Tucson (1949)

Actors: Walter Sande (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), John Ridgely (actor), Mary Gordon (actress), Joe Sawyer (actor), Darrell Calker (composer), Byron Foulger (actor), Sol M. Wurtzel (producer), Harry Lauter (actor), Jimmy Lydon (actor), Marcia Mae Jones (actress), Grandon Rhodes (actor), William F. Claxton (director), Roger McGee (actor), Arnold Belgard (writer),

Plot: Andy Bryant is a University of Arizona student. His grades suffer however because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. And he is in love with the blond Laurie Sherman. Tod Bryant, Andy's father, is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. When his lack of focus nearly causes a tragic accident in the university chemistry lab, Andy decides to hunker down and study.

Genres: Western,

It Pays to Be Funny (1947)

Actors: Milton Berle (actor), Arthur L. Jarrett (writer), William Edmunds (actor), William Watson (miscellaneous crew), William Watson (writer), Tim Ryan (writer), Marcy Klauber (writer), Al Christie (producer), Bob Hope (actor), Bert Lahr (actor), Robert Shayne (actor), Jack White (miscellaneous crew), Willie Howard (actor), Parke Levy (writer), Henry King (actor),

Plot: A compilation of four short comedies produced in the 1930's by Al Christie for Educational Pictures Inc., and re-edited into feature film format: Going Spanish (1934), Poppin' the Cork (1933), Off the Horses (1937), and Affairs of Pierre (1937).

Genres: Comedy,

Copacabana (1947)

Actors: Jeffrey Sayre (actor), Frank J. Scannell (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Ralph Sanford (actor), Dick Rush (actor), Dewey Robinson (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), Groucho Marx (actor), Bert Moorhouse (actor), Paul Newlan (actor), William H. O'Brien (actor), Lee Phelps (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Cy Schindell (actor),

Plot: Talent agent Lionel Devereaux sells his girlfriend/client Carmen Novarro to New York City's famous Copacabana nightclub as a Latin-American singer/dancer and, pressed for another act, he sells her again, this time with a blonde wig and Moroccan veil, as a French singer...for the same presentation. The wear and tear on Carmen, changing back-and-forth between numbers, leaves to a heated exchange of words between the performer and her fiancé agent. This leads to the disappearance of Carmen's alter ego, which arouses suspicions by the management...and the police.

Keywords: 1940s, animal-actor, borough-name-in-title, cheap-hotel, cigar-smoking, cigarette-girl, cigarette-smoking, clerk, dancer, dancing
Genres: Comedy, Musical,

Quotes:

Lionel Q. Deveraux: This is an outrage! You'll hear from my lawyer! As soon as he gets a telephone!

Carmen Novarro: [trying to sneak into their hotel] Why don't we get married?::Lionel Q. Deveraux: Let's not rush into marriage; we can't even get into the hotel.

Carmen Novarro: I don't think you want to marry me.::Lionel Q. Deveraux: How can you say that? We've been engaged for almost ten years!

Abe Green - Editor of Variety: Now listen, Deveraux. You and I both know this check is no good.::Lionel Q. Deveraux: Oh? I thought only I knew it.

Lionel Q. Deveraux: [handing Carmen's mink stole to a hat-check girl] Take good care of this, and at ten o'clock give it a saucer of milk.

Carmen Novarro: Why are you always chasing women?::Lionel Q. Deveraux: I'll tell you as soon as I catch one.

Lionel Q. Deveraux: Listen, babe.::Specialty: Yes?::Lionel Q. Deveraux: How'd you like to see your name in lights?::Specialty: Why, are you an electrician?::Lionel Q. Deveraux: No, but I've got some good connections.

Steve Hunt: Do I know you?::Lionel Q. Deveraux: Do you know me? Lionel Q. Deveraux, your old room mate at Yale?::Steve Hunt: I never went to Yale.::Lionel Q. Deveraux: Remember those good old days at Erasmus High?::Steve Hunt: I never went to Erasmus High.::Lionel Q. Deveraux: At least you do remember when we graduated from PS 27?::Steve Hunt: No.::Lionel Q. Deveraux: Say, for a man with no education, you've done alright.

