Tony Martin ... Robert Gregory
Rita Hayworth ... Patricia O'Malley
Edith Fellows ... Mary
Andre Kostelanetz and His Orchestra (as Andre Kostelanetz and His Music)
Alan Mowbray ... Charles Gardner
Eric Blore ... Griggs
George Tobias ... Sascha
Joseph Crehan ... Mark C. Gilman
George Humbert ... Luigi
Joey Ray ... Miller
Don Brodie ... Taxi Driver
Julietta Novis ... Leading Lady (as Julieta Novis)
Eddie Kane ... Blake
Phil Tead ... Marshall
Marten Lamont ... Barrett
Andre Kostelanetz ... Leader of Andre Kostelanetz and His Music
Lynton Brent ... Assistant to City Editor (uncredited)
Betty Brian ... Member of Singing Trio (uncredited)
Doris Brian ... Member of Singing Trio (uncredited)
Gwen Brian ... Member of Singing Trio (uncredited)
Hugh Chapman ... Boy at Block Party (uncredited)
John Dilson ... City Editor (uncredited)
Robert Frazer ... Gardner's Lawyer (uncredited)
Lafe McKee ... Tom - Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Alex Novinsky ... The Prince (uncredited)
Mel Ruick ... Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Walter Sande ... Process Server (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Ship's Captain (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Victor Travis ... Man at Block Party (uncredited)

YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH(1941):

A case of a prducer who runs around on his
wife gets his star in big doodoo when his wife
catches him with a diamond bracelet he got for
one of the dancers and he pawns it off as Fred's
gift to her! This gets him into so much trouble
Fred decides to join the Army! The story is a
C-, the dancing, an A+, overall - B

From another reviewer at IMDb:

I think this film is a delightful comedy, with
all players playing their respected roles beautifully.
I especially love the dance steps and musical number
done by Astaire and Hayworth during rehearsal at the
beginning of the movie. - jauny2000 from usa

Fred Astaire ... Robert Curtis
Rita Hayworth ... Sheila Winthrop
Robert Benchley ... Martin Cortland
John Hubbard ... Tom Barton
Osa Massen ... Sonya
Frieda Inescort ... Mrs. Julia Cortland
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams ... Kewpie Blain (as Guinn Williams)
Donald MacBride ... Top Sergeant
Cliff Nazarro ... Swivel Tongue
Marjorie Gateson ... Aunt Louise
Ann Shoemaker ... Mrs. Barton
Boyd Davis ... Colonel Shiller
Sam Ash ... Nightclub Headwaiter (uncredited)
Bonnie Bronson ... Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lucius Brooks ... Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones (uncredited)
Stanley Brown ... Private (uncredited)
Leon Buck ... Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones (uncredited)
Harry Burns ... Foreigner at Information Counter (uncredited)
John Cason ... Soldier (uncredited)
Eddie Coke ... Army Chauffeur (uncredited)
Tom Coleman ... Soldier (uncredited)
Buddy Collette ... Clarinetist - One of the Delta Rhythm Boys (uncredited)
Monte Collins ... Soldier Trying to Sleep (uncredited)
Joe Comfort ... Guard House Jug Player (uncredited)
Virginia Davis ... Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson ... Railroad Information Clerk (uncredited)
Dona Dax ... Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Lester Dorr ... Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson ... Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
The Four Tones ... Guard House Singers (uncredited)
Harold Goodwin ... Capt. Nolan (uncredited)
Alfred Grant ... Guitarist - One of the Delta Rhythm Boys (uncredited)
Chico Hamilton ... Drummer - one of the Delta Rhythm Boys (uncredited)
Ira Hardin ... Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones (uncredited)
Robert Homans ... Joe, Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Rudolph Hunter ... Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones (uncredited)
Gwen Kenyon ... Singer (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton ... Lieutenant (uncredited)
Red Mack ... Trumpeter - one of the Delta Rhythm Boys (uncredited)
Beth Marlowe ... Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Patti McCarty ... Young Girl (uncredited)
Edward McWade ... Doctor at Induction Center (uncredited)
James Millican ... Prisoner (uncredited)
Frank Mills ... Soldier Messenger (uncredited)
Peggy Lou Neary ... Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Sunnie O'Dea ... Marge (uncredited)
Jack O'Malley ... Sentry (uncredited)
Garry Owen ... Robert's Guard (uncredited)
Paul Phillips ... Capt. Williams (uncredited)
John Porter ... Guard House Singer - One of The Four Tones (uncredited)
Forrest Prince ... Dancer (uncredited)
Tom Quinn ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jack Rice ... 5th Avenue Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
Cyril Ring ... Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Tim Ryan ... Cop ticketing Curtis (uncredited)
Kay St. Germain Wells ... Woman (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Sarge, Col. Shiller's Orderly (uncredited)
Frank Sully ... Robert's Guard (uncredited)
Martha Tilton ... Singer in 'Wedding Cake Walk' Number (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Kewpie's Mother (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Jenkins, Martin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Dorothy Ward ... Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Frank Wayne ... Prisoner (uncredited)
Larry Williams ... Prisoner (uncredited)

TIME OUT FOR RHYTHM(1941)

This woulda been a very good movie! But then they
brought in the three idiots! I have never been and
never will be a fan of them! They're, well, idiots!
The rest of the movie was pretty good with decent
music and plot! If they just hadn't used the 3 dummies! B-

From IMDb.com:

This hilarious and very hep B grade Columbia musical
turns up often on Australian Television, so someone at
Channel 9 besides me likes to see it programmed a lot.
Good swing/jive music, great Ann Miller tap numbers,
some spooky boogie woogie, Allen Jenkins being obnoxious
and a lot of very funny 3 stooges routines.....and Brenda
and Corvina....yikes! Two female stooges! I would never
have believed it. Must have been great fun to see in
the 40s in a 2000 seater and a full house. The "Twiddling
My Thumbs Number" is a lot like the Jesse Matthews "Dancing
On The Ceiling" number from Evergreen but here its a real
toe tapper from Ms Miller. - ptb-8 from Australia

Rudy Vallee ... Daniel 'Danny' Collins
Ann Miller ... Kitty Brown
Rosemary Lane ... Frances Lewis
Allen Jenkins ... Off-Beat Davis
Joan Merrill ... Joan
Richard Lane ... Mike Armstrong
Stanley Andrews ... James Anderson
Moe Howard ... Stooge Moe
Larry Fine ... Stooge Larry
Curly Howard ... Stooge Curly
Blanche Stewart ... Brenda
Elvia Allman ... Cobrina
Eduardo Durant ... Orchestra Leader
Glen Gray ... Orchestra Leader
Eduardo Durant's Rhumba Band ... Orchestra (as Eddie Durant's Rhumba Orchestra)
Casa Loma Orchestra ... Orchestra (as Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra)
Six Hits and a Miss ... Singers
Don Ackerman ... Dancer (uncredited)
Ward Arnold ... Dancer (uncredited)
Marvin Bailey ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
Jack Banta ... College Boy (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict ... Messenger (uncredited)
Stanley Brown ... Jim Talbot (uncredited)
Pauline Byrne ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
Sheila Darcy ... Specialty Act (uncredited)
Gordon De Main ... Theatrical Producer (uncredited)
Vince Degen ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
Jack Egan ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Richard Fiske ... Customer (uncredited)
George Ford ... Dancer (uncredited)
Sal Haines ... Dancer (uncredited)
Alan Hale Jr. ... College Boy (uncredited)
George Hoagland ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Howard Hudson ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
George Humbert ... Guiseppe (uncredited)
Bud Jamison ... Counterman (uncredited)
Crauford Kent ... Marlow (uncredited)
Eddie Laughton ... Broadcast Engineer (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine ... Dancer (uncredited)
Trudy Marson ... Specialty Act (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn ... Stage Manager (uncredited)
Mack McLean ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
Hans Moebus ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Jerry Preshaw ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
Bert Roach ... Drunk (uncredited)
Alex Romero ... Dancer (uncredited)
Eddie Searles ... Dancer (uncredited)
Bill Seckler ... Member, Six Hits and a Miss (uncredited)
Walter Soderling ... Landlord (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell ... Dowager (uncredited)
Lloyd Whitlock ... Maitre d'hotel (uncredited)
Armand 'Curly' Wright ... Greek Cook (uncredited)

