69% (2) Pinky 102 min, Approved, [Drama] [Elia Kazan, John Ford] [01 Nov 1949]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, Rotten Tomatoes: 67%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, Jeanne Crain, William Lundigan
Writer: Cid Ricketts Sumner (novel), Philip Dunne (screenplay), Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
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Plot: A light-skinned black woman falls in love with a white doctor, though he is unaware of her true race.
Rotten Tomatoes: Elia Kazan directed this, one of Hollywood's early attacks on racism, starring Jeanne Crain as Patricia "Pinky" Johnson. Patricia is a light-skinned black woman who is studying nursing at a New England medical institute. A white doctor, Thomas Adams (William Lundigan), has fallen in love with Patricia and wants to marry her, but Patricia refuses his proposal. Convinced their interracial union would never work out, Patricia believes Thomas would never be able to endure the acrimony that would be heaped upon their marriage. Patricia leaves New England to return to her childhood home in the South, where her grandmother (Ethel Waters) works for rich widow Miss Em (Ethel Barrymore). When Miss Em takes ill, Patricia cares for her. Upon Miss Em's death, it is discovered that she has bequeathed her entire estate to Patricia. Miss Em's family disputes the will because Patricia is black, and a courtroom battle ensues over the estate.
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72% (1) Inferno 83 min, Approved, [Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller] [Roy Ward Baker] [21 Jul 1954]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews
Actors: Larry Keating, Rhonda Fleming, Robert Ryan, William Lundigan
Writer: Francis M. Cockrell
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Plot: 20th Century-Fox put a lot of eggs in this 1953 film---3-D and stereophonic sound on prints for the few theatres equipped for that sound system in 1953, and the result was possibly the best 3-D film made during the craze. The basically-simple plot, in theory but more than that in execution, concerns a spoiled and alcoholic millionaire, Robert Ryan, who breaks his leg falling off of a horse, and is left to die in the desert by his cheating wife, Rhonda Fleming (born for Technicolor and 3-D), and her lover, William Lundigan.
Rotten Tomatoes: Breaking his leg on a vacation trip, millionaire Carson is left in the middle of the desert by his wife Geraldine and his business partner Joseph Duncan. Ostensibly, they have driven off to seek medical aid for Carson; in fact, they intend to leave him in the desert to die.
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70% (1) The House on Telegraph Hill 93 min, Approved, [Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller] [Robert Wise] [27 Aug 1951]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 70%, External Reviews
Actors: Fay Baker, Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan
Writer: Elick Moll (screenplay), Frank Partos (screenplay), Dana Lyon (novel)
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Plot: Victoria has survived Nazi concentration by assuming the identity of one who died there. She arrives in San Francisco to see her "son" just as the boy's great-aunt dies leaving a lot of money to be inherited. Victoria falls in love with the boy's trustee Alan Spender, and they move into the mansion on Telegraph Hill. Living life in a new identity isn't without its dangers, however.
Rotten Tomatoes: After surviving the hell of a Nazi death camp, a refugee faces even greater dangers in America in this tale of murder, deceit, and assumed identities. Victoria Kopwelska (Valentina Cortese) is a Polish woman imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp near the end of World War II. Desperate to survive, Victoria learns that her best friend has family in the United States, and if they are ever freed, she pledges to take Victoria to America with her. Victoria's friend, however, is killed shortly before American troops can liberate the camp. With nowhere to go, Victoria steals her friend's papers and sails to America, where she is accepted as her friend by her family. Victoria learns that she is now the godmother to a young boy, as well as the heir to a sizable fortune, following the death of her "aunt." Alan Spender (Richard Basehart), the boy's guardian, has been making secret plans to get his hands on the money, and Victoria's arrival causes him to draft a new scheme. Alan begins wooing Victoria, hoping to take her hand in marriage and then murder her, gaining her estate in the process. However, after several accidents befall the youngster, Victoria begins to believe that her new sweetheart is up to no good. The House on Telegraph Hill was directed by Robert Wise, who went on to helm such blockbusters as West Side Story and The Sound of Music. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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66% (1) I'll Get By 83 min, APPROVED, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Richard Sale] [02 Oct 1950]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 66%, External Reviews
Actors: Dennis Day, Gloria DeHaven, June Haver, William Lundigan
Writer: Robert Ellis (story), Pamela Harris (story), Helen Logan (story), Mary Loos, Richard Sale
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Plot: Updated version of "Tin Pan Alley" concerns two songwriters and their romantic entanglements with the pretty pair of sisters helping them plug their songs.
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64% (1) Love Nest 84 min, [Comedy, Drama, Romance] [Joseph M. Newman] [10 Oct 1951]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 64%, External Reviews
Actors: Frank Fay, June Haver, Marilyn Monroe, William Lundigan
Writer: I.A.L. Diamond (screenplay), Scott Corbett (novel)
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Plot: Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
Rotten Tomatoes: An aspiring writer becomes the landlord of an apartment building filled with eccentrics, and finds that he has little time to write in this comedy. Most of the time he is dealing with his off-center tenants, fixing up the building, and endeavoring to make the mortgage. His life takes an upward turn when one of the residents is jailed for being a gigolo.
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56% (1) Down Among the Sheltering Palms 87 min, PASSED, [Comedy, Musical, Romance] [Edmund Goulding] [01 Mar 1953]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 56%, External Reviews
Actors: David Wayne, Jane Greer, Mitzi Gaynor, William Lundigan
Writer: Edward Hope (story "Paradise With Serpent"), Claude Binyon (screenplay), Albert E. Lewin (screenplay), Burt Styler (screenplay)
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Plot: War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.
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