76% (1) Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 105 min, PASSED, [Drama, Family] [Roy Rowland] [01 Sep 1945]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 76%, External Reviews
Actors: Edward G. Robinson, Frances Gifford, James Craig, Margaret O'Brien
Writer: Dalton Trumbo (screen play), George Victor Martin (book)
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Plot: Life in small town Wisconsin. Selma and Arnold, aged 7 and 5, pal around together between their two farms. Selma has a newborn calf that her father gave to her which she named 'Elizabeth'. Nels is the editor of the Fuller Junction Spectator and the kids just call him 'editor'. Viola is the new school teacher from the big city. While Nels wants to marry Viola, Viola does not want to live in a small quiet, nothing happening town. The biggest news is that Faraassen has built a new barn.
Rotten Tomatoes: An earnest rural melodrama set among Norwegian immigrants in Wisconsin, Our Vines Have Tender Grapes is a slightly updated version of George Victor Martin's 1940 novel. Edward G. Robinson stars as Martinius Jacobson, a farmer devoted to his wife Bruna (Agnes Moorehead) and precocious seven-year-old daughter Selma (Margaret O'Brien), whom he lovingly calls "Jente Mi." Along with her freckle-faced five-year-old cousin, Arnold (Jackie "Butch" Jenkins), Selma lives a carefree, joyous life, which is only temporarily clouded by the sudden death of Ingeborg Jensen (Dorothy Morris), an emotionally disturbed young women whose stern father (Charles Middleton) had refused to let her attend school despite the pleas of newly arrived schoolmarm Viola Johnson (Frances Gifford). The latter is quietly falling in love with Nels Halvorson (James Craig), the town newspaper editor, but cannot envision herself as a rural wife. She changes her mind when, inspired by young Selma, the entire town of Fuller Junction come to the aid of Bjorn Bjornson (Morris Carnovsky), who has lost his livestock when lightning struck a newly erected barn. When Selma generously donates her pet calf to the impoverished farmer, the townspeople in general, and Martinius in particular, follow suit, prompting Viola to reconsider her harsh views of country life and retract her letter of resignation to the school board.
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72% (1) Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die 79 min, APPROVED, [Action, Adventure, Western] [William C. McGann] [13 Jun 1942]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Actors: Edgar Buchanan, Frances Gifford, Kent Taylor, Richard Dix
Writer: Dean Riesner (story), Charles Reisner (story), Albert S. Le Vino (screenplay), Edward E. Paramore Jr. (screenplay), Walter Noble Burns (based on a book by)
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Plot: Wyatt Earp cleans up Tombstone and faces the Clanton gang at the O.K. Corral.
Rotten Tomatoes: This exciting western centers on former gunslinger Wyatt Earp, who has been recently deputized and is helping the sheriff round up all the criminals. Earp becomes a lawman after he sees an outlaw accidentally kill a child during a showdown.
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70% (1) The Reluctant Dragon 74 min, Approved, [Animation, Comedy, Family] [Alfred L. Werker, Hamilton Luske, Jack Cutting, Ub Iwerks, Jack Kinney] [20 Jun 1941]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, External Reviews
Actors: Buddy Pepper, Frances Gifford, Nana Bryant, Robert Benchley
Writer: Kenneth Grahame (based on the story by), Ted Sears (screenplay), Al Perkins (screenplay), Larry Clemmons (screenplay), William Cottrell (screenplay), Harry Clork (screenplay), Erdman Penner (story "Reluctant Dragon" sequence), T. Hee (story "Reluctant Dragon" sequence), Joe Grant (story "Baby Weems" sequence), Dick Huemer (story "Baby Weems" sequence), John P. Miller (story "Baby Weems" sequence)
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Plot: Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
Rotten Tomatoes: Comic legend Robert Benchley visits the Walt Disney Studios, hoping to talk Uncle Walt into creating a film based on Kenneth Grahame's The Reluctant Dragon. Along the way, he receives a behind-the-scenes tour of the animation process in this lively mixture of live-action and animation.
