Jess Barker
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When college-hero-handsome Jess Barker was signed by producer Walter Wanger in 1935, he was billed as Philip Barker in such Wanger productions as Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936). He re-emerged as Jess Barker in the early 1940s, heading the casts in... more
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Cast: Ted Post Robert Armstrong Jess Barker Hugh Sanders Wheaton Chambers
Length: 82min
James Mitchell stars as a gunslinger-turned-parson in The Peacemaker. Arriving in a hostile western town, Rev. Terrall Butler (Mitchell) intends to win over the townsfolk with faith rather than force. His religiosity is immediately put to the test...
Cast: John Bromfield Eric Wilton Howard W. Koch Madge Kennedy Jess Barker
Length: 76min
In this steamy drama, three sisters learn that their father has died in a plane crash, and they begin fighting over his enormous estate to see who is to be the principal heiress. One of the sisters is particularly wicked. Wanting it all for herself,...
Cast: John Hodiak Bruce Bennett Barbara Britton Fess Parker Benson Fong
Tags: Adventure Drama Combat Films Adventure Drama
Length: 82min
Dragonfly Squadron is set in 1950 in the months before the beginning of the Korean War. John Hodiak stars as Major Mathew Brady, assigned to the base at Kongju to train South Korean troops for possible combat. These troops are to be used to protect...
Cast: Frank Tashlin Robert Cummings Marie Wilson Alex Gottlieb Jess Barker
Length: 73min
This nonsensical farce stars Robert Cummings as an air force reserve pilot, called back to active duty on the eve of his wedding to Marie Wilson. When he returns, he discovers that Wilson has inherited a million dollars, and plans to be the head of...
Cast: Virginia Christine George Robinson Alan Mowbray George Dolenz Grady Sutton
Tags: Musical Comedy Comedy Musical Showbiz Comedy
Length: 60min
The Idea Girl in this Universal mini-musical is songplugger Pat O'Rourke (played by Julie Bishop, formerly Jacqueline Wells). Hoping to hit the big time, Pat pitches the notion of an amateur song-writing contest. Her zany publicity-seeking efforts...
Cast: Bonita Granville Allan Jones Cyril Ring Oscar O'Shea Danny Mummert
Length: 63min
In this musical, a young woman from a small town heads for New York where she hopes to become a famous singer. She has no idea that she is going to inherit millions; her relatives keep this a secret so that she will not be taken advantage of by a...
Cast: Ann Miller Lionel Banks Jule Styne Sammy Cahn Charles Barton
Length: 77min
Within its brisk 78 minutes, Jam Session manages to accommodate the singing, dancing and acting talents of Ann Miller, a romantic main plot, a comic subplot-and no fewer than six big-name orchestras. The story is the old saw about a small-town girl...
Cast: Edgar Buchanan Lionel Banks Albert Basserman Claire Trevor Ray Enright
Length: 70min
In this drama, set during WW II, a teacher at a military school is derided by his students because he has not joined the military. The man is deeply disturbed by their ridicule and disrespect and so pleads with the draft-board to reconsider his...
Cast: Olivia de Havilland Jane Darwell James Dunn Sig Rumann Anne Shirley
Tags: Political Satire Comedy Romance
Length: 94min
Olivia De Havilland hadn't wanted to star in RKO's Government Girl, but was forced to do so by her home studio Warner Bros. Perhaps in retaliation, De Havilland delivers a strident, overbaked performance, which serves only to make this so-so wartime...
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