, 1h18 Directed byJean Yarbrough OriginUSA GenresScience fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance ThemesMusical films, Children's films ActorsBud Abbott, Lou Costello, William Farnum, Dorothy Ford, Barbara Brown, Mel Blanc Roles Mrs. Strong Rating57% Mr. Dinkle and Jack (Abbott and Costello) look for work at the Cosman Employment Agency. Jack makes advances to Cosman employee Polly (Dorothy Ford), but he is thwarted by the arrival of her boyfriend, a towering police officer. Polly assigns Dinkle and Jack to babysit for Eloise Larkin's brother and infant sister, while Eloise (Shaye Cogan) and her fiancé are out for the evening. The babysitting duties are complicated by the fact that Donald (David Stollery) is something of a prodigy, as well as a self-proclaimed "problem child". The dull-witted Jack is soon outclassed by the child, and an attempt to lull the boy to sleep by reading the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk (Jack's "favorite novel") aloud fails when Jack stumbles over the larger words. Bemused by Jack's incompetence, Donald reads the story instead--a role-reversal made complete when Jack falls asleep as Donald reads. In his slumber, Jack dreams that he is the young Jack of the fairy tale.
, 1h1 OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ActorsJeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marilyn Monroe, Marjorie Reynolds, Alan Hale Jr., Barbara Brown Roles Mrs. Washburn Rating50% Jeffrey Lynn plays a defeated politician who takes over as editor of a small town newspaper in an effort to get himself elected. His campaign is intended to be a continuing expose of the evils of big industry, and his strategy is to publish daily investigations of industrial skullduggery and pollution. Marilyn Monroe, listed as one of the film's stars, actually plays a very small bit as Iris Martin, the shapely office secretary.
, 1h20 Directed byEdward Sedgwick OriginUSA GenresComedy ActorsMarjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Richard Long, Meg Randall, Ray Collins, Emory Parnell Roles Elizabeth Parker Rating67% Ma and Pa Kettle come home after their fun and exciting trip to New York City only to find out that they're going to become grandparents. Tom's wife Kim is expecting a child. As Tom frets about the pregnancy, the whole Kettle household is happy with the family's newest addition. Right in the middle of their breakfast the Kettles receive a telegram delivered by Alvin, the Western Union delivery boy, from Jonathan and Elizabeth Parker (Kim's parents) declaring that they will soon arrive at the Kettle house to see the newborn.