Movies by Gene Lockhart
As part of the cast:
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Carousel (1956)
Cast: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell …
Directed by: Henry King
Not your typical 1950s musical, this often overlooked Rodgers and Hammerstein classic takes an abusive husband and gives him one last chance to make things right with his wife and newborn…
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jennifer Jones, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: Nunnally Johnson
After serving as an Army captain in World War II, Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) returns home a changed man. But 10 years later, with her eyes on a nicer house and a better life, his wife (Jennifer…
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James Dean: The TV Years (1954)
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: Don Medford, James Sheldon
Enigmatic drama king James Dean wasn't just a pretty face -- the boy could act, too, as showcased in this double feature from the golden age of live television. Dean comes to the rescue…
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The World for Ransom (1954)
Cast: Dan Duryea, Gene Lockhart, Marian Carr …
Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Unofficially an extension of the television show "China Smith," this actioner stars Dan Duryea as Callahan, a private eye living in Singapore. An old girlfriend (Marian Carr) hires him to…
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Francis Goes to West Point / Francis Covers the Big Town (1952)
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Chill Wills, Lori Nelson …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
In Francis Goes to West Point, Francis the talking mule assists his cadet buddy Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) with his studies at the famed military academy, and in Francis Covers the…
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Rhubarb (1951)
Cast: Ray Milland, Jan Sterling, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
When eccentric millionaire T.J. Banner (Gene Lockhart) wills his fortune and his pathetic Brooklyn Loons pro baseball team not to his family but to Rhubarb, his cat, everyone has an axe to…
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Riding High (1950)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Frank Capra's remake of his 1934 film Broadway Bill, Riding High stars Bing Crosby and Colleen Gray. The story centers on Dan (Crosby), a wealthy lad who enjoys betting on horse races…
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Francis the Talking Mule / Francis Goes to the Races (1950)
Cast: Donald O'Connor, Mickey Rooney, Chill Wills …
Directed by: Arthur Lubin
In Francis the Talking Mule, the loquacious pack animal turns World War II Army grunt Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) into an unlikely -- and seemingly lunatic -- hero, while in Francis…
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The Inspector General (1949)
Cast: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates …
Directed by: Henry Koster
Energetic funnyman Danny Kaye stars as Georgi, a traveling medicine show schlemiel who ambles into a fraud-ridden Russian hamlet that's expecting the czar's Inspector General.…
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Madame Bovary (1949)
Cast: Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin …
Directed by: Vincente Minnelli
On trial for writing an indecent novel, French author Gustave Flaubert (James Mason) must prove that his book Madame Bovary is a moral story. Flaubert narrates this story within a story about…
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Joan of Arc (1948)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Francis L. Sullivan, J. Carrol Naish …
Directed by: Victor Fleming
Ingrid Bergman was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for her powerful rendition of the courageous French girl who led soldiers against the British in the 15th century. Instead of…
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Miracle on 34th Street: B&W Version (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood …
Directed by: George Seaton
When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won…
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Miracle on 34th Street: Colorized Version (1947)
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: George Seaton
When Santa falls down drunk in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, reluctant Macy's supervisor Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara) offers the job to a bearded Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn, who won…
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A Scandal in Paris (1946)
Cast: George Sanders, Signe Hasso, Carole Landis …
Directed by: Douglas Sirk
A rediscovered American classic from legendary director Douglas Sirk, this irresistibly clever melodrama observes the romantic and criminal pursuits of the debonair thief François…
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Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain …
Directed by: John M. Stahl
This 1946 Academy Award winner stars Gene Tierney as Ellen Berent, a woman who bedazzles writer Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) when the two meet on a train. Their courtship is sweet and…
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The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Cast: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso …
Directed by: Henry Hathaway
The FBI's counterespionage activities during World War II -- particularly, the secrecy surrounding the atom bomb and German intelligence efforts to unmask the science of nuclear fission…
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Going My Way (1944)
Cast: Bing Crosby, Risë Stevens, Barry Fitzgerald …
Directed by: Leo McCarey
In one of cinema's most charming pairings, Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald star in this classic musical drama that tells the tale of singing Father O'Malley (Crosby), sent to take…
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Man from Frisco (1944)
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Anne Shirley, Gene Lockhart …
Directed by: Robert Florey
Matt Braddock (Michael O'Shea), a brash shipbuilder operating on the West Coast in the 1880s, bumps heads with established builder Joel Kennedy (Gene Lockhart), who has loyal employees,…
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Northern Pursuit (1943)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Helmut Dantine, Julie Bishop …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
In Canada's Hudson Bay region, courageous Mountie Steve Wagner (Errol Flynn) feigns allegiance to Germany during World War II in order to win the trust of Nazi spy Hugo von Keller…
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Meet John Doe (1941)
Cast: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan …
Directed by: Frank Capra
Sacked by her newspaper, spunky scribe Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) hatches a hoax to keep her job. In her final column, she pens a missive from "John Doe," a fictitious hobo planning to…
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The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Cast: Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell …
Directed by: William Dieterle
When struggling New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone (James Craig) exclaims he would sell his soul for money and a decent crop, up pops the Mephistophelean Mr. Scratch (Walter Huston) in this…
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: Raoul Walsh
This account of Gen. George Custer takes liberties, but there isn't a more dashing on-screen Custer than Errol Flynn. The film follows Custer from his West Point days to his death as he…
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His Girl Friday (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy …
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) is about to get hitched to dull insurance agent Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) -- that's if her ex-husband, ruthless newspaper publisher Walter Burns…
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Cary Grant: A Gentleman's Gentleman (1940)
Cast: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Irene Dunne …
Directed by: Howard Hawks, George Stevens
More than just a pretty face, suave screen legend Cary Grant brought depth and heart to his roles, from the dramatic North by Northwest to the hilarious Bringing Up Baby. Included are a…
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Algiers (1938)
Cast: Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr …
Directed by: John Cromwell
While hiding out in Algeria to avoid the French authorities, gifted thief Pepe le Moko (Charles Boyer) meets the woman of his dreams (Hedy Lamarr) and drives his Algerian mistress (Sigrid…
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A Christmas Carol (1938)
Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart …
Directed by: Edwin L. Marin
Briskly helmed by Edwin L. Marin, this adaptation of Charles Dickens's yuletide classic stars Reginald Owen as miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who gets a last chance to redeem himself on…
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Something to Sing About / Blood on the Sun (1937)
Cast: James Cagney, William Frawley, Evelyn Daw …
Directed by: Victor Schertzinger, Frank Lloyd
Two unforgettable performances by silver-screen tough guy James Cagney are featured in this classic collection. Something to Sing About (1937) allows Cagney to show off his tap-dancing skills…
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That Wonderful Urge / Love Is News (1937)
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Reginald Gardiner …
Directed by: Tay Garnett, Robert B. Sinclair
Tyrone Power stars in two versions of the same romantic comedy -- 1937's Love Is News, and the 1948 remake, That Wonderful Urge -- as a journalist who earns his dough by reporting on the…
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Flirting with Fate / Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Cast: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee …
Directed by: Raymond Enright, Edward Sedgwick
Get a double dose of classic slapstick with this duo of films from the 1930s, as prolific comic actor Joe E. Brown -- master of the harebrained scheme -- steps into the shoes of a vaudeville…
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Wedding Present (1936)
Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, George Bancroft …
Directed by: Richard Wallace
Screen legend Cary Grant sizzles opposite leading lady Joan Bennett in this classic romantic comedy. Although reporter Charlie Mason (Grant) loves his girlfriend, Monica (Bennett), his new…