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1. Rear Window (1954)
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
featuring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond BurrLaid up with a broken leg, photojournalist L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to his tiny, sweltering courtyard apartment. To pass the time ... More
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2. Pillow Talk (1959)
directed by Michael Gordon
featuring Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter, Nick AdamsThe fabulously successful Pillow Talk was essentially Shop Around the Corner for the 1950s. Playboy composer Rock Hudson and interior-decorator Doris ... More
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3. Titanic (1953)
directed by Jean Negulesco
featuring Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, Thelma RitterThe 1912 sinking of the luxury liner Titanic is used as a backdrop for a several fictional subplots, chief of which involves snooty socialite Clifton ... More
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4. Move Over, Darling (1963)
directed by Michael Gordon
featuring Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Chuck Connors, Thelma RitterA man makes the highly unexpected discovery that he has two wives in this romantic comedy. Widower Nick Arden (James Garner) has just set off on his ... More
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5. Daddy Long Legs (1955)
directed by Jean Negulesco
featuring Fred Astaire, Leslie Caron, Terry Moore, Thelma Ritter, Fred ClarkThis last remake (thus far) of the Jean Webster novel Daddy Long Legs was extensively revised to accommodate the talents of Fred Astaire and Leslie ... More
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6. A New Kind of Love (1963)
directed by Melville Shavelson
featuring Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Thelma Ritter, Eva Gabor, George TobiasA man falls for an exotic "bad girl," unaware he's already met the nice girl lurking beneath the surface, in this romantic comedy. Samantha Blake ... More
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7. Pickup on South Street (1953)
directed by Samuel Fuller
featuring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard KileySamuel Fuller scarcely used Dwight Taylor's source material, a languid courtroom romance, in crafting this pugnacious potboiler. Pickup on South ... More
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8. With a Song in My Heart (1952)
directed by Walter Lang
featuring Susan Hayward, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne, Thelma Ritter, Robert WagnerWith a Song in My Heart is the story of popular 1930s songstress Jane Froman, here portrayed by Susan Hayward. We first see Ms. Froman as a humble ... More
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9. The Misfits (1961)
directed by John Huston
featuring Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, Thelma Ritter, Eli WallachThe final film of stars Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe is an elegy for the death of the Old West from writer Arthur Miller and director John Huston. ... More
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10. As Young As You Feel (1951)
directed by Harmon Jones
featuring Monty Woolley, Thelma Ritter, David Wayne, Jean Peters, Constance BennettBased on a story by Paddy Chayefsky, this is the tale of a man who is being forced to retire from his job, at the age of 65, and decides to fight ... More
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11. Perfect Strangers (1950)
directed by Bretaigne Windust
featuring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, Thelma Ritter, Margalo Gillmore, Anthony RossList of all editionsThe Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur Broadway comedy Ladies and Gentlemen formed the basis of the Warner Bros. laughspinner Perfect Strangers. The title ... More
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12. For Love or Money (1963)
directed by Michael Gordon
featuring Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Thelma Ritter, Julie NewmarIn this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who gets an unusual assignment from Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter), a wealthy widow, ... More
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13. The Second Time Around (1961)
directed by Vincent Sherman
featuring Debbie Reynolds, Steve Forrest, Andy Griffith, Juliet Prowse, Thelma RitterThough the title suggests that this film is a musical romance built around the song hit of the same name, Second Time Around is actually a comedy ... More
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14. Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
directed by John Frankenheimer
featuring Burt Lancaster, Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Neville Brand, Betty Field, Telly SavalasList of all editionsIn this film based on a true story, Burt Lancaster plays Robert Stroud, a withdrawn prison inmate who cures a sick bird that flies into his cell and ... More
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15. Father Was a Fullback (1949)
directed by John M. Stahl
featuring Fred MacMurray, Maureen O'Hara, Betty Lynn, Rudy Vallee, Thelma RitterFirst came 20th Century-Fox's Mother Was a Freshman; then, a few months later, the same studio's Father Was a Fullback. Fred MacMurray stars as ... More
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16. A Hole in the Head (1959)
directed by Frank Capra
featuring Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Parker, Carolyn Jones, Thelma RitterList of all editionsAlthough the main character, Tony Manetta (Frank Sinatra), in this light comedy tends to tip the scales towards being unbelievably unrealistic, the ... More
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17. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)
directed by Henry Levin
featuring Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, Thelma Ritter, John Carroll, Eddie Foy, Jr.List of all editionsThe Farmer Takes a Wife is a musicalized remake of the 1935 film of the same name. Betty Grable and Dale Robertson star in the roles originally ... More







