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I’m from Arkansas (1944) [Comedy] [Romance]

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“I’m from Arkansas” is a 1944 American film directed by Lew Landers. The movie is not quite a classic, but it has a delightful surprise for the viewers.

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Directed by Lew Landers, produced by E.H. Kleinert and Irving Vershel, written by Marcy Klauber (screenplay) and Joseph Carole (screenplay), starring Slim Summerville as Juniper Jenkins aka Pa, El Brendel as Oly, Iris Adrian as Doris, Bruce Bennett as Bob Hamline, Maude Eburne as Matilda Alden Jenkins aka Ma, Cliff Nazarro as Willie Childs, Al St. John as Farmer, Carolina Cotton as Abigail ‘Abby’ Alden, Danny Jackson as Efus Jenkins, Paul Newlan as Farmer, Harry Harvey as Stowe Packing Company Representative, Arthur Q. Bryan as Commissioner of Agriculture, John Hamilton as Harry Cashin, Vice President of, Slowe Packing Company, Douglas Wood as Governor of Arkansas, Walter Baldwin as, Packing Company Attorney, Flo Bert as Showgirl, The Pied Pipers as Quartet, The Sunshine Girls (including Mary Ford) as Girl Trio and Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely.

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Source: “I’m from Arkansas” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 20 March 2013. Web. 22 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27m_from_Arkansas.

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Parole, Inc. (1948) [Film Noir] [Crime]

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The film opens with a scene of FBI agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O’Shea) bedridden in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California Governor. The dictation scenes are interrupted by long flashbacks scenes showing how the investigation proceeded. After a number of paroles granted to dangerous career criminals, the California Governor and State Attorney General suspected corruption in the state parole board. They called upon Hendricks to investigate and expose those involved. Hendricks decided to go undercover as an ex-convict wanting to buy a parole for a criminal partner currently in jail. He then proceeded to infiltrate the social circle of another recent parolee of dubious character, Harry Palmer, and ask him how to purchase a parole. However, the people operating the parole purchase ring were quite secretive and ready to take extreme measures to prevent their exposure.

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Directed by Alfred Zeisler, produced by Constantin J. David (producer) and Anthony Z. Landi (associate producer), written by Sherman L. Lowe (story), Royal K. Cole (story)
and Sherman L. Lowe (screenplay), starring Michael O’Shea as Richard Hendricks, Turhan Bey as Barney Rodescu, Evelyn Ankers as Jojo Dumont, Virginia Lee as Glenda Palmer, Charles Bradstreet as Harry Palmer, Lyle Talbot as Police Commissioner Hughes, Michael Whalen as Kid Redmond, Charles Williams as Titus Jones, James Cardwell as Duke Vigili, Paul Bryar as Charley Newton, Noel Cravat as Blackie Olson and Charles Jordan as Monty Cooper.

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Source: “Parole, Inc.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 14 December 2012. Web. 22 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parole,_Inc..

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Gangster Story (1959) [Crime] [Drama]

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A mobster is hiding from the law in a small town and he’s running out of money, so he robs a bank and rakes in some big bucks. However, now, not only are the cops after him, but so is the local mob boss who is jealous that an outsider pulled such a job in his territory, and especially without giving him a piece of the pie.

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Directed by Walter Matthau, produced by Jonathan Daniels (producer) and Wayne Mitchell (associate producer), written by Richard Grey (story), Paul Purcell (writer) and V.J. Rheims (story), starring Walter Matthau as Jack Martin, Carol Grace as Carol Logan, Librarian, Bruce MacFarlane as Earl J. Dawson, Garry Walberg as Adolph, Raikin Ben-Ari as ‘Plumber’ a Hood, David Leonard as Bank President W. Palmer, John Albright as Henchman and Clegg Hoyt as Caretaker at Country Club.

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Source: “Gangster Story” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 1 February 2013. Web. 17 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangster_Story.

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The Big Bluff (1955) [Film Noir] [Drama]

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The suave Don Juan Ricardo ‘Rick’ De Villa (John Bromfield) and his married lover Fritzi Darvel would like to take off together, but his lack of money prevents them from doing so. A chance encounter introduces Rick to the young, but terminally ill socialite Valerie Bancroft (Martha Vickers), in whom Rick sees the solution to his predicament. Rick sweeps her off her feet and they soon marry, although Valerie’s entourage are suspicious of him. Rick then proceeds to try and bring about Valerie’s demise so he can inherit her wealth and live the good life with Fritzi.

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Directed and produced by W. Lee Wilder, written by Mindret Lord (story) and Fred Freiberger (screenplay), starring John Bromfield as Ricardo ‘Rick’ De Villa, Martha Vickers as Valerie Bancroft, Robert Hutton as Dr. Peter Kirk, Rosemarie Stack as Fritzi Darvel, Eve Miller as Marsha Jordan, Max Palmer as Detective Sgt. John Fullmer, Eddie Bee as Don Darvel, Robert Bice as Dr. Tom Harrison, Pierre Watkin as Jim Winthrop, Beal Wong as Art Dealer, Rusty Wescoatt as Husky Detective at Finale, Mitchell Kowall as Coroner, Jack, Daly as Master of Ceremonies, Paul McGuire as William (the butler), George Conrad as Bell Boy and Kay Garrett as Waiter.

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Source: “The Big Bluff” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 28 November 2012. Web. 17 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bluff.

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Behind Green Lights (1946) [Film Noir] [Drama] [Mystery]

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A car containing a bullet ridden blackmailer’s corpse is left in front of the police station. The daughter of a mayoral candidate had visited the blackmailer that day, and is brought in for questioning. A newspaper editor, who does not want that candidate to win, visits Lt. Carson and pressures him to tarnish the daughter’s reputation until the election is decided. Carson resists.

The corrupt medical officer takes orders from the editor, and is commanded to get the body out of the police station before anyone else learns that the blackmailer was poisoned before being shot. Some slapstick comedy ensues during attempts to smuggle the body out of the station. After further plot complications, the murderer and his motives are revealed. The mayoral candidate’s daughter is cleared of suspicion before her father’s chance in the election is ruined.

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Directed by Otto Brower, produced by Robert Bassler, written by Charles G. Booth and Scott Darling, starring Carole Landis as Janet Bradley, William Gargan as Lt. Sam Carson, Don Beddoe as Dr. Yager (Medical Examiner), Richard Crane as Johnny Williams (Reporter), Mary Anderson as Nora Bard, John Ireland as Det. Engelhofer, Charles Russell as Arthur Templeton, Roy Roberts as Max Calvert, Mabel Paige as Flossie, Stanley Prager as Ruzinsky (Milkman) and Charles Tannen as Ames (Reporter).

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Source: “Behind Green Lights” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 17 January 2013. Web. 17 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_Green_Lights.

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Waterfront (1944) [Drama] [War]

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During World War II, J. Carrol Naish plays an optometrist who is really a Nazi spy. A book of his that he uses to decode a Nazi spy code is stolen from him while he was walking on the San Francisco waterfront at night. A Nazi agent who comes to meet him (John Carradine) is told of the theft and they team up to try to find the book.

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Directed by Steve Sekely, produced by Arthur Alexander and Alfred Stern, written by Martin Mooney (story and screenplay) and Irwin Franklyn (screenplay), starring John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon, Edwin Maxwell, Terry Frost, John Bleifer, Marten Lamont, Olga Fabian, Claire Rochelle and Billy Nelson.

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Source: “Waterfront (1944 film)” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 7 March 2013. Web. 17 March 2013. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_(1944_film).

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