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An Affair to Remember (1957) Nickie Ferrante's return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs. He meets a nightclub singer Terry McKay who is also on her way home to her longtime boyfriend. She sees him as just another playboy and he sees her as stan

Good Sam (1948) Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and unable to help his own family buy the things they need--like a house.

Duck Soup (1933) The country of Freedonia is in the middle of a financial crisis and on the brink of revolution. In order to gain a bail-out from the wealthy Mrs Teasdale, the government appoints Rufus T Firefly as its president. However, Mr Firefly shuns the pomp and pretentiousness of government;

Love Affair 1939 A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship They arrange to reunite six months later, after he has had a chance to earn a decent living

Going My Way (1944) Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy, but his level gaze and twinkling eyes make it clear that he knows he made the right choice. After joining a parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him con

Satan Never Sleeps (1962) A priest (William Holden) arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing priest (Clifton Webb), who is now too old and weak to continue with the upkeep of the church. However, Commun

The Awful Truth (1937) Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Barbara Vance, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. S

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with daughter Cora. But the parents are like sand in the gears of their middle-aged children's well regulated househo

My Son John (1952) John Jefferson comes home from a trip overseas a strangely changed man. His already nervous wreck of a mother is distraught by the way he seems to be feigning feelings for her and his father that he no longer has. Plus, his odd refusal to accompany the family to church on Sunday n

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) While visiting Paris in 1908, upper class Lord Burnstead loses his butler playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, Washington. Effie wants to take advantage of Ruggles' upper class background to influence Egbert's hick lifestyle. However, Egbert

The Bells of St. Marys (1945) Father O'Malley, the unconventional priest from 'Going My Way', continues his work for the Catholic Church. This time he is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the schoo

Once Upon a Honeymoon 1942 At the start of WWII, Katie OHara, an American burlesque girl intent on social climbing, marries Austrian Baron Von Luber Pat OToole, an American radio reporter, sees this as a chance to investigate Von Luber, who is suspected of having Nazi ties As country after country f

Belle of the Nineties (1934) Ruby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world, shifts her operations from St. Louis to New Orleans (which kind of belies the Western genre designation), mostly to get away from prizefighter Tiger Kid. Installed as the prize attraction of "T

The Battle of the Century 1927 Fight manager Hardy takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist Laurel and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect When a pie delivery man Hall slips on a banana peel, meant for the fighter, a classic pie throwing scene results