Search results for "Don Ameche"
Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina

Corrina, Corrina
IMDb: 6.6
115

When Manny Singer’s wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
IMDb: 6.9
84

Before the Seavers leave for a family vacation to San Francisco, they drop off their pets — Chance, an adventurous American bulldog; Shadow, a wise golden retriever; and Sassy, a…

Folks!

Folks!

Folks!
IMDb: 5.7
107

A slightly self absorbed yuppie takes in his parents including his senile father, after their home burns down. But his personal and professional life fall apart soon after.

Genre: Comedy
Things Change

Things Change

Things Change
IMDb: 7
100

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn’t…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return

Cocoon: The Return
IMDb: 5.4
116

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will…

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons

Harry and the Hendersons
IMDb: 6.1
110

Returning from a hunting trip in the forest, the Henderson family’s car hits an animal in the road. At first they fear it was a man, but when they examine…

Cocoon

Cocoon

Cocoon
IMDb: 6.7
117

When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

Trading Places

Trading Places

Trading Places
IMDb: 7.5
116

A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.

Genre: Comedy
Gidget Gets Married

Gidget Gets Married

Gidget Gets Married
IMDb: 4.6
73

Gidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband’s company.

Genre: Comedy, TV Movie
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?

Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
IMDb: 5.4
113

War is brewing between the soldiers at an otherwise quiet army base and the civilians of a nearby Southern town. Brian Keith is an officer who tries to keep the…

Genre: Comedy
The Boatniks

The Boatniks

The Boatniks
IMDb: 5.5
99

Young and awkward, The Coast-Guard’s ensign Thomas Garland suffers from the comparison with his late father, a war hero. Which does not prevent him from falling for pretty Kate Fairchild,…

Genre: Comedy, Family
Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead
IMDb: 5.3
82

Susan Shelley is released from an asylum where she’s been confined to after the shock suffered over the fiery death of her mother. Her father has a new wife, who…

Genre: Horror
A Fever in the Blood

A Fever in the Blood

A Fever in the Blood
IMDb: 6.4
117

A judge, a district attorney and a U. S. senator–each hoping to be elected the next governor–attempt to manipulate a murder trial to advance their own political ambitions. Director Vincent…

Genre: Uncategorized
Slightly French

Slightly French

Slightly French
IMDb: 6.3
81

A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a “French” movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love
IMDb: 6.8
97

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can’t remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

Genre: Mystery
That’s My Man

That’s My Man

That’s My Man
IMDb: 6.1
99

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of…

Genre: Uncategorized
So Goes My Love

So Goes My Love

So Goes My Love
IMDb: 6.6
88

Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Herman Maxim, a struggling inventor.

Genre: Comedy
It’s in the Bag!

It’s in the Bag!

It’s in the Bag!
IMDb: 6.6
87

The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune…if he can find which chair it’s hidden in.

Genre: Comedy
Guest Wife

Guest Wife

Guest Wife
IMDb: 6.4
90

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…

Genre: Comedy
Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer

Wing and a Prayer
IMDb: 6.6
97

An aircraft carrier is sent on a decoy mission around the Pacific, with orders to avoid combat, thus lulling Japanese alertness before the battle of Midway.

Genre: War
Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait
IMDb: 7.3
112

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however,…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Happy Land

Happy Land

Happy Land
IMDb: 6.7
73

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy’s life was cut short before he had an opportunity…

Genre: Fantasy, War
The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope

The Magnificent Dope
IMDb: 6.8
83

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…

Genre: Comedy
Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami

Moon Over Miami
IMDb: 6.7
91

After losing nearly all of an inheritance to taxes, sisters Kay and Barbara Latimer, waitresses at a drive-in restaurant in Texas, scheme to find rich husbands. With the aid of…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch
IMDb: 6.4
97

A college professor who believes there’s no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans…

Genre: Comedy
Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell
IMDb: 6.4
127

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Genre: Music
Four Sons

Four Sons

Four Sons
IMDb: 6.4
89

Four Sons is a 1940 film directed by Archie Mayo. It stars Don Ameche and Eugenie Leontovich. It is a remake of the 1928 film of the same name.

Genre: History, War
Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way
IMDb: 6.4
89

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers
IMDb: 5.9
73

A parodic remake of the story of the young Gascon D’Artagnan, who arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king’s Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of…

Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Swanee River

Swanee River

Swanee River
IMDb: 6.2
84

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing…

Genre: Music
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
IMDb: 7
98

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put…

Genre: History
Midnight

Midnight

Midnight
IMDb: 7.8
94

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.

Genre: Comedy
Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade
IMDb: 6.5
97

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of…

Genre: Comedy, History
Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Alexander’s Ragtime Band
IMDb: 6.8
106

Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band’s singer,…

Genre: Music
You Can’t Have Everything

You Can’t Have Everything

You Can’t Have Everything
IMDb: 6.3
100

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play “North Winds” just…

Genre: Comedy
Love Is News

Love Is News

Love Is News
IMDb: 6.9
77

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly…

Genre: Comedy
In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago
IMDb: 6.7
111

The O’Leary brothers — honest Jack and roguish Dion — become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

Genre: History
Ramona

Ramona

Ramona
IMDb: 6
84

Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family’s wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.

Genre: Adventure