The Magnificent Dope (1942), Moon Over Miami (1941), In Old Chicago (1937), That Night in Rio (1941), Guest Wife (1945), Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), Down Argentine Way (1940), Slightly French (1949) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Don Ameche movies.
Storyline: Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" takes his course. But winner Tad Page is contented with his idle, lazy life and threatens to convert Dawson's other students to his philosophy. Dawson captalizes on Tad's attraction to Claire Harris to win him over; but will Tad find out Claire is really engaged to Dawson?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, drama, classic, black and white, 1940s, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kay, Barbara and Susan Latimer come into a small legacy when they expected a large one, then abandon the Texas greasy-spoon where they work to hunt in Miami for rich husbands, said to be plentiful there. Barbara and Susan posing as the secretary and maid of "wealthy" Kay, they check into a posh hotel, and soon Kay is in the delightful predicament of being pursued by two handsome, wealthy bachelors at once. But Musical Comedy Complications arise...—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, 1940s, florida, miami, beach ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1854, the patriarch Patrick O'Leary of the O'Leary family dies in an accident nearby Chicago while traveling amid-western prairie. His wife Molly O'Leary raises her three sons alone working as laundress. Her son Jack becomes an idealistic lawyer; Dion is a gambler; and Bob helps his mother in the laundry business and marries local Gretchen (June Storey) in the old area known as The Patch. Dion meets the singer Belle Fawcett in the cabaret owned by Gil Warren and they fall in love with each other and become lovers. They also open a business of their own to compete with Gil that becomes their enemy. However Gil invites Dion to join the politics with him but Dion plots a scheme with tragic consequences.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: historical, drama, american, 1930s, black and white, disaster, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, drama, 20th century fox, 1940s, nightclub ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war correspondent. But Chris's wife, Mary, is none to fond of Joe and tired of her husband's idolizing. On the eve of the Price's second-honeymoon trip to New York City, Joe arrives and tells Chris that he needs someone to pose as his wife in order to fool his boss in NYC, who thinks Joe got married to an overseas woman while on an assignment. Chris pushes Mary into posing as Joe's wife. In New York, this leads to many complications and misunderstandings, with Mary finally deciding to teach Chris and Joe a lesson by making them believe she is in love with Joe.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: romantic comedy, marriage, misunderstanding, fake marriage, 1940s, black and white film, comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Michael Linnett Connors takes Molly Adair from Broadway understudy to 1913 Hollywood star. Although she is in love with him, she marries her co-star reckoning wrongly Connors thinks of her only in terms of movies. He fires her in pique, apparently terminally damaging his career.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
Plot Keywords: classic film, hollywood, black and white, comedy, musical, historical drama, nostalgia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An American girl on vacation in Argentina falls for a wealthy racehorse owner.
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, drama, 20th century fox, latin america, argentina ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Movie director John Gayle is fired by his best friend, a producer. He goes to the beach and wanders into a carnival. There he sees a cleaver Irish girl, Mary O'Leary, and decides to 'discover' her and regain his job. He takers her to his home and does a series of "Pygmalion" experiments with her. She becomes a fine actress and is hired by the movie studio, who believe her to be a FRench heiress. Gayle is hired to direct her but when she gives away the whole hoax, he is fired again.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: comedy, romance, musical, hollywood, classic, black and white, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jon has it all, great job, beautiful wife and kids, and a dream house. But when his father, who is a little senile, burns his house trailer down while his mother is in the hospital, Jon brings his parents to live with him. Soon his wife goes home to mother, he's fired for suspicion of insider trading, his sister and her unruly kids get booted out by her boyfriend, and moves in, he's about to be evicted, and his assets are frozen. How could things get any worse?—Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, elderly, father-son relationship, florida, chicago, retirement ...
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