Dick Foran
1) Fort Apache
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"The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man, they're duty bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster"--Container.
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"The Fighting 69th" is a World War I regiment consisting mostly of New York-Irish soldiers. Jerry Plunkett is the cockiest member of a cocky crew. Jerry is a scrappy fellow who looks out only for himself. The officers and enlisted of the regiment do their best to instill discipline in Plunkett, and the chaplain, Father Duffy, tries to make Plunkett see the greater good. None of them seem to succeed. In the trenches, Plunkett acts selfishly and cowardly,...
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West portrays voluptuous Flowerbelle Lee, whose reputation is tarnished when she is seen embracing a masked bandit in her bedroom. Forced to leave town until she can prove she is respectable -- and married -- Flowerbelle boards a train where she meets incorrigible Guthbert J. Twillie (Fields). Believing he's quite a catch, Flowerbelle accepts Twillie's marriage proposal. The newlyweds stop in the town of Greasewood where Twillie's exaggerated tales...
7) The mummy
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The mummy (1932): "In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy...
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Lon Prentice, a rebellious young inductee who has trouble following orders during basic training until he hooks up with a retired officer's lovely daughter. Along the way, he and his buddies attend USO dances headlined by the Andrews Sisters and the hot trumpet of bandleader Harry James.
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"This story of music professor Adam Lemp, his four daughters and the men that love them aims straight at the heart and scores an unerring hit. Poignant, laced with laughter and flawlessly acted, it catches viewers up in the quiet but powerful lives of ordinary people"--Container.
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Criterion collection volume 366
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When the nuclear-powered submarine the Tiger Shark sets out to investigate a series of naval disasters near the Arctic Circle, its fearless crew finds itself besieged by electrical storms, an unidentified floating saucer, and lots of hairy tentacles.
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Jim Fremont is an Illinois States Attorney fighting corrupt unions in Chicago. The union crooks in collaboration with a gambling syndicate try to pin a murder rap on an uncooperative union leader Blane. Fremont and his co-worker fiancee Laura, work to prove Blane's innocence and to punish the true villains.
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The sudden death of Jaffrey and Clifford Pyncheon's father provides the vengeful and vindictive Jaffrey with the perfect opportunity to get his brother out of the way and seize the family fortune. Framed for murder, Clifford is sent off to prison, where he befriends Matthew Holgrave, the descendent of the Maule family, with whom the Pyncheons have a long history of turbulence. Can the two join together to foil Jaffrey, or are the families destined...
15) The golden arrow
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An "heiress" and a down-to-earth reporter enter into a marriage of convenience.
17) The kill
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Story of a family that isn't welcomed into a rural community. The father is accused of murder and flees into the woods.
18) Guest wife
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Newlywed Mary Price poses as unmarried foreign correspondent Joe Parker's wife to impress his old-fashioned boss, much to the chagrin of her new husband, Christopher. As the hoax continues, the ruse nearly ruins the true couple's honeymoon and possibly their marriage.
19) Donovan's reef
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In "Donovan's Reef, " John Wayne heads a group of high skilled professional game hunters in Africa who capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions.In "Hatari, " a straight-laced Bostonian comes searching for her father, a brawling ex-Navy man living on a South Pacific island.