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1. Mary Poppins (1964)
directed by Robert Stevenson
featuring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Ed Wynn, Reginald OwenLong resistant to film adaptations of her Mary Poppins books, P.L. Travers finally succumbed to the entreaties of Walt Disney, and the result is ... More
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2. Rose Marie (1936)
directed by W.S. Van Dyke
featuring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Allan JonesIt was standard operating procedure at MGM to cast their favorite singing team of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in new versions of old operettas ... More
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3. Reunion in France (1942)
directed by Jules Dassin
featuring Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen, Albert BassermanBetter known as Reunion in France, this women's-magazine-style romantic melodrama was the first major production for director Jules Dassin -- who was ... More
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4. Above Suspicion (1943)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald OwenIf you believe all-American Fred MacMurray as an Oxford don, you'll probably swallow the rest of Above Suspicion. Newly married to Joan Crawford, ... More
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5. Love on the Run (1936)
directed by W.S. Van Dyke
featuring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen, Mona BarrieHaving turned down the opportunity to produce Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934), MGM's Louis B. Mayer had second thoughts when the Capra ... More
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6. A Christmas Carol (1938)
directed by Edwin L. Marin
featuring Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Leo G. Carroll, Terry Kilburn, Barry MackayFor a generation of radio fans, Lionel Barrymore was the definitive Ebeneezer Scrooge. Alas, Barrymore was crippled by arthritis by the time MGM got ... More
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7. Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
directed by Wesley Ruggles
featuring Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane, Reginald OwenUnable to convince their isolationist New York editor (Charles Dingle) that America must be alerted to the threat of encroaching Nazism, pugnacious ... More
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8. Conquest (1937)
directed by Clarence Brown
featuring Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry StephensonConquest was released in England as Marie Waleska, the name of the real-life historical personage portrayed by Greta Garbo. The film begins in 1807, ... More
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9. The Good Fairy (1935)
directed by William Wyler
featuring Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Alan HaleMargaret Sullavan graduates from a girl's orphanage to an usherette's job at a Budapest movie theatre. Bibulous millionaire Frank Morgan makes a play ... More
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10. Everybody Sing (1938)
directed by Edwin L. Marin
featuring Allan Jones, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Reginald Owen, Billie BurkeEverybody Sing is an uncertain blend of screwball comedy and standard MGM musical. Reginald Owen plays Hillary Bellaire, patriarch of a looney ... More
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11. Sherlock Holmes (1932)
directed by William Howard
featuring Clive Brook, Miriam Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Reginald Owen, Howard LeedsThis version of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famed tale is set in contemporary London and follows Holmes and Watson as they seek to bring the nefarious ... More
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12. Personal Property (1937)
directed by W.S. Van Dyke
featuring Jean Harlow, Robert Taylor, Reginald Owen, Una O'ConnorList of all editionsA golddigger finds that romance doesn't always equal finance in this comedy. Crystal Wetherby (Jean Harlow) is an American widow left stranded in ... More
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13. A Woman's Face (1941)
directed by George Cukor
featuring Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen, Reginald OwenList of all editionsA remake of the Swedish film of the same name (see entry 55092), MGM's A Woman's Face was reshaped into one of Joan Crawford's best vehicles. Told in ... More
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14. Woman of the Year (1942)
directed by George Stevens
featuring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, Reginald Owen, William BendixList of all editionsSpencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn costarred for the first time in the delectable romantic comedy Woman of the Year. Tracy plays New York ... More
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15. The Thrill of It All! (1963)
directed by Norman Jewison
featuring Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, ZaSu Pitts, Reginald OwenList of all editionsThis amusing romantic comedy concerns Dr. Gerald Boyer (James Garner), a successful gynecologist with a wife and two children. Wife Beverly (Doris ... More
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16. Challenge to Lassie (1949)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen, Alan WebbList of all editionsA "new" Lassie (once again, a male collie in drag) starred in A Challenge to Lassie, MGM's fourth entry in their series based on characters created ... More
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17. The Canterville Ghost (1944)
directed by Jules Dassin
featuring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O'Brien, Peter Lawford, William Gargan, Reginald Owen, Una O'ConnorList of all editionsThe whimsical Oscar Wilde fantasy yarn The Canterville Ghost is updated to WW2 in this economical but attractively produced MGM filmization. Charles ... More
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18. Platinum Blonde (1931)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow, Louise Closser Hale, Donald Dilloway, Reginald OwenList of all editionsA rather bleak comedy-drama from Frank Capra, Platinum Blonde basically starts where Capra's later and much more buoyant It Happened One Night (1934) ... More
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19. The Pirate (1948)
directed by Vincente Minnelli
featuring Judy Garland, Lester Allen, Gene Kelly, Jerry Bergen, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Jean Dean, Reginald OwenList of all editionsWhen Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne appeared in S. N. Behrmann's The Pirate on Broadway, there were no musical numbers whatsoever. But with Gene Kelly ... More
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20. I Married an Angel (1942)
directed by W.S. Van Dyke
featuring Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Edward Everett Horton, Binnie Barnes, Reginald OwenList of all editionsThe final pairing of Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, an adaptation of a Rodgers & Hart musical, stars Eddy as a playboy who fantasizes that he is ... More
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21. Captain Kidd (1945)
directed by Rowland V. Lee
featuring Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Reginald Owen, Gilbert RolandList of all editionsIt's every man for himself when Charles Laughton bites into the role of infamous 17th century pirate captain William Kidd. Hoping to further increase ... More
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22. Fashions of 1934 (1934)
directed by William Dieterle
featuring Bette Davis, William Powell, Veree Teasdale, Reginald Owen, Frank McHugh, Hugh HerbertList of all editionsNow known simply as Fashions, the lavish Warner Bros. musical Fashions of 1934 stars the unlikely but copacetic team of William Powell and Bette ... More
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23. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
directed by Jack Conway
featuring Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil RathboneList of all editionsIt is a tale known well, filmed many times over the years, but never better than this early black and white version from the MGM Studios, David O. ... More
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24. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
directed by Edwin L. Marin
featuring Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John WarburtonList of all editionsSherlock Holmes and Watson solve a puzzling case in which a bloody foreign word is found beside a murder victim. The plot has little to do with ... More
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25. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
directed by Richard Thorpe
featuring Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry FitzgeraldList of all editionsJudging by the number of times it's popped up on TV, Tarzan's Secret Treasure was one of the most popular of the MGM "Tarzan" pictures, though it's ... More







