Hal B. Wallis
5) True grit
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U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
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That's my boy (1951): The greatest player from Ridgefiled College uses his influence to get his only son, an uncoordinated nerd, on the football team with comic results.
Sailor beware (1952): Seaman Melvin Jobes, allergic to kissing girls, gets the undeserved reputation o a great kisser and is pursued by amorous young females.
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A 1950 film noir directed by noir veteran Robert Siodmak. Barbara Stanwyck plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Her aunt's mansion is burglarized and the woman is murdered. Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotage the prosecution....
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Young, rich, bedridden Barbara Stanwyck dials a telephone number one night and overhears two men plotting the murder of an unidentified woman. She becomes frantic. Her terror is intensified by mysterious calls from an old college rival and a friend of her father. With time running out, Stanwyck pieces evidence together that leads her to suspect that it is her husband who wants her murdered.
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Anne of the thousand days: Follow King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn in one of history's most famous tragic love affairs in the Academy Award winning masterpiece starring Richard Burton and Genevieve Bujold.
Mary Queen of Scots: The battle between Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth, Queen of England comes alive in this epic film.
12) Sergeant York
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Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.
13) Jumping jacks
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Jumping jacks (1952): A Nightclub comic assumes the identity of another soldier so he can tour army bases in a revue with his ex-partner.
The stooge (1953): Bill Miller has happily carved out a modest niche as a singer in the off-off-vauderville circuit. But suddenly his act is big news when he teams with a manic comic. One sings, one clowns
14) Saratoga trunk
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"Beautiful Clio Dulaine arrives in her New Orleans birthplace with one goal: to exact revenge on her father's family, who exiled Clio and her mother to Paris years earlier. She meets a Texas gambler, Clint Maroon, who is also looking for revenge on the railroad baron who ruined his father. The two schemers scrap and spar through a tale of blackmail, lies, high finance, and sudden disaster before they finally come together"--Container.
15) King Creole
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A New Orleans teenager struggles to graduate from high school while working at a sleazy French Quarter club to support his family. Songs include "King Creole," "Hard-headed Woman," and more.
16) Scared stiff
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Scared stiff (1953): Fleeing a murder charge, a busboy and a nightclub singer wind up in a spooky Caribbean island inherited by an heiress.
The caddy (1953): Although gifted golfer Harvey Miller is too bervous to golf in public tournaments, he acts as coach and caddy for friend Joe Anthony.
17) Becket
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Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?
18) Now, voyager
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A young woman escapes the smothering influence of her wealthy and very conservative mother through the help of a psychiatrist and an ocean cruise, where she finds love, which helps her to become her own person.
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Chuck Martin is going straight when he gets out of the big house - straight back into a life of crime. In lockup or out in the civilian world, he knows that he will forever wear a con's invisible stripes. Martin's ex-Sing Sing yardmate Cliff Taylor, vows to walk away from crime and be a role model for his kid brother. What awaits Taylor are suspicion, public disdain and joblessness. He turns to a fellow con for help. Crime doesn't pay, but it does...