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Sunday, August 21, 2011

Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Starring Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Eddie Albert, Franchot Tone, Diana Lynn, and Alln Mowbray. Directed by Don Hartman. After a chance meeting with a headstrong young woman, a well-known baby specialist finds his every move and thought monitored by the girl who itends to become his wife, come hell or high water.

Do You Love Me (1946)

Starring Maureen O'Hara, Dick Haymes, Betty Grable, Reginald Gardiner, Robert Walker, and Harry James. Directed by Gregory Ratoff. A mousy music school dean boards a train to meet her husband, a symphony conductor. En route she meets big band leader Harry James and is so impressed by the swinging beat of the new music that it soon becomes her passion. However, once back at school her superiors do not share her enthusiasm and she is fired.

Vivacious Lady (1938)

Starring James Stewart, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDanield, Beulah Bondi, Jack Carson, and Franklin Pangborn. Directed by George Stevens. While on a trip to New York a young botany professor impulsively marries a free-spirited nightclub singer.

Frontier Marshal (1939)

Starring Randolph Scott, Cesar Romero, Ward Bond, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Binnie Barnes, and Chris-Pin Martin. Directed by Allan Dwan. Marshall Wyatt Earp of Tombstone and his brothers enforce the law, occasionally complicated by their friend Doc Holliday, a gunslinger who runs the gambling activities in town.

Broken Lance (1954)

Starring Spencer Tracy, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Earl Holliman, E.G. Marshall, High O'Brian, Eduard Franz, Katy Jurado, and Philip Ober. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. A rancher has tried to raise his sons to carry on the fierce, hard-working spirit that helped make him a success. When the rancher leads a raid on a local mine, his younest son takes responsibility to save his father from being sent to prison.

My Foolish Heart (1949)

Starring Susan Hayward, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Jesse Royce Landis, Gigi Perreau, Jerry Paris, and Neville Brand. Directed by Mark Robson. An innocent young woman meets a man at a Manhattan party and they begin an affair that results in a pregnancy. He is soon killed in the war and she marries a man she doesn't love to give her child a name.

Pickup on South Street (1953)

Starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Richard Kiley, Milburn Stone, Willis Bouchey, and Parley Baer. Directed by Samuel Fuller. Barely out of prison, a pickpocket quietly helps himself to the contents of a woman's purse. His beautiful victim turns out to be an unwitting courier for the communist underground - his booty is microfilmed government secrets intended to be delivered to Moscow.

Kiss of Death (1947)

Starring Richard Widmark, Victor Mature, Karl Malden, Brian Donlevy, Mildred Dunnock, and Colleen Gray. Directed by Henry Hathaway. A small-time crook gets caught in a jewel heist and goes to jail, assured that his wife and children will be taken care of. Learning that his depressed wife has killed herself, he informs on his pals, is paroled, remarries, gets a job, and begins leading a happy life when he learns that one of the men he informed on has been released from prison and is out for revenge.