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66% (1) Luxury Liner 98 min, Not Rated, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Richard Whorf] [11 Apr 1949]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 nomination.
Actors: Frances Gifford, George Brent, Jane Powell, Lauritz Melchior
Writer: Gladys Lehman (screenplay), Richard Connell (screenplay)
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Plot: What do you do when you are an effervescent teen called Polly and you have a dad who is the skipper of a luxury liner? You ask him to take you on a cruise to Rio of course. What if Captain Bradford refuses and wants you to stay in your boring boarding-school? You stow away, it goes without saying. What if you want to become a singer? Well, you try to convince an operatic star on board of your singing skills. What if Daddy objects to realizing that her daughter's new friend Laura has a crush on him? Just play Cupid for him.Don't you worry, all will end well!
Rotten Tomatoes: MGM whipped up another musical salad with Luxury Liner, featuring a glittering lineup of contractees including Jane Powell, Lauritz Melchior and Xavier Cugat. George Brent plays the skipper of a "love boat"-type cruise ship, while Ms. Powell plays his daughter. She entertains the passengers at every opportunity with a string of forgettable songs, and finds love herself in the form of Thomas E. Breen(you remember him). The highlight of the film features Jane Powell in male drag, singing "Spring Came to Vienna" to an uncomfortable-looking ingenue (Shirley Johns). Luxury Liner is the sort of lavish trifle that could only have come out of the Hollywood Studio System.
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66% (1) Thrill of a Romance 105 min, APPROVED, [Musical, Romance] [Richard Thorpe] [12 Nov 1945]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Actors: Esther Williams, Frances Gifford, Henry Travers, Van Johnson
Writer: Richard Connell (original screenplay), Gladys Lehman (original screenplay)
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Plot: Cynthia is swept off her feet and marries a rich and very successful business executive, but business affairs make him abandon her during their honeymoon. Cynthia is sad and while he's away, meets the charming war hero, Maj. Milvaine, who is on leave. Sparks fly. Will she choose wealth over love?
Rotten Tomatoes: This aquatic musical is set at a mountain resort in the beautiful Sierra Nevadas where a heroic Army Air Corpsman has come for a vacation. There he falls in love with the lovely swimming instructor, who is unfortunately newly married to a rather stodgy businessman. The mayhem begins when her new husband is called to Washington on urgent business. Songs include: "Please Don't Say No, Say Maybe," "I Should Care," "Lonely Night," "Vive L'Amour," "Schubert's Serenade" and "The Thrill Of A Romance."
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62% (1) Riding High 112 min, PASSED, [Comedy] [Frank Capra] [12 Apr 1950]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 62%, External Reviews
Actors: Bing Crosby, Charles Bickford, Coleen Gray, Frances Gifford
Writer: Robert Riskin (screenplay), Melville Shavelson (additional dialogue), Jack Rose (additional dialogue), Mark Hellinger (based on a story by)
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Plot: A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
Rotten Tomatoes: In this film, a horse trainer must make a difficult choice when his wealthy lover demands that he choose between her and the thoroughbred he has been training since it was a foal. This musical follows what happens when the trainer chooses the horse.
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56% (1) American Empire 82 min, PASSED, [Western] [William C. McGann] [11 Dec 1942]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 56%, External Reviews
Actors: Frances Gifford, Leo Carrillo, Preston Foster, Richard Dix
Writer: J. Robert Bren (screenplay), Gladys Atwater (screenplay), Ben Grauman Kohn (sceenplay), J. Robert Bren (story), Gladys Atwater (story)
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Plot: Two men join forces to build a cattle empire, battle rustlers, bad weather and each other.
Rotten Tomatoes: This "Big Country" adventure follows three Civil War vets who head to Texas and build a cattle empire. The first man abandons ship, and he is soon followed by the second partner. That leaves the "good guy" to defend his property from the vengeful traitors.
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