HEAT'S ON, THE(1943):

At least this isn't western and it IS a musical!
I never had seen Mae West in a movie, and never
knew that she wasn't a great singer! I think she
only made it because of her, um, brains?! LOL!
Anyway, a show producer has a clunker on his hands
and his big star, Mae, walks out and goes to a
competetor! This isn't a great movie! C-

From another reviewer at IMDb:

Watching this is painful. Mae West has little to do.
What she has, she does decently. Mae was never a true
beauty, at least not in movies. Here she looks her age
and the Gay Nineties costume seems more out of place
than it does in other, earlier, better movies.

She isn't even billed over the title.

It's a hapless review, with Xavier Cugat and some
corn-pone comedy.

Hazel Scott's appearances are good but nothing I'd
have sought out and irrelevant to Mae.

Sextette seemed like a vanity production, a mistake
of her own making. This is a hodgepodge that gives her
little to do and is as prim as the bluenose character
in its plot (amusingly played by Almira
Sessions - David (Handlinghandel) from NY, NY

Mae West ... Fay Lawrence
Victor Moore ... Hubert Bainbridge
William Gaxton ... Tony Ferris
Lester Allen ... Mouse Beller
Alan Dinehart ... Forrest Stanton
Mary Roche ... Janey Adair
Lloyd Bridges ... Andy Walker
Almira Sessions ... Hannah Bainbridge
Sam Ash ... Frank
David Lichine ... Specialty Dancer
Leonard Sues ... Trumpet Player
Jack Owens ... Jack
Joan Thorsen ... Singer
Hazel Scott ... Hazel Scott - Organ Player
Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra ... Cugat Orchestra
Xavier Cugat ... Orchestra Leader
Leon Belasco ... Shore - the Agent (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn ... Babette (uncredited)
Boyd Davis ... Dr. H. Snyder (uncredited)
Edward Earle ... One of Fay's Writers (uncredited)
Roy Engel ... Roy (uncredited)
Joanne Frank ... Showgirl (uncredited)
Eddie Hall ... Quartet Member in "Thinkin' About the Wabash" Number (uncredited)
Harry Harvey ... Harry - Tony's Accountant (uncredited)
Colin Kenny ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Stage Manager (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Leo Mostovoy ... Mac - the Headwaiter (uncredited)
Lina Romay ... Lina (uncredited)
Alex Romero ... Dancer (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Harry Shannon ... Police Captain (uncredited)
John Sheehan ... Police Officer Closing the Show (uncredited)
Ray Teal ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Harry Tyler ... Stagehand (uncredited)

SADDLES AND SAGEBRUSH(1943):

Another western! Not my favorite type of movies!!
This one is short: 54 minutes! The usual western
fair, one good guy VS a town of baddies! As for
being a musical, um, not really, although there
is Bob Wills here! C+

From another reviewer at IMDb:

What a treat, Lucky Hayden ridin', ropin', shootin',
Dub Taylor as Cannonball with plenty of funny lines
to deliver and Lucky giving it right back to him in
kind, the music legend Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys
performing the likes of "Hubbin' It," a pretty colleen,
Ann Savage as Ann Parker, a dastardly outlaw boss,
William Wright as Krag Savin, some of the meanest
henchmen in the business, lots of action and terrific
stunt work! As Gershwin would say, "Who could ask for
anything more?" The alternate title for "Saddles and
Sagebrush," "Pay-Off," is more descriptive of the film.
The script is fairly routine, sort of a range war type
theme. It seems an outlaw gang is trying to drive the
homesteaders out and take the government land for
themselves. One of the henchmen in charge of finding
hired guns finds the wrong hired gun, Lucky. When Lucky
sees for himself what is happening, he sides with the
homesteaders and brings his cowboys to help defeat
the outlaws.

Bob Wills has a second lead in the film. Though Wills
didn't originate Western Swing, he did popularize it.
After the untimely death of Milton Brown in a car
accident, Wills had no serious rivals. He could out
fiddle any of his contemporaries. Plus he was an
original and creative musician who wrote much of his
own material. His lead vocalist was usually Tommy
Duncan and Bob would do the ah-hahs and other asides,
but he was also a singer and in "Saddles and Sagebrush,"
he does the vocals for the Texas Playboys. The songs
in the film were all composed by Bob Wills and Cindy
Walker, one of the finest songwriters in country music.

Dub Taylor, Lucky's comical sidekick Cannonball, was
not only a fine comedian and actor but was himself
a musician, though he doesn't play his xylophone in
"Saddles and Sagebrush." The repartee between Cannonball
and Lucky is electric, for example Cannonball tells
Lucky that he'll be right behind him, "Maybe you'll
need some help." Lucky retorts, "If I do, I send you
after some." If you're a fan of the Saturday matinee
westerns, you should enjoy this one.-: krorie from
Van Buren, Arkansas

Russell Hayden ... Lucky Randall
Dub Taylor ... Cannonball
Ann Savage ... Ann Parker
Bob Wills ... Bob -Texas Playboys Band Leader
The Texas Playboys ... Cowhands, Musician
William Wright ... Krag Savin
Frank LaRue ... Lafe Parker
Wheeler Oakman ... Henchman Ace Barko
Edmund Cobb ... Henchman Cutter
Jack Ingram ... Henchman Trigger
Joe McGuinn ... Henchman Blackie
Jesse Ashlock ... Member The Texas Playboys (uncredited)
Lester Barnard Jr. ... Member The Texas Playboys (uncredited)
Bob Burns ... Townsman (uncredited)
Ben Corbett ... Townsman (uncredited)
Tommy Duncan ... Member The Texas Playboys (uncredited)
Jack Evans ... Bartender (uncredited)
Herman Hack ... Townsman (uncredited)
Ray Jones ... Henchman (uncredited)
Jack Low ... Wounded Henchman (uncredited)
Leon McAuliffe ... Member The Texas Playboys (uncredited)
Art Mix ... Henchman (uncredited)
Cotton Thompson ... Member The Texas Playboys (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford ... Henchman (uncredited)
Luther Wills ... Member The Texas Playboys (uncredited)

CAROLINA BLUES(1944):

This is not Earth-shattering, but it is pretty
fun! A total piece of fluff whose aim it is
is to sell War Bonds! Fun to watch! B+

From another reviewer at IMDb:

Kay Kyser had many top-selling recordings, but his
Kollege of Musical Knowledge show, both live and on
the radio, was more of a floor show than the performances
of other swing bands and orchestras. His show is, of
course, incorporated into this film. So in that respect,
the film bears resemblance to other films in which Kyser
appeared.

The extra bonus is the addition of sweet and lovely Ann
Miller to the cast. Unfortunately, her one and only
dance performance is butchered by cutaway shots and
editing, so that about half is gone. You can only faintly
hear the singing and tapping in the background.

