Movie Title: Used Cars
Year: 1980
Writer: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Director: Robert Zemeckis
| Actor | Character |
| Kurt Russell | Rudy Russo |
| Jack Warden | Roy L. Fuchs / Luke Fuchs |
| Gerrit Graham | Jeff |
| Frank McRae | Jim the Mechanic |
| Deborah Harmon | Barbara Fuchs |
Synopsis: When the owner of a struggling car lot is killed, it’s up to the lot’s hot-shot salesman to save the property from falling into the hands of the owner’s ruthless brother and used-car rival.
Movie Title: Plan 9 From Outer Space
Year: 1959
Writer: Ed Wood
Director: Ed Wood
| Actor | Character |
| Gregory Walcott | Jeff Trent |
| Mona McKinnon | Paula Trent |
| Duke Moore | Lt. Harper |
| Tom Keene | Col. Edwards |
| Tor Johnson | Inspector Clay |
| Maila Nurmi (Vampira) | Vampire Girl |
| Bela Lugosi | Ghoul Man |
| Criswell | Narrator |
Synopsis: Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible “Plan 9” into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.
Notes:
Movie Title: Julia Misbehaves
Year: 1948
Writer: William Ludwig, Harry Ruskin, Arthur Wimperis, Gina Laus, Monckton Hoffe, Margery Sharp (novel “The Nutmeg Tree”)
Director: Jack Conway
| Actor | Character |
| Greer Garson | Julia Packett |
| Walter Pidgeon | William Sylvester Packet |
| Peter Lawford | Ritchie Lorgan |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Susan Packett |
| Cesar Romero | Fred Ghenoccio |
Synopsis: A London chorus girl tries to rekindle her relationships with her daughter – who she gave up as an infant – and her estranged husband, when her daughter becomes engaged.
Notes:
Movie Title: The Gold Rush
Year: 1925
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Director: Charles Chaplin
| Actor | Character |
| Charles Chaplin | The Lone Prospector |
| Mack Swain | Big Jim McKay |
| Tom Murray | Black Larsen |
| Georgia Hale | Georgia |
Synopsis: A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.
Notes:
Movie Title: A Patch of Blue
Year: 1965
Writer: Guy Green
Director: Guy Green
| Actor | Character |
| Sidney Poitier | Gordon Ralfe |
| Elizabeth Hartman | Selina D’Arcey |
| Shelley Winters | Rose-Ann D’Arcey |
| Wallace Ford | Ole Pa |
Synopsis: Selina, a young woman blinded as a child by her abusive prostitute mother, meets Gordon, a black office worker, in the park one day. They fall in love, but society (and Selina’s mother) are against such a match.
Notes:
Movie Title: The Parent Trap
Year: 1961
Writer: Erich Kästner (book), David Swift (written for the screen by)
Director: David Swift
| Actor | Character |
| Hayley Mills | Susan Evers / Sharon McKendrick |
| Maureen O’Hara | Maggie McKendrick |
| Brian Keith | Mitch Evers |
| Joanna Barnes | Vicky Robinson |
| Una Merkel | Verbena |
| Charles Ruggles | Charles McKendrick |
Synopsis: Two girls who end up at camp together realize they’re twins, separated when their parents divorced and each took one to the opposite side of the country. With the ultimate goal of reuniting their parents, the girls switch places, unprepared for the brand new fiancée waiting at home with their father.
Movie Title: Valley Girl
Year: 1983
Writer: Andrew Lane, Wayne Crawford
Director: Martha Coolidge
| Actor | Character |
| Deborah Foreman | Julie |
| Nicolas Cage | Randy |
| Elizabeth Daily | Loryn |
| Michael Bowen | Tommy |
| Cameron Dye | Fred |
| Heidi Holicker | Stacey |
Synopsis: Opposites attract when Julie, a girl from the Valley, and Randy, a punk, fall for each other. Will Julie’s friends peer pressure her into breaking up with Randy so she can go back to her jock ex, Tommy? Like, totally, for sure.
Movie Title: Romancing the Stone
Year: 1984
Writer: Diane Thomas
Director: Robert Zemeckis
| Actor | Character |
| Michael Douglas | Jack Colton |
| Kathleen Turner | Joan Wilder |
| Danny DeVito | Ralph |
| Zack Norman | Ira |
| Alfonso Arau | Juan |
| Manuel Ojeda | Yolo |
Synopsis: A romance novelist stuck in her own books must head to Colombia after her sister’s been kidnapped and her recently murdered brother-in-law has sent her a treasure map. She soon crosses paths with a seasoned adventurer looking for his big payday and, together, they decide to go after the treasure on the map themselves.
Notes: The sequel brought back the three leads in 1985 with Jewel of the Nile.
Movie Title: The Shop Around the Corner
Year: 1940
Writer: Samson Raphaelson (screenplay), Miklos Laszlo (play)
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
| Actor | Character |
| James Stewart | Alfred Kralik |
| Margaret Sullivan | Klara Novak |
| Frank Morgan | Hugo Matuschek |
| Joseph Schildkraut | Ferencz Vadas |
| Sara Haden | Flora |
| Felix Bressart | Pirovitch |
| William Tracy | Pepi Katona |
Synopsis: Two employees working the holidays in a gift shop constantly butt heads but, when they each begin a correspondence romance via the newspaper, neither is aware the other one to be their anonymous sweetheart.
Notes: Based on the 1937 Hungarian play “Illatszertar” (“Parfumerie”) – adaptations include She Loves Me (broadway) and You’ve Got Mail
Movie Title: Meet Me in St. Louis
Year: 1944
Writer: Irving Brecher, Frank F. Finklehoffe, Sally Benson (based on the novel by)
Director: Vincente Minnelli
| Actor | Character |
| Judy Garland | Esther Smith |
| Margaret O’Brien | ‘Tootie’ Smith |
| Mary Astor | Mrs. Anna Smith |
| Lucille Bremer | Rose Smith |
| Leon Ames | Mr. Alonzo Smith |
Synopsis: The Smith daughters learn about life and love at the start of the 20th Century in a city preparing for the newest World’s Fair.
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