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Tag Archives: H.C. Potter
Beloved Enemy (1936) H.C. Potter, Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, Karen Morley
After World War I Irish rebels launch an uprising with the aim of creating an Irish republic Read More »
The Miniver Story (1950) H.C. Potter, Victor Saville, Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together Read More »
Top Secret Affair (1957) H.C. Potter, Susan Hayward, Kirk Douglas, Paul Stewart
The head of a large publishing empire is dismayed when a top army general is about to be appointed to an atomic energy committee. Read More »
Blackmail (1939) H.C. Potter, Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hussey, Gene Lockhart
John Ingram of Oklahoma has a loving family, loves his work fighting oil fires, and is good at it. Read More »
Second Chorus (1940) H.C. Potter, Fred Astaire, Paulette Goddard, Artie Shaw
Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. Read More »
Congo Maisie (1940) H.C. Potter, Ann Sothern, John Carroll, Rita Johnson
In this adaptation of the novel “Congo Landing,” showgirl Maisie Ravier is left stranded in an African village. Read More »
The Goldwyn Follies (1938) George Marshall, H.C. Potter, Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, The Ritz Brothers
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be “Miss Humanity” and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: “Love Walked In.” Read More »
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948) H.C. Potter, Joan Fontaine, James Stewart, Eddie Albert, Comedy, Romance
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night Read More »
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) H.C. Potter, Stuart Heisler, Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Patsy Kelly, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Poor Mary Smith can’t go night-clubbing or have any other fun because any hint of scandal could damage her father’s political career. Read More »
Three for the Show (1955) H.C. Potter, Betty Grable, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, Musical
This musical reworking of TOO MANY HUSBANDS (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who’s been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband’s songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
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The Shopworn Angel (1938) H.C. Potter, Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Drama, Romance, War
During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training. He meets worldly wise actress Daisy Heath when her car nearly runs him over. Daisy agrees to pretend to be Bill’s girl to impress his friends, but then a real romance begins.
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The Farmer’s Daughter (1947) H.C. Potter, Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Drama, Romance
Swedish-American farmer’s daughter Katrin ‘Katie’ Holstrom leaves the farm to study nursing in the big, wicked city. Thanks to a chiseling acquaintance, her tuition and expense money disappears the first day, and she’s forced to get a job…as a domestic for congressman Glenn Morley. Impressed by her political awareness as well as her many charms and capabilities, Glenn is soon infatuated with Katie, and she with him, but their feelings remain unspoken…until Katie speaks up at a party rally and is abruptly thrust into politics herself.
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