Singing cowboy Rex Allen continued currying favor with audiences and exhibitors alike with Redwood Forest Trail. The story...
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1950
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After several supporting and guest appearances, Latino singer-actress Estelita Rodriguez was given her own Republic starring...
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1950
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Marking the screen debut of Rex Allen, the last of the Singing Cowboys, The Arizona Cowboy featured a mildly entertaining...
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1949
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Flame of Youth was a modest juvenile-delinquent drama from the Republic Studio mills. With too much time on their hands, a...
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1949
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After serving with a notable lack of distinction in WW2, Corporal Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Private Herbie Brown...
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Short Story Author
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1947
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Pirates of Monterey is set during the early 19th century, at a time when California was asserting its independence from...
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Short Story Author
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1947
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While perhaps not Abbott & Costello's best film, The Time of Their Lives is certainly their most unusual. Lou Costello plays...
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Screenwriter
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1946
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Roy Rogers could do no wrong at the box office in 1946, so it's safe to assume that Song of Arizona would have been a hit...
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1946
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In this crime drama a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job...
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1945
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Set in New York's Lower East Side during the Gay '90s, this lively low-budget musical follows the exploits of a feisty and...
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Short Story Author
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1945
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In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that forces him to seek refuge in a...
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Screenwriter
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1945
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At least 30 percent of Universal's "vest-pocket" musicals of the 1940s included the word "Hi" in the title. Such was the case...
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1944
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The second of Laurel & Hardy's two MGM starring films, Nothing But Trouble casts Stan and Ollie as, respectively, an...
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1944
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Yet another tuneful Roy Rogers Western named after a song, The Cowboy and the Senorita features Roy and sidekick Teddy Bear...
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1944
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In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor,"...
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1944
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There's practically no western action in Hands Across the Border, but there's music aplenty. Roy Rogers stars as a wandering...
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Screenwriter
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1943
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Though it bears the same title as an earlier Gene Autry western, Roy Rogers' The Man from Music Mountain isn't a remake....
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1943
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In this musical comedy set during WW II, a circus aerialist desires to be closer to her lover, a soldier. When she finds...
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1942
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This musical -- a concoction of comedy, songs, dancing, and war-time patriotism mixed together with a spy spoof plot -- opens...
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Short Story Author
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1942
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The sure-fire combination of Judy Canova and Joe E. Brown paid off in big laughs and excellent box-office returns in the...
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1942
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Gene Autry gets help from teenage singer Mary Lee and fetching tap dancer Carol Adams in this tuneful Republic songfest...
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1941
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1941
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Gene Autry rescues a young boy from a gang of kidnappers in this delightful musical-Western from Republic Pictures. Having...
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1940
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Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now...
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Screenwriter
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1940
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In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio...
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1940
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In this musical, a con man makes a good living by promoting bogus charity shows. He gets the communities all revved up and...
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Screenwriter
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1940
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East meets west in this musical western starring singing cowboy Gene Autry. After the death of its owner, the financially...
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Screenwriter
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1940
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Jane Frazee made her starring film debut in the Republic B-plus musical Melody and Moonlight. The plot is motivated by the...
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Screenwriter
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1940
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Director Sam Wood always seemed most comfortable with cozy family-oriented films like Lord Jeff. Freddie Bartholomew plays...
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1938
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1937
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1937
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In this musical an agent hawks a new singing star to irritate a wealthy socialite whom he managed to get on the radio. There...
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1937
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Broadway legend Al Jolson and his second wife Ruby Keeler costarred in this thin backstage musical. In keeping with Jolson's...
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Short Story Author
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1935
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After the death of her circus-aerialist husband, Kitty Lorraine (Alice Brady) dedicates herself to transforming her daughter...
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1933
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The quintessential "backstage" musical, 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to...
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Book Author
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1933
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