Liggett, an Agent: I've got so many clients, they get in my hair!::Lionel Q. Deveraux: This guy must handle a flea circus.

Lionel Q. Deveraux: You ought to go and get cured by Penicilin.::Singer Andy Russell: Well, it is good for my throat.::Lionel Q. Deveraux: So is a razor!

Cowboy Blues (1946)

Actors: Colbert Clark (producer), J. Benton Cheney (writer), Isabel Randolph (actress), Jeff Donnell (actress), Paul Birch (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Mark Roberts (actor), Guy Kibbee (actor), Ken Curtis (actor), Forbes Murray (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Ray Nazarro (director), Jack Rockwell (actor),

Plot: Believing her father, Dusty Jenkins ('Guy Kibbee' (qv)), to be a rich ranch owner, Susan Nelson ('Jeff Donnell' (qv))), comes to visit him, accompanied by her wealthy fiancée Jerome Winston ('Mark Roberts (I)' (qv)as Robert Scott) and his snooty society mother, Mrs. Winston ('Isabel Randolph' (qv)) billed as her radio character Mrs. Uppington). Dusty, instead of owning the ranch, is actually just one of the hands. The real owner is absent, so foreman Curt Durant ('Ken Curtis (I)' (qv)) and "Big Boy" Stover ('Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams' (qv))) and the other ranch hands ('The Hoosier Hotshots' (qv))) engage in a conspiracy to keep Susan and the Winstons from learning the truth.

Keywords: 1940s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, actress-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actress-shares-first-name-with-character, actress-shares-last-name-with-character, b-movie, b-western, broken-engagement
Genres: Western,
Taglines: A blues-chasin' ACTION MUSICAL! (original print ad) JIVE ON THE RANGE... where the dears and cowpunchers play!

Bob's Busy Day (1942)

Actors: Al Christie (producer), William Edmunds (actor), William Watson (writer), Arthur L. Jarrett (writer), Bob Hope (actor), Al Christie (director), Leah Ray (actress), Jules Epailly (actor), Robert M. Savini (miscellaneous crew), Vicki Cummings (actress), Frances Halliday (actress), Godoy's Argentine Band (actor),

Plot: Bob, his girlfriend and her mother are driving through South America. Bob wants to get married at the next town, Los Poach-os Egg-os, where they are currently holding a festival called Dontdoit Day. The road to wedded bliss for Bob and his girl hits a slight bump as his girl catches the eye of a dashing gaucho, and the Mayor, who is the only official in town who can perform the wedding, refuses to do so on Dontdoit Day. In addition, Bob has been the bane of the Mayor's existence since arriving in town, in part since Bob has also cast his eyes on a pretty señorita, who happens to be courted by the Mayor.

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)

Actors: Tex Driscoll (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Curley Dresden (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Bud Abbott (actor), Hank Bell (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Brooks Benedict (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Lou Costello (actor), Maurice Costello (actor), Johnny Mack Brown (actor), Boyd Davis (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor),

Plot: Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.

Keywords: abbott-and-costello, arizona, bus, car-through-wall, chase, cowboy, cowboy-boots, cowboy-hat, cowboy-shirt, dream-sequence
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Western,
Taglines: GAGS! NAGS! SWEETIES AND SWING! (original print ad - all caps) They'd make a horse LAUGH! (original print ad) TWO TERRIFIED TENDERFEET...CAUGHT IN A ROUND UP OF RIOTOUS REVELRY AND RHYTHM! (original print ad-all caps)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Actors: Lew Davis (actor), Billy Curtis (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Gary Cooper (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Edward Arnold (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), Benny Bartlett (actor), Jack Cheatham (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Vernon Dent (actor),

Plot: As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.

Keywords: american-politics, baseball, character-name-in-title, christmas, club, convention, diner, father-figure, hoax, hobo
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: ALL AMERICA WANTS TO MEET THE "MR. DEEDS" OF 1941! (original print media ad - all caps)

Quotes:

The Colonel: I don't read no papers, and I don't listen to radios either. I know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber, and I don't have to read it.

