After splitting with his longtime business partner, Hank Whirling is about to take his big top circus on tour. Read More »
Tag Archives: Red Buttons
Up from the Beach (1965) Robert Parrish, Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Irina Demick
In 1944, during D-Day plus two, American sergeant Edward Baxter and a platoon of American infantrymen Read More »
Movie Movie (1978) Stanley Donen, George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Red Buttons
Three movie genres of the 1930s are satirized in this spoof of the traditional double feature. Read More »
Stagecoach (1966) Gordon Douglas, Ann-Margret, Alex Cord, Red Buttons
A group of unlikely traveling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. Read More »
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962) Irwin Allen, Red Buttons, Fabian, Barbara Eden, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. Read More »
Imitation General (1958) George Marshall, Glenn Ford, Red Buttons, Taina Elg, Comedy, War
Master Sgt. “Murph” Savage impersonates a fallen general in the hope of inspiring his fellow soldiers to bravely fight their way out of a Nazi ensnarement. Read More »
Harlow (1965) Gordon Douglas, Carroll Baker, Red Buttons, Raf Vallone, Biography, Drama, Romance
In this story, Harlow starts in the movies as set dressing, the pretty girl who is used for the glamour shots. Refusing to descend to the casting couch for work, she finds that she is soon blacklisted from the industry. But an agent named Arthur sees something in Jean and begins representing her. For a long time, the jobs are scarce and consist mostly of receiving the pie in the face in low budget comedies. But Arthur’s belief in Jean never wavers and when she finally graduates to featured roles, the critics say that she cannot act, but she is unforgettable. Polishing the image as the girl next door, but with some fire, she begins her climb to the top and becomes the girl every woman wants to look like and every man wants to have. But her own life is a disaster – unlike her screen life.
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