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Hollywood producer Alexander Meyerheimer has hired drunken writer Richard Benson to write his latest movie... (imdb)

Stanley Ford is a happily unmarried man with all the creature comforts one could desire, including a wonderful butler who takes care of all his material needs. At a bachelor party for a friend, Ford gets drunk and wakes up married to an Italian woman who speaks nearly no English... (imdb)

Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up ingredients for a new batch of elixir, starting with the Star of Leningrad diamond, nabbed from a Soviet exhibition in Washington... (imdb)

Gillian Holroyd is just your average, modern-day, witch, living in a New York apartment with her Siamese familiar, Pyewacket. But one day a handsome publisher, Shep Henderson walks into her building and Gillian decides she wants him--especially as it turns out he's marrying Merle Kittridge, an old poison penpal from Gillian's college days. So, Gillian casts a spell over Shep. But her powers are in danger of being exorcised by something stronger than the bell-book-and-candle routine: Love. (imdb)

Married Architect Larry Coe (Kirk Douglas) engages in affair with married suburban housewife Margaret Gault (Kim Novak).

Judy is an insignificant stockholder in a huge corporation. While the officers of the corporation own much less than 50% of the stock, the rest of the investors are not united. She sees that is a problem when she shows up at an open meeting and finds that the board is completely unresponsive to her. She reasons that as a stockholder, she has a right to be heard, but the officers ignore her. So Judy decides to fight back by organizing the members and getting enough proxy votes to force change. (imdb)

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder. (imdb)

An upright car mechanic falls in love with the girlfriend of a gangster. This forces him to participate in the criminal underworld. (imdb)

A bank heist yields $210,000. Soon, sultry Lona McLane, girlfriend of one of the robbers, meets Paul Sheridan and has a torrid affair. When she finds out Paul's a cop, to save herself she sets out to corrupt him. (imdb)

A mother drops her son and husband off at a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The only problem is that the husband has been dead for quite some time, and his wife had him stuffed and carries him around with her. Complications ensue. (imdb)

Jane Osgood is trying to support her two young children by running a lobster business. After one of her shipments is ruined by inattention at the railroad station, Jane decides to take on Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world". With the help of her lifelong friend - and lawyer - George Denham, Jane sues Malone for the price of her lobsters & her lost business. What she ends up with is a lot more than either of them bargained for. (imdb)

Private Hogan must raise his ability to scheme and plot to a new level to put on a madcap dance to celebrate the closing of an Army surgical hospital in post WWII France while evading the stickler-for-details Captain Locke - and win the heart to the beautiful nurse Lieutenant Betty Bixby. (imdb)

Using Helen Gurley Brown's book as a jump off point, we follow the adventures of a supermarket tabloid editor as he tries to parlay an interview with the author of the book into headlines and sales. Of course, a romantic entanglement ensues. (imdb)

Robert Lomax tired of working in an office, wants to be an artist. So he moves to Hong Kong to try his hand at painting. Finding a cheap hotel he checks in, only to find it's used by prostitutes and their 'dates' who meet in the bar downstairs. Since he never picks up any of ladies, they all want to know more about him. Eventually he does hire one to model for him, but soon falls in love. But, since he's on a limited budget, he can't afford her exclusively, and doesn't want to 'share' her. (imdb)

Ruth and her beautiful sister Eileen come to New York's Greenwich Village looking for "fame, fortune and a 'For Rent' sign on Barrow Street". They find an apartment (such as it is), but fame and fortune are a lot more elusive. Ruth gets the attention of playboy publisher Bob Baker when she submits a story about her gorgeous sister Eileen. She tries to keep his attention by convincing him that she, (a "spinsterish old-maid writer") and the gorgeous, man-getting Eileen are one and the same person. (imdb)

A revenuer tries to destroy a sadistic bootlegger's still. (TCM.com)

A New Orleans hotel owner fights off a corporate raider while his guests struggle through a variety of personal problems. (TCM.com)

Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new King Rudolph of Ruritania fear for his life, and switch him with a look-a-like London cabby. Throw in two(!) lovely blondes, treachery, and a battle for life and honour, and enjoy life at its zaniest. (imdb)

Writer Nick and his wife Emily are expecting their first child. When a necessary home repair proves too costly to afford, Nick must swallow his pride and visit his father, a proud immigrant stonemason with whom he has a difficult relationship, and ask him to do the work. Confronting the issues of religious and family tradition which have separated father and son causes Nick and Emily to reevaluate their lives and the things they value most. (imdb)

In ancient Bagdad, a magician uses his powers and his magic box to save slave girls. (imdb)

Three sailors on leave (Joe, Al and Davy) head for Paris with one thing on their minds. Joe pursues chanteuse Colette D'Avril who proves to be more than she appears; Davy is pursued by sexy cashier Yvonne; but the blonde Al rescues from a purse snatcher rewards him with kisses, then vanishes without telling him her name. Romantic complications and resolutions follow in true musical comedy fashion. (imdb)

Richard Widmark stars as a professional gambler who finds himself financially embarrassed. To bail himself out, Widmark marries into a wealthy Mexican household. What he doesn't know is that the family is cursed: its female members are compelled to love their men literally to death. Chaim Topol and Cesar Romero costar in the inconsequential but enjoyable comedy. (allrovi.com)

Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls. (imdb)

Beauregard Clemment, a New York night club crooner, inherits a broken-down Georgia showboat. He decides to turn it into a nightclub. He falls in love with Sally Jane, the granddaughter of Thadeus Jackson, arch enemy of Beau's late grandfather. Many, many songs and a parody of "Ten Nights in a Barroom" (a Blake Edwards touch), with music featuring the Bell Sisters. (imdb)

Drug store soda jerk Bert is a true-crime buff who revels in detective magazines. But he doesn't recognize the notorious gangster he waits on, smiling Memphis Mike. Bert innocently sends Mike to his own apartment building, but when he finally recognizes Mike and threatens to have him arrested, Mike and his henchman Pinky hold him captive. (imdb)

Katie Lewis and her husband Ben discover that they are the targets of a mysterious killer who leaves the letter W at the scene of their near-fatal "accidents." While trying to avoid death, the couple must struggle to discover the source of these attacks.

Chuck Dederich, a recovering alcoholic, founded and runs Synanon House, a rehabilitation center for people with all kinds of addictions. (imdb)

Dave Collins (Cameron Mitchell) is a prizefighter on the skids, who thumbs his way from town-to-town, looking for a chance to make some money, even if he is bribed to lose a fight. A former contender for the title, his reputation is good enough to get him a bout with Vince Reedy (Blake Edwards).

While in court after his wife has started a divorce action, Hugh begins to give the judge his side of the story.

A trio of singers is entertaining wounded soldiers of WWII. They encourage a mutilated soldier in his love to a nurse.

An obnoxious nightclub comedian at Ciro's is drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. At his arrival at his basic training he meets a WAC Lieutenant and romantically pursues her. His activities irritate the entire army.

Two singers (Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels) step in to help an aspiring actress (Charlotte Austin) whose grandmother opposes her bid to launch a show-business career.