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1. On Borrowed Time (1939)
directed by Harold S. Bucquet
featuring Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Una Merkel, Beulah Bondi, Bobs Watson
Old Gramps (Lionel Barrymore) is not about to go gentle into that good night when Mr. Brink (Cedric Hardwicke), who sometimes travels under the name ... More
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2. The Mating Game (1959)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark, Una Merkel
George Marshall directed this breezy romantic comedy starring Tony Randall and Debbie Reynolds. Randall plays Lorenzo Charlton, a stuffy tax ... More
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3. It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
directed by Benjamin Stoloff
featuring Kenny Delmar, Una Merkel, June Lockhart, Douglas Dumbrille
Radio actor Kenny Delmar created the character of bombastic Southern Senator Claghorn for a 1945 installment of The Fred Allen Show . The character ... More
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4. Day of Reckoning (1933)
directed by Charles J. Brabin, Wilfred Lucas
featuring Richard Dix, Madge Evans, Conway Tearle, Una Merkel, Stuart Erwin
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high ... More
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5. Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)
directed by Roy Del Ruth
featuring Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell, Robert Taylor, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers
The Broadway Melody of 1936 was designed as the first of many annual follow-ups to "MGM"'s early-talkie triumph Broadway Melody (1929). Jack Benny is ... More
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6. Born to Dance (1936)
directed by Roy Del Ruth
featuring Eleanor Powell, James Stewart, Virginia Bruce, Una Merkel, Sid Silvers
A never-completed stage musical was the source for the MGM superproduction Born to Dance. The plot is another three-sailors-on-leave affair, with Ted ... More
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7. Road to Zanzibar (1941)
directed by Victor Schertzinger
featuring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Una Merkel, Joan Marsh
The second Bing Crosby/Bob Hope "Road" picture casts Crosby as a penny-ante sideshow promoter and Hope as Crosby's only client, "Fearless Frazier." ... More
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8. Private Lives (1931)
directed by Sidney Franklin
featuring Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Reginald Denny, Una Merkel, Jean Hersholt
Amanda (Norma Shearer) and Elyot (Robert Montgomery) -- a witty, sophisticated married couple -- divorce and marry other mates. Amanda chooses stuffy ... More
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9. The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
directed by Norman Taurog
featuring Van Johnson, June Allyson, Hume Cronyn, Una Merkel
In this funny tale of deception and romantic fireworks, a rather prissy New England school marm finally gets a chance to achieve her dream and become ... More
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10. A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
directed by George Marshall
featuring Fred MacMurray, Eleanor Parker, Richard Carlson, Una Merkel, Kay Buckley
In this old-fashioned screwball comedy, Christy Sloane (Eleanor Parker) is a secretary with a large legal firm who is sent to California to inform ... More
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11. The Merry Widow (1952)
directed by Curtis Bernhardt
featuring Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel, Richard Haydn, Thomas Gomez
Based on an operetta by Franz Lehar, this remake of the 1934 original finds a wealthy widow (Lana Turner) returning to her husband's native land to ... More
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12. Golden Girl (1951)
directed by Lloyd Bacon
featuring Mitzi Gaynor, Dale Robertson, Dennis Day, James Barton, Una Merkel
Golden Girl is the life story (sort of) of legendary 19th-century American entertainer Lotta Crabtree. The daughter of a luckless gambler (James ... More
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13. Clear All Wires (1933)
directed by George W. Hill
featuring Lee Tracy, Benita Hume, Una Merkel, James Gleason, Alan Edwards
A splashy journalist finds herself embroiled in international intrigue when she hooks up with a sneaky Russian correspondent who curries favor by ... More
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14. The Huddle (1932)
directed by Sam Wood
featuring Ramon Novarro, Madge Evans, Una Merkel, Ralph Graves, John Arledge
In this football drama, a tough steelworker's son wins a scholarship to Yale and attempts to use his talent on the football field to become popular. ... More
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15. The Man from Texas (1948)
directed by Leigh Jason
featuring James Craig, Lynn Bari, Johnny Johnston, Una Merkel, Wallace Ford
Eagle-Lion studios inaugurated its new "big budget" western policy with 1948's The Man From Texas. James Craig stars as the El Paso Kid, who can't ... More
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16. Red Headed Woman (1932)
directed by Jack Conway
featuring Jean Harlow, Chester Morris, Lewis Stone, Leila Hyams, Una Merkel
Jack Conway complained about being assigned to direct this comedy, claiming that a woman like the title character had almost ruined his own marriage. ... More
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17. Evelyn Prentice (1934)
directed by William Howard
featuring Myrna Loy, William Powell, Rosalind Russell, Una Merkel, Harvey Stephens
Filmed between the original Thin Man and the first of its sequels, Evelyn Prentice re-teamed William Powell and Myrna Loy as another husband-and-wife ... More
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18. They Call It Sin (1932)
directed by Thornton Freeland
featuring Loretta Young, George Brent, David Manners, Louis Calhern, Una Merkel
Though only 19, Loretta Young was an established Hollywood star in 1932, appearing in six films in that year alone. In They Call It Sin, Young plays ... More
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19. The Parent Trap (1961)
directed by David Swift
featuring Hayley Mills, Maureen O'Hara, Brian Keith, Charlie Ruggles, Una Merkel
We get a double dose of Hayley Mills in this Disney vehicle: she plays 13-year-old identical twins Susan and Sharon, who meet for the very first time ... More
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20. 42nd Street (1933)
directed by Lloyd Bacon
featuring Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Una Merkel, Guy Kibbee, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell
The quintessential "backstage" musical, 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to opening night. Warner ... More
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21. The Kentuckian (1955)
directed by Burt Lancaster
featuring Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Walter Matthau
Produced and directed by star Burt Lancaster, The Kentuckian is a leisurely western occasionally punctuated by spurts of startling brutality. The ... More
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22. Summer and Smoke (1961)
directed by Peter Glenville
featuring Laurence Harvey, Geraldine Page, John McIntire, Una Merkel, Malcolm Atterbury, Rita Moreno
Tennessee Williams' Broadway play Summer and Smoke (expanded from his one-act piece Eccentricities of a Nightingale) was brought to the screen by ... More
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23. The Bank Dick (1940)
directed by Edward F. Cline
featuring W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn del Rio, Jessie Ralph, Franklin Pangborn
W.C. Fields plays Egbert Souse, a bibulous denizen of Lompoc who supports his family by winning radio contests. When a fleeing bank robber is knocked ... More
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24. The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956)
directed by Charles Lamont
featuring Marjorie Main, Arthur Hunnicutt, Una Merkel, Ted de Corsia, Olive Sturgess
The Kettles in the Ozarks was the eighth of Universal's "Ma and Pa Kettle" series--minus "Pa" (actor Percy Kilbride had left the series). Carrying on ... More
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25. I Love Melvin (1953)
directed by Don Weis
featuring Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson, Allyn Joslyn, Jim Backus
Singin' in the Rain co-stars Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds were re-teamed in the ebullient little musical I Love Melvin. O'Connor plays Melvin ... More
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