What's left, however, is still pure Miller magic.
Nobody else was such a machine-gun on
feet. - timothymcclenaghan from United States

Kay Kyser ... Kay Kyser
Ann Miller ... Julie Carver
Victor Moore ... Phineas / Elliott / Hiriam / Horatio / Aunt Martha / Aunt Minerva Carver
Jeff Donnell ... Charlotte Barton
Howard Freeman ... Tom Gordon
Georgia Carroll ... Band Singer
M.A. Bogue ... Ish Kabibble (as Ish Kabibble)
Harry Babbitt ... Band Member
Sully Mason ... Band Member
Harold Nicholas ... Dance Specialty
The Christianis ... Acrobatic Specialty
The Layson Brothers ... Specialty
The Four Step Brothers ... Tap Dance Specialty Quartette
Kay Kyser Band ... Kay Kyser Band (as Kay Kyser's Band)
Eddie Acuff ... Eddie (uncredited)
Elvia Allman ... Loud Kyser Fan (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)
Mildred Boyd ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)
Anise Boyer ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)
Marie Bryant ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)
Ruby Dandridge ... Josephine (uncredited)
Kaye Dowd ... Kyser Fan (uncredited)
The Four Dreamers ... Vocal Specialty (uncredited)
Louise Franklin ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)
Jesse Graves ... Hayride Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Avanelle Harris ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Georgia's Wedding Escort (uncredited)
Eloise Hart ... Kyser Fan (uncredited)
Harry Hayden ... Mayor Gameleg (uncredited)
Si Jenks ... Stonewall (uncredited)
Elmer Jerome ... Little Man (uncredited)
Dorothea Kent ... Maisie (uncredited)
Charles Marsh ... Photographer (uncredited)
Eileen McClory ... Kyser Fan (uncredited)
Brian O'Hara ... Alfred (uncredited)
Frank Orth ... Cab Driver (uncredited)
Pat Parrish ... Kyser Fan (uncredited)
Diane Pendleton ... Member, Kay Kyser's Band (uncredited)
Walter Pietila ... Tumbler (uncredited)
Bertha Priestley ... Fat Kyser Fan (uncredited)
Jack Rice ... Jerry (uncredited)
June Richmond ... Singer in 'Mr. Beebe' number (uncredited)
Al Thompson ... Telegram Messenger (uncredited)
John Tyrrell ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Doodles Weaver ... Skinny (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Roland Frisby (uncredited)
Artie Young ... Dancer in 'Mr. Beebe' (uncredited)

A SONG TO REMEMBER(1945)

The story, supposedly, of Frydryk Chopin! Some
of the facts are twisted, but the music is all
anyone would be interested in anyway! While not
riviting, in fact somewhat boring, it still
has some interesting parts and worth a watch
for any classical music fans! C+

From IMDb.com:

This gives Night And Day and Words And Music a run
for their money in the least-like-the-truth bio-pic
stakes in fact virtually the only thing actually
authentic is the music that really was written by
someone named Frederic Chopin who had only a name
in common with the character played by Cornel Wilde
here. The music, of course, is magnificent even when
truncated and played by the very bush league Jose
Iturbi when none of the heavy hitters - Rubinstein
etc - would touch it. Paul Muni (who shares top billing
with Merle Oberon, neither of whom played Chopin, go
figure) gives a Master-Class in over-the-top screen
acting whilst what acting honors there are are divided
equally between Merle Oberon as George Sand and
third-billed Cornel Wilde as Chopin. Worth watching
if only for the music. - writers_reign

Paul Muni ... Prof. Joseph Elsner
Merle Oberon ... George Sand
Cornel Wilde ... Frederic Chopin
Nina Foch ... Constantia
George Coulouris ... Louis Pleyel
Howard Freeman ... Kalkbrenner
Stephen Bekassy ... Franz Liszt
Sig Arno ... Henri Dupont (uncredited)
Dawn Bender ... Isabelle Chopin - Age 9 (uncredited)
David Bond ... Lackey (uncredited)
Walter Bonn ... Major Domo (uncredited)
Eugene Borden ... Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
William Challee ... Titus (uncredited)
Paul Conrad ... Waiter (uncredited)
Gino Corrado ... Man at Pleyel's (uncredited)
Peter Cusanelli ... Balzac (uncredited)
Norma Drury ... Duchess of Orleans (uncredited)
Claire Du Brey ... Madame Mercier (uncredited)
Earl Easton ... Albert (uncredited)
Fern Emmett ... Madame Lambert (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Guest at Pleyel Hall Concert (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye ... Young Russian (uncredited)
John George ... Servant (uncredited)
Fay Helm ... Madame Chopin (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes ... Concert Attendee (uncredited)
Zoia Karabanova ... Countess (uncredited)
Charles La Torre ... Postman (uncredited)
Al Luttringer ... De La Croux (uncredited)
George Macready ... Alfred DeMusset (uncredited)
Darren McGavin ... Student (uncredited)
Sybil Merritt ... Isabelle Chopin (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien ... Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Guest at Duke of Orleans (uncredited)
Alfred Paix ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Frank Puglia ... Monsieur Jollet (uncredited)
William Richardson ... Jan (uncredited)
Roxy Roth ... Paganini (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo ... Lackey (uncredited)
Henry Sharp ... Russian Count (uncredited)
Maurice Tauzin ... Frederic Chopin - Age 10 (uncredited)
Victor Travis ... Man at Berlin Concert (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault ... Monsieur Chopin (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Guest at 1st Pleyel Concert (uncredited)
Michael Visaroff ... Russian Governor (uncredited)
Lucy Von Boden ... Window Washer (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim ... Waiter (uncredited)
Eric Wilton ... Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Ian Wolfe ... Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited)

TONIGHT AND EVERY NIGHT(1945)

This is neither terrible nor great! Just a fair
musical with no memorable songs, some good dancing
a passible story and a few likable characters!
Probably would not watch again!! C+

From IMDb.com:

This film is based on a real theater and theater troop
during WWII. The theater never closed its doors despite
the Blitz with bombs falling all around and over it. (It
was an underground theater.) It's a part of England's
history.

This isn't the best film ever made, but certainly not the
worst as some have made it out to be. It's simply a light
musical mixed with drama.

To see another take on this story be sure to see "Mrs.
Henderson Presents" with Dame Judy Dench and Bob Hoskins.
It's a fantastic film that really presents the way it was
"back then." I know, because I was around then and this
film brought back some good and some bad memories.

