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Spring break in Fort Lauderdale. It's the perfect time and place for a girl, a guy and a beach blanket -- and for a box-office bonanza when Elvis Presley goes Girl Happy. Rock and roll's first icon was ranked 6th among the top box-office stars when he head

From novel (by Edna Ferber) to Broadway smash (by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) to three film versions (1929, 1936, 1951) to stage revivals. Like Ol' Man River, Show Boat just keeps rollin' along. Produced by Arthur Freed and directed by George Sidney, this 1951 version of the saga of riverboat lives and loves has glorious stars (Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Marge and Gower Champion) in Technicolor radiance, a made-from-scratch 170-foot paddle wheeler, timeless songs and...

"Making a forced materialization on Chloris, the Doctor, Romana and K-9 become embroiled in the political machinations of its ruler, the Lady Adrasta. The lush vegetation of the planet's surface hides a ragtag group of bandits, a giant eggshell, man-eating Wolfweeds and, within the depths of an old mining pit, something very large has a terrible secret which threatens the destruction of Chloris itself. "

Dum-Dum, Wacky, Creeps, Fingers: They're just a few of the hoodlums in the world of amateur sleuths and professional bon vivants Nick and Nora Charles. And now there's a new hood: parenthood. A birthday -- make that boithday -- party that some of da boys hold for infant Nick Jr. is part of the fun in this third film in the witty series. The case begins when the Charles family arrives for a weekend with a Long Island industrialist who fears someone wants to kill him. Sure enough, his fears come...

"American Flyers," Rex Reed wrote, "is a fine mixture of romance, humor and tears with action sequences among the most exciting ever captured on film. It's guaranteed to increase the viewer's adrenalin." Two-time Academy Award winner* Kevin Costner and David Grant star as brothers struggling to win a world-class cycling competition and regain the respect and affection they once shared. The painful events surrounding their father's death have caused a rift. To bridge the gap, both enter the...

There's nothing wrong with going nowhere. It's a privilege of youth."FANDANGO: (fan-dang-go) 1. A lively Spanish dance. 2. The music for this. 3. A foolish act.Academy Award winner Kevin Costner stars as one of five young men about to graduate from college on the summer of 1971, who take one last, wild trip across West Texas before facing their lives as adults--which will include marriage, careers and service in the war in Vietnam--in this heartfelt and adventurous coming-of-age story.

Filmed in three-camera Cinerama process, this fictionalized biography of the famed German brothers who created unforgettable fairy tales has now been meticulously restored to its original widescreen splendor. This family classic cleverly brings three of the brothers' most famous stories to life, in parallel with the story of their long struggle for recognition, and the sacrifices they made to achieve their goals. Between dreamer Wilhelm (Laurence Harvey) and practical Jacob (Karl Boehm), some...

Recently split Linda (Anne Hathaway) and Paxton (Chiwetel Ejiofor) are at a distressing crossroads when London's mandatory COVID-19 lockdown forces them to stay under the same roof. While high-flying marketing exec Linda's new responsibilities leave her disillusioned by the corporate world, Paxton, a creative with a criminal past, winds up furloughed. Fueled by poetry and copious amounts of wine, their efforts to peacefully cohabitate find them rediscovering the free spirits they once were -...

Broadway is auditions, struggle and heartbreak -- where moxie counts above talent and the show must go on. Beloved showbiz scenarios could finally be heard as well as seen in this Academy Award -winning* Best Picture. History's first "All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing!" movie was also All Hit, drawing enough 35-cent admissions to pile up an enormous $4-million box office. The film's sound-technology innovations were revolutionary, the performances had gusto (including Bessie Love's...

"You're Gonna Hear from Me," 15-year-old gamine Daisy Clover sings from the silver screen to an adoring public, although in the 1930s, "star treatment" can go all the way from being discovered to being discarded. Natalie Wood plays the title role with gusto in this blend of Hollywood stardust and melodrama from the producer/director team (Alan J. Pakula and Robert Mulligan) that had already sublimely showcased her in Love with the Proper Stranger. Also heard from are Wood's costars Robert...

Chicago White Sox pitcher Monty Stratton is an affable long drink of water with an easy, whiplike delivery and a pitch so unhittable the young phenom racks up consecutive 15-win seasons. But Stratton's greatest victory doesn't come on the manicured green diamonds of our national pastime. James Stewart portrays Stratton, who loses a leg in an accident just as his career is on the rise and whose triumph over despair and disability leads him to pitch again. Stewart signed on for the role when he...

Through no fault of his own, artist and lady's man Richard Nugent finds a love-besotted teenage girl curled on his sofa. Through no fault of his own, the teen's sister is a judge who "sentences" thunderstruck Richard to date the girl until her schoolgirl crush wanes. Circumstances aren't kind to Richard. But they certainly are hilarious when Cary Grant plays Richard, Myrna Loy is the judge and Shirley Temple is the teen. Grant adopts the era's teen lingo, flub-foots through picnic races and...