Billie Burke
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Dorothy Gale lives with her Aunt Em, Uncle Henry and dog, Toto in Kansas. When a horrible neighbor, Miss Gulch, takes Toto away, Toto escapes back to Dorothy. Soon, she runs away from home, and runs into the fake psychic, Professor Marvel. When he tells Dorothy that her Auntie Em is sick, Dorothy and Toto run back home just ahead of a tornado that whisks Dorothy and Toto to Oz, a place somewhere over the rainbow. When the house lands in Munchkinland,...
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In this epic adventure thriller, a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape: a world of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters, where every single piece of technology-computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights-has mysteriously blacked out-forever. A grand romantic saga about family-not just the family born into, but the family chosen. A swashbuckling journey of hope and rebirth, seen through the eyes...
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A year after dealing with a surprise engagement in "Father of the Bride," Stanley (Spencer Tracy) and his wife, Ellie (Joan Bennett), are in for another shock when they find their daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now pregnant. Not ready to be a grandfather, Stanley keeps quiet but his silence makes him the person Kay turns to the most for help, which in turn helps him.
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Astaire and Rogers collection volume 1
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In their first film together in a decade, Fred and Ginger play a bickering show biz couple. Songs include "You'd be hard to replace" and "They can't take that away from me."
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The story of Sergeant Rutledge, a 9th Cavalry officer on trial for rape and murder. Lt. Cantrell defends Rutledge as witnesses give testimony (relived in flashbacks) revealing the sergeant's gallantry, and the shocking truth behind the alleged crimes. Ford, who attacked racism in The Searchers, explores similar territory in this landmark Western, the power of which still rings out with uncommon force decades later.
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The Carleton family will do anything for money, except work. They meet a lonely old woman who decides to take them into her home. George-Anne Carleton, the savvy and cynical baby of the family, hatches the perfect plan: pretend to be decent hardworking people in the hopes that the old woman rewrites her will in their favor! How long can you play a role before you actually become it?
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"Here comes the bride -- there goes the groom! The night before Mary Clay's wedding, her flaky fiancé Dillon elopes with someone else. Mary's friend Jeff grabs his chance to buck up the jilted bride -- and pitch some woo. Then Dillon reenters Mary's life and she must choose between the two men"--Container.
13) Topper
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A sophisticated and playful couple become ghosts and haunt the life of a stuffy banker.
15) Remember?
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When Sky introduces his new fiance Linda to his best pal Jeff, he's dismayed when he's dumped over lunch and the two decide to elope. An obsessed workaholic who repeatedly stands her up, Jeff is barely married to Linda before she files for divorce. Determined to save the marriage, Sky slips them an amnesia drug that will erase the recent past in hopes Jeff and Linda will get back together by learning to forgive and forget.
18) Small town girl
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Manhattan playboy Rick Belrow Livingston is sentenced to thirty days in a small-town jail for speeding. During his time in Duck Creek, he meets local girl Cindy Kimbell who changes his attitude about the merits of small towns.
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The long, long trailer (Side A ; col., 96 min.): Newlyweds hit the honeymoon road with a 40-foot trailer in tow.
Father of the bride (Side B ; b&w, 94 min.): Chaos reigns when the beautiful daughter of a family casually announces her plans to marry. What follows is a warmly humorous story, with wedding preparations, ruffled egos and the unavoidable meeting with the prospective in-laws.
20) Topper returns
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Thorne Smith's famous character turns amateur detective as the ghost of a beatiful, murdered girl enlists him to try and find her killer in an eerie old house.