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The Farmer's Daughter (1947) - This Capraesque comedy directed by the underrated H.C. Potter stars Loretta Young as farm girl who rises from poverty to political prominence on the strength of her charm and courage. Young snagged a Best Actress Oscar for her role, while Joseph Cotton, Ethel Barrymore and Charles Bickford do a fine job in support. An interesting perspective on the political process which manages to be funny throughout.
Father Was a Fullback (1949) - Fred MacMurray is a losing college football coach, Maureen O'Hara is his wife, and Natalie Wood and Betty Lynn are his daughters. Hilarity ensues. Rudy Vallee plays pretty much the same part he played in Mother Is a Freshman, made a few months earlier, and Thelma Ritter is perfect as the housekeeper.
Fearless Fagan (1952) - Right after he finished Singin' in the Rain, Stanley Donen reluctantly directed this story of a young Army private (Carlton Carpenter) and his amazing pet lion, both of whom develop an attraction to a young Janet Leigh (who wouldn't?), a famous singer touring military bases. A fun film, in which Fagan steals almost every scene.
Five Branded Women (1960) - Five beautiful women - Jeanne Moreau, Barbara Bel Geddes, Silvana Mangano, Carla Gravina and Vera Miles - are accused of consorting with the Nazis during WW II. As punishment, they have their heads shaved by the partisans, after which the Nazis kick them out of the village. Bad move on their part! Also starring Van Heflin, Richard Basehart, and Harry Guardino. (As shown on TV.)
Five Gates to Hell (1959) - Nurses become guerilla fighters and Neville Brand plays an Asian in a film written and directed by James Clavell and set in Vietnam in 1950, after WW II but well before the United States took over from France. It may or may not be a "women in prison" exploitation film, but where else can you see Miss Hathaway with a hand grenade? This is not of commercial quality, but is the only copy of this film I have been able to find.
Five Star Final (1931) - Edward G. Robinson is in top form as a muckraking newspaperman who uncovers more than he bargained for with a spectacular murder-suicide scandal that ultimately causes him to renounce his profession and start over with his secretary, played by Aline MacMahon. Also starring Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, and Boris Karloff. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Flap (1970) - Anthony Quinn plays the title role of "Flapping Eagle" in this flawed but fascinating and often funny film based on a novel called "Nobody Likes a Drunken Indian," focusing on native Americans living on reservations in the West of the 1970s.
Flight Commander (1930) - This earlier version of the better-known Dawn Patrol (1938, starring Errol Flynn, David Niven, and Basil Rathbone) stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Richard Barthelmess and Neil Hamilton and was directed by Howard Hawks, probably his first talkie. The WW I aerial scenes are so spectacular, they were actually re-used in the remake.
Footsteps in the Fog (1955) - Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons (married at the time this was made) star in this Victorian-era melodramatic thriller about a murderous louse and his conniving maid who forces him to marry her. Great fun, beautiful music, wonderful supporting cast.
For You I Die (1947) - A convict (Paul Langton) who reluctantly escaped from prison with another man meets a girl (Cathy Downs) when he hides out at a secluded tourist camp. His effort to go straight is complicated when he finds that his new love is involved with his escape partner. Long thought to be lost, this noirish melodrama has an interesting supporting cast, including Mischa Auer and Jane Weeks.
A Foreign Affair (1948) - Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich and John Lund in a love triangle set in occupied Berlin after World War II. Nominated for cinematography and screenplay Oscars. Director Billy Wilder gives a strong picture of postwar Berlin and manages to infuse the film with a political message that some perceived as unpatriotic at the time.
Four Daughters (1938) - John Garfield made a big splash in this story of four young women, played by Priscilla, Emma and Rosemary Lane and Gale Page, all falling in love with handsome Jeffrey Lynn. What could have been a standard soaper is skillfully directed by Michael Curtiz and becomes a lot more, helped by a strong supporting cast that includes Claude Rains, May Robson, and Frank McHugh.
The Four Poster (1952) - This filmed version of the 2-person play stars Rex Harrison and Lili Palmer as a couple who begin their marriage in a bedroom with a four-poster bed, and live out their entire married life, and deaths, near the same bed. The use of animation to introduce the scenes adds to the interest. A hard one to find, and this print is a little fuzzy, but quite watchable.
Four Wives (1939) - The sequel to Four Daughters is the story of four young women, played by Priscilla, Emma and Rosemary Lane and Gale Page, who are now either married or in the process. It's episodic but involving, especially if you like stories about romance and babies! John Garfield isn't in this one (his character was killed off in the first film), but the supporting cast once again includes Jeffrey Lynn, Claude Rains, May Robson, and Frank McHugh, and adds Eddie Albert in an endearing role as a young, idealistic doctor.
Four's a Crowd (1938) - Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles and Rosalind Russell are a fast-talking foursome in a complicated screwball comedy directed by the great Michael Curtiz. All except Russell were also associated with The Adventures of Robin Hood, made the same year. Robin Hood was better, but this one's fun to watch.
The Fugitive (1947) - John Ford considered this one of his best films, the story of a priest in a Central American country, played by Henry Fonda, who is a fugitive from a revolutionary government that is trying to stamp out Christianity. Beautifully photographed and mostly overlooked.
Fugitive Lovers (1934) - Director Richard Boleslawski and stars Robert Montgomery and Madge Evans, plus a great supporting cast, make the most of a mediocre script, moving from goofy comedy to melodrama in this story of an escaped convict and a chorus girl on the lam who meet on a bus and end up with more trouble than they bargained for.
