Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Lum and Abner - Two Weeks to Live

Lum and Abner are best known for their very popular and long running radio show. They also made a few movies in the 1940's. In "Two Weeks to Live", Abner mistakenly thinks he only has two weeks left to live. This is my favorite of the Lum and Abner movies, it is funny!

Starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff. Release Date - February 26, 1943. 74 minutes.


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Sunday, June 27, 2010

Classic Movie Double Feature

Grab your favorite beverage and some popcorn and get ready for an enjoyable afternoon or evening with two funny, classic movies from the 1930's. They really don't make them like they used to!

My Man Godfrey - starring William Powell and Carole Lombard

While on a scavenger hunt, a spoiled, wealthy socialite (Irene), finds "a forgotten man" (Godfrey) living at the city dump and brings him home to be the family butler. This funny comedy was nominated for 6 Oscars.

Release date: September 17, 1936 (USA). 93 minutes.





A Bride for Henry - starring Anne Nagel, William Hull and Henry Mollison

When a young woman's fiance doesn't show up on the day of the wedding, she decides to go ahead with the wedding and marries her lawyer, Henry. Her fiance shows up on the honeymoon and there are lots of funny scenes between the three of them in this amusing, vintage romantic comedy.

Release date: September 29, 1937 (USA). 58 minutes.


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Monday, May 10, 2010

And Then There Were None - Agatha Christie

Ten people are invited to an island by a mysterious, unidentified host. The guests are killed one by one and there is no way to leave the island. This is a good mystery movie based on an Agatha Christie novel. Release date was October 31, 1945 (USA). Full length movie, 97 minutes.


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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Captain Scarlett - Movie

After the fall of Napoleon, "Captain Scarlett" (Richard Greene - The Adventures of Robin Hood) returns home and discovers that his land has been stolen. Lots of swashbuckling adventure as Captain Scarlett fights for justice. This is a movie the whole family can enjoy.

Starring Richard Greene and Leonora Amar. Release date was September 12, 1953 (USA). 75 minutes.


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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Jamaica Inn - Alfred Hitchcock

Set in nineteenth century Cornwall, where Mary is sent to live with her Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss. Mary soon discovers that her Uncle, who is landlord of Jamaica Inn, is also the head of a gang of pirates.

Starring Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Leslie Banks. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Release date was October 13, 1939 (USA). 98 minutes.


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