Leon Ames

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Meet Me in St. Louis review by A customer from Doncaster

Velvet & Tinsel 10 November 2008
...by hubby Vincente Minelli with a family group of intelligent, competent actors. Leon Ames and Mary Astor as the parents Margaret O'Brien, one of the best juvenile actors... Read customer review

Peggy Sue Got Married on DVD (1986)
Starring: Catherine Hicks, Jim Carrey, Joan Allen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A charming twist on the Rip van Winkle fairy tale, Francis Ford Coppola's PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED tells the story of Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner), a 43-year-old wife and mother who, while attending her high school reunion, faints and wakes up back in 1960. Peggy Sue lives with her mom and dad, ..read more »

61% from 1,992 member

Son Of Flubber on DVD (1963)
Starring: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn
Director: Robert Stevenson
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The story of an inventor who makes a rain-making machine. Needless to say - it goes wrong...

51% from 167 members

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray
Director: David Butler
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The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield's boyfriend, William Sherman, returns from the Army after W.W.I. Bill & Marjorie's on-again, off-again provide the backdrop for other family issues, primarily brought on by little brother Wesley's ..read more »

82% from 60 members
Currently unavailable

Angel Face on DVD (1952)
Starring: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman
Director: Otto Preminger
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Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team in this outstanding example of classic Noir. Directed by Otto Preminger (Laura, The Man with The Golden Arm). Mitchum is at his best as Frank Jessup, an ambulance driver, driven and ensnared by Simmons who demonstrates her own brilliant talents in this ..read more »

68% from 265 members

On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Starring: Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Billy Gray
Director: Roy del Ruth
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The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time ..read more »

79% from 68 members
Currently unavailable

The Postman Always Rings Twice on DVD (1946)
Starring: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway
Director: Tay Garnett
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James M. Cain's novel received its first authorized screen treatment in this MGM production. Drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) takes a job at a roadhouse run by slovenly but likeable Nick Smith (Cecil Kellaway). Nick's sexy young wife Cora (Lana Turner) takes an immediate liking to Frank, but ..read more »

68% from 1,439 member

Meet Me in St. Louis on DVD (1944)
Starring: Judy Garland, Mary Astor, Lucille Bremer
Director: Vincente Minnelli
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Watch now: £2.49
Vincente Minnelli's classic romantic musical about a well-off family, the Smiths, in 1903 St. Louis. As the two oldest girls fret about boys and love, a darker, more serious cloud appears on the horizon: their father is being transferred to a job in far-off New York City just as the World's Fair is ..read more »

70% from 2,560 members

Mr Moto on Danger Island on DVD (1939)
Starring: Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff
Director: Herbert I. Leeds
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Mr. Moto finds himself between a rock and a hard place in the seventh episode of this enduringly popular adventure classic! Danger has a special sparkle when Mr. Moto heads to Puerto Rico to put a stop to the glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market! But his smuggling ..read more »

56% from 5 members

The Mysterious Mr Moto (1938)
Starring: Henry Wilcoxon, Peter Lorre, Leon Ames
Director: Norman Foster
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The daring Japanese investigator engineers an escape from the notorious Devil's Island prison along with his cellmate, a ruthless killer. Masquerading as the witless servant to the murderer, Mr Moto sets out, in London, to uncover the gang of international killers by any means possible!

10% from 1 member
Due for release on 11th June 2012

Peggy Sue Got Married - 3.0 stars
Son Of Flubber - 2.5 stars
By the Light of the Silvery Moon - 4.0 stars
Angel Face - 3.5 stars
On Moonlight Bay - 4.0 stars

By the Light of the Silvery Moon - 4.0 stars
On Moonlight Bay - 4.0 stars
Meet Me in St. Louis - 3.5 stars
Angel Face - 3.5 stars
The Postman Always Rings Twice - 3.5 stars

The Mysterious Mr Moto - 0.5 stars
Mr Moto on Danger Island - 3.0 stars
Son Of Flubber - 2.5 stars
Peggy Sue Got Married - 3.0 stars
The Postman Always Rings Twice - 3.5 stars

Gordon MacRae - 2 times - show films
Harry Davenport - 2 times - show films
Doris Day - 2 times - show films
Margaret O'Brien - 2 times - show films
Tom Drake - 2 times - show films

Vincente Minnelli - 2 times - show films
Norman Foster - 1 times - show films
William A. Wellman - 1 times - show films
Roy del Ruth - 1 times - show films
Tay Garnett - 1 times - show films