Archer MacDonald

Latin Lovers (1953)

An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  John Lund  •  Louis Calhern

An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  John Lund  •  Louis Calhern

Main Street to Broadway (1953)

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tay Garnett
CAST:  Tallulah Bankhead  •  Tommy Morton  •  Mary Murphy  •  Agnes Moorehead

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tay Garnett
CAST:  Tallulah Bankhead  •  Tommy Morton  •  Mary Murphy  •  Agnes Moorehead

Kid Monk Baroni (1952)

Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold D. Schuster
CAST:  Leonard Nimoy  •  Richard Rober  •  Mona Knox  •  Bruce Cabot

Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold D. Schuster
CAST:  Leonard Nimoy  •  Richard Rober  •  Mona Knox  •  Bruce Cabot

The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)

Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Debbie Reynolds  •  Bobby Van  •  Barbara Ruick  •  Bob Fosse

Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her affection for Dobie. An English essay which almost revolutionizes English ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Debbie Reynolds  •  Bobby Van  •  Barbara Ruick  •  Bob Fosse

Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)

A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Jane Powell  •  Gordon MacRae  •  Gene Nelson  •  Jack E. Leonard

A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Jane Powell  •  Gordon MacRae  •  Gene Nelson  •  Jack E. Leonard

Anything Goes (1956)

Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Lewis
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Donald O'Connor  •  Zizi Jeanmaire  •  Mitzi Gaynor

Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Lewis
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Donald O'Connor  •  Zizi Jeanmaire  •  Mitzi Gaynor

Geisha Girl (1952)

Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magician-hypnotist and his white rabbits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George P. Breakston  •  C. Ray Stahl
CAST:  Steve Forrest  •  Martha Hyer  •  Archer MacDonald  •  Tetsu Nakamura

Two American G.I.s visiting Tokyo find themselves mixed up with espionage, a pretty flight attendant, a mad scientist, geisha girls, and a goofy magician-hypnotist and his white rabbits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George P. Breakston  •  C. Ray Stahl
CAST:  Steve Forrest  •  Martha Hyer  •  Archer MacDonald  •  Tetsu Nakamura