1946 - Chautauqua Movies
by johnc-93015 | created - 18 Jan 2022 | updated - 18 Jan 2022 | PublicMovies listed in the New Piasa Chautauqua Program Book in 1946.
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1. Home in Indiana (1944)
Passed | 106 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A lad with a penchant for trouble is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Indiana. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young ... See full summary »
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Walter Brennan, Jeanne Crain, Lon McCallister, June Haver
Votes: 528
2. Sweet and Low-Down (1944)
Passed | 76 min | Musical, Romance
After their annual free concert at Chicago's Dearborn Settlement, Benny Goodman and his band are packing up to move on to their next engagement at a military camp, when a kid, Tony Birch, ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Benny Goodman, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
Votes: 300
3. Greenwich Village (1944)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine
Votes: 466
4. Winged Victory (1944)
Approved | 130 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Pinkie Scariano, Alan Ross and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with Bobby Grills and Irving Miller, and the ... See full summary »
Director: George Cukor | Stars: Mark Daniels, Edmond O'Brien, Lon McCallister, Don Taylor
Votes: 228
5. Where Do We Go from Here? (1945)
Approved | 74 min | Fantasy, Musical
Bill wants to join the Army, but he's 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege, so he sends Bill everywhere in history, but not to WWII.
Directors: Gregory Ratoff, George Seaton | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver, Gene Sheldon
Votes: 301
6. Buffalo Bill (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Western
The story of William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, legendary westerner, from his days as an army scout to his later activities as owner of a Wild West show.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Joel McCrea, Maureen O'Hara, Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 1,701
7. A Royal Scandal (1945)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In 18th century Russia, the naive and idealistic lieutenant Chernov meets Empress Catherine the Great who becomes infatuated with him and appoints him Chief of the Imperial Guard.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Coburn, Anne Baxter, William Eythe
Votes: 1,213
8. Pin Up Girl (1944)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A U.S.O. singer poses as a Broadway star in order to attract a handsome war hero.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye, Joe E. Brown
Votes: 852
9. In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
72 min | Comedy, War
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways cause resentment from the other wives and problems with her husband.
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Eugene Pallette, Mary Nash
Votes: 283
10. Laura (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he is investigating.
Directors: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian | Stars: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price
Votes: 51,426 | Gross: $4.36M
11. The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Passed | 137 min | Drama, War
A young priest is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish.
Director: John M. Stahl | Stars: Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Rose Stradner
Votes: 3,091
12. The Bullfighters (1945)
Approved | 61 min | Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Bumbling detective Stan Laurel disguises himself as a famous matador in order to hide from the vengeful Richard K. Muldoon, who spent time in prison on Stan's bogus testimony.
Directors: Malcolm St. Clair, Stan Laurel | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Margo Woode, Richard Lane
Votes: 1,403
13. People Are Funny (1946)
Passed | 93 min | Musical
Two rival radio producers try to get the same sponsor, so they try to top each other with new ideas.
Director: Sam White | Stars: Jack Haley, Helen Walker, Rudy Vallee, Ozzie Nelson
Votes: 173
14. Bring on the Girls (1945)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Musical
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hotel sets out to get him.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Eddie Bracken, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 161
15. Molly and Me (1945)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Musical
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Gracie Fields, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Reginald Gardiner
Votes: 585
16. Salty O'Rourke (1945)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama
Salty owes money to Doc Baxter, and he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must fake his identity to race. Johnny ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Demarest, Stanley Clements
Votes: 278
17. A Bell for Adano (1945)
Approved | 103 min | Drama, War
During WWII, U.S. Army Major Joppolo and his troops are tasked with administering the war damaged Italian town of Adano where the locals decry the loss of the town bell.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gene Tierney, John Hodiak, William Bendix, Glenn Langan
Votes: 863
18. Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944)
Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A tunefull account of the life of Ernest R. Ball, composer of many popular Irish songs, including the title's.
Director: Gregory Ratoff | Stars: Monty Woolley, June Haver, Dick Haymes, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 193
19. Doll Face (1945)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Burlesque star (Blaine) makes it in the big time.
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda
Votes: 572
20. The House on 92nd Street (1945)
Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Bill Dietrich becomes a double agent for the F.B.I. in a German spy ring.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: William Eythe, Lloyd Nolan, Signe Hasso, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 3,295
21. Junior Miss (1945)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
A New York teenager gets involved in everyone's lives by playing cupid. She turns the household upside down and gets her father fired by fixing up her uncle with the boss's daughter.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Peggy Ann Garner, Stephen Dunne, Allyn Joslyn, Faye Marlowe
Votes: 210
22. Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
Approved | 104 min | Musical, Romance
A medical student who wants to be a crooner gets involved with a showgirl who has an ulterior motive.
Director: George Seaton | Stars: Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, Phil Silvers, William Gaxton
Votes: 310
23. Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard
Votes: 252
24. Thunderhead: Son of Flicka (1945)
Approved | 78 min | Action, Drama, Family
A young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved Flicka, to be a champion race horse.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, Rita Johnson, James Bell
Votes: 409
25. Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944)
Approved | 85 min | Drama, Romance, War
A poor family in Florida saves all the money they can in order to plan something special for the soldier they've invited to Sunday dinner. They don't realize that their request to invite ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Anne Baxter, Charles Winninger, John Hodiak, Anne Revere
Votes: 365
26. Captain Eddie (1945)
Approved | 107 min | Biography, Drama
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Lynn Bari, Charles Bickford, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 171
27. Something for the Boys (1944)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins--revue singer Blossom, con man Harry and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!)--inherit Southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers
Votes: 366
28. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
PG | 129 min | Drama, Family, Romance
Encouraged by her idealistic if luckless father, a bright and imaginative young woman comes of age in a Brooklyn tenement during the early 1900s.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 8,409
29. Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Approved | 113 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also finds romance and heartbreak.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Charles Ruggles, Albert Dekker
Votes: 419
30. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy
In 1940, Colonel Will Seaborn Effingham (Charles Coburn), a retired Army officer, returns to his home town of Fredericksville, Georgia, and is disturbed at the lack of civic pride. He ... See full summary »
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Charles Coburn, Joan Bennett, William Eythe, Allyn Joslyn
Votes: 448
31. Out of This World (1945)
Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn, Cass Daley
Votes: 171
32. The Stork Club (1945)
Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A hat-check girl at the Stork Club (Hutton) saves the life of a drowning man (Fitzgerald). A rich man, he decides to repay her by anonymously giving her a bank account, a luxury apartment ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Betty Hutton, Barry Fitzgerald, Don DeFore, Robert Benchley
Votes: 744
33. Miss Susie Slagle's (1946)
Passed | 88 min | Drama
A student nurse falls in love with a young intern in 1910 Baltimore, but tragedy ensues when he contracts a fatal disease.
Director: John Berry | Stars: Veronica Lake, Sonny Tufts, Joan Caulfield, Ray Collins
Votes: 156
34. Road to Utopia (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Two vaudeville flops pose as bad guys and join the Klondike gold rush with a saloon singer.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Hillary Brooke
Votes: 3,752
35. The Dolly Sisters (1945)
Approved | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
Two sisters from Hungary become famous entertainers in the early 1900s. Fictionalized biography with lots of songs.
Director: Irving Cummings | Stars: Betty Grable, John Payne, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 849
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