the enjoyment of the film.
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The Toast of New Orleans 1950 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, David Niven, J. Carrol Naish, Rita Moreno, James Mitchell, Richard Hageman, Clinton Sundberg, Sig Arno, Romo Vincent
Pepe Abellard Duvalle (Mario Lanza) is a bayou fisherman who is groomed for an operatic career by Jacques Riboudeaux (David Niven). Lanza sings "Be My Love" to Kathryn Grayson; the song was nominated for an Academy Award.
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Visit to a Small Planet 1960 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, John Williams, Jerome Cowan, Gale Gordon, Lee Patrick, Ellen Corby
Based on Gore Vidal's satirical play, this is the story of an alien (Jerry Lewis) who visits Earth to study its inhabitants.
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The Way to Love 1933 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Ann Dvorak, Edward Everett Horton, Arthur Pierson, Minna Gombell, Douglass Dumbrille, John Miljan, Sidney Toler, Blanche Friderici, George Regas
Street vendor Francois (Maurice Chevalier) becomes involved with Madeleine (Ann Dvorak) after she leaves the circus and her partner.
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We're Not Dressing 1934 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Ray Milland, Ethel Merman, Leon Errol, Ben Hendricks Jr., Ernie Adams, Stanley Blystone
The guests of rich heiress Doris Worthington (Carole Lombard) are shipwrecked when her yacht sinks off a tropical island. One of the deck hands (Bing Crosby) is the only one who knows rules of survival, and he shows the stranded society set how to find food and shelter.
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Words and Music 1948 N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, June Allyson, Ann Sothern, Perry Como, Janet Leigh, Mel Torme
This is the biography of Lorenz Hart who, as part of the team with Richard Rogers, wrote so many great Broadway shows. A highlight of the film is Gene Kelly's dance to "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue."
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You Can't Have Everything 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Alice Faye, Al Ritz, Harry Ritz, Jimmy Ritz, Don Ameche, Charles Winninger, Gypsy Rose Lee, Arthur Treacher, Tony Martin, Louis Prima, Phyllis Brooks, Clara Blandick
Schoolteacher Judith Poe Wells (Alice Faye) has dreams of becoming the playwright of a hit play in this delightful musical.
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Young Tom Edison 1940 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft, Virginia Weidler, Eugene Pallette, Victor Kilian, Bobby Jordan, J.M. Kerrigan, Lloyd Corrigan, Clem Bevans
This is the first half of two films planned by MGM about the life of Thomas Edison. It was followed by "Edison, the Man." Mickey Rooney stars as the inquisitive teenager, Tom, in his days before fame and fortune. Spencer Tracy took on the title role in the second film about an older Thomas Edison.
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You're Never Too Young 1955 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Diana Lynn, Nina Foch, Raymond Burr, Veda Ann Borg, Nancy Kulp, Hans Conried, Romo Vincent, Milton Frome
In this remake of "The Major and the Minor," Wilbur Hoolick (Jerry Lewis) hides out from a jewel thief (Raymond Burr) by pretending to be a boy. His place of refuge is a girls' school, which makes for some great laughs.
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1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
2. All Hands on Deck (1961)
3. Are Husbands Necessary? (1942)
4. A Bedtime Story (1933)
5. The Beginning or the End (1947)
6. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
7. The Big City (1948)
8. The Birds and the Bees (1956)
9. Blue Hawaii (1961)
10. Boys Town (1938)
11. The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
12. Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
13. Bundle of Joy (1956)
14. The Caddy (1953)
15. Design for Scandal (1941)
16. Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
17. Double Trouble (1967)
18. Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
19. Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
20. The Fuzzy Pink Nightgown (1957)
21. G.I. Blues (1960)
22. Girl Crazy (1943)
23. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
24. Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
25. The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
26. Huckleberry Finn (1931)
27. It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
28. Jumping Jacks (1952)
29. Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
30. Live a Little, Love a Little (1968)
31. Living It Up (1954)
32. Lucky Night (1939)
33. Mad About Music (1938)
34. Men of Boys Town (1941)
35. Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
36. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
37. Onionhead (1958)
38. Palm Springs Weekend (1963)
39. Pardners (1956)
40. The Phantom President (1932)
41. Please Believe Me (1950)
42. Presenting Lily Mars (1943)
43. Rhythm on the Range (1936)
44. Rich, Young and Pretty (1951)
45. Room for One More (1952)
aka: The Easy Way
46. Sergeant Deadhead (1965)
47. Skippy (1931)
48. Sooky (1931)
49. Speedway (1968)
50. Spinout (1966)
51. The Stars Are Singing (1953)
52. The Stooge (1952)
53. Strike Me Pink (1936)
54. That Midnight Kiss (1949)
55. Tickle Me (1965)
56. The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
57. Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
58. The Way to Love (1933)
59. We're Not Dressing (1934)
60. Words and Music (1948)
61. A Yank at Eton (1942)
62. You Can't Have Everything (1937)
63. Young Tom Edison (1940)
64. You're Never Too Young (1955)
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