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Lumberjack -- (1944) Julie's husband is murdered and she can't deliver on a logging contract. Hoppy steps in to make good on the logging and solve the murder, but becomes a target himself.

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison. Eleanor Parker received an Oscar nomination for her role, one of many fine performances elicited by noted director John Cromwell ("Abe Lincoln in Illinois," "The Enchanted Cottage"). Co-starring Agnes Moorehead ("Citizen Kane," TV's "Bewitched").

An ambitious chorus girl seeks a career on Broadway by entering a magazine's Cover Girl contest.

Johnny Mathis croons the title song of this 1957 film that stars Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn and Anthony Franciosa. Rancher Gino (Quinn) marries his deceased wife's sister, Gioia (Magnani), but she has eyes for the young ranch hand, Bene (Franciosa). Bene is Gino's son, and matters of the heart get complicated as family lines cross over again and again in this drama directed by George Cukor (My Fair Lady, The Philadelphia Story).

Waking up after a night of drinking and flirting with nightclub singer Irene (Alika Louis), war veteran and struggling artist Joe Manning (John Bromfield) is horrified when he learns that she was murdered -- and he's the prime suspect. The cops release Joe after his friend Slacks (Julie London) lies to give him an alibi, and the pair sets off in search of the real killer, who may be one of Joe's high school classmates.

Crime Against Joe

Crime Against Joe

The Miracle Of Our Lady Of Fatima. This story recounts the 1917 appearance of the Virgin Mary before three children, which compels them to return to the same spot on the 13th of each month.

Is he or isn't he? Following criticism of her religious views and her husband's (Dean Jagger) patriotism, upon suspicion, Lucille Jefferson (Helen Hayes) follows her arrogant son, John (Robert Walker), to Washington, D.C., to find out if he is a Communist. Van Heflin portrays Stedman, an FBI agent interested in John's interests. Leo McCarey directs this film, which was made at the height of the Red Scare in America.

Small-town newspaper co-owners and old army buddies Jim Austin (John Forsythe) and Don Carey (Harold J. Kennedy) find themselves up against a powerful gambling syndicate that's controlling the politicians and law-enforcement officials in their town. Based on true-life events uncovered by the Senate Crime Investigation Committee, the film includes a guest appearance by the head of the committee, Senator Estes Kefauver.

Divorced society hostess Jo McBain (Russell) decides to join the Women's Army Corps to be closer to her boyfriend Lt. Colonel Sky Fairchild (Ching), in Paris. Jo thinks that her high connections in Washington, D.C., will help her get out of the service at any time she desires. However, her ex-husband decides to teach Jo a lesson by influencing his own army contacts to give her a difficult time in her new army life. A secondary plot follows scene-stealing, well-endowed former chorus girl Clara Schneiderman joining the WACS alongside Jo to escape the legions of men who pursue her.