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The Gallant Hours (1960) - Jimmy Cagney is Admiral "Bull" Halsey, about to retire after a brilliant career, recalling his greatest victory at Guadalcanal in WWII, all told without showing any actual battle scenes. Also starring Dennis Weaver, and directed by Robert Montgomery.
Garden of the Moon (1938) - Busby Berkeley directed this lesser-known musical starring Pat O'Brien as a fast-talking nightclub owner, John Payne as a singing bandleader, and a bouncier than usual Margaret Lindsay as a publicist, all involved in a love triangle set in a nightclub patterned after the Cocoanut Grove. None of the songs by Harry Warren are particularly well known today, and there are no typical Berkeleyesque dance numbers, but it's still a lot of fun.
The Gay Sisters (1942) - A somewhat muddled script can't stop Barbara Stanwyck from turning in her usual strong performance in this melodrama about three beautiful orphaned sisters (Geraldine Fitzgerald and Nancy Coleman are the other two) fighting with lawyers, boyfriends and each other. Gig Young plays Gig Young (it's where he got his name) and George Brent plays a lawyer named Charles Barclay.
The Gazebo (1959) - Offbeat, underrated black comedy starring Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds and Carl Reiner, involving murder, blackmail, and an open-sided structure that looks like a round, detached porch! It all works somehow. John McGiver and Martin Landau give excellent supporting performances.
Geordie (1955) - Also known as "Wee Geordie," this delightful tale of a young Scots lad who grows up to be a reluctant Olympic champion features several excellent performances, including the great Alastair Sim as a wealthy, eccentric landowner, and is almost impossible to find. This copy is quite watchable, despite a few blips where commercials were removed.
George Washington Slept Here (1942) - This comedy stars Jack Benny and Ann Sheridan as New Yorkers who move from the city to an old farmhouse where George Washington is supposed to have spent the night. Based on the successful Kauffman & Hart Broadway show, it is somewhat reminiscent of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Look for nice supporting performances by Percy Kilbride, Charles Coburn, Hattie McDaniel and Franklin Pangborn.
The Ghost Goes West (1935) - Robert Donat (in a double role) and Jean Parker star in the story of a Scottish ghost still haunting a castle which is moved from its ancestral homeland to Florida, ghost and all. Very popular in its time, especially in England, the movie bears some resemblance to The Canterville Ghost.
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The Ghost of Flight 401 (1978) - This made-for-TV movie starring Ernest Borgnine and Kim Basinger is based on a book about an Eastern Airlines L-1011 which crashed in the Everglades on its approach to Miami International Airport. Reportedly an accurate reenactment of the crash, it also includes a supernatural aspect based on eyewitness reports by airline employees who supposedly saw ghosts of the dead crew members. It was never released on video or DVD, so this copy taken from TV is a little dark and fuzzy in spots, but watchable.
The Girl Most Likely (1957) - Janie Powell is the girl most likely, while Cliff Robertson, Keith Andes, and Tommy Noonan are the three likely suitors she has to choose among in this likable musical comedy, a remake of Tom, Dick and Harry (1941), and one of the last of this style to be made in the 50s. Not to be confused with the next film on this list, made 15 years later and without choreography by Gower Champion.
The Girl Most Likely To... (1973-TV) - Stockard Channing, most recently on The West Wing, made a big splash as the heroine of this TV-movie about an unattractive college girl who is reborn after an automobile accident and proceeds to seek revenge against the people who tormented her. Without commercial interruption.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939) -
Warren William as Philo Vance and Gracie Allen as Gracie Allen seem to be in two different films, although both do their usual fine job playing the characters they both eventually honed to perfection (William as Philo Vance/Perry Mason/The Lone Wolf, and Gracie as the ditzy broad). The picture is a little washed out, but if you want to experience the last film made from an S.S. Van Dine story during his lifetime, this is your only chance.
The Great Garrick (1937) - James Whale's often overlooked costume farce stars Brian Aherne in a fictional story about a real actor, David Garrick, one of the most influential figures in the British stage. It's the story of his move from England to France, and his love affair with a woman played with appropriate charm by Olivia de Havilland. Edward Everett Horton, Lionel Atwill, Melville Cooper, Fritz Leiber, and Marie Wilson are excellent in supporting roles. Lana Turner has a small part. 
The Great Man Votes (1939) - "The Great Profile," John Barrymore, is the "Great Man" Gregory Vance, in possibly his last good screen performance in a leading role. Vance is a drunken philosopher and widowed father of two pre-teen children, reduced to working as a night watchman, who becomes famous as the last registered voter in a factory district. Virginia Weidler and Peter Holden are excellent as his children.
Green Mansions (1959) - An unusual and beautifully photographed film featuring a striking performance by 30-year-old Audrey Hepburn as an ethereal young girl raised by her grandfather in the South American jungle, without any contact with the outside world. Anthony Perkins does his best, but is miscast as a man who stumbles upon her, while Lee J. Cobb plays her scheming father, and Sessue Hayakawa and Henry Silva are "Indians" (the film has moments of obvious racism typical of an earlier era).
A Guy Named Joe (1943) - Spencer Tracy is (eventually) a ghost in love with Irene Dunne in this both charming and exciting WWII love triangle, also starring a young Van Johnson, with excellent supporting performances by Lionel Barrymore, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Barry Nelson, and Don DeFore. Remade four decades later by Steven Spielberg as Always.
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