Long John Willoughby: Hey, stop worryin', Colonel, fifty bucks ain't gonna ruin me.::The Colonel: I've seen plenty of fellas start out with fifty bucks and wind up with a *bank* account!::Beany: Hey, what's wrong with a bank account, anyway?::The Colonel: And let me tell you, Long John, when you become a guy with a bank account, they gotcha! Yes sir, they gotcha!::Beany: Who's got him?::The Colonel: The helots!

Mayor Hawkins: O.K. folks, but remember your manners. No stampeding. Walk slow, like you do when you come to pay your taxes.

Angelface: [after Willoughby gives the Colonel the $50 to give away] Say, he's giving it away. I better get me some of that::Beany: Hey, come back here you helot.

D. B. Norton: You'll play your cards right and you'll never have to worry about money again.

D. B. Norton: From now on, I think you'd better work directly with me.

The Colonel: $5,000. Holy mackerel! I can see the helots coming now. A whole army of them.

Ann: Everything in that speech is what a certain man believed in. He was my father. When he talked people listened. They will listen to you too.

Henry Connel: Listen, if that guy lays an egg I want to get *something* out of it! I'm getting a Jane Doe ready.

Mayor Hawkins: No you can't see him, you didn't vote for me in the last election. Shame on you.

Going Spanish (1934)

Actors: Al Christie (producer), William Edmunds (actor), Arthur L. Jarrett (writer), Bob Hope (actor), E.W. Hammons (miscellaneous crew), Al Christie (director), William Watson (writer), Jack H. Skirball (miscellaneous crew), Leah Ray (actress), Jules Epailly (actor), Vicki Cummings (actress), Godoy's Argentine Band (actor), Frances Halliday (actress),

Plot: Bob, his fiancée and prospective mother-in-law pass through Los Pochos Eggos, South America during a festival when you can get out of any trouble by singing. But both Bob and the girl find new flames, a problem they may not be able to sing out of.

Keywords: car-accident, film-debut, small-town, song, this-means-war
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Short,

Flying Down to Rio (1933)

Actors: Roy D'Arcy (actor), Don 'Red' Barry (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Fred Astaire (actor), Sam Appel (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), Luis Alberni (actor), Harry Bowen (actor), Maurice Black (actor), Eric Blore (actor), Eddie Boland (actor), Eddie Borden (actor), Reginald Barlow (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor),

Plot: Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiance Júlio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Júlio gets some intriguing ideas...

Keywords: airplane, american-in-brazil, astaire-and-rogers, aviation, based-on-play, brazil, dance, dancer, dancing, flying-boat
Genres: Comedy, Musical, Romance,
Taglines: A musical extravaganza staged in the clouds! Romance that soars on the wings of song Romance that soars to the skies on the wings of song! Musical romance staged in the clouds... Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!

Quotes:

Honey Hale: It's like looking for a noodle in a haystack.

Fred Ayres: Nothing of the kind. He's landed us a job in Rio. Rio de Janeiro. The Hotel Atlantico. We'll be flying down any morning now.::Honey Hale: And swimming back in the afternoon. I'm taking my water-wings.

Fred Ayres: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This is really good news. Rog has outdone himself.::Honey Hale: I'll bet he's broken both legs running after two women at the same time.

Fred Ayres: The trick is to keep your mind a blank.::Honey Hale: With THAT music?::Honey Hale: Oh, Freddie, is my mind red!

Dancers in the Dark (1932)

Actors: Fred Warren (actor), Kent Taylor (actor), George Raft (actor), Eugene Pallette (actor), Sam Coslow (actor), Maurice Black (actor), James Bradbury Jr. (actor), Paul Fix (actor), William Collier Jr. (actor), William Halligan (actor), Walter Hiers (actor), Al Hill (actor), DeWitt Jennings (actor), Jack Oakie (actor), Claire Dodd (actress),

Genres: Drama,