After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise’s daughter Ramona. Read More »
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Paula (1952) Rudolph Maté, Loretta Young, Kent Smith, Alexander Knox
Distraught after her second miscarriage & learning definitively she could never have children Paula Read More »
Youth Runs Wild (1944) Mark Robson, Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Jean Brooks
During WWII, adults are either off fighting or busy in the factories, so juvenile delinquency becomes a major problem back home. Read More »
Hitlers Children (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Irving Reis, Tim Holt, Bonita Granville, Kent Smith, Drama, Romance
This propaganda piece starts in 1933. Prof. Nichols’ American school in Berlin is next door to a school for the Hitler Youth. Read More »
This Side of the Law (1950) Richard L. Bare, Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
David Cummings, a vagrant, is bailed out of prison by Philip Cagle, an lawyer, who hires him to impersonate a missing millionaire, whose existence is essential so as to disperse a $3,000,000 estate. Read More »
The Curse of the Cat People (1944) Gunther von Fritsch, Robert Wise, Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph, Drama
This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Read More »
Comanche (1956) George Sherman, Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Romance, Western
Indian scout Jim Read is picked by his commander to set up a meeting between Comanche Chief Quanah Parker and a representative from Washington to negotiate a peace treaty. Read More »
The Mugger (1958) William Berke, Kent Smith, Nan Martin, James Franciscus, Crime, Drama
An unidentified city is plagued by a mysterious mugger who attacks women at night, steals their purses, and cuts them on their left cheek. Read More »
Cat People (1942) Jacques Tourneur, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Serbian national Irena Dubrovna, a fashion sketch artist, has recently arrived in New York for work. The first person who she makes a personal connection with there is marine engineer Oliver Reed. Read More »
Magic Town (1947) William A. Wellman, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Comedy, Romance
Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes…
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Nora Prentiss (1947) Vincent Sherman
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a street accident. Despite her misgivings they become heavily involved and Talbot finds he is faced with the choice of leaving Nora or divorcing his wife. When a patient expires in his office, a third option seems to present itself.
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