André Halley Des Fontaines


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The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1964)
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Black Legion (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Do I Have To Say This? Xenophobic factory worker Frank (Humphrey Bogart) hesitates a little, being sworn into his new anti-immigrant club, hooded Hargrave (Alonzo Price) officiating, in Warner Bros.' Black Legion, 1936.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers The big closing number, Shirley Temple with her frequent partner Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, an adaptation of the German standard by Leon Jessel, with a new lyric by Ballard MacDonald, cheered on by Paul Harvey, Jack Haley, Phyllis Brooks, Helen Westley, Slim Summerville, Gloria Stuart and Randolph Scott, in Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Thought We Were Wowing Them! At a radio audition, Shirley Temple as Rebecca and William Demarest as uncle Harry, looking to impress assistant Orville (Jack Haley), sponsor Bartlett (Paul Harvey) and ad-man Kent (Randolph Scott) with a tune by Harry Revel and Mack Gordon, in Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm, 1938.
High Flyers (1937) -- (Movie Clip) You Need A Hobby Horace Opening with and RKO budget and aesthetic probably not suitable for MGM, a song by Dave Dreyer and Herman Ruby (the credited choreographer is Eduardo Cansino, Rita Hayworth's dad), introducing Jack Carson and Marjorie Lord, then Margaret Dumont and Paul Harvey, then third-billed Lupe Velez, in the Wheeler & Woolsey vehicle High Flyers, 1937.
Whole Town's Talking, The -- (Movie Clip) Open, Fire Jones! Opening credits and the anxious under-boss Seaver (Etienne Girardot) sucking up to "J-G" (Paul Harvey) in John Ford's comedy The Whole Town's Talking, 1935, starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur.
Whole Town's Talking, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) So Long, Slaves! The newspaper editor (Wallace Ford) and ad agency boss (Paul Harvey) are celebrating with lowly employee Jones (Edward G. Robinson), who’s never had a drink before, their idea to have him write about his gangster lookalike, and he meets his supervisor (Etienne Girardot) and his beloved fired colleague Clark (Jean Arthur) on the way out, in The Whole Town’s Talking, 1935.
Whole Town's Talking, The (1935) -- (Movie Clip) He-Man Plus! Ad agency clerk Jones (Edward G. Robinson), late for the first time ever, tries to tiptoe past Seaver (Etienne Girardot), who explains his predicament, then takes out his frustration on Miss Clark (Jean Arthur), whom Jones secretly loves, and plot features are revealed, in John Ford's The Whole Town's Talking, 1935.
Calamity Jane (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Deadwood Stage Full throttle opening, original tune by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster, Chubby Johnson is the driver and Howard Keel appears as Wild Bill but all are spectators to the star, Doris Day in the title role in the 1953 Warner Bros. hit Calamity Jane.
Easy To Wed (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Mother Warned Me Newspaperman Haggerty (Keenan Wynn), with publisher Farwood (Paul Harvey), was about to be married when he realized he needed to find a guy to help fight a libel suit, but his bride Gladys (Lucille Ball) isn't waiting, early in MGM's Easy To Wed, 1946, co-starring Van Johnson and Esther Williams.
Side Street (1950) -- (Movie Clip) This Is New York Continuing narration from the opening credits by Paul Kelly, who plays a cop, introducing the hero Joe (Farley Granger), with famous camera work by Joseph Ruttenberg, from Anthony Mann's Side Street, 1950.

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