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No Room for the Groom
Tony Curtis and Piper Laurie are terrific together in No Room for the Groom , a rare comedic treat from director Douglas Sirk. On leave for two days, G.I. Alvah Morrell (Curtis) elopes with Lee Kingshead (Laurie) though a case of chicken pox prevents them from consummating their marriage. When he returns home after 10 months overseas, he finds his house overrun by Lee’s manipulative Mama (Spring Byington) who was unaware of the wedding. Determined to keep them apart, Mama uses every dirty trick...
The Great Impostor
Tony Curtis stars in the incredible but true story of the world’s greatest big-time masquerader, Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr. in The Great Impostor . First shown as a school teacher placed under arrest by state troopers, the story recounts how the untrained, uneducated yet brilliant young man assumes the identity of a college professor, Trappist monk, prison warden and surgeon in the Canadian Navy. The unbelievable hide-and-seek story mixes suspense with humor, as Demara attempts to outwit and...
Son of Ali Baba
Tony Curtis stars with Piper Laurie in the exotic desert adventure Son of Ali Baba . Set in ancient Persia, Kashma Baba (Curtis) spends his days as a military cadet and devotes his nights to merrymaking. Everything changes when he meets Kiki (Laurie) who claims to be an escaped slave on the run from an evil caliph (Victor Jory). Soon, Kashma learns that there is more to her regal story in this exotic, Technicolor classic filled with clattering sword battles and thunderous horseback chases.
Little Miss Marker (1980)
In this colorful, heartwarming story set in the 1930's, a stingy curmudgeon accepts a gamble he can't win, unless he's ready to give up his heart. Walter Matthau portrays "Sorrowful" Jones, a grouchy, horse-racing bookie who makes his living off other people's losses. He's got a reputation to keep, so when an out-of-luck gambler begs him to accept his daughter as a "marker" on a debt, Sorrowful says "yes." But now he's stuck with the girl - and this six-year-old beauty may be more than he...
Captain Newman, M.D.
Gregory Peck leads an all-star cast in Captain Newman, M.D., a realistic look at life and love inside a stateside military hospital's psychiatric ward during World War II. The Academy Award nominated comedy-drama follows the affable Captain Newman as he uses both humor and compassion to reach patients whose wartime injuries plague their minds instead of their bodies. Co-starring Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert and Bobby Darin, this critically-acclaimed film is just what the doctor...
Winchester '73
James Stewart, Rock Hudson and Shelley Winters light up the screen in this timeless portrayal of the Wild West and the heroes who tamed it. Stewart plays Lin McAdam, a frontiersman who wins a Winchester rifle in a marksmanship contest. When the prize is stolen, he doggedly pursues it as it passes among a motley group of characters—including a crazed highwayman, a corrupt gunrunner, a savage young Indian chief and even his own dangerous brother—until the final, rousing shoot-out. Also featuring...
40 Pounds of Trouble
Tony Curtis stars in 40 Pounds of Trouble in which a day at the park becomes a high speed adventure on the world's most exclusive movie set - Disneyland! After escaping from his greedy ex-wife in California, savvy Lake Tahoe hotel/casino manager Steve McClusky (Curtis) has had enough of women. His sabbatical is sabotaged, however, when hotel owner Bernie Friedman (Phil Silvers) orders him to chaperone the venue's new headliner, Friedman's beautiful niece Chris (Suzanne Pleshette). As if that's...
The Perfect Furlough
In The Perfect Furlough, the fun begins when the Army's top brass meet to discuss the morale problems occurring at an outpost in the remote Arctic. It seems that the 104 bachelors stationed there for the past seven months are going utterly stir crazy. Military psychologist Lieutenant Lauren (Janet Leigh) proposes a solution: one lucky guy will receive a "perfect" furlough, complete with exotic destinations and a beautiful movie star. Much to the psychologist's chagrin, a scheming corporal (Tony...
Francis the Talking Mule
One of the most beloved family films of all time, Francis the Talking Mule stars Donald O’Connor as a bewildered soldier who befriends an old army mule… who happens to talk! Second Lieutenant Peter Stirling (O’Connor) repeatedly finds himself in a mental hospital after he tries to explain to his unbelieving superior officers that a talking animal rescued him from behind enemy lines. When his four-legged friend appears with plans of heroic action, the U.S. Army faces one of its biggest - and...
Spartacus
Director Stanley Kubrick tells the tale of Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), the bold gladiator slave and Varinia (Jean Simmons), the woman who believed in his cause. Challenged by the power-hungry General Crassus (Laurence Olivier), Spartacus is forced to face his convictions and the power of Imperial Rome at its glorious height. The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.