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Lady Says No, The

Charming photographer Bill Shelby (David Niven) is attracted to bestselling author Dorinda Hatch the minute he walks through her front door to shoot her for the cover of a national magazine. Shocked to find such a young and beautiful female behind her cynical book about the "dangers" of men, Bill is not sure how to pursue her. Exhausting all of his masculine tricks to soften Dorinda's unromantic ways, he finally gives up and turns to another woman. The tables are turned for Dorinda when Bill discovers that jealousy is the secret to her affections. The list of David Niven's famous performances is impressive, including Wuthering Heights (1939), Stairway To Heaven (1946), The Prisoner Of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), Dodsworth (1936), Mutiny On The Bounty (1935) and many others. The Lady Says No is one of his lesser known films which also features Francis Bavier ("The Andy Griffith Show"'s much-loved Aunt Bee) as Dorinda's quietly domineering Aunt Alice.

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Lay That Rifle Down

Seeking to better her lot in life, Judy Canova enrolls in The Continental Correspondence Charm School. It soon introduces the gawky farm girl to acts of grace and feats of nimble agility. While remarkably backward on the outside, Judy shrewdly hedges her bets when she finds her "worthless" farmland the subject of a red-hot bidding war. But a moon for the misbegotten hangs over this unlikely Cinderella as Judy fends off her snobbish aunt, swindlers from The Charm School and oilmen drilling her land for samples. Judy's struggle to keep a roof over her head propels the jubilant musical comedy slapstick of Lay That Rifle Down. "Queen of Corn," Judy Canova (1913-1983) became famous with her family's vaudeville act before making the jump to radio in the 1930s. One of the most popular female hillbilly comedians of her time, Canova's film career flourished in the 40s and 50s. In later years she toured nightclubs, played on Broadway and appeared on TV in "The Love Boat," "Love American Style," "Make Room For Daddy" and many others.

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Life With Father

The longest-running non-musical play in Broadway history, Life With Father was brought to joyous comedic life on film in 1947. Based on Clarence Day's writings about his own family, Life With Father stars screen legends William Powell and Irene Dunne as Clarence and Vinnie Day. Clarence is the headstrong yet loving family patriarch, while Vinnie is his "dizzy" wife, whose real genius is letting her husband believe it is really he who is running the family. Filled with warmth and humor, the film follows the family's adventures in 1880's New York City. Look for a young Elizabeth Taylor in an important supporting role as one of the Day son's romantic interests. Life With Father was one of the top grossing films of the year and received Academy Award nominations in the Cinematography, Musical Scoring and Art Direction categories. A further nomination went to William Powell, who was cited by the New York Film Critics as the year's "Best Actor."

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Lost Honeymoon

Returning veteran Johnny Gray (Franchot Tone) is about to be married when a pretty British woman, Amy Atkins (Ann Richards), shows up at his doorstep. To his shocked disbelief the young lady claims that Johnny is her husband and the father of her darling twins. Making matters worse, the panic-stricken man knows that he had amnesia while in London during the war, but has no memory of what might have happened. A frantic Johnny tries to prove that Amy has the wrong guy, but slowly discovers that he might not mind being the right one. His marriage plans now in shambles, the hapless fellow spirals into a frenzied confusion. Just as he begins to love the children in spite of the crisis, Amy springs yet another bombshell. Originally a stage actor, Franchot Tone became one of Hollywood's most popular leading men, appearing in such notable films as the Academy Award winning Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and the much acclaimed Five Graves to Cairo (1943). His later pictures include Advise and Consent (1962), In Harm's Way (1965) and Mickey One (1965).

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Lum & Abner -- Two Weeks to Live

When Abner Peabody is mistakenly diagnosed as having two weeks to live, his partner Lum Edwards is convinced that they can earn a fortune by volunteering the condemned Abner for all sorts of dangerous stunts. A worthless inheritence has lured them to Chicago, and the bumbling pair will do anything to raise enough funds to get back to Pine Ridge and repay the money they solicited from their friends back home. One ridiculous stunt after another finds Abner agreeing to drink a bizarre Jekyll and Hyde potion, staying overnight in a haunted house, and even taking a rocket ship to Mars! Two Weeks to Live was the third movie to feature the popular comedy duo Lum N' Abner, whose syndicated radio program aired for over twenty years.

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Lum & Abner -- Dreaming Out Loud

Continuing their hugely successful radio program (which ran from 1931 to 1956), Lum and Abner's 1940 big screen debut has the comic duo running the Jot 'Em Down General Store in the hick town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas. Lum and Abner (Chester Lauck and Norris Goff) squabble and play checkers while evaluating all sorts of newfangled inventions from traveling salesmen. The pair's genteel days are filled with ambling interactions with the colorful locals and by modestly performing more than a few good deeds for their impoverished town. The tragic hit-and-run of little Emmy Lou turns the homespun proprietors into crusading social activists as they campaign to bring a mobile first aid unit to Pine Ridge. Lum and Abner face the opposition of miserly, rich town dowager Jessica Spence and find an ally for reform in Doc Walt Barnes. Regrettably, it takes Dr. Walt's untimely stroke to illustrate the necessity of good universal health care.

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Lum & Abner -- The Bashful Bachelor

Lum (Chester Lauck) courts spinster Geraldine (ZaSu Pitts) in the second installment of the popular Lum and Abner series. The chaste lovebirds fill evenings reading heroic tales of the knights of old. Romance is obvious between the two, however they are both too shy to express their true feelings. At the Jot 'Em Down General Store, an overflowing emporium of odd merchandise, Lum proposes a cockeyed plan to his business partner and best friend Abner (Norris Goff). Lum believes that if they stage several phony emergencies and he is able to rescue Abner in each one of these, his lady love, Geraldine will fall for him for sure, when he finally gets up the gumption to offer his hand in marriage. The plan goes hilariously awry as Lum and Abner's adventures lead them to realize that the truest heroic trait of all is modesty.

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Lum & Abner -- So This is Washington

The battles of World War II rage in Europe while Lum and Abner hold down the home front at the Jot 'Em Down General Store in backwater Pine Ridge, Arkansas. The duo do their duty by performing the wartime tasks of operating the local Draft Board, Ration Board and serving as the town's Air Raid Wardens. Politician Chester W. Marshall of The Civilian War Effort Office puts out a nationwide plea for the common man to come forward with any inventions that might aid the war effort. Abner reckons that his homemade licorice is a form of synthetic rubber and he and Lum head for D.C. Arriving in Washington, Lum and Abner hilariously do their best not to "act country" as they face big city challenges such as a housing shortage and crooked con men. Taking up residence on a park bench near the Senate, Lum and Abner are discovered by a congressman and, as word spreads of their unusual intelligence, they start dispensing advice to big wig politicos who line up at dawn for an audience with them. As Abner is about to unveil his synthetic rubber at Marshall's press conference, he is hit on the head and wakes up with amnesia, dementedly believing that he is "Buster V. Davenport." With the fate of the war hanging in the balance, it's up to Lum to bring his buddy back.

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