Anne Morrison Chapin


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Listen, Darling (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I Didn't Learn Much Early exposition and strong feelings, as Pinkie (Judy Garland), beginning the summer holiday, all-but tells her widowed mother "Dotty" (Mary Astor) she should not marry an eligible local banker, in Listen, Darling, 1938, from producer Jack Cummings at MGM.
Listen, Darling (1938) -- (Movie Clip) That's A Very Lovely Mother "Buzz" (Freddie Bartholomew), barely boyfriend to Judy Garland (not seen here), daughter of widow Dotty (Mary Astor), on a camping trip discovers Thurlow (Walter Pidgeon), who seems just the guy to prevent a potential marriage the kids don't want, in MGM's Listen, Darling, 1938.
Secret Heart, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) She's Worse Opening MGM's entry in the psychological-drama fad, Chase (Robert Sterling), home from the Navy, surprises girlfriend Kay (Patricia Medina), who works for his mom, and learns sister Penny (June Allyson) isn't doing well, in The Secret Heart, 1946, with Claudette Colbert and Walter Pidgeon.
Secret Heart, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Your Father Used To Play That Psych patient Penny (June Allyson), with brother Chase (Robert Sterling) and a prospective suitor (Marshall Thompson), have agreed they might as well stay at the upstate home of bachelor Chris (Walter Pidgeon), a friend of their deceased father, whom she's just met, in The Secret Heart, 1946.
Secret Heart, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Your Patient! Claudette Colbert is Manhattan real estate pro Lee, tangling with psychologist Lionel Barrymore, who demands that she give him the back-story so he can help her troubled step-daughter (June Allyson, not seen), introducing Walter Pidgeon along the way, early in The Secret Heart, 1946.
Listen, Darling (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Zing! Went The Strings Assembly ending the school year, "Pinkie" (Judy Garland, with a James Hanley song that became a standard for her), honors her widowed mom (Mary Astor), and schemes with pal "Buzz" (Freddie Bartholomew) to keep banker Drubbs (Gene Lockhart) at a distance, opening MGM's Listen, Darling, 1938.
Big City (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Gonna See A Lot Of You Rare solo number for wonderful Betty Garrett, as singer "Shoo-Shoo" Grady, being courted by cop Pat (George Murphy), song by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre, in MGM's Big City, 1948.
Big City (1948) -- (Movie Clip) When You Find A Kid School-age Margaret O'Brien narrating, her discovery and the meeting of her three "fathers," Cantor Feldman (Danny Thomas), Rev. Andrews (Robert Preston) and Officer O'Donnell (George Murphy), plus "Mama" Feldman, early in MGM's Big City, 1948.
Big City (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You've Got A Crush School-age Margaret O'Brien narrating, her discovery and the meeting of her three "fathers," Cantor Feldman (Danny Thomas), Rev. Andrews (Robert Preston) and Officer O'Donnell (George Murphy), plus "Mama" Feldman, early in MGM's Big City, 1948.

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