In his third Baretta appearance, Burt Young is cast as Johnny Chekko, the longtime best friend of undercover cop Tony Baretta...
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1976
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1976
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Karen Valentine guest stars as Holly Dean, the fiancée of a former mobster. When her boyfriend dies, he entrusts his "little...
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1975
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Upon completing Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon, a tearful Liza Minnelli declared publicly that she would never, ever...
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1970
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This violent western tale finds Macho (David Janssen) as a Union Army regular in a Confederate prison. He escapes by planting...
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1970
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Previously filmed in 1931 under its original title, Theodore Dreiser's bulky but brilliant novel An American Tragedy was...
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Hannah Eastman
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1951
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1950
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Set in the 1920s and 1930s, 20th Century-Fox's You're My Everything borrows elements from several true-life showbiz stories,...
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Aunt Jane
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1949
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Though the title sounds like something from a Big Band era tune, it actually refers to commands used during the training of...
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1948
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Even star Joan Bennett and director Fritz Lang regarded The Secret Beyond the Door as the weakest of their collaborative...
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Caroline Lamphere
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1948
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In this drama, filmed on location in Maine, the life of a young lobster fisherman is forever changed by an orphan boy. It...
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Mary McKay
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1948
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This musical romance is set in the beautiful South American country and chronicles the love affair between a betrothed...
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Elsa Molina
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1947
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Adapted by Moss Hart from the novel by Laura Z. Hobson, this film stars Gregory Peck as recently widowed journalist Phil...
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1947
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This riveting 1947 drama, regarded by many as the greatest boxing movie of all time, centers on a former pugilist who looks...
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Anna Davis
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1947
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In this musical set in late 19th-century Boston, a suffragette secretary finds that her political beliefs are standing in the...
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Alice Pritchard
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1947
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They said it couldn't be done, but they did it: Kathleen Winsor's "notorious", bestselling bodice-ripper Forever Amber...
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1947
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Years before he became the leading star in horror movies, Vincent Price starred in this gothic thriller based on the...
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Abigail Wells
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1946
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Otto Preminger directed this stylish film noir exercise, intended as a follow-up to his surprise hit Laura. Kicked off a bus...
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Clara Mills
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1945
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In this comedy, a barge captain with an Electra complex marries two women. He married the first because she laughed like his...
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Mrs. Rostigaff
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1945
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Based on the novel by A.J. Cronin, The Keys of the Kingdom was the first big-budget effort of movie-newcomer Gregory Peck....
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1944
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Charles Winninger plays an old seaman who rules the roost in his family, which resides on a Florida houseboat. His oldest...
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Agatha
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1944
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This fifth entry in MGM's off-and-on "Thin Man" series maintains the high production and story values of the first four. Per...
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Crazy Mary
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1944
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Rainbow Island is a lavish Technicolor confection designed to show off the physical attributes of star Dorothy Lamour. This...
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1944
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Although National Velvet was the first starring role for 11-year-old Elizabeth Taylor, the early part of the film belongs to...
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Mrs. Brown
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1944
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The overcrowding in WWII-era Washington, D.C., provided the concept for this comedy, as well as another film from the...
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Maj. Cromwell
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1944
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The Song of Bernadette is a reverent recounting of the life of St. Bernadette of Lourdes. As a teen-aged peasant girl growing...
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1943
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Though Republic's Shantytown keeps threatening to become a musical, it's essentially a romantic drama built around the...
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1943
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The old George M. Cohan theatrical chestnut The Meanest Man in the World was retailored for the screen to accommodate the...
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1943
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1943
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In providing the "synopsis" for Are Husbands Necessary?, one best-selling film source says merely "And what about this film?"...
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1942
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In this grim melodrama, Barbara Stanwyck plays the eldest of three wealthy sisters who become orphans when their father dies...
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1942
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This lighthearted romantic comedy stars William Holden as working stiff Michael Stewart and Frances Dee as wealthy socialite...
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Geraldine Stewart
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1942
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The plot of the RKO Radio programmer The Falcon Takes Over will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has seen the 1944...
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1942
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Star-Spangled Rhythm is a typical wartime all-star musical-comedy melange, this time from Paramount Pictures. The slender...
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Sarah
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1942
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MGM was doing so well in 1941 that it could afford the occasional "prestige" film with little box-office appeal. Based on the...
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1941
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Miss Price
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1941
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In this sequel to the 1938 boxoffice hit Boys Town, Spencer Tracy repeats his Oscar-winning role of Father Flanagan, with...
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1941
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1941
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Giraud's Sister
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1941
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Also known as When the Devil Commands, this cheap but lively Columbia melodrama was the last of Boris Karloff's "mad doctor"...
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Mrs. Walters
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1941
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Hollywood films about the Revolutionary War almost invariably lost money at the box office, and The Howards of Virginia was...
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1940
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The One Crowded Night of the title takes place at a tourist camp on the outskirts of the Mojave Desert. In true "Grand Hotel"...
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Mae
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1940
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Inspired by the eccentric, reclusive Wendel Family of New York's Fifth Avenue, Elizabeth MacFadden's stage melodrama Double...
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Caroline Van Brett
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1934
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