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- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyFrank SinatraBetty GarrettThree sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.The pep, enthusiasm and apparent fun the makers of On the Town had in putting it together comes through to the audience and gives the picture its best asset.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsFred AstaireJane PowellPeter LawfordA brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.Vintage MGM musical stuff, characterized by Stanley Donen's fleet direction and some amazing dance performances from star Fred Astaire.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsLarry ParksElizabeth TaylorJosephine HutchinsonDancing teacher Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with smart theatre agent Jud Parker (Larry Parks). He likes her too, just not enough to give up his exciting bachelor life. So she plans to set a trap for him.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDonald O'ConnorDebbie ReynoldsA silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his delusionally jealous screen partner are trying to make the difficult transition to talking pictures in 1920s Hollywood.Clever, incisive, and funny, Singin' in the Rain is a masterpiece of the classical Hollywood musical.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsJanet LeighCarleton CarpenterKeenan WynnA man brings his devoted pet with him when he is drafted into the army. The pet happens to be an adult lion, named Fearless Fagan. Based on a true story.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsMarge ChampionGower ChampionDebbie ReynoldsBroadway choreographer Ted Sturgis auditions dancers for a new musical after the lead walks out, with talent ranging from a ballerina to an untrained novice and his former partner, a retired star.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsJane PowellHoward KeelJeff RichardsWhen a backwoodsman in 1850s Oregon brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.Buoyed by crowd-pleasing tunes and charming performances, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers makes a successful transition from Broadway to screen that's sure to please the whole family.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsJosé FerrerMerle OberonHelen TraubelBiographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
- DirectorStanley DonenGene KellyStarsGene KellyDan DaileyCyd CharisseThree soldiers meet ten years after their last meeting in New York, and find out that they have little in common now.The lively musical comedy has splendid dancing, but the story is not so splendid.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStanley DonenStarsHoward KeelAnn BlythDolores GrayA roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp the young caliph.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnFred AstaireKay ThompsonAn impromptu fashion shoot at a book store brings about a new fashion model discovery in the shop clerk.Sensation trumps cogitation-unsurprising in a Hollywood production-which doesn't negate the enduring allure of this beautiful bauble.
- DirectorGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsDoris DayJohn RaittCarol HaneyAn Iowa pajama factory worker falls in love with an affable superintendent who had been hired by the factory's boss to help oppose the workers' demand for a pay raise.It may not be especially distinguished filmmaking, but historically, it's a treasure trove.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantJayne MansfieldLeif EricksonIn 1944, three Navy pilots stationed in Hawaii and a P.R. officer go on a 4-day leave to San Francisco where they party with a good crowd in the executive suite of a busy hotel.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantIngrid BergmanCecil ParkerAn actress who has given up on love meets a suave banker and begins a flirtation with him--although he's already married.A beguiling love story delicately deranged by the complications of sophisticated comedy, Indiscreet is an expert film version of Norman Krasna's 1953 stage play, Kind Sir.
- DirectorGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsTab HunterGwen VerdonRay WalstonA frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.The Damn Yankees team, which ran the score high for three seasons in Broadway's legit ballpark, was reassembled to go to bat in this sparkling film version.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsYul BrynnerKay KendallGeoffrey TooneVictor Fabian, a musical genius, faces a career setback when his wife discovers he's auditioning a sultry pianist, forcing him to regain his wife's respect.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsYul BrynnerMitzi GaynorNoël CowardAn American gangster is exiled from the United States for criminal activity and is sent back to the Greek island where he was born. Once on the island, he is watched by a corrupt local police chief. Upon meeting an exiled king, he attempts to purchase the king's family jewels for a million dollars. However, when he wires for the money to his associates back home, they double cross him and send him a beautiful gun moll instead.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantDeborah KerrRobert MitchumVictor and Hilary have guided tours in their English mansion. A US oil tycoon "bumps" into Hilary during a tour and charms his way into her heart. Meanwhile, Hattie pursues Victor.Airless, but well acted comedy
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsCary GrantAudrey HepburnWalter MatthauRomance and suspense ensue in Paris as a woman is pursued by several men who want a fortune her murdered husband had stolen. Whom can she trust?A terrifically entertaining comedy-thriller.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsGregory PeckSophia LorenAlan BadelInternational intrigue in London, involving an American university professor, an Arab prime minister, a ruthless businessman, a beautiful spy, and hieroglyphics.Arabesque packs the names of Gregory Peck and Sophia Loren and a foreign intrigue theme, but doesn't always progress on a true entertainment course.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsAudrey HepburnAlbert FinneyEleanor BronA couple in the south of France non-sequentially spin down the highways of infidelity in their troubled ten-year marriage.The picture never quite finds its tone.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsPeter CookDudley MooreEleanor BronA hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.It is also often dry and understated, permitting the audience to find the humor without being led to it. However, that is certainly not the case in this magnificently photographed, intelligent, very funny film.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsRex HarrisonRichard BurtonCathleen NesbittCharles Dyer (Sir Rex Harrison) and Harry Leeds (Richard Burton) are a couple that have been living together for nearly twenty years. Both earn a living as hairdressers in the West End of London and both care deeply for their mothers, but not each other as time apart takes its toll on their relationship when Harry has to care for his invalid mother who snips at him every chance she gets.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsRichard KileySteven WarnerJoss AcklandA pilot, stranded in the desert, meets a little boy who is a prince on a planet.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsGene HackmanLiza MinnelliBurt ReynoldsA trio of rum-runners during prohibition in the 1930s engage in a menage-a-trois after business hours.