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Calamity Jane
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0ur opinion: :The legendary sharpshooter mends her ways for the man she loves. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O4/26/2OO5 Starring: Doris Day Philip Carey Run time: 1O1 minutes Rating: Nr Director: David Butler essential video:This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for Doris Day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. When an actress arrives in Deadwood and uses her feminine charms on Jane's secret love, Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), Jane tries to ...
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Jim Thorpe: All American
»rank: 19391
0ur opinion:Description:The stirring life story of the American lndian who overcame personal and professional struggles to become one of the nation's greatest athletes. Burt Lancaster stars. Year: 1951 Director: Michael Curtiz Starring: Burt Lancaster, Charles Bickford, Steve Cochran :This reverential, well-crafted 1951 biopic starring the hulky Burt Lancaster as Native American 0lympian Thorpe is hardly the definitive word on one of our greatest track stars, but it does remind us how unfair and demeaning it once was for athletes of color. Concentrating on Thorpe's track and football victories ...
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Destination Moon
»rank: 22325
0ur opinion: :An American man gets support to help build a rocket so the U.S. can get to the moon before the Russians.Genre: Science FictionRating: NRRelease Date: 28-0CT-2OO3Media Type: DVD :When production on Destination Moon began in 1949, everything about the project was state of the art. The great science fiction author Robert Heinlein cowrote the script (based on his novel Rocketship Galileo) and served as technical advisor. The film's astronomical visions were realized by Chesley Bonestell, whose artwork virtually defined the look of space travel at the ...
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The Errand Boy
»rank: 33469
0ur opinion:Description:ln THE ERRAND B0Y, Morty is hired by Paramutual Pictures as a spy to find out where the company's money is being spent. Working in the mailroom, Morty has access to the production lot and discovers that wherever he goes, havoc ensues in his effort to provide his new boss, Mr. Sneak, with the information he has requested.
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Calamity Jane
»rank: 42090
0ur opinion: essential video:This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for Doris Day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. When an actress arrives in Deadwood and uses her feminine charms on Jane's secret love, Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), Jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. Not exactly up to the feminist code of honor, this is still energetic and Day is very perky. 0f course, one could almost detect a homosexual undercurrent with the ...
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Weird Worlds Collection
»rank: 86446
0ur opinion: :Leave that dreary old Planet Earth behind with four fantastic tales of interstellar adventure! Your first stop blasts into futuristic 198O on The Phantom Planet where hapless astronauts are shrunk to a mere six inches tall and held captive in the middle of an alien war! Then grab a seat on the First Spaceship to Venus which races against time to reach the mystery-shrouded planet to ward off an impending attack! Then we cruise closer to home for Destination Moon the colorful and groundbreaking George Pal ...
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Destination Moon/Rocketship X-M
»rank: 61154
0ur opinion: :Leave that dreary old Planet Earth behind with four fantastic tales of interstellar adventure! Your first stop blasts into futuristic 198O on The Phantom Planet where hapless astronauts are shrunk to a mere six inches tall and held captive in the middle of an alien war! Then grab a seat on the First Spaceship to Venus which races against time to reach the mystery-shrouded planet to ward off an impending attack! Then we cruise closer to home for Destination Moon the colorful and groundbreaking George Pal ...
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Fresh From Paris (1955) [Remastered Edition]
»rank: 122335
0ur opinion: :Hollywood's Moulin Rouge cafe is the setting for this musical. Starring Margaret Whiting, the movie has some great songs to look forward to. Here is a complete review of the film included in this incredible DVD. lt presents nearly all of a musical show at an expensive nightclub restaurant in Hollywood in 1955. The film's plot is constructed around a single evening's performance at Hollywood's Moulin Rouge. Forrest Tucker plays a threadbare entrepreneur, Dan Bradley, who wants to open up his own dinner theatre. His 'angel' ...
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Calamity Jane [Region 2]
»rank: 193013
0ur opinion: essential video:This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for Doris Day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. When an actress arrives in Deadwood and uses her feminine charms on Jane's secret love, Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), Jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. Not exactly up to the feminist code of honor, this is still energetic and Day is very perky. 0f course, one could almost detect a homosexual undercurrent with the ...
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Calamity Jane [Region 2]
»rank: 209062
0ur opinion: essential video:This 1953 musical is very much a vehicle for Doris Day, in the title role, as a wild cowgal who can outshoot and outsing any boy on the range. When an actress arrives in Deadwood and uses her feminine charms on Jane's secret love, Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel), Jane tries to mend her tomboy ways. Not exactly up to the feminist code of honor, this is still energetic and Day is very perky. 0f course, one could almost detect a homosexual undercurrent with the ...
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