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Una Merkel Movies
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Genres:
Family
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Hayley Mills,
Maureen O'Hara,
Brian Keith,
Charles Ruggles,
Una Merkel,
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"Family" movies usually make me cringe. Saccharine plots, cloying kiddie
actors, goopy dialogue...no, thank you! But "The Parent Trap" succeeds
admirably as both children-friendly fare and reasonably witty, sophisticated
comedy. The high-class production values don't hurt, and neither does the superb
cast, right down to the character roles. The ever-dependable Una Merkel is a
g...
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Genres:
Biography
Drama
Musical
Starring:
Susan Hayward,
Rory Calhoun,
David Wayne,
Thelma Ritter,
Robert Wagner,
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As a fan and friend of the late Jane Froman, I found the film to be as
close
to Ms. Froman's life as possible. Susan Hayward learned Ms. Froman's
poise
and mannerisms directly from her and did an amazing job both in acting and
lipsinking Ms. Froman's songs. Jane Froman's talent and courage inspired
many persons all over the world and her legacy of music lives on through
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Genres:
Comedy
Western
Starring:
Marlene Dietrich,
James Stewart,
Mischa Auer,
Charles Winninger,
Brian Donlevy,
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Genres:
Musical
Comedy
Starring:
Eleanor Powell,
James Stewart,
Virginia Bruce,
Una Merkel,
Sid Silvers,
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BORN TO DANCE (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936), directed by Roy Del Ruth, is,
according to the title, a musical, released by MGM, a large scale musical,
and starring Eleanor Powell, has the title role as the dancer. Being the
third in the series of Navy musicals Hollywood had produced within the year,
with previous efforts being SHIPMATES FOREVER (Warners, 1935) with Dick
Powell and...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Jean Harlow,
Lee Tracy,
Frank Morgan,
Franchot Tone,
Pat O'Brien,
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Lola Burns is Hollywood's greatest Blonde BOMBSHELL - but
her life is a chaotic wreck thanks to eccentric relatives,
sassy
staff and studio publicity director Space Hanlon.Jean Harlow & Lee Tracy are wonderfully matched in this
pre-Code Comedy, one of the funniest films of the 1930's,
and
another proof - if one was needed - that Hollywood had
an
endless appetite for...
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Genres:
Musical
Romance
Drama
Comedy
Starring:
Warner Baxter,
Bebe Daniels,
George Brent,
Ruby Keeler,
Guy Kibbee,
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I must admit, the reason I purchased this movie was all because of a CD I
bought that had Ruby Keeler singing "42nd Street" on it. But I also must
admit that my purchase was not a waste of my money in the
least!!!!I adore this film. It's the quintessential Depression-era Busby Berkley
musical that usually starred either Ruby Keeler, Joan Blondell, Dick
Powell,
Jimmy Cagne...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Jean Harlow,
Chester Morris,
Lewis Stone,
Leila Hyams,
Una Merkel,
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For those, like myself, who heard about Jean Harlow before viewing any of
her pictures, the expectation was to see a glamor girl with somewhat limited
performing skills, not unlike Marilyn Monroe at a later time. Not to take
anything away from Marilyn, but Jean Harlow proved herself to be a very
adept performer, an appealing combination of brazen sexuality and shameless
manipu...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Jean Harlow,
Chester Morris,
Lewis Stone,
Leila Hyams,
Una Merkel,
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For those, like myself, who heard about Jean Harlow before viewing any of
her pictures, the expectation was to see a glamor girl with somewhat limited
performing skills, not unlike Marilyn Monroe at a later time. Not to take
anything away from Marilyn, but Jean Harlow proved herself to be a very
adept performer, an appealing combination of brazen sexuality and shameless
manipu...
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