Going My Way (1944)

Going My Way (1944)

Comedy|Drama|Music     2hrs 6mins         B&W

Starring: Bing  Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Rise Stevens

Co-Starring: Frank McHugh, James Brown,  Jean Heather, Gene Lockhart

Father O'Malley (Bing Crosby) starts a boys choir and helps the aging Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald). This was the highest grossing picture in 1944. It was also nominated for 11 academy awards and won 7 including best picture. It's worth watching just for the last scene. This movie includes two of my favorite actors Bing Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald.

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Parental Guidance

None

Audience: All ages                      MFM rating: 5 stars

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Little Women (1949)

Little Women (1949)

Drama|Family|Romance           2hrs 2mins         Color

Starring: June Allyson, Peter Lawford

Co-Starring: Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Rossano Brazzi &  Mary Astor

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Based on the book of the same title by Louisa May Alcott. A simple story of four sisters who grow up and find love. Personally this is the best version of the movie. The story of Little Women is timeless and June Allyson makes the perfect Jo and Margaret O'Brien is so sweet.  You will cry and laugh in this classic film.

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Parental Guidence:

None

Audience: All ages                                   MFM rating: 5 stars

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The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Biography|Drama|Music    1hr 55mins    Color

Starring: James Stewart, June Allyson

Co-Starring: Harry Morgan, Charles Drake, George Tobias

Director: Anthony Mann

A movie about the life of the infamous bandleader Glenn Miller (Stewart), who starts at the bottom and works his way to the top, with the help of his encouraging wife (Allyson). After the disappointment of not being able to have children the Millers adopt two children. Miller also joins the army as USO entertainer and as he flies over Britain his plane is lost. Glenn Miller is still proclaimed as missing-in-action to this day. This movie contains wonderful jazz and Big Band music. 

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Parental Guidance:

None

Audience: All Ages                         MFM rating: 5 stars

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Music for Millions (1944)

Music for Millions (1944)

Comedy|Drama|Music        1hr 57mins       B&W

Starring: Margaret O'Brien, Jose Iturbi, June Allyson, Jimmy Durante

Co-Starring: Marsha Hunt, Hugh Herbert, Marie Wilson, Harry Davenport, Larry Adler

Director: Henry Koster

Little six year old 'Mike' joins her pregnant sister Barbara, who is a bassist in a symphony orchestra, in New York during WWII. Barbara fears her husband is MIA and Mike teaches her to trust God and to pray. The finale includes the Orchestra playing the Hallelujah Chorus. This  movie is filled with wonderful music played by Jose Iturbi and the orchestra, laughter by Jimmy Durante and wonderful acting by June Allyson and the child star Margaret O'Brien.

The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me. - June Allyson

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Parental Guidance:

None

Audience: All Ages                 MFM Rating: 5 stars

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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)

I'd Climb the Highest Mountain ( 1951)

Biography|Drama|Romance       1hr 28mins       Color 

Starring: Susan Hayward, William Lundigan

Co-Starring: Rory Calhoun, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart

Director: Henry King

A city bred women marries a Methodist minister, called to north- Georgia mountain-community in the early 20th century and together they face all the crises and problems of the  community and congregation. Filmed in North Georgia and includes regional people. A little known movie that is fantastic!

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Parental Guidence:

Kissing, on and off screen death, a boy drowns

Audience: All ages                     MFM rating: 5 stars

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Apartment for Peggy (1948)

Apartment for Peggy (1948)

Drama| Comedy       1hr 36mins       B&W

Starring: Jeanne Crain, William Holden, Edmund Gwenn

Co-Starring: Gene Lockhart, Griff Barnett, Randy Stuart, Betty Lynn

Director: George Seaton

A widower, Professor Barnes, contemplates suicide. His attitude       changes when a chipper Peggy Taylor, a mother-to-be, convinces the Professor to rent out his attic to her and her husband Jason, a former GI trying to finish college. This movie is one of my personal favorites!

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Parental Guidance:

None

Audience: All ages                  MFM Rating: 5 stars

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

Comedy| Drama|Family| Biography     1hr  26mins

Starring: Clifton Webb, Jeanne Crain, Myrna Loy, 

Co-Starring: Barbara Bates, Betty Lynn, Edgar Buchanan

Director: Walter Lang

Based on the real life family, the Gilbreths. Follow Mr. Gilberth (a pioneer in motion study), Mrs. Gilberth (psychologist)  and their 12 children (sometimes their guinea pigs!) Mr. G keeps his family on tight schedule, has peculiar time saving ways to educate his children and the girls have to put up a fight for cosmetics and bobbed hair because Mr. Gilberth resists the pop culture. This movie is such a classic and will have you laughing and crying! 

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Parental Guidance:

Off screen death

Audience: All Ages                    MFM Rating: 5 stars