, 2h22 Directed byGene Kelly, Richard Lang OriginUSA GenresComedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films ActorsBarbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Edra Jean Peaker, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, J. Pat O'Malley Roles Workman (uncredited) Rating69% In 1890, all of New York City is excited because widowed, brassy Dolly Levi is in town ("Call On Dolly"). Dolly makes a living through matchmaking and numerous sidelines ("Just Leave Everything to Me"). She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, the well-known "half-a-millionaire", but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself. Dolly travels to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace. Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's weepy niece, Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's vocation does not guarantee a steady living. Horace, who is the owner of Vandergelder's Hay and Feed, explains to his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, that he is going to get married because "It Takes a Woman" to cheerfully do all the household chores. He plans to travel to New York City to propose to Irene Molloy, who owns a hat shop there. Dolly arrives in Yonkers and sends Horace ahead to the city. Before leaving he tells Cornelius and Barnaby to mind the store. [...]See more...
, 2h6 Directed byMervyn LeRoy OriginUSA GenresComedy, Romantic comedy ThemesThéâtre, Films based on plays ActorsDebbie Reynolds, Diane McBain, Barry Nelson, Michael Rennie, Hiram Sherman, Lester Dorr Roles Husband in Elevator (uncredited) Rating59% When the Internal Revenue Service questions some of Bob McKellaway's deductions, Bob cannot remember what $5,000 worth of checks were for. Without his knowledge, his new tax lawyer, Oscar Nelson, asks Bob's ex-wife Mary to stop by to see if she can help. Bob does not want to see her, nor have his fiancee Tiffany Richards meet her.
, 1h11 Directed byEdward L. Cahn OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action ActorsMamie Van Doren, Richard Coogan, Brad Dexter, Barry Atwater, Carol Nugent, Chris Alcaide Roles Malone's Secretary Rating55% Police Sgt. Whitey Brandon works for the Vice Squad and is determined to beat corruption in the city. He encounters Carol Hudson who is working as a model. She is sent to frame him and succeeds. Carol's sister comes to visit and is raped and bashed by a thug who knows Carol. Carol, desperate for revenge, enlists the help of Brandon to fight the thugs who attacked her sister.
, 1h7 OriginUSA GenresCrime, Romance ActorsSteve Brodie, Lyn Thomas, Antony Carbone, Walter Reed, Reed Howes, Lester Dorr Roles Cab Dispatcher Rating55% Actress Keely Harris inherits a warehouse from her father that is burned in a fire. Her father's business partner informs her that he and her father had planned the fire and demands half the insurance money. Meanwhile, arson investigator Johnny Broderick and assistant Ben Howard suspect the fire wasn't an accident.
, 1h55 Directed byElia Kazan, Don Alvarado OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesFilms about families, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism ActorsJulie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet Roles City Official at Parade (uncredited) Rating77% The story is set during 1917 and 1918, leading into American involvement in World War I, in the central California coastal towns of Monterey and Salinas. Cal (James Dean) and Aron (Richard Davalos) are the sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman, Adam Trask (Raymond Massey). Cal is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors Aron. Although both Cal and Aron had long been led to believe that their mother had died "and gone to heaven," the opening scene reveals Cal has apparently learned that his mother is still alive, owning and running a successful brothel in nearby Monterey.
, 1h41 Directed byRichard Brooks, Jerry Thorpe OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Comedy ThemesPolitical films ActorsRichard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Russ Tamblyn, Carleton Carpenter, Steve Forrest Roles Army Doctor (uncredited) Rating59% In May 1953, a new group of Army recruits at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas encounter their drill sergeants, Sgt. Laverne Holt (Karl Malden) and the tough-as-nails Sgt. Thorne Ryan (Richard Widmark). After Ryan's caustic appraisal of the recruits, Holt vows to make soldiers out of them during their sixteen weeks of basic training. Ryan, a combat veteran who resents his stateside duty, repeatedly applies for a transfer back to the Korean front.