Movies For the Blind

All deceptions are revealed in confrontations on and off-stage, but Eve (Jane Wyman) must use her acting skills once more to save her life.

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Jane Wyman @Wikipedia
Michael Wilding @Lenin Imports
Stage Fright @Senses of Cinema (spoiler alert)

Eve (Jane Wyman) poses as Nellie’s cousin to get closer to Charlotte (Marlene Dietrich), but her plans are threatened when Jonathan (Richard Todd) escapes Gill and returns to London. Part 2 of 3.

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Marlene Dietrich @Wikipedia
Marlene Dietrich Collection Berlin
Official Marlene Dietrich Site (Flash-based)
Madeline Kahn in Blazing Saddles @YouTube

An acting student (Jane Wyman) helps a friend (Richard Todd) hide when he’s suspected of killing the husband of his lover, a famous actress (Marlene Dietrich). Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 1950. Part 1 of 3.

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Alfred Hitchcock @Wikipedia
Alfred Hitchcock: The Master of Suspense

Some unexpected twists may destroy the Carltons’ plans for Miss Fortune, but could the family want their plans destroyed anyway? Part 3 of 3.

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Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. @Wikipedia
Commander Fairbanks @US Navy Department Library
Topper described from AudioVision

George-Anne (Janet Gaynor) comes up with a scheme for Ellen that may have Sahib and Rick doing the unthinkable – getting real jobs! Part 2 of 3.

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Paulette Goddard @Wikipedia
Paulette Goddard @Clown Ministry (who maintain she and Charlie Chaplin were married)

Janet Gaynor and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. star as sister and brother in a family of con artists, crossing paths with a little old lady who is not only recently rich, but lonely and strangely disarming. 1938. Part 1 of 3.

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The Young in Heart @TCM
Janet Gaynor @Wikipedia

Opie (Ronny Howard) gets rebuffed by a girl he likes, so Barney (Don Knotts) offers tips on how to handle women – but it’s Barney’s girlfriend Thelma Lou (Betty Lynn) who really lifts the boy’s spirits. 1963.

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Ron Howard @Variety.com
Ron Howard @IMDB
Five Minutes to Live from Movies For the Blind
Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou) @IMDB

In an episode of the classic tv series, when Mayberry Sheriff Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) learns an ex-con is coming to town to see him, Deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) fears the worst and rounds up some extra deputies. 1963.

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Series info from IMDB
The Andy Griffith Show @The Museum of Broadcast Communications
The Andy Griffith Show @Wikipedia
Andy Griffith @Wikipedia
mayberry.com

Tommy and Gilbert (Wheeler and Woolsey) keep evading the military police, but love might finally compel them to go to the front for a risky mission.

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The Official Dorothy Lee, Wheeler and Woolsey Tribute

Comedy team Wheeler and Woolsey star as World War I soldiers who go AWOL in Paris in search of pretty women – but one they find happens to be a daughter of the Colonel hunting them down! 1930.

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Wheeler and Woolsey tribute site
W&W article @ Bright Lights Film Journal

As Walter becomes more famous, the pressure mounts for him to create more of his sculptures – which means hunting more prey to be his subjects.

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Dick Miller @IMDB

A busboy longs to be like the cool artists at the coffee house where he works, but he finds his only talent is for taking advantage of tragedy. 1959.

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Roger Corman @ Senses of Cinema
Roger Corman interview @ Salon

Pollaire gets another chance with Dey, but Jean sets out again to ruin things…and might even win Dey’s father in the bargain!

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Joan Blondell @wikipedia
“Here’s to Joan Blondell!” tribute @YouTube
(Correction: Her career spanned 50 years, not 60. Still darn good, though…)
“Remembering Hollywood’s Hays Code, 40 Years On,” from NPR

Three best friends lean on each other and some wealthy men to live the high life in New York City. But when one of them gets a chance at a classical music career, another may sabotage it for her own desires. 1932.

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The Crowd Roars: Greta Garbo and Ina Claire