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- DirectorJames WhaleStarsEdward ArnoldRobert YoungConstance CummingsAfter a night of wild partying at a friend's house, a couple wake up to discover the party's host has been murdered in his bed. A detective is called in to investigate, but his investigation is hampered by the fact that the partiers drank so much the previous night that nobody remembers anything that happened.Constance Cummings says "I feel like the Bride of Frankenstein" , the last film by director James Whale .
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsJames CagneyHorst BuchholzPamela TiffinIn West Berlin during the Cold War, a Coca-Cola executive is given the task of taking care of his boss' socialite daughter.James Cagney in one scene picks up a grapefruit and thinks about shoving it in Horst Bucholz's face a la The Public Enemy , but the best one is when Cagney quotes Little Caesar - "Mother of mercy - is this the end of Rico?"
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantRosalind RussellRalph BellamyA newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from quitting and remarrying, using an exclusive interview with a death row convict as an enticement to buy himself some time to win her back.Cary Grant calls Ralph Bellamy's character "charming but dull--a typical Ralph Bellamy type."
- DirectorStephen RobertsStarsWilliam PowellGinger RogersPaul KellyWhen a dancer disappears from a theater, her former lover asks lawyer Clay Dalzell to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.William Powell says "My friends seem to think I'm a combination of Charlie Chan, Philo Vance and the Saint all rolled into one."( Powell played Philo Vance in a series of movies)
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeBetty HuttonZasu PittsA soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancée, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to get married but don't have enough money. Three customers of the fat farm scheme to get back at their philandering husbands by hiring the soldier and two of his buddies as escorts for the weekend. Complications ensue after the husbands show up unexpectedly.Betty Hutton sings " Let's try to picture Paramount - minus Bob Hope"
- DirectorAlfred E. GreenStarsRandolph ScottPreston FosterMargaret LindsayPilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.Randolph Scott says to Victor Sen Yung "You'll probably go back to China and be their number one flyer " , Sen Yung starred in the Charlie Chan films - though as number two son !
- DirectorGregory RatoffStarsDon AmecheJanet BlairJack OakieFollowing three flops in a row, Broadway stage producer Willard Samson is told by wealthy divorcée Donna Davis that she will finance a show but only if she is the star. The fact she can neither sing, act nor dance does not deter Samson. His press agent, Ken Douglas, lives in a theatrical boarding house run by his friend from vaudeville, Larry Martin, where he meets Jeanie Maxwell, singing teacher and aspiring songwriter from, of course, Altoona, Pa., who has come to New York to sell her songs. Samson is not interested in her songs as much as he is her stage abilities, but he can't get rid of Donna. Ken is also plugging for Samson to use the vaudeville acts, living at the boarding house, who can't get work because there is no more vaudeville, despite the fact that some of the acts are examples of what killed vaudeville in the first place. The show appears to have potential, with the exception of Donna, when Ken convinces her she is the perfect "outdoorable girl" for a publicity campaign and takes her to the countryside. Samson frames them as being dangerous counterfeiters and they are arrested by the country sheriff, and Samson rushes Jeanie into the star role for the final dress rehearsal. But Donna is released from jail, returns to the show for opening night and it is a miserable flop. Jeanie returns to Altoona, Samson goes on a drunken binge and Ken tries to save the show by convincing Donna into quitting.When asked if he's sure he knows how to use the telephone , Don Ameche turns and says "Are you kidding ?! I invented it !" ( in The Story of Alexander Graham Bell , 1939 )
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardA follow up to "You Nazty Spy", the stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe. The former king's daughter gets into their headquarters and plants a bomb which Curly detonates. All ends well as the king regains control of the country and the stooges wind up as trophies on the wall.Moe says "I'll take La Zonga" - referring to Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga 1941 , which starred his brother and one time / future Stooge Shemp .
- DirectorKen FinklemanStarsRobert HaysJulie HagertyLloyd BridgesA faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the Sun. Can Ted Striker save the day and get the shuttle back on track - again?When William Shatner looks through the periscope , he briefly sees the Enterprise , and shakes his head like he can't believe his eyes . His character name , Buck Murdock , leads to the best in joke , when someone says "Roger , Murdock " , referring to Kareem Abdul Jabbar's immortal character .
