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Ready for Anything! (1968)

Ready for Anything! (1968)

Ready for Anything! (1968)

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Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Iowa Stubborn

Jour de Fete (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Nature's Been Generous With Him

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Ready for Anything! (1968)

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Ready for Anything! (1968)

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Ready for Anything! (1968)

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Music Man, The (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Iowa Stubborn Just arrived on the train from Illinois, after an opening number confirming the disdain of other traveling salesmen for his scorched-earth methods, un-credentialed music professor Henry Hill (Robert Preston) hears from the folk of River City, Io-way about their own predisposition, in the hit Warner Bros. adaptation of the Meredith Willson musical, with Timmy Everett, and Paul Ford as the Mayor, in The Music Man, 1962.

Jour de Fete (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Nature's Been Generous With Him Director, star and co-writer Jacques Tati, in his first feature, has just been introduced as the mailman Francois in the tiny French village (the real Sainte-Sévère-sur-Indre), where Guy Decomble and Paul Frankeur have arrived with their carnival, and the famous bit with the flagpole begins, in Jour de Fete, 1949.

Jour de Fete (1949) -- (Movie Clip) The Americans Have You Beat Tipsy and annoyed if not despondent, rural French mail carrier Francois (first-time director, co-writer and star Jacques Tati) has just seen an American newsreel about the dazzling advances in mail delivery in America, resulting in some inspired bumbling, in Jour de Fete, 1949.

Jour de Fete (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Speed! Speed! Motivated now by the newsreel he saw about the American methods of delivery, rural French postman Francois (director Jacques Tati) sets about his rounds with new determination, with some of the best gags, in Tati’s first feature, Jour de Fete, 1949.

Guns, Girls And Gangsters (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Clear The Decks Lee Van Cleef is the villain watching from outside and Gerald Mohr, though he's a crook himself, is the object of the affection of "Vi" (Mamie Van Doren), performing her second original tune in the picture, at a New Year's party, in Guns, Girls And Gangsters, 1958.

Guns, Girls And Gangsters (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Released From San Quentin The narrator is not credited but meant to be credible, introducing Las Vegas, anti-hero Wheeler (Gerald Mohr) and target Darren (Grant Richards), opening the Mamie Van Doren feature from low-budget Imperial Pictures, Guns, Girls And Gangsters, 1958.

Guns, Girls And Gangsters (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Singing Bombshell Narration guides ex-con Wheeler (Gerald Mohr) to the Las Vegas-area night club where the main attraction is "Vi" (top-billed Mamie Van Doren), her opening number by Buddy Bregman and Stanley Styne, early in Guns, Girls and Gangsters, 1958, directed by B-movie specialist Edward L. Cahn.

Cowboy Canteen -- (Movie Clip) Goin' To Lasso A Rainbow Tex Coulter (Ritter) offers up a tune by Alma Sioux Scarberry and Connie Glore while he and romantic rival Steve (Charles Starrett) trail the wagon carrying Connie (Jane Frazee) and driven by Spud (Guinn "Big Boy" Williams), early in Cowboy Canteen, 1944.

Cowboy Canteen -- (Movie Clip) Ridin' Herd On A Cloud Opening scene, Jimmy Wakely and his band in uniform on a train with a tune evidently written for drafted cowboys, Connie (Jane Frazee) and Vera Vague also introduced, in Cowboy Canteen, 1944.

My Pal Trigger (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Livin' Western Style Opening scene, narration from the star (playing, as ever, himself) and the first song, moving on to meet "Susan" (Roy's wife-to-be Dale Evans) and her dad "Gabby" (ever-present George "Gabby" Hayes), in My Pal Trigger, 1946.

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