The entire Earth is placed in jeopardy when a huge asteroid -- measuring more than five miles across -- approaches on a...
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1953
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Since Universal was out of the "B"-western business by 1951, many former Universal contractees were obliged to seek work...
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Carol Denton
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1951
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By the none-too-exacting standards of Screen Guild Productions, Last of the Wild Horses is practically an "A" picture....
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Jane Cooper
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1949
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Released in Republic Pictures' low-budget Trucolor and filmed at the majestic location of the title, Grand Canyon Trail stars...
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Carol Martin
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1948
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One of the better Roy Rogers films of its period, The Gay Ranchero also happens to be one of the more violent Rogers efforts....
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Betty Richards
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1948
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Warren Douglas plays an average Joe who bears a striking resemblance to a famous gangster. A group of rival hoods beat up the...
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Marion
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1948
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Opening with a brief look at Republic Pictures' back lot in Studio City, CA, this average Roy Rogers songfest settles down to...
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Caroline Maynard
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1948
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Republic's Springtime in the Sierras bestows upon star Roy Rogers two leading ladies. The first is his usual vis-a-vis...
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1947
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With the defection of Gene Autry from the Republic lot, Roy Rogers was truly the King of the Singing Cowboys. In On the Old...
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Candy Martin
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1947
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In this Republic musical, all heck breaks loose when the girlfriend of an aspiring composer becomes a model for the starving...
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Patricia O'Neil
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1947
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In this drama, a husband becomes a single parent after his wife dies in childbirth. He is so engrossed in his newspaper...
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Barbara Adams
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1946
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1946
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In this comedy, two young women make their money scamming dance hall patrons. The two conniving gals attempt to victimize...
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Jeanne Hollis
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1945
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Republic's Swingin' on a Rainbow utilizes a plotline that had already done service in several of the studio's previous budget...
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Lynn Ford
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1945
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The Big Bonanza was a Republic Studios in-betweener: too elaborate for B picture, not expensive enough for an "A"....
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Chiquita McSweeney
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1944
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In this western, a rancher turns his property into a dude ranch for soldiers after he is drafted. Featured upon this ranch...
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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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Female musicians Sally Richards (Jane Frazee) and Sue Ford (Judy Clark) are Beautiful but Broke in this frantic Columbia...
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Sally Richards
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1944
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In this romantic wartime comedy, four female defense plant workers share a house with four male workers. The situation is on...
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Rosie Warren
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1944
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Songwriter
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1944
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In this drama, a piano teacher buys a song-publishing business only to discover that it is on the brink of bankruptcy and is...
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1944
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In this musical drama, a woman turns her mansion into a boarding house for soldiers on furlough, providing them with room,...
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Maxine Lecour
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1944
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The Ritz Bros' third low-budget musical for Universal was the pointlessly titled Hi'ya, Chum! In this 61-minute timekiller,...
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Sunny
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1943
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Keep 'Em Slugging was the last of Universal's "Little Tough Guys" series-which, like Monogram's "East Side Kids", was an...
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1943
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Another of Universal's "pocket" musicals, Rhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the...
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Joan Holton
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1943
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Though musical-comedy favorite Jane Frazee was well established at Universal in mid-1942, every so often she'd head to...
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Vicki Forrester
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1942
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There's plenty cookin' in this brisk, breezy Andrews Sisters vehicle. The plot, such as it is, concerns the efforts by a...
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Anne
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1942
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Cult-favorite director Anthony Mann's second filmic effort was the unprepossessing Universal mini-musical Moonlight in...
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Gloria Jackson
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1942
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A bit higher-budgeted than most of Universal's "pocket" musicals, Get Hep to Love runs a full 79 mintues rather than the...
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Ann Winters
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1942
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In this comedy, a slightly addled young advertising executive works for his father's radio-advertising agency. His first job...
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1942
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By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home....
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Joyce
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1942
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Robert Paige pursues the hand of a singer Jane Frazee when he wants to get out of a dreaded engagement. She agrees to the...
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1942
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In this musical, an idealistic college graduate is bitten by the show business bug after he finds success writing and...
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Edna
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1941
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San Antonio Rose is an amiably wacky mini-musical evenly divided between its "official" stars, The Merry Macs, and a strong...
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Hope Holloway
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1941
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Another cookie-cutter Universal minimusical, Moonlight in Hawaii gathered together the usual suspects-Johnny Downs, Leon...
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Toby
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1941
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Filmed on a B-picture budget, Buck Privates was Universal's biggest box-office hit of 1941, firmly securing the movie...
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Judy Gray
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1941
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Hellzapoppin' is the film version of the "anything goes" Broadway hit starring Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson. The original...
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Kitty Rand
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1941
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Three different Universal pictures made between 1922 and 1941 bore the catchall title Don't Get Personal. The 1941 film stars...
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Mary Reynolds
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1941
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Jane Lord
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1941
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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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1940
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