DLMc - dmcmillan01 from United States

Rita Hayworth ... Rosalind Bruce
Lee Bowman ... Squadron Leader Paul Lundy
Janet Blair ... Judy Kane
Marc Platt ... Tommy Lawson
Leslie Brooks ... Angela
Professor Lamberti ... Fred, (The Great Waldo)
Dusty Anderson ... Toni
Stephen Crane ... Observer Leslie Wiggins
Jim Bannon ... Life Photographer
Florence Bates ... May Tolliver
Ernest Cossart ... Sam Royce
Richard Haydn ... Specialty (scenes deleted)
Philip Merivale ... Reverend Gerald Lundy
Patrick O'Moore ... David Long
Jeanne Bates ... W.A.C. Woman (uncredited)
Wilson Benge ... News Vendor (uncredited)
Billy Bevan ... Cabbie (uncredited)
John Bleifer ... Russian Sailor (uncredited)
Gary Bruce ... American Soldier (uncredited)
Russell Burroughs ... Orderly (uncredited)
Sanders Clark ... Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
David Clyde ... Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Ann Codee ... Annette (uncredited)
Jack Cole ... Dancer (uncredited)
Edward Cooper ... Room Waiter (uncredited)
Alec Craig ... Englishman (uncredited)
Richard Dean ... British Soldier (uncredited)
Donald Dewar ... Boy (uncredited)
Aminta Dyne ... Mrs. Peabody (uncredited)
Karen X. Gaylord ... Showgirl (uncredited)
Fred Graff ... American Soldier (uncredited)
Joy Harington ... Mrs. Good (uncredited)
John Heath ... Sailor (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock ... A.R.P. Man (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler ... Hitler (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Nigel Horton ... English Sailor (uncredited)
Elizabeth Inglis ... Joan (uncredited)
Coulter Irwin ... English Sailor (uncredited)
Adele Jergens ... Showgirl (uncredited)
Marilyn Johnson ... Pamela (uncredited)
P.J. Kelly ... A.R.P. Man (uncredited)
George Kirby ... Father (uncredited)
Mildred Law ... Frenchie (uncredited)
W.E. Lawrence ... Waiter (uncredited)
Frank Leigh ... Air Warden (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh ... British Army Officer (uncredited)
Queenie Leonard ... Cockney Woman (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh ... British Sailor (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton ... Peters (uncredited)
Charles Meakin ... Jolly Trio Member (uncredited)
Gavin Muir ... Group Captain G. Homesby (uncredited)
Stewart Nedd ... Petty Officer (uncredited)
Dagmar Oakland ... Jolly Trio Member (uncredited)
Sheila Roberts ... Barmaid (uncredited)
Alex Romero ... Dancer (uncredited)
C. Montague Shaw ... Old Bobby (uncredited)
Cecil Stewart ... Bert (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland ... Showgirl (uncredited)
David Thursby ... Scottish Soldier (uncredited)
Victor Travis ... Jolly Trio Member (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Chief Petty Officer (uncredited)
Shelley Winters ... Bubbles (uncredited)
Richard Woodruff ... British Soldier (uncredited)

DOWN TO EARTH(1947)

Another telling of the story "Heaven Can Wait"!
Some pretty well known actors(William Frawley,
Rita Hayworth, Edward William Horton), same
old story, kinda! In this one one of the nymphs
"up above" thinks that her "good name" is being
besmirched! She talks the dude in charge to let
her go down to "help" out the producer making a
play about them! C+

From IMDb.com:

I am a huge Heyworth fan - her dynamism, energy, joy,
and smolder are all here in abundance - but you do feel
she's bashing her head against a brick wall - the film's
male stars are dull, the music is mostly misdirected,
and it has moments that are toe-curling bad.

However, if you just watch Heyworth's performance, and
ignore the frankly horrible mess up on the screen then
this is worth your time - at nearly 2 hours it pushes
the trust of the most dedicated movie watcher - and
it clearly is a star vehicle that was rushed together.

Heyworth always, but always, gives of herself and that
joie de vivre does leap off the screen massively, but
if you're hoping for a good classic, musical with tunes
you can hum and romance that will make your heart beat
faster then, sorry, this won't be that
one.... - intelearts from the big screen

Rita Hayworth ... Terpsichore / Kitty Pendleton
Larry Parks ... Danny Miller
Marc Platt ... Eddie
Roland Culver ... Mr. Jordan
James Gleason ... Max Corkle
Edward Everett Horton ... Messenger 7013
Adele Jergens ... Georgia Evans
George Macready ... Joe Manion
William Frawley ... Police Lieutenant
Jean Willes ... Betty (as Jean Donahue)
Kathleen O'Malley ... Dolly
William Haade ... Spike
James Burke ... Detective Kelly
Dorothy Hart ... The New Terpsichore (as Dorothy Brady)
Eddie Acuff ... Stage Hand (uncredited)
Dusty Anderson ... Muse (uncredited)
Arthur Blake ... Nathaniel Somerset (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher ... Conductor (uncredited)
Al Bridge ... Police Captain (uncredited)
Rudolph Cameron ... Stage Manager (uncredited)
James Carlisle ... Gambler (uncredited)
Lucille Casey ... Muse (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Daly ... Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Darien ... Janitor (uncredited)
Jean Del Val ... Croupier (uncredited)
Hal Derwin ... Danny's Singing Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Helen Dickson ... Backstage Dowager (uncredited)
Anita Ellis ... Kitty's Singing Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Matty Fain ... Henchman (uncredited)
Mary Forbes ... Mrs. Fenimore Hume (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman ... Policeman (uncredited)
Mary Jane French ... Muse (uncredited)
Harriette Ann Gray ... Dancer (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton ... Dowager (uncredited)
Tom Hanlon ... Race Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Roulette Player (uncredited)
Winifred Harris ... Dowager (uncredited)
Edward Harvey ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Jo Hattigan ... Muse (uncredited)
Myron Healey ... Sloan - Pilot (uncredited)
Ernest Hilliard ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan ... Passerby (uncredited)
Doris Houck ... Muse (uncredited)
Fred Howard ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Virginia Hunter ... Muse (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Francine Kennedy ... Chorine (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw ... Stagehand (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Peggy Maley ... Muse (uncredited)
Lynn Merrick ... Muse (uncredited)
Shirley Molohon ... Muse (uncredited)
Sol Murgi ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Jack - First Nighter (uncredited)
Ottola Nesmith ... Dowager ('I adore musicals..') (uncredited)
Mary Newton ... Dowager in Audience (uncredited)
Jack Norton ... Sleeping Man in Audience (uncredited)
Robert Ryan ... Policeman (uncredited)
Fred F. Sears ... Bill - Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Kay Starr ... Georgia's Singing Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Count Stefenelli ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Nick Stewart ... Porter (uncredited)
Kay Vallon ... Rosebud Truelove - the Human Pretzel (uncredited)
Tyra Vaughn ... Muse (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon ... Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Lillian Wells ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Cecil Weston ... Dowager (uncredited)

SLIGHTLY FRENCH(1949):

A director who's pretty hard to work with gets
canned when the star of his show collapses from
overwork because he pushes her too hard! He
stumbles on to a carney that he thinks could
take her place, but she needs considerable
refinning! Reminds me of the poor man's "My
Fair Lady"! B

From another reviewer at IMDb:

I knew nothing of this film, but watching it one
immediately sees the extraordinary quality of the
direction and production.

I didn't know that Dorothy Lamour began her career
as a singer for a big band and later sang on radio
for network shows. She was Miss New Orleans in 1931
and her heritage included being Spanish. Looking at
her she reminds one of Katy Jurado and could have
played roles for Latin characters. In this film I
think she was especially effective when she played
"herself", Mary the carny girl. The production
numbers were excellent and indicated the direction
dance numbers would be presented in the future.
Don Ameche was excellent as always.

So this film was a very pleasant
surprise. - robertbrucemartin from Brooklyn, N.Y.

