Gordon MacRae Archives

The Best Things in Life Are Free

Director Michael Curtiz' 1956 showbiz musical, about the careers of the early-20th-century songwriting trio DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, stars Dan Dailey, Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine, Sheree North, Tommy Noonan, Larry Keating, Murvyn Vye, Jacques D'Amboise and Phyllis Avery.

NR

5

1956 Music 104 min Play

5.9

Carousel

Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met. He would now like to head back to Earth to assist in rectifying the problem; but before he may go, he has to get permission from the gatekeeper by telling him his story. Adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical.

G

5.9

1956 Music 128 min Play

6.7

Oklahoma!

This joyous celebration of frontier life combines tender romance and violent passion in the Oklahoma Territory of the 1900s with a timeless score filled with unforgettable songs. Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit Broadway musical.

G

6.7

1955 Music 145 min Play

7

Three Sailors and a Girl

A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.

NR

7

1953 Comedy 95 min Play

5.2

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.

NR

5.2

1953 Comedy 101 min Play

5.8

Starlift

To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.

NR

5.8

1951 Music 103 min Play

6.2

On Moonlight Bay

The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president

NR

6.2

1951 Comedy 95 min Play

0

The Daughter of Rosie O’Grady

An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.

NR

0

1950 Comedy 104 min Play

6.2

Backfire

When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.

NR

6.2

1950 Crime 91 min Play

5.9

Tea for Two

In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.

NR

5.9

1950 Comedy 98 min Play

4.6

Return of the Frontiersman

A sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the real killer.

NR

4.6

1950 Western 74 min Play