Biography: Charles Winninger |
Born with show business in his blood, Charles Winninger was nine years old when he joined his parents' vaudeville act, the Winninger Family Novelty Company. The troupe appeared at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, then spent the next sixteen years... more
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Cast: Thomas Gomez
Tags: Drama
Length: 79min
Another "torn from today's headlines" crime drama, Las Vegas Shakedown stars Dennis O'Keefe as honest casino operator Joe Barnes. When not fending off gangster boss Sirago (Thomas Gomez), who wants a big piece of the action, Barnes endeavors to dodge...
Cast: Charles Winninger Julie Adams David Ladd
Tags: Drama
Length: 72min
The story of a boy and his fish is chronicled in this heartwarming children's drama. The story centers around Raymie, a young boy who is determined to catch 'Old Moe,' a big barracuda who has become a local legend. Along with a variety of older...
Length: 90min
Based on William Fay's short story -The Disappearance of Dolan, Champ for a Day stars Alex Nicol as young pugilist George Wilson. Upon arriving in a small town for a scheduled bout, George discovers that his manager, Dolan, has vanished from sight....
Cast: Mark Stevens William Schallert Dorothy Malone
Tags: War Drama Action War Romance
Length: 84min
Mark Stevens stars as a Navy pilot named Bingham in this paean to the modern-day submarine service. Covering the years 1941 to 1952, Torpedo Alley details Bingham's training as a sub commander. Feeling guilty for the deaths of several of his fellow...
Cast: John Ford Stepin Fetchit
Length: 92min
Director John Ford, notoriously difficult to please, regarded The Sun Shines Bright as his favorite film. Laurence Stalllings' screenplay is based on several short stories by Kentucky humorist Irvin S. Cobb, some of which had previously been...
Cast: William Holden Stuart Erwin
Length: 84min
Father is a Bachelor is a pleasant throwback to the "rural" comedies of the 1930s. William Holden plays Johnny Rutledge, a philosophical hobo to whom fishing is the only reason for living. Rutledge is forced to take a few jolts of responsibility when...
Cast: Gene Kelly Stanley Donen
Tags: Musical Comedy Comedy Musical Romance
Length: 103min
Despite MGM's insistence that star Gene Kelly, just returning from military service in 1947, appear exclusively in big-budget Technicolor musicals, maverick director Gregory La Cava showcased Kelly in the modest black and white tunefest Living in a...
Cast: Kathleen Freeman
Length: 90min
The much-maligned Vera Ralston turns in an acceptable performance as star of Republic's A Perilous Journey. Though seemingly inspired by MGM's Westward the Women, the film was actually based on -The Golden Tide, a novel by Vingie Roe. In the year...
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948)
Cast: Charlie Ruggles Fay Bainter Dan Dailey
Tags: Musical Backstage Musical Musical Drama
Length: 89min
Charles Winninger plays the head of a vaudevillian family who, when jobs become scarce, takes a humble factory job. He dreams of sustaining a show-biz dynasty with his grown children, but none of them show any real interest in trodding the boards....
Cast: Deanna Durbin Donald O'Connor
Tags: Comedy of Errors Musical Comedy Musical
Length: 89min
Deanna Durbin stars in the musical shaggy dog story Something in the Wind. When the wealthy uncle of the Read family dies, he leaves instructions in his will to bequeath a set amount of money to his mistress, one Mary Collins. The family assumes it to...
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