Dorothy Lamour ... Mary O'Leary aka Rochelle Olivia
Don Ameche ... John Gayle
Janis Carter ... Louisa Gayle
Willard Parker ... Douglas Hyde
Adele Jergens ... Yvonne La Tour
Jeanne Manet ... Nicolette
Patricia Barry ... Hilda (uncredited)
William Bishop ... J.B. (voice) (uncredited)
Symona Boniface ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ... Reporter (uncredited)
Earl Brown ... Carnie (uncredited)
Jack Bruce ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Leonard Carey ... Wilson (uncredited)
Kernan Cripps ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Roy Darmour ... Carnie (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson ... Whitaker (uncredited)
Jack Deery ... Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
Jack Del Rio ... Frenchman (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson ... Marty Freeman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Party Guest (uncredited)
George Ford ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ... Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
Dick Gordon ... Photographer (uncredited)
Herschel Graham ... Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Ed Haskett ... Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
Myron Healey ... Stevens (uncredited)
Al Hill ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Fred Howard ... Newsman (uncredited)
Carol Hughes ... Hyde's Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Jordan ... Studio Cop (uncredited)
Tom Kingston ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Jimmy Lloyd ... Assistant (uncredited)
Frank Mayo ... Soundman (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
Gerald Mohr ... J. B. (voice) (uncredited)
Sol Murgi ... Party Guest (uncredited)
George Nardelli ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Dave Pepper ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Perry ... Carnival Midway Onlooker (uncredited)
Terri Randall ... Dancer (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway ... Nightclub Charity Guest (uncredited)
Wally Rose ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Robert Ryan ... Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo ... Reporter (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred F. Sears ... Cameraman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock ... Avid Audience Member with Pom-Pom (uncredited)
Will Stanton ... Cockney Barker (uncredited)
Larry Steers ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Towne ... Assistant (uncredited)
Edwin Tuttle ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Bill Wallace ... Reporter (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin ... Publicity Man (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox ... Starr (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Newsman / Photographer (uncredited)

BONANZA TOWN(1951):

This movie seems to start in the middle of the
story! Not sure if it does or not, but it sure
seems that way! Anyway, the basic story is that
there's a crooked judge in said Bonanza Town and
the good guys are out to make things right! A
western, and I'm not fond of westerns! And this
is quite a stretch to call it a musical!! C+

From another reviewer at IMDb:

The Durango Kid is called upon to clean up a town beset
by a ruthless gang that goes unmolested due to the town's
judge being in their hip pocket.

Bonanza Town is technically well made, fairly fast-paced,
with an adequate amount of action, and also features a
few good songs courtesy of Smiley Burnette. However, the
script is quite tepid and the movie very forgettable.

I've never seen any of The Durango Kid movies before this
one, so I'm not sure how it holds up to others in the
series. But the fact that this Saturday matinée style
B-western was made in 1951 instead of 1941 and the studio
was Columbia Pictures and not Producers Releasing Corporation
or Monogram Pictures, leads me to believe that this should
have been a better overall picture than it ultimately
was. - FightingWesterner from The Lonesome Prairie

Charles Starrett ... Steve Ramsay / The Durango Kid
Fred F. Sears ... Henry Hardison
Luther Crockett ... Judge Anthony Dillon
Myron Healey ... Krag Boseman
Charles Horvath ... Henchman Smoker
Slim Duncan ... Slim Duncan
Smiley Burnette ... Smiley Burnette
George Chesebro ... Hod (archive footage) (uncredited)
Steve Clark ... Sheriff (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vernon Dent ... Whiskers (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley ... Borger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ted Jordan ... Bob Dillon (uncredited)
Nolan Leary ... John Avery (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Magrill ... Krag Henchman (uncredited)
Paul McGuire ... Marshal John Reed (uncredited)
Zon Murray ... Henchman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bud Osborne ... Stage Driver (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marshall Reed ... Henchman Flint (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nancy Saunders ... Anne Avery (archive footage) (uncredited)
Glen Stuart ... Danny Avery (archive footage) (uncredited)
Guy Teague ... Krag Henchman (uncredited)
Robert J. Wilke ... Henchman (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Wyatt Sr. ... Bill Trotter (uncredited)

THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T(1953):

Starring Hans Conried(I always thought it was
Vincent Price!) as Dr. T(stands for Terwilliker),
this is told through the eyes of a twelve year
old boy(played by Tommy Rettig[of Lassie fame!])!
Not much of a musical and it's really aimed at
children!! C

From another reviewer at IMDb:

The bane of adolescent Bart Collins' existence is
the piano lessons he is forced to take under the
tutelage of Dr. Terwilliker, the only person he
admits he detests because of his dictatorial nature.
Bart feels Dr. Terwilliker has undue influence for
these lessons on his widowed mother, Heloise Collins.
The one person who sympathizes with Bart, although
quietly on the sidelines, is the Collins' plumber,
August Zabladowski.

Seuss has made some strange books, which become strange
movies. So far as I know this was never a book. But it
is strange, and takes what is typically a cartoon format
and brings it to life... with music, odd questions,
dancing and some dark humor. It's like "Seven Brides
From Seven Brothers" meets "Cat in the Hat", only
darker. - gavin6942 from United States

Peter Lind Hayes ... August Zabladowski
Mary Healy ... Heloise Collins
Hans Conried ... Dr. Terwilliker
Tommy Rettig ... Bartholomew Collins
Jack Heasley ... Uncle Whitney (as John Heasley)
Robert Heasley ... Uncle Judson
Noel Cravat ... Sgt. Lunk
George Chakiris ... Dancer (as George Kerris)
Alan Aric ... Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Tony Butala ... Boy Pianist (uncredited)
Kim Charney ... Kim - Boy in Line (uncredited)
Luigi Faccuito ... Dancer in Dungeon Ballet (uncredited)
Henry Kulky ... Stroogo (uncredited)
Diki Lerner ... Dancer in Dungeon Ballet (uncredited)
Harry Wilson ... Guard / Doorman (uncredited)

MISS SADIE THOMPSON(1953):

Well, first things first, 15 minutes in to the
movie, not a song to be heard. But there is
Rita Hayworth LOL! At 15:30, a song: "Rock Of
Ages" along with "A Marine"! Not much music,
not much humor, pretty scenery and not much
of a plot! And what plot there is is really
mean spirited! C-

From another reviewer at IMDb:

At a postwar isolated Pacific military outpost, the
men are all taken with Sadie Thompson (Rita Hayworth)
who is stopping for a couple of hours in between ships.
They try to hide her from the rest of the base. She
becomes the toast of the club and finds that she has
to stay for a week due to quarantine. The religious Mr.
Davidson is the head of the Mission Board who tries to
run her off the island before she catches her boat to
Sydney. She doesn't want to go back San Francisco and
he suspects she's on the run from the law after being
in the notorious Emerald Club of Honolulu. Marine Sgt.
Phil O'Hara falls for the brash show girl.

Rita Hayworth rides that boat onto the island and shows
her star power. She puts on a big show in this movie.
Jose Ferrer is a good cold foil for her. Aldo Ray is
a meathead. I can only imagine if the O'Hara role is
played by somebody great like Marlon Brando. The story
seems to be stuck between something really juicy and a
bad morality play. It's a hard-boiled romance exploitation
movie. I don't know what it looks like in 3D. It's not
obviously shot that way. At its core, Hayworth shows that
she still has it. - SnoopyStyle

Rita Hayworth ... Sadie Thompson
Jose Ferrer ... Alfred Davidson (as Jose Ferrer)
Aldo Ray ... Sgt. Phil O'Hara
Russell Collins ... Dr. Robert MacPhail
Diosa Costello ... Ameena Horn
Harry Bellaver ... Joe Horn
Wilton Graff ... Governor
Peggy Converse ... Mrs. Margaret Davidson
Henry Slate ... Pvt. Griggs
Rudy Bond ... Pvt. Hodges
Charles Bronson ... Pvt. Edwards (as Charles Buchinsky)
Frances Morris ... Mrs. MacPhail
Robert Anderson ... Dispatcher (uncredited)
Elizabeth Bartilet ... Child (uncredited)
Clifford Botelho ... Child (uncredited)
Erlynn Mary Botelho ... Child (uncredited)
Eduardo Cansino Jr. ... Marine (uncredited)
Peter Chong ... Chung (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan ... Marine (uncredited)
Jo Ann Greer ... Sadie Thompson (singing voice) (uncredited)
John Grossett ... Preacher (uncredited)
Ben Harris ... Marine (uncredited)
Harold 'Tommy' Hart ... Marine (uncredited)
Charles Horvath ... Marine (uncredited)
Ted Jordan ... Marine (uncredited)
Al Kikume ... Governor's Native Secretary (uncredited)
Freddie Letuli ... Native Messenger (uncredited)
Joe McCabe ... Native (uncredited)
Dennis Medieros ... Child (uncredited)
Ted Pavelec ... Marine (uncredited)
Frank Stanlow ... Marine (uncredited)
Billy Varga ... Marine (uncredited)

