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By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler
CAST:  Doris Day  •  Gordon MacRae  •  Mary Wickes  •  Leon Ames

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Butler
CAST:  Doris Day  •  Gordon MacRae  •  Mary Wickes  •  Leon Ames

Cover Up (1949)

Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  William Bendix  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Barbara Britton  •  Art Baker

Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  William Bendix  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Barbara Britton  •  Art Baker

High Wall (1947)

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Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Audrey Totter  •  Herbert Marshall  •  Dorothy Patrick

Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Curtis Bernhardt
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  Audrey Totter  •  Herbert Marshall  •  Dorothy Patrick

Always in My Heart (1942)

A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Graham
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Kay Francis  •  Frankie Thomas  •  Gloria Warren

A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Graham
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Kay Francis  •  Frankie Thomas  •  Gloria Warren

Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Jack Carson  •  George Tobias

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Jack Carson  •  George Tobias

The Checkered Coat (1948)

A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explains his problem, he inadvertently implicates himself in the crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward L. Cahn
CAST:  Tom Conway  •  Noreen Nash  •  Hurd Hatfield  •  James Seay

A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explains his problem, he inadvertently implicates himself in the crimes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward L. Cahn
CAST:  Tom Conway  •  Noreen Nash  •  Hurd Hatfield  •  James Seay

The Fighting Vigilantes (1947)

Taylor's men are robbing incoming supply wagons to enable Taylor to sell goods at inflated prices. The Vigilantes led by Frank Jackson are doing the same so the ranchers won't starve. Marshals Lash and Fuzzy arrive to try and find the real culprits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Lash LaRue  •  Al St. John  •  Jennifer Holt  •  George Chesebro

Taylor's men are robbing incoming supply wagons to enable Taylor to sell goods at inflated prices. The Vigilantes led by Frank Jackson are doing the same so the ranchers won't starve. Marshals Lash and Fuzzy arrive to try and find the real culprits.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Lash LaRue  •  Al St. John  •  Jennifer Holt  •  George Chesebro

Tornado Range (1948)

Tornado Range is one of five Eddie Dean westerns originally produced by PRC in 1947 but released the following year by Eagle-Lion. Cast as a troubleshooter for the U.S. Land Office, Dean is assigned to settle a deadly range war. Sure enough, the warring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Eddie Dean  •  Roscoe Ates  •  Jennifer Holt  •  George Chesebro

Tornado Range is one of five Eddie Dean westerns originally produced by PRC in 1947 but released the following year by Eagle-Lion. Cast as a troubleshooter for the U.S. Land Office, Dean is assigned to settle a deadly range war. Sure enough, the warring ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  Eddie Dean  •  Roscoe Ates  •  Jennifer Holt  •  George Chesebro

The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Monty Woolley  •  Richard Travis

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Monty Woolley  •  Richard Travis

Wallflower (1948)

Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Joyce Reynolds  •  Robert Hutton  •  Edward Arnold  •  Janis Paige

Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Joyce Reynolds  •  Robert Hutton  •  Edward Arnold  •  Janis Paige

Loaded Pistols (1948)

A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Barbara Britton  •  Chill Wills  •  Jack Holt

A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Barbara Britton  •  Chill Wills  •  Jack Holt

Sons of New Mexico (1949)

Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor, a would-be juvenile delinquent, played by Autry-protégé Dick Jones (who later starred in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Gail Davis  •  Robert Armstrong  •  Dickie Jones

Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tries to reform Randy Pryor, a would-be juvenile delinquent, played by Autry-protégé Dick Jones (who later starred in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Gene Autry  •  Gail Davis  •  Robert Armstrong  •  Dickie Jones

Deception (1946)

After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Rapper
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Paul Henreid  •  Claude Rains  •  John Abbott

After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Rapper
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Paul Henreid  •  Claude Rains  •  John Abbott

Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Brenda Marshall  •  Alan Hale

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Brenda Marshall  •  Alan Hale

So You're Going on a Vacation (1947)

Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard L. Bare
CAST:  George O'Hanlon  •  Art Gilmore  •  Russell Arms  •  Leonard Bremen

Joe takes his wife on a much-needed vacation, and almost survives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard L. Bare
CAST:  George O'Hanlon  •  Art Gilmore  •  Russell Arms  •  Leonard Bremen

Quick on the Trigger (1948)

Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put on trial for the murder of heroine Nora Reed's (Helen Parrish) brother. Steve is innocent, of course, but he doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Nazarro
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Helen Parrish

Quick on the Trigger was Charles Starrett's second "Durango Kid" picture for 1949. It all begins when ousted sheriff Steve Warren (Starrett) is put on trial for the murder of heroine Nora Reed's (Helen Parrish) brother. Steve is innocent, of course, but he doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Nazarro
CAST:  Charles Starrett  •  Smiley Burnette  •  Lyle Talbot  •  Helen Parrish

Smoky Mountain Melody (1948)

Country-western favorite Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys star in the Columbia musical western Smoky Mountain Melody. Not much happens plotwise: Acuff, playing "himself," is a tenderfoot who somehow manages to come out on top when he heads westward. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Nazarro
CAST:  Roy Acuff  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Russell Arms  •  Sybil Merritt

Country-western favorite Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys star in the Columbia musical western Smoky Mountain Melody. Not much happens plotwise: Acuff, playing "himself," is a tenderfoot who somehow manages to come out on top when he heads westward. The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Nazarro
CAST:  Roy Acuff  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Russell Arms  •  Sybil Merritt

Bud and Lou (1978)

A fact-riddled behind-the-scenes drama about the stormy partnership of the famed comedy team that came out of burlesque to conquer radio, movies and television.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert C. Thompson
CAST:  Harvey Korman  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Michele Lee  •  Arte Johnson

A fact-riddled behind-the-scenes drama about the stormy partnership of the famed comedy team that came out of burlesque to conquer radio, movies and television.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert C. Thompson
CAST:  Harvey Korman  •  Buddy Hackett  •  Michele Lee  •  Arte Johnson

Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)

Terry O'Rourke, an American operating a small airline in Canada, is having a tough time making a go of it; he has to cope with unfavorable weather conditions, a rocky terrain, and a large Americam company determined to buy him out at their low price. In addition, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Mae Clarke  •  James Cardwell  •  Grant Withers

Terry O'Rourke, an American operating a small airline in Canada, is having a tough time making a go of it; he has to cope with unfavorable weather conditions, a rocky terrain, and a large Americam company determined to buy him out at their low price. In addition, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Robert Livingston  •  Mae Clarke  •  James Cardwell  •  Grant Withers