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsKay FrancisErrol FlynnIan HunterColonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; some time before. Wister convinces her that he loves her enough to live without her romantic love and that she should marry him. She does so and returns to Dubik with him. There she meets his adjutant, Captain Denny Roark. Roark is a dashing young man who reminds Julia thoroughly of her lost love. Soon she finds she is indeed capable of love, but it is Roark with whom she falls in love, not her husband. As warfare with the local tribes heats up and as Wister gains awareness of the unconsummated romance growing between his wife and best friend, tragedy lurks.Whenever a Warner Bros film showed a cinema marquee the film was called Another Dawn , as a generic title . So using it for a real film was somebody's idea of a joke .
- DirectorA. Edward SutherlandStarsVirginia BruceJohn BarrymoreJohn HowardAn attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.John Barrymore says "I never paid much attention to women , myself ." shrugging his eyebrows . He also spends much of the film warning the title character against alcohol !
- DirectorHal WalkerStarsBing CrosbyBob HopeDorothy LamourTwo unemployed show-biz pals accept treasure-diving work in Bali for a local princess and they find treasure, love and trouble.Among others , Bing reminds Bob Hope about that time in Allentown , Hope says "Thanks for the memory " ( his big song )
- DirectorHerbert WilcoxStarsMichael WildingMargaret LockwoodOrson WellesAfter a wealthy businessman is found dead, reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed suicide is really a murder, and becomes highly interested in the young widow and the dead man's private secretary.Orson Welles quotes Othello , then says he saw a performance at the St. James theatre , didn't think much of the leading actor - Orson Welles .
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsElsa LanchesterGordon OliverLenore AubertA British cleaning woman believes a glass eye has magical powers that will protect her from harm. She travels from London to Berlin and manages to obtain a job as a cleaning woman at Hitler's headquarters. However, her assassination plan is foiled. But, she and other secret agents manage to escape to London during RAF bombing raid of the Reich Chancery.the photo of Elsa Lanchester's fictional dead husband is of Charles Laughton , her real life husband .
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsFred GwynneYvonne De CarloAl LewisThe Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.Herman Munster shouts out "Car 54 Where Are You ? " , actor Fred Gwynne's previous sitcom .
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloPeggy RyanTwo bumblers become caretakers at an all-girls' college. During their misadventures, the duo raise money to free the school from its traditionally-minded landlord.When Lou kisses Peggy Ryan ' goodbye ' , he says "I feel just like Donald O'Connor " - her co star in several films
- DirectorDavid ButlerStarsBob HopeDorothy LamourLynne OvermanA movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army."She looks like Dorothy Lamour with her clothes on " and "Wait til she gets a load of you in that sarong "
- DirectorHal WalkerStarsEddie BrackenVeronica LakeDiana LynnAfter struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to find backers to invest in Herbie and they sell 125 percent of him.When Eddie Bracken first sings , four kids in the audience say "I've heard that voice before " - they are four of Bing Crosby's kids , Crosby supplying the singing voice in the film .
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsBob HopeMadeleine CarrollGale SondergaardKaren Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.When the radio comes on with "Bob Hope " , Bob Hope grimaces and says "I can't stand that guy !
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsJames CagneyHumphrey BogartPriscilla LaneThree men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.When Jimmy Cagney comes home from the army , as he stands on the doorstep we can hear "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles " , and he looks round . see The Public Enemy 1931 ...
- DirectorPeter R. HuntStarsGeorge LazenbyDiana RiggTelly SavalasBritish agent James Bond goes undercover to pursue the villainous Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who is planning to hold the world to ransom.When Diana Rigg storms off leaving him alone on a beach , George Lazenby says "This never happened to the other fella "
- DirectorHenri DecoinStarsEddie ConstantineZizi JeanmaireYves RobertA GI on furlough attends a Folies-Bergères show. He falls in love with a dancer, Claudie, the star of the theater.when a singer is rehearsing , she passes posters for Edith Piaf , and Maurice Chevalier , great french singers - then stops in front of a poster for Eddie Constantine...
- DirectorBernard BorderieStarsEddie ConstantinePascale RobertsLino VenturaA boat en route to a treasure hunting?right at the end , Eddie Constantine says the FBI wanted to hire him , but he turned them down - they wanted him to use the name "Lemmy Caution" - played by Constantine in the popular series of films .
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsJack BennyAnn SheridanCharles CoburnWhen Bill and Connie Fuller are forced to move out of their Manhattan apartment because of their pet dog, Connie purchases a dilapidated old Pennsylvania house where George Washington allegedly slept, and persuades Bill to renovate it.at the sound of a doorbell , Jack Benny says "Sounds like Phil Harris' orchestra "
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsWalter WinchellBen BernieAlice FayeSatire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.