LET'S DO IT AGAIN(1953):

A movie about a couple who've been silently at
odds with each other for years and finally get
a divorce! This seems to set well with one of
our stars, but not so much the other! This is
actually quite good!! A-

From another reviewer at IMDb:

I love old movies. Loved the original and was pleasantly
surprised by this one. Did not know I was watching a remake
until a bit into the movie. The clothes were fabulous and
the script was funny. I liked the songs and thought Wyman
was better than Irene Dunn in her part. The 2 Rays were OK,
but they were no match for Carey Grant and Ralph Belamy in
the original. Good actors have a range and Wyman showed
hers here. She was delightful as the sister. I think some
reviewers were a little hard on this remake. It may not be
as good as the original, but it was still great. No need for
Ray Milland to be ashamed. Nice way for him make nice bucks.
Every movie doesn't have to be a Lost Weekend or a Johnny
Belinda. Folks would stop going to the movies if everything
was intense. Watching this one was a great way to spend a
lazy afternoon. - viveca-powell from georgia

Jane Wyman ... Constance Stuart
Ray Milland ... Gary Stuart
Aldo Ray ... Frank McGraw
Leon Ames ... Chet Stuart
Valerie Bettis ... Lilly Adair
Tom Helmore ... Courtney Craig
Karin Booth ... Deborah Randolph
Mary Treen ... Nelly - the Maid
Dick Wessel ... Ajax Moving Man (as Richard Wessel)
Kathryn Givney ... Mrs. Randolph
Herbert Heyes ... Mr. Randolph
Douglas Evans ... Black Cat Club Manager (scenes deleted)
William Newell ... Cabbie (scenes deleted)
Paul Bradley ... Audition Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ... Audition Guest (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Walter Clinton ... Attendant (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Connor ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Anthony De Mario ... Wine Steward (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Courtney (uncredited)
Joey Faye ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Gargan ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Don Gibson ... Pete (uncredited)
Dick Gordon ... Audition Guest (uncredited)
Stuart Hall ... Audition Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Dr. Fenwick (uncredited)
Dick Haymes ... Singer - 'I Could Never Love Anyone But You' (voice) (uncredited)
Bob Hopkins ... Mover (uncredited)
Johnny Kascier ... Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell ... Pierre (uncredited)
David McMahon ... Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Audition Guest (uncredited)
Forbes Murray ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Howard Negley ... Charlie (uncredited)
Vesey O'Davoren ... Gary's Butler (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton ... Police Car Driver (uncredited)
Paul Power ... Audition Guest (uncredited)
Joey Ray ... Chauffeur (uncredited)
Frank Remley ... Pete (uncredited)
Don Rice ... Hal (uncredited)
Leoda Richards ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Party Guest (uncredited)
Bernard Sell ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Maurice Stein ... Willy (uncredited)
Herb Vigran ... Charlie Foster (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Party Bartender (uncredited)

THREE FOR THE SHOW(1955):

This coulda been a great movie. Not sure exactly
what the problem here is. The music is just so-so,
the acting wasn't bad, it had a couple of good
actorr, but over all it was just ok! C+

From another reviewer at IMDb:

This is a remake of TOO MANY HUSBANDS, which had
starred Jean Arthur, Fred MacMurray, and Melvyn Douglas.
Here, we get a tepid musical with Betty Grable and Jack
Lemmon and Gower Champion as the male leads. The plot
has been dismissed in favor of some musical numbers oddly
built around decades-old Gershwin songs. Marge Champion
and Myron McCormick co-star.

Lemmon has been proclaimed dead in the war (which war?)
so Grable marries Champion. Lemmon returns, and the guys
battle over the hefty star while Marge look on is distress.
In the original film, the ending is ambiguous with both
guys still in Arthur's life. Here, she pairs off with
Lemmon. Bleh.

Gower Champion might have been a good dancer and director
but he's a zero as a romantic lead. So is Lemmon. Marge
Champion (a terrific beard) looks like Bea Benaderet in
corsets. The MGM darlings (the Champions) were a total bust
in films. Grable was long past her prime and even though
she's only 39 here, looks OLD and FAT. - drednm from United States

Betty Grable ... Julie Lowndes
Marge Champion ... Gwen Howard
Gower Champion ... Vernon Lowndes
Jack Lemmon ... Martin 'Marty' Stewart
Myron McCormick ... Mike Hudson
Leon Alton ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Tom Anthony ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Robert Bice ... Sgt. Charlie O'Hallihan (uncredited)
Eugene Borden ... Costume Designer (uncredited)
Aileen Carlyle ... Mother (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson ... Theatre Treasuer (uncredited)
Bess Flowers ... Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Paul Harvey ... Col. Harold J. Wharton (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Tom Kingston ... Second Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Don Kohler ... Joe (uncredited)
Charlotte Lawrence ... Miss Williams (uncredited)
Rudy Lee ... Boy (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Theatre Patron in Loge (uncredited)
Emil Sitka ... First Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Henry Slate ... Sgt. Kowalski (uncredited)
Ted Stanhope ... Harry, Stage Manager (uncredited)
Willard Waterman ... TV Show Moderator (uncredited)
Gene Wesson ... Billboard Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Williams ... Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)

MY SISTER EILEEN(1955):

This has the great Jack Lemon in it! Also starring
is Dick York and Janet Leigh! This is about two
sisters hitting the big city looking to make a
mark on the city! A very slow start on their search
but pretty soon they are getting all the recognition
they can handle! B

From another reviewer at IMDb:

I love movie musicals, and My Sister Eileen is one
of those films that I saw only recently, adored it
and wondered afterwards why I hadn't seen it any sooner.
My Sister Eileen is a charming and lovely film and very
underrated.

The film looks absolutely great, with beautiful photography
and costumes and sets that don't look dated or on the
cheap, while the music and songs are wonderful and one
of those scores where there isn't one I don't like so
much.

My Sister Eileen is also beautifully directed, has vibrant
choreography, witty writing, good characters and a charming
story that warms your heart. Betty Garett, Jack Lemmon and
Janet Leigh are all wonderful individually and are great
together as well.

