Jack Rose — Playwright (14)

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The Great Lover (1949)
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other title: 風流傻俠 / 风流傻侠 …
The French Surete and private eye Higgins are after a killer who uses innocent young Americans in a crooked gambling racket, and who sets sail on an ocean liner that also carries inept scoutmaster Freddie Hunter and his troop of boys. Freddie, who's been a "boy scout" too long, has designs on gorgeous Duchess Alexandria. The boys, far better organized than Freddie, are determined to save him from himself. But who will save Freddie from being the killer's next victim?

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A Talent for Loving (1969)
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other title: Sacré Far West / Talento por amor …
This Western spoof stars Richard Widmark as an American gambler who wins the deed to a Mexican ranch from a cunning outlaw. At the ranch, the gambler discovers that his new lands have entangled him in an ancient Aztec curse. The ranch's patriarch tries to persuade the newcomer to marry his daughter and explains that the family's women are doomed to be especially fierce and prolific in their romantic encounters.

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Road to Rio (1947)
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other title: 리오로 가는 길 / Der Weg nach Rio …
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

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Room for One More (1952)
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other title: Vater werden ist nicht schwer / Cette sacrée famille …
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.

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Trouble Along the Way (1953)
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other title: 一路总有你 / Ärger auf der ganzen Linie …
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

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The Five Pennies (1959)
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other title: 五便士乐队 / 五便士 …
Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to pursue his dream of playing Dixieland jazz. He forms the "Five Pennies" which features his wife, Bobbie, as vocalist. At the peak of his fame, Red and Bobbie's daughter, Dorothy, develops polio. Red quits the music business to move to Los Angeles where the climate is better for Dorothy. As Dorothy becomes a young teen, she learns of her father's musical past, and he is persuaded to open a small nightclub which is failing until some noted names from his past come to help out. Written by Ray Hamel <[email protected]>

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April In Paris (1952)
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David Butler actor: 多丽丝·黛 / Ray Bolger …
other title: 巴黎春晓 / 四月巴黎 …
Miss Ethel 'Dynamite' Jackson is a chorus girl who mistakingly receives an invitation from the State Department to represent the American theatre at an arts exposition in Paris, France. There's only one problem, the invitation was meant for Miss Ethel Barrymore. Meanwhile, S. Winthrop Putnam, the bureaucrat who made the mistake tries unsuccessfully to correct his mix-up. It's too late, for Dynamite Jackson is off to Paris, where the two meet and marry, or so they think!

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Who's Got the Action? (1962)
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other title: 妙想擒贼 / 妙想离婿 …
律师史蒂夫(迪恩·马丁 Dean Martin饰),有一个美丽的太太梅兰妮(拉娜·特纳 Lana Turner饰),两人婚后几年都过着美满的生活。然而,最近一年来,史蒂夫对太太貌合神离,梅兰妮暗中注意,发觉他同时也花钱不少,怀疑他对她不忠。 梅兰妮找到史蒂夫的同事克连(埃迪·艾伯特 Eddie Albert饰)诉苦,从他处得知丈夫天天把大部分精神放在赌外围马,这一年来,他已经输了八千块钱了。 梅兰妮查知原委,又气又恼,她要让夫妇生活重回正轨,竟然妙想天开,劝克连向史蒂夫扬言他是个外围赌马公司的掮客,把史蒂夫的投注受理下来,这样一来,史蒂夫的钱便不会输给外人了,到头来,还是回到她自己身上。 克连以前爱过梅兰妮,对她还是余情未断,梅兰妮要求他干的,他马上言听计从,他对史蒂夫自称是外围赌马公司的掮客,史蒂夫也答应通过他来投注。 哪知史蒂夫投注的一匹冷马竟然爆出冷门跑出第一,一赔十七,克连和梅兰妮大吃一惊,史蒂夫向克连追索彩金,梅兰妮只好暗中拿首饰找隔壁的一个舞女“星期六”,等她买下后再将钱交给克连作彩金赔给史蒂夫。史蒂夫拿着彩金花天酒地,梅兰妮真是有苦说不出。 接着,史蒂夫连赢几场,梅兰妮赔钱赔得发疯,连家具和古董也得卖给“星期六”来换钱。史蒂夫觉得克连的外围公司很可靠,竟然介绍两位法官以及其他朋友找克连投注。 外围公司的头子汤尼(沃尔特·马修 Walter Matthau饰)眼见很多以往跟他公司交易的赌客渐渐改投别家,心中不舒服,责令马仔查明原委,当他发觉是史蒂夫带走他的赌客时,决定亲自找他算账。 汤尼的女朋友就是梅兰妮隔壁的“星期六”,而他的到来让史蒂夫一时摸不着头脑,追本溯源,克连和梅兰妮都哑口无言,史蒂夫发现家具和古董都在“星期六”家里,大惑不解,汤尼追问“星期六”为什么买下梅兰妮的家具和古董,“星期六”也解释不来……

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On Moonlight Bay (1951)
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罗伊·德尔·鲁斯 actor: 多丽丝·黛 / 高登·麦克瑞 …
other title: 花好月圆 / 月光水岸 …
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president