If the Perils of Pauline were set in a campy New York City with a dash of trash added in, Not for Publication would result,...
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Associate Producer
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1984
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This compilation film includes clips of the Three Stooges from musicals and comedies such as Beer and Pretzels,...
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Director
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1983
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Viva Las Vegas, one of Elvis Presley's most popular vehicles, adheres as rigidly to formula as a Kabuki dance. Elvis plays a...
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Producer
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1964
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Another in a series of American comedies of manners, this film was written and directed by Frank Tashlin with his usual grace...
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Producer
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1962
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Though the title suggests that this film is a musical romance built around the song hit of the same name, Second Time Around...
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Producer
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1961
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Cole Porter's Gay Paree musical about the introduction in Montmartre in 1896 of the notorious Can-Can dance, is brought to...
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Producer
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1960
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Producer
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1959
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Marlon Brando went out on yet another creative limb when he insisted upon playing sly, philosophical Okinawan interpreter...
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Producer
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1956
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Packaged and sold as an outdoor actioner, Many Rivers to Cross is as much a comedy as anything else. Robert Taylor stars as...
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Producer
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1955
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Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence....
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Producer
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1955
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Based extremely loosely on the Stephen Vincent Benet story Sobbin' Women," Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the best...
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Producer
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1954
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Producer
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1954
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Cole Porter's Kiss Me Kate is a musical within a musical -- altogether appropriate, since its source material, Shakespeare's...
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Producer
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1953
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This tuneful romantic melodrama is set in a tiny Mexican village and is comprised of three storylines. One tale concerns a...
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Producer
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1953
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After providing excellent support in previous MGM musicals, the singing-dancing team of Marge and Gower Champion were...
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Producer
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1953
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The reason the 1935 Astaire/Rogers film version of Roberta was unavailable for years was that, in 1952, MGM bought the...
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Producer
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1952
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Producer
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1951
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Excuse My Dust is one of the few Red Skelton musicals in which Skelton is not obliged to share screen space with the likes of...
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Producer
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1951
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Two Weeks With Love is set in a Catskills resort in the early 1900s. Seventeen-year-old vacationer Patti Robinson...
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Producer
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1950
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MGM's Three Little Words is a "twin" musical biopic, covering the lives and careers of songwriters Bert Kalmar and...
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Producer
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1950
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Producer
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1949
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Both Van Johnson and Gregory Peck were considered for the role of baseball star Monty Stratton in the 1949 biopic The...
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Producer
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1949
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Producer
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1947
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It Happened in Brooklyn was released at a time when the mere mention of the eponymous New York borough elicited loud laughter...
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Producer
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1947
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Janet Leigh made an impressive film-debut in MGM's The Romance of Rosy Ridge. Though the title suggests a lighthearted...
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Producer
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1947
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This Technicolor musical remake of the 1936 comedy classic Libeled Lady isn't quite up to the standards of the original, but...
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Producer
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1946
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The plot of the overinflated MGM musical Broadway Rhythm can be summed up briefly: Musical comedy producer Jonnie Demming...
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Producer
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1944
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If you've never seen a '40s singing, swimming musical this may be the one to catch. Featuring a mammoth cast, including such...
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Producer
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1944
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In later years, director Vincente Minnelli would dismiss I Dood It as his worst picture, though a more deserving candidate...
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Producer
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1943
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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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Producer
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1942
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MGM's third follow-up to its landmark Broadway Melody is short on story, but that's okay, since the plot is merely a...
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Producer
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1940
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Two Girls on Broadway is an updated reworking of MGM's Oscar-winning 1929 musical Broadway Melody. Joan Blondell and...
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Producer
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1940
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Producer
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1940
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George Burns and Gracie Allen made their last screen appearance together in the 1939 MGM musical Honolulu; indeed, it would...
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Producer
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1939
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Producer
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1938
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The Sidney Howard/Paul de Kruf Broadway play Yellow Jack was transferred to the screen by MGM in 1938. The film is set at the...
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Producer
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1938
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This third entry in MGM's "Broadway Melody" series may not have been the biggest or best, but thanks to a masterpiece of...
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Producer
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1937
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A never-completed stage musical was the source for the MGM superproduction Born to Dance. The plot is another...
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Associate Producer
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1936
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In this lively comedy, a humble Italian barber wins the Irish sweepstakes. Unfortunately, he has misplaced the ticket....
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Producer
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1935
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Director
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1933
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Director
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1933
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Director
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1933
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Director
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1933
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