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The Godfather of Green Bay (2005)

Actors: Lauren Holly (actress), Thomas Lennon (actor), Tony Goldwyn (actor), Mark Borchardt (actor), Gregory Paul Smith (miscellaneous crew), Sarah Schooley (miscellaneous crew), Donn Aron (editor), Donn Aron (producer), Brian R. Etting (producer), Amanda Riley (costume designer), Duane Sharp (actor), Jimmy Pardo (actor), Steve Seagren (actor), Dennis LaValle (actor), Lance Barber (actor),

Plot: Joe Keegan is the 'Rocky' of stand-up comedy. A fifteen-year comedy veteran who was pegged for stardom early on in his career but has blown every major audition he has ever had in legendary fashion. Fresh off a recent fiasco with a heckler that included a broken nose, Joe's friend Kenny tells him he can get them an audition for 'The Tonight Show' and that it's 'a can't miss.' The one catch is that it's at a roadside bar in tiny Pine Lake, Wisconsin, hometown of Tonight Show Talent scout, Harvey Skorik who never misses 'Rocktoberfest.' Having doubts but needing a break from L.A., Joe reluctantly agrees to go. Arriving in Wisconsin, Joe bombs his first night on stage when local emcee Dug sabotages him. Joe cannot get a break until he encounters his former high school English teacher, the beautiful Molly Mahoney who is also at a crossroads in her life, coming off a failed marriage. Molly is excited for Joe's 'Tonight Show' opportunity. Joe tells her he just wants to prove to himself that he hasn't been wasting the last fifteen years of his life. Molly makes him realize just the opposite - that he has been living his dream. Things finally start looking up for Joe Keegan until he finds that the biggest audition of his life will be in front of his toughest crowd yet; Packer fans, Deer Hunters and The Godfather of Green Bay, Big Jake Norquist, a former high school football star turned drug dealer who is also in love with Molly.

Arson Gang Busters (1938)

Actors: Edward Mann (editor), Harry Depp (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Warren Hymer (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Jack La Rue (actor), Robert Livingston (actor), Alex Gottlieb (writer), Joseph Hoffman (writer), Alberto Colombo (composer), Joseph Kane (director), Clay Clement (actor), Emory Parnell (actor), Jack Rice (actor),

Plot: New York City fireman Bill O'Connell is assigned to the Arson Sqaud with the job of apprehending the for-profit gang of arsonists who are spreading terror and loss of property, including human life. When his friend and battalion chief, J.P. Riley, is killed fighting one of the set fires, Bill declines the offered promotion to Riley's post in order to keep working against the arson gang. Riley's young son Tommy is left in charge of Bill and his fireman pal Tom Jones. Just as Bill is about to close the net on the gang leaders, Joan Lawrence, a young newspaper woman runs a story that puts Bill, whom she loves, on the spot (presumably) with the fire commissioner.

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Actors: Frank Fanning (actor), Jack Duffy (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Jack Daley (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), James P. Burtis (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Heinie Conklin (actor), Walter Connolly (actor), Frank Conroy (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Al Ferguson (actor),

Plot: The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of patriarch Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered, bubble-headed wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such. His spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do in order to bring the unruly brats under control. This is even more difficult than it seems as Carol defies him at every turn, and his old gang is trying to get him back in the business.

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