Professional Sweetheart

Ginger Rogers plays a squeaky clean woman in her radio job.  Her contract says that she can't go to clubs which is in actuality what Ginger Rogers wants to do.  So her company sets up a wedding for her.  Only the guy she marries is really a squeaky clean person.  I liked Ginger Rogers in this and I recommend it for her fans.  However, I think that it didn't really know what it wanted to be. It kept juggling between her being a wild girl and a good woman.   

Hilda Crane

Leonard Maltin pointed out that this movie showed a liberated woman which I guess is true but I found it boring.  I thought that Jean Simmons looked frumpy in this, which isn't the case as she was a gorgeous actress.  It's about a woman who comes back to her hometown after some failed marriages.  Even the handsome Guy Madison is dull.  That was hardly the case as he was fun in movies like Bullwhip, which wasn't good but at least fun. The only interesting actor is Peggy Kundsen who I felt stole the spotlight from Jean sometimes. Pass.   

The Cockeyed Miracle

This was a cute movie.  Frank Morgan was an excellent actor.  He was most known for playing the wizard in "The Wizard of Oz" but he did other stuff as well.  A man dies but refuses to go when he sees the bad financial state that his family is in.  His father, basically his grim reaper, is not pleased to have to stay around so much.  There are some funny scenes, especially with Frank Morgan's disloyal friend.   Audrey Totter plays his daughter.  It's nice to see her in a movie that's not noir.  It shows she had more range.  

Sabrina

This is one of my favorite Audrey Hepburn movies.  She was one of a kind, a lovely woman with charm, not to mention a good actress.  In this movie, she plays a chauffeur's daughter that had a huge crush on William Holden growing up.  When she comes back from France (where she was learning how to be a cook) she's all grown up.  Holden takes notice.  Bogart wants to get her out of the family way but finds himself falling for her too.  My favorite Audrey Hepburn movie is Roman Holiday but this is a close second.  

The Adorable Cheat

This is my first introduction to the silent actress Lila Lee.  In this, she plays a woman who belongs to a wealthy family.  She takes a job but doesn't want her boss to find out that she's rich.  She wants to see if he is interested in her for herself and not just her riches.  Of course, the truth eventually comes out.  There are pretty good performances from the leads Cornelius Keefe and Lila Lee.  I'll be investigating these actors.  The movie's also pretty short.  

Rubber Tires

This is a pretty cute silent film.  It predates It happened one night as a road movie.  It also stars the silent actor Harrison Ford, not to be confused with the Star Wars actor.  Harrison Ford was actually a pretty good silent actor always playing a likable guy.  This movie also stars Bessie Love.  The family makes a trip to California with the car they just purchased.  Their father makes a trade with the car only the family finds out it's worth a heck of a lot more.  This movie is only around 70 minutes and it went by pretty quickly.

Janie/Janie gets married

These movies are pretty crappy.  I don't know why Warner Archive bothered to put them on DVD.  It's about a squeaky clean teenager who is in love with Robert Hutton, a soldier.  Then in the sequel, she marries him and has problems like jealousy. The first actress Joyce Reynolds does an ok job.  She has pep which Joan Leslie (the one who stars in the sequel as Janie) lacks.  I've never been a fan of Joan Leslie.  I've always found her bland.  Dorothy Malone is in the sequel too as a brunette and she definitely steals the show.