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Thicker Than Water (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Thicker Than Water
other title: Laurel und Hardy: Zum Nachtisch weiche Birne / Laurel et Hardy - Qui dit mieux !
Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.
Dixie Dugan (1943) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dixie Dugan
director: 奥托·布劳尔 actor: Lois Andrews / James Ellison
other title: 战地俏佳人
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War. He takes a cab driven by Dixie Dugan, who hopes that being a cabbie while the country's men are away fighting will help the war effort. Her incompetent driving, however, results in an accident for which Roger must take responsibility in order to reach the radio station in time. Dixie then returns home, where she lives with her father Timothy, who is constantly practicing his air raid warden duties, her mother Gladys, an aspiring Red Cross worker, and cousin Imogene, who studies incessantly to become a "quiz kid." The Dugans rent out their spare rooms to Dixie's fiancé, Matt Hogan, and to blustering Judge J. J. Lawson. Matt, who works in a munitions factory, wants Dixie to settle down and marry him, but Dixie is determined to help her country.
Tin Pan Alley (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tin Pan Alley
director: 沃尔特·朗 actor: Alice Faye / Betty Grable
other title: 仙樂舞 / 锡盘巷
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
Springtime in the Rockies (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Springtime in the Rockies
director: Irving Cummings actor: Betty Grable / John Payne
other title: 春光艷影 / Secretaria brasileña
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.
The Caddy (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
The Caddy
other title: 캐디 / Der Tolpatsch
Although the son of a skilled golfer and an outstanding player in his own right, Harvey Miller is too nervous to play in front of a gallery, so he acts as coach and caddy for Joe Anthony, his girlfriend's brother.
Lady in a Jam (1942) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Lady in a Jam
director: Gregory La Cava actor: Irene Dunne / Patric Knowles
other title: Mademoiselle Palmer et son Psychiatre / 果酱女士
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Till the Clouds Roll By
director: Richard Whorf actor: June Allyson / Lucille Bremer
other title: Bis die Wolken vorüberzieh'n / La Pluie qui chante
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Babes in Toyland (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
Babes in Toyland
other title: 장난감 나라 / Aufruhr im Spielzeugland
All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so he kidnaps Tom, setting off a series of comic chases, searches, and double-crosses! The "March Of The Wooden Soldiers" helps put Barnaby in his place, and ensures a "happily ever after" for Tom and Mary!
Giant (1956) [Movie] Eggplant.place
Giant
other title: Il gigante / Giganten
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Together Again (1944) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Together Again
director: Charles Vidor actor: Irene Dunne / 查尔斯·博
other title: Modell wider Willen / Otra vez juntos
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo
other title: 虹を掴む男 / Das Doppelleben des Herrn Mitty
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.