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Tag Archives: Vincente Minnelli
Cabin in the Sky (1943) Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley, Ethel Waters, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Lena Horne
Chronic gambler and carouser “Little” Joe Jackson is shot by Domino Johnson at Jim Henry’s gambling club over an outstanding gambling debt. Read More »
Designing Woman (1957) Vincente Minnelli, Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Gray
After Mike Hagen and Marilla Brown wed after a whirlwind love on the west shore they come back to New York to discover they don’t have much in common. Read More »
The Band Wagon (1953) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant
Tony Hunter, a famous singer/dancer movie star, is feeling washed up and old hat (old top hat, tie and tails to be exact). Read More »
The Heavenly Body (1944) Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli, William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig
Astronomer Bill Whitley is so preoccupied with the new comet he’s discovered that his time at the observatory sometimes Read More »
The Story of Three Loves (1953) Vincente Minnelli, Gottfried Reinhardt, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Leslie Caron
Three loosely connected love stories. The first story: Paula is a talented dancer who cannot truly live unless she dances. Read More »
Goodbye Charlie (1964) Vincente Minnelli, Tony Curtis, Debbie Reynolds, Pat Boone, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Shot by a jealous husband, Charley falls out a porthole and is lost at sea only to find himself returned as an attractive blond woman. Read More »
The Long, Long Trailer (1953) Vincente Minnelli, Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Comedy, Romance
Nicky and Tacy are going to be married. Nicky wants to save up money for a house, but Tacy dreams of starting off with their own home on wheels–a trailer. Read More »
Some Came Running (1958) Vincente Minnelli, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Drama, Romance
In the post-war, the alcoholic and bitter veteran military and former writer Dave Hirsch returns from Chicago to his hometown Parkman, Indiana. Read More »
Yolanda and the Thief (1945) Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. Read More »
Fathers Little Dividend (1951) Vincente Minnelli, Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Comedy, Romance
In this sequel to Father of the Bride (1950), newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are going to have a baby Read More »
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) Vincente Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand, Bob Newhart, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Daisy Gamble, an unusual woman who hears phones before they ring, and does wonders with her flowers, wants to quit smoking to please her fiancé, Warren. Read More »
An American in Paris (1951) Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Musical, Romance, Drama
Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Read More »
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963) Vincente Minnelli, Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, Comedy, Drama, Family
Who will be the next Mrs. Corbett? Will it be the chic designer? The Miss Montana Pageant hopeful? Read More »
Madame Bovary (1949) Vincente Minnelli, Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Drama, Romance
French author Gustave Flaubert is on trial for writing the “indecent” novel “Madame Bovary.” Read More »