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An Ideal Husband (1947)

An Ideal Husband (1947)

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March of the Wooden Soldiers (1938)

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)

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The Proud Valley (1940)

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Our Town (1940)

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Suddenly (1954)

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Lakeshore Classic Movies

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Season 2023 Episode 51

In this Depression-era screwball comedy, a Park Avenue brat (Carole Lombard, in an Academy Award nominated role) is looking for a ‘forgotten man’(William Powell) in a scavenger hunt, and goes on to bring him home to be the family’s new butler.

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Our Town (1940)
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March of the Wooden Soldiers (1938)
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An Ideal Husband (1947)
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The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
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WWII veteran (Van Johnson) meets young socialite (Elizabeth Taylor) and falls in love.
The North Star (1943)
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German aircraft attack a Ukrainian village and soon the town falls under Nazi occupation.
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