Overall, very charming. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Janet Leigh ... Eileen Sherwood
Jack Lemmon ... Robert 'Bob' Baker
Betty Garrett ... Ruth Sherwood
Bob Fosse ... Frank (as Robert Fosse)
Kurt Kasznar ... 'Papa' Appopolous
Dick York ... Ted 'Wreck' Loomis (as Richard York)
Lucy Marlow ... Helen
Tommy Rall ... Chick
Barbara Brown ... Helen's Mother
Horace McMahon ... Police Officer Lonigan
Henry Slate ... Second Drunk
Hal March ... Pete - First Drunk
John Albright ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Adelle August ... Secretary (uncredited)
Ken Christy ... Charlie - Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Eileen Coghlan ... Ad Lib Bit (uncredited)
James Conaty ... Walgreen's Employee (uncredited)
Fred Curt ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Richard Deacon ... Baker's Receptionist (uncredited)
Gary Diamond ... Young Boy (uncredited)
Michael Fox ... Shakespearean Actor (uncredited)
Gerald Frank ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Ricky Gonzales ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Dorothy Gordon ... Ad Lib Bit (uncredited)
Kathryn Grant ... Young Hopeful (uncredited)
Bill Hale ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Edna Holland ... Matron (uncredited)
Mike Lally ... Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Carey Leverette ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Anne Loos ... Receptionist (uncredited)
Dayton Lummis ... Mr. Wallace (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell ... Headwaiter (uncredited)
Jana Mason ... Secretary (uncredited)
George Mayon ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Mara McAfee ... Miss Stewart (uncredited)
Russell Meeker ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Alberto Morin ... Brazilian Consul (uncredited)
William Newell ... Plumber (uncredited)
Peter Norman ... Waiter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Mr. O'Connor (uncredited)
Troy Patterson ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Donna Phillips ... Soprano (uncredited)
Fabio Ramos ... Brazilian Executive Officer (uncredited)
Tony Randall ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Carl Ratcliff ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Jack Regas ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo ... Man Who Helps Eileen (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Bohemian Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Eddie Searles ... Bit Role (uncredited)
Emil Sitka ... Bit Welder (uncredited)
Queenie Smith ... Alice - Baker's Secretary (uncredited)
Buddy Spencer ... Dancer / Cadet (uncredited)
Sid Tomack ... Counterman (uncredited)
Ruth Warren ... Matron (uncredited)
Billy Wayne ... Newbetter - Mailman (uncredited)
Eugene White ... Minor Role (uncredited)
Estelita Zarco ... Bit Role (uncredited)

HOT BLOOD(1956):

This is a bad movie and very boring! Not to be
watched again! Oh, and this is NOT a musical!!! C-

From another reviewer at IMDb:

What should have been an interesting film had they
played it more dramatically turns into an also ran
in Hot Blood. Some how it just doesn't quite gel on
the screen. Neither do Cornel Wilde and Jane Russell
gel either.

The real star here is Luther Adler who is Wilde's
older brother and King of the local gypsy tribe in
Los Angeles. But undisclosed health reasons are
forcing an abdication on the king. He wants very
much to move his younger brother Cornel Wilde into
the throne.

But Wilde isn't having any, he's having too much of
a good time as a part time dance instructor and full
time hell-raiser. What Adler decides is he needs a
good woman.

Enter Jane Russell who Wilde buys as a gypsy bride
from her father Joseph Calleia. Would you believe
that someone would have to be tricked into marrying
Jane Russell? Sad, but true and Wilde is the unlucky
patsy who's the mark in one of the great gypsy con
games.

I think Nicholas Ray might have succeeded with this
film had it been treated more dramatically. A few
numbers for Jane Russell never hurt in films like His
Kind Of Woman, but there was too much emphasis here.
And doubles were obviously used in the dancing for
Wilde and Russell.

This had the potential to be a lot better, but fans
of the two stars will enjoy. And Luther Adler is just
great in his part. - bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Jane Russell ... Annie Caldash
Cornel Wilde ... Stephano Torino
Luther Adler ... Marco Torino
Joseph Calleia ... Papa Theodore
James H. Russell ... Xano (as Jamie Russell)
Nina Koshetz ... Nita Johnny
Helen Westcott ... Velma
Mikhail Rasumny ... Old Johnny
Wally Russell ... Bimbo
Fred Aldrich ... Drunk Observer at Bar (uncredited)
Jacqueline Auclair ... Young Gypsy (uncredited)
William Bagdad ... Knife Sharpener (uncredited)
Ross Bagdasarian ... Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Les Baxter ... Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Peter Brocco ... Doctor Robert Turchino (uncredited)
Richard Deacon ... Mr. Swift (uncredited)
Nick Dennis ... Korka (uncredited)
Joe Dominguez ... Gypsy Elder (uncredited)
Nadja Dubinsky ... Gypsy (uncredited)
Robert Foulk ... Police Sgt. Tim McGrossin (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Sidewalk Extra (uncredited)
John Indrisano ... Bartender (uncredited)
Kay Koury ... Gypsy (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw ... Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Joe Lanza ... Dancer (uncredited)
Nefru Malouf ... Young Gypsy (uncredited)
Joe Maritzer ... (uncredited)
Frank Mazzola ... Gypsy (uncredited)
Joe Merritt ... Skinny Gypsy (uncredited)
Mike Morelli ... Gypsy (uncredited)
Faye Michael Nuell ... Gypsy Woman (uncredited)
Inez Palange ... Gypsy (uncredited)
Joe Palma ... Gypsy (uncredited)
Manuel París ... Elder (uncredited)
John Raven ... Joe Randy (uncredited)
Joan H. Reynolds ... Bit Part (uncredited)
Franz Roehn ... Elder (uncredited)
Dorothea Wolbert ... Little Old Gypsy Woman (uncredited)

YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM IT(1956):

With Jack Lemon, Henny Youngman & Jim Backus
you would think that this would be hilarious!
And you wouldn't think of this as a musical!!
Well, it does have the Four Aces in it. June
Allyson plays a rich little brat used to getting
her way. She's got to be the oldest brides(just
shy of 40!) I've ever seen! And she's still
being run by her daddy! So she runs away from
said father and meets Jack on a bus! Jack
does great in this! I suppose that June does
too, but her character is so unlikeable that
it's hard to tell! And as for a musical, it
leaves a lot to be desired! B-

From another reviewer at IMDb:

Pale imitation of It Happened One Night fails to
capture the magic of the original, a fools errand
to attempt in the first place, but is pleasant enough.

One of the problems is that Jack Lemmon and June
Allyson share little chemistry, a vital component
to the first film or any romantic comedy. Another
is that June, 39 when this was made, while still
very attractive is a bit mature to be convincing
as a madcap runaway heiress. Debbie Reynolds, who
was in her mid-twenties at the time would have been
a better fit.

Scenes that crackled in the first just move the story
along in this from place to place. Full of forgettable
music which adds nothing to the original tale and a the
high gloss look that was a signature of 50's cinema.

Well made but lacking the Capra touch. - jjnxn-1 from United States

June Allyson ... Ellen 'Ellie' Andrews
Jack Lemmon ... Peter Warne
Charles Bickford ... A.A. Andrews
Paul Gilbert ... George Shapely
Jim Backus ... Danker
Stubby Kaye ... Fred Toten
Henny Youngman ... First Driver
Allyn Joslyn ... Joe Gordon, Editor
Jacques Scott ... Jacques 'Jack' Ballarino
Walter Baldwin ... 1st Proprietor
The Four Aces ... Themselves, Vocal Quartette
Byron Foulger ... Billings, Andrews' Secretary
Richard H. Cutting ... First Hotel Proprietor
Louise Beavers ... Maid
Raymond Greenleaf ... Minister
Howard McNear ... Vernon, Second proprietor
Elvia Allman ... Ma, Vernon's Wife
Edwin Chandler ... TV Announcer
Jack Albertson ... Third Proprietor
Queenie Smith ... Elderly Lady
William Forrest ... Captain (replaced by Russell Hicks) (scenes deleted)
Frank Sully ... Red
Dub Taylor ... Joe
Steve Benton ... Second Driver
Bill Walker ... Norville, the Butler
Herb Vigran ... Detective
Larry J. Blake ... Detective
Leonard Bremen ... Bartender (scenes deleted)
Guy Wilkerson ... Herdsman (scenes deleted)
Leon Alton ... Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Bill Baldwin ... TV Reporter (uncredited)
Alex Ball ... Groomsman (uncredited)
Madge Blake ... Proprietor's Wife (uncredited)
Barrie Chase ... Western Union Girl (uncredited)
Beulah Christian ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Elaine Edwards ... Agnes (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
James Gonzalez ... Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Haines ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris ... Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Russell Hicks ... Ship Captain (uncredited)
Joe Karnes ... Reporter (uncredited)
Rusty Kayser ... Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Lyle Latell ... Dispatcher (uncredited)
Don Marlowe ... Reporter (uncredited)
Tony Martinez ... Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Harold Miller ... Photographer at Wedding (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady ... Groomsman (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft ... Reporter (uncredited)
Leoda Richards ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Don Ross ... Reporter (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bob Stevens ... Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ... Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Rick Vallin ... Reporter (uncredited)
Cecil Weston ... Ticket-Seller (uncredited)

ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK(1956):

This has some really great music here! Bill
Haley's "Rock Around The Clock", "See You
Later Aligator" & "Rock, Rock, Rock"; The
Platters' "Only You" & "The Great Pretender"!
The story is basically a dude that's been
the manager of some big bands decides that
the big bands are a dying breed! On the way
to somewhere, they run into Billy Haley and
His Comets and he decides that this is what
he's looking for!

Perhaps the best movie on the set!! A

From another reviewer at IMDb:

This is a magic film that captures the excitement of
early rock n roll and the people who played it. Bill
Haley and his comets are outstanding in what should
be officially recognised as part of Movie history.
The first ever rock n roll film to be made maybe a bit
thin on the plot line, but makes up for it with its
exciting dance scenes and thumping jumping music.
Some previous comments have said they found the Lisa
Gaye and Johnny Johnston characters age gap to be
creepy. I didn't have a problem with this at all, as
lots of young women married older men during the
forties and fifties. Lisa Gaye was over 21 and Johnston
was in his early thirties when the film was shot. "Rock
around the Clock" is now out on DVD (not sure about the
UK yet) and looks splendid in a re-mastered and restored
edition that is well worth buying. Check out Earl Barton
as Lisa's brother and dancing partner. Barton actually
choreographed all the dance scenes and at the time was
a much respected Hollywood choreographer. I'm giving this
film a ten out of ten Daddio as it was the first and
the best of the rock and roll films made during the
fifties. - mike-2620 from United Kingdom

Bill Haley and the Comets ... Bill Haley and his Comets
The Platters ... The Platters
Ernie Freeman Combo ... Ernie Freeman Combo
Tony Martinez and His Band ... Tony Martinez and his Band
Alan Freed ... Alan Freed
Johnny Johnston ... Steve Hollis
Alix Talton ... Corinne Talbot
Lisa Gaye ... Lisa Johns
John Archer ... Mike Dodd
Henry Slate ... Corny LaSalle
Earl Barton ... Jimmy Johns
George Christopherson ... Dancer
Lenny Smith ... Dancer
Freda Angela Wyckoff ... Dancer
Robert Banas ... Dancer (uncredited)
Franny Beecher ... Comets Guitarist (uncredited)
Freddie Bell ... Freddie Bell (uncredited)
Lynette Bernay ... Girl at Strawberry Springs dance (uncredited)
Gilbert Brady ... Dancer (uncredited)
Nikki Faustino Brady ... Dancer (uncredited)
Frankie Brent ... Member -Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
Steve Carruthers ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Russ Conti ... Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
Johnny Duncan ... Prom Dancer (uncredited)
Elaine DuPont ... Dancer (uncredited)
Johnny Grande ... Comets Pianist (uncredited)
Bill Haley ... Bill Haley (uncredited)
Jean Harvey ... Miss Mullen - Chaperone (uncredited)
Ralph Jones ... Comets Drummer (uncredited)
Jack Kane ... Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
Chick Keeney ... Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
Joe Lanza ... Dancer (uncredited)
David Lynch ... The Platters Member (uncredited)
Ernie Maresca ... Ernie (uncredited)
Michael Mark ... Mr. Gilflavin - Chaperone (uncredited)
Tony Martinez ... Tony Martinez (uncredited)
Jerry Mayo ... Member / Freddie Bell and the Bellboys (uncredited)
Sol Murgi ... Technician (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Joe Palma ... Waiter (uncredited)
Michael Peterson ... Dancer at Town Hall (uncredited)
Murray Pollack ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Rudy Pompilli ... Comets Saxophonist (uncredited)
Herb Reed ... The Platters Member (uncredited)
Al Rex ... Comets Bassist (uncredited)
Paul Robi ... The Platters Member (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Bernard Sell ... Club Patron (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock ... Technician (uncredited)
Lou Southern ... Boy at Strawberry Springs dance (uncredited)
Zola Taylor ... The Platters Member (uncredited)
Harry Tyler ... Motel Operator (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth ... Miss Dunlap - Chaperone (uncredited)
Tony Williams ... Tony Williams (uncredited)
Billy Williamson ... Comets Steel Guitar Player (uncredited)

IDOL ON PARADE(1959):

Well then, here we have an "Elvis" type movie with
Anthony Newley playing a freshly drafted singer
who was put in the wrong platoon and the whole
show is about how he ruins the British Army! C+

From another reviewer at IMDb:

This movie was intended as a spoof of Elvis' entry to
the army with Newley playing an "idol" called Jeep Jackson.
The great British public took the film seriously however
and overnight Anthony Newley, former child actor became
a fully fledged adult actor/pop singer. The film is a
delightful comedy in the same vein as Carry On Sergeant
with the added bonus of four musical numbers performed
by Newley. Look out for many star faces who later had
very successful careers of their own - Sid James,
Bernie Winters and Harry Fowler! Pure nostalgia enjoy! -
Posted by Paul Goodhead - President of the Anthony
Newley Appreciation Society.

William Bendix ... Sgt. Lush
Anthony Newley ... Jeep Jackson
Anne Aubrey ... Caroline
Lionel Jeffries ... Bertie
Sidney James ... Herbie
David Lodge ... Shorty
Dilys Laye ... Renee
William Kendall ... Commanding Officer
Bernie Winters ... Joseph Jackson
Harry Fowler ... Ron
Norman Atkyns ... Stage Manager
Percy Herbert ... Sgt. Hebrides
Sean Kelly ... Ernie
Gordon Needham ... Cpl. Nerking
Susan Hampshire ... Martha
Keith Smith ... Post Corporal
Geoffrey Bayldon ... Record Producer. (uncredited)
Stanley Beard ... (uncredited)
Martin Boddey ... Chucker-out (uncredited)
Tom Bowman ... (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain ... Showgirl (uncredited)
Andre Charisse ... Club Manager (uncredited)
Carl Conway ... (uncredited)
Roderick Cook ... (uncredited)
Eric Corrie ... (uncredited)
John Cowley ... (uncredited)
Rupert Davies ... Sergeant (uncredited)
Rosemary Davis ... Girl (uncredited)
Rosamund Greenwood ... Spinster (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis ... Onlooker (uncredited)
Ian MacNaughton ... (uncredited)
Jane Navello ... Iris (uncredited)
Lester Nixon ... (uncredited)
Maureen Riscoe ... Naafi Girl (uncredited)
Marigold Russell ... Naafi Girl (uncredited)
Guy Standeven ... Guest at Officers Ball (uncredited)
John Tatum ... Policeman (uncredited)
Ian Wilson ... Man in Cinema (uncredited)
John Wood ... Jeremy (uncredited)