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The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:48:33 -0500

Starring Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb, Ruth Donnelly, Edward Brophy Directed by Alexander Hall Print: black/white Runtime: 80 min. Genre: comedy One review of Columbia's The Amazing Mr. Williams referred to its private-detective hero as "slap happy". As played by Melvyn Douglas, the giddy Kenny Williams is all that and more. On the eve of his wedding to longtime fiance Maxine Carroll (Joan Blondell), Williams is obliged to solve three mysteries in a row. One of these finds him handcuffed to convicted criminal Moseby (Ed Brophy), causing no end of discomfort and embarrassment on the dance floor. Another requires Williams to disguise himself as a woman, mustache and all. Finally, our hero goes undercover to prove the innocence of accused murderer Stanley (John Wray). Through it all, Maxine gamely remains at Williams' side, determined to march him to the altar come what may-at least until she herself is deputized by the police force!

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:48:33 -0500

Billy Budd: Trailer

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:02:59 -0500

H.M.S. Avenger is headed into battle against the French fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, and the dark shadow of two recent mutinies in the English fleet concern Captain Vere. He relies on his cruel and often sadistic Master-at-Arms John Claggert to maintain what he believes to be tenuous order and discipline aboard the ship. When a new seaman, Billy Budd, is pressed into service from a passing merchantman, his innocent, happy-go-lucky attitude quickly endears him to both his messmates as well as the ship's officers. However, his charismatic naivete seems to bother Claggert, whose perverse depravity makes him resent Billy's good-natured purity, especially after the teenager's promotion to fore-top captain. The mean-spirited Claggert unfairly plots to put him on report and ultimately perjures himself when he accuses Billy of conspiring to mutiny.

Annie Oakley

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: The legend is on full display in this colorful story about sharp-shooting Annie Oakley - from her humble origins to international stardom in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

Ninotchka -- (Movie Clip) Wasted Between Whistles

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0500

The first chance meeting between visiting Russian comrade Yakushova (Greta Garbo) and playboy Count Leon (Melvyn Douglas) on a Paris street corner in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, 1939.

Ninotchka -- (Movie Clip) Let's Have Some Lunch!

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0500

Count Leon (Melvyn Douglas) sidetracks comissars Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski (Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach) as they try to sell Russian jewels in Paris, in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, 1939.

Ninotchka -- (Movie Clip) No Sense of Humor!

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0500

In a Paris cafe, Playboy Leon (Melvyn Douglas) tries to get a laugh out of Comrade Yakushova (Greta Garbo), his adversary in an international jewel dispute, in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, 1939.

Ninotchka -- (Movie Clip) Form Our Own Party!

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:51:57 -0500

Woozy Count Leon (Melvyn Douglas) and comrade Yakushova (Greta Garbo) return to their suite for a loose political discussion in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, 1939.

Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) I've Fallen in Love!

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:04 -0500

Sir William Porterhouse (Charles Laughton) doesn't object when his girlfriend Gladys (Lillian Bond) explains that she's fallen for Penderel (Melvyn Douglas) in James Whale's The Old Dark House, 1932.

Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) A Madman Upstairs!

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:04 -0500

This none-too-coherent scene from The Old Dark House, 1932, features Raymond Massey, Charles Laughton and Melvyn Douglas wrestling Boris Karloff to the kitchen with support from Gloria Stuart and Lillian Bond.

Old Dark House, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) A Cotton Frock!

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:36:04 -0500

Strangers waiting out a storm (including Raymond Massey, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart and Ernest Thesiger) learn about Sir William (Charles Laughton) and chorus-girl Gladys (Lillian Bond) in The Old Dark House, 1932.

Hud -- (Movie Clip) Unprincipled

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:36:09 -0500

Hud (Paul Newman) and his father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) disagree over how to handle an outbreak of a cattle disease in director Martin Ritt's Hud, 1963, from a story by Larry McMurtry.

Hud -- (Movie Clip) Credits

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:36:06 -0500

Opening credit sequence from director Martin Ritt's Hud, 1963, starring Paul Newman, Melvyn Douglas and Patricia Neal, from a story by Larry McMurtry.

Fast Company - (Original Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:05:19 -0500

Married book-dealers (Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice) try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller in Fast Company (1938).

We Were Dancing - (Original Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:04:07 -0500

A Polish princess gives up society for the love of a gigolo in We Were Dancing (1942) starring Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas.

Three Hearts for Julia - (Original Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:03:59 -0500

When wife Ann Sothern threatens him with divorce, reporter Melvyn Douglas courts her again in Three Hearts for Julia (1942).

The Shining Hour - (Original Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:45:57 -0500

Showgirl Joan Crawford marries wealthy Melvyn Douglas then has to deal with his family in Frank Borzage's The Shining Hour (1938).

I Never Sang For My Father - (Original trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:32:23 -0500

When his mother dies, a grieving son (Gene Hackman) is torn between his demanding father (Melvyn Douglas) and his need to live his own life.

Hud - (Re-issue Trailer)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:32:12 -0500

Patricia Neal and Melvyn Douglas both won Academy Awards for their performances in Hud (1963) starring Paul Newman.

Captains Courageous -- (Movie Clip) Took a Bribe

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:25:40 -0500

Harvey (Freddie Bartholemew) is conning his father (Melvyn Douglas) after fleeing school on a ruse in Captains Courageous, 1937.

Hud

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:22:22 -0500

Having been burned by compromises to censors on his earlier films Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Sweet Bird of Youth, Paul Newman decided to star in as uncompromising a property as he could find. That property was Hud, inspired by a portion of Larry McMurtry's novel, Horseman Pass By. Hud Bannon (Newman) is a young Texas rancher who lives with his cattleman father Homer (Melvyn Douglas) and his hero-worshipping nephew Lon (Brandon DeWilde). Hud is an amoral, cold-hearted creature; his father, who holds Hud responsible for the death of his other son, tries to imbue Lon with a sense of decency and responsibility to others, but Lon is devoted to Hud and isn't inclined to listen. When hoof-and-mouth disease shows up in one of the elder Bannon's cows, Hud is all for selling the herd before the government inspectors find out. But Homer orders the cattle destroyed (the film's most harrowing sequence), driving an even deeper wedge between himself and Hud. Finally, Hud steps over the line by attempt