Stephen McNally
For Me and My Gal
Academy Award-winner Gene Kelly makes his film debut as a song and dance man who lures singer Judy Garland away from her vaudevillepartner. When WWI breaks out, he intentionally injures his hand to avoid combat only to reform and become a gallant hero. Kelly("Singin' in the Rain," "An American in Paris") and Oscar-winner Garland ("The Wizard of Oz," "Meet Me in St. Louis") make afabulous duo in this Oscar-nominated musical. With Academy Award-honoree George Murphy ("Battleground") and Keenan Wynn ("MaryPoppins," "Dr. Strangelove"). Directed by Oscar-nominated Broadway and screen director/choreographer Busby Berkeley ("Babes inArms"). Produced by Oscar-winner Arthur Freed ("An American in Paris," "Gigi").
Make Haste to Live
After discovering she married a murderer, a woman hides in another city and builds a clean new life. She learns that he is in prison years later and feels safe but doesn't know he was released and planning on a reunion. Based on Mildred Gordon's novel "Make Haste to Live."
Johnny Belinda
Jane Wyman ("Magnificent Obsession," "The Yearling," TV-serien "Falcon Crest") vant en Oscar for hennes gripende fremstilling av en døvstum kvinne i en bortgjemt fiskerlandsby i Nova Scotia. Etter å ha lært seg tegnspråk av en medfølende lege, blir hun voldtatt av den lokale bøllen og føder en uekte sønn, Johnny Belinda. Når voldtektsmannen vender tilbake og krever foreldreretten til sønnen, kjemper hun for å beholde ham. Nominert til 12 Oscar, inkludert Beste Film, Manus og Scenografi. Agnes Moorehead (TV-serien "Bewitched," "Citizen Kane") spiller Wymans usympatiske søster og mottok en Oscar-nominasjon for beste kvinnelige birolle. Charles Bickford ("The Song of Bernadette") ble Oscar-nominert for rollen som Wymans far og stoisk fisker. Lew Ayres ("All Quiet on the Western Front") sin intense fremstilling av den medfølende legen fanget i midten ga ham en Oscar-nominasjon. En monumental filmbragd.
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Oscar-winning legend Spencer Tracy ("Adam's Rib," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"), Emmy-winner Van Johnson ("Battleground"), Oscar-nominee Robert Mitchum ("Cape Fear," "Ryan's Daughter") and Robert Walker ("Strangers on a Train") star in this classic Oscar-winning fact-based World War II picture about General Jimmy Doolittle's efforts to train American troops for the first airborne attacks on Japan. Oscar-winner Mervyn LeRoy ("The Wizard of Oz," "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang") directed. Recently selected by the prestigious American Film Institute as one of the 400 greatest American films of all time.
Helan og Halvan i krigshumør
Laurel og Hardy skaper kaos i en liten by da de avtjener verneplikten som flyalarmvakter i denne klassiske komedien. Den komiske duoen prøver å verve seg, men blir avvist av militæret. Bare Sivilforsvaret tar dem inn - en godhjertet handling med nær katastrofale konsekvenser. Til tross for deres udugelighet redder de to raringene byen ved å stoppe en fiendtlig spionring, og de blir usannsynlige helter.