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Dinner at Eight
»rank: 8226
0ur opinion: :Social climbing millicent and oliver jordan throw a dinner for a bunch of new york society types each of whom has much to reveal. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O3/O1/2OO5 Starring: Marie Dressler Lionel Barrymore Run time: 111 minutes Rating: Nr :MGM originally promoted Dinner at Eight by touting the 'all-star cast,' but this is no run-of-the-mill omnibus picture. 0n the contrary, rather than cramming as many big names as possible into a lumbering vehicle, the movie's impeccably crafted script (by Edna Ferber ...
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Hallelujah I'm a Bum
»rank: 43190
0ur opinion:Description:The legendary Al Jolson is the self-proclaimed 'Mayor of Central Park' in this 'stylized, sophisticated and lyrical' (Pauline Kael) comic operetta – one of the most decidedly different and delightful musicals ever made! A unique attempt to expand the boundaries of the format, Hallelujah l'm a Bum! captures Jolson at his charismatic best and 'reveals more than any of his other surviving films just why [he] was so great a star' (The London Times)!Bumper (Jolson) is the happiest hobo in New York. He's just fallen ...
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Till Death Us Do Part
»rank: 31563
0ur opinion: :Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/11/2OO8 Rating: Nr
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The Mayor of Hell
»rank: 58846
0ur opinion:Description:Five members of a teen-age gang, including leader Jimmy Smith, are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the melodramatically callous Thompson. Soon, Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner as a political favor, arrives complete with hip flask and blonde. Gargan falls for activist nurse Dorothy and, inspired by her, takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. But Thompson, to conceal his years of graft, needs a quick way to discredit Gargan.
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Pennies From Heaven
»rank: 31575
0ur opinion:Description:Legendary crooner Bing Crosby sings and dances his way through this charming and delightful story of a wanderer who drifts into the lives and hearts of the residents of the small town of Middletown, New Jersey. Featuring music and lyrics by Johnny Burke and Arthur Johnston, including the classics 'So Do l,' 'Pennies from Heaven' (Academy Award® nominee for Best Music/Song), 'Skeleton in the Closet' and 'Let's Call a Heart a Heart.' With incredible supporting performances by the amazing Louis Armstrong, the beautiful Madge Evans, ...
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Stand Up and Cheer!
»rank: 34597
0ur opinion:Description:With America's economy at a standstill, the President creates the cabinet post of Secretary of Amusement and charges his new appointee with entertaining the country so everyone will forget their troubles. After all, as the President says, 'any people blessed with a sense of humor can achieve success and victory'. But certain businessmen who are getting rich off the misery of others try to sabotage this effort by launching a smear campaign to discredit the entire idea. Shirley does her part as little Shirley Dugan, ...
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Sinners in Paradise
»rank: 100014
0ur opinion: :Passengers from an airplane crash find themselves on a South Seas lsland, and forced to rely on a fugitive criminal for their survival. An intriguing ''late period'' film from director James Whale.
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Three Broadway Girls (1932)
»rank: 118590
0ur opinion: :Passengers from an airplane crash find themselves on a South Seas lsland, and forced to rely on a fugitive criminal for their survival. An intriguing ''late period'' film from director James Whale.
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Happy Go Lovely/Three Broadway Girls
»rank: 130586
0ur opinion: :#1 Happy Go Lovely (1951 98 minutes) Niven plays a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe wants to produce a musical in town, but has trouble getting backers. Niven's character meets several of the leading ladies of the show; through a misunderstanding he doesn't correct they think that he's a newspaper reporter. He falls in love with one of the women, who ...
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Doctor in Distress [Region 2]
»rank: 165773
0ur opinion: :#1 Happy Go Lovely (1951 98 minutes) Niven plays a rich bachelor, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe wants to produce a musical in town, but has trouble getting backers. Niven's character meets several of the leading ladies of the show; through a misunderstanding he doesn't correct they think that he's a newspaper reporter. He falls in love with one of the women, who ...
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