List of the best Barbara Ruick movies: Carousel(1956), The Affairs of Dobie Gillis(1953), You for Me(1952), California Split(1974), I Love Melvin(1953), Above and Beyond(1953) ... ...
Musical
USA
1956
128 Minutes
Carrie Pipperidge
Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Cameron Mitchell Barbara Ruick Claramae Turner Robert Rounseville Gene Lockhart Audrey Christie Susan Luckey William LeMassena John Dehner
carousel barker mill worker husband wife emotional melodramatic maine coast carousel romance unemployment pregnancy crime jealousy love fall 1950s
Fifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
73 Minutes
Lorna Ellingboe
Debbie Reynolds Bobby Van Hans Conried Lurene Tuttle Bob Fosse Barbara Ruick Hanley Stafford Charles Lane Archer MacDonald Kathleen Freeman Almira Sessions
student girlfriend roommate love interest father professor charming amusing heartwarming madcap university midwest new york city college young love disapproval long-distance relationship dance plagiarism love
Grainbelt University has one attraction for Dobie Gillis - women, especially Pansy Hammer. Pansy's father, even though and maybe because she says she's in dreamville, does not share her ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1952
70 Minutes
Mrs. Ann Elcott
Peter Lawford Jane Greer Gig Young Paula Corday Howard Wendell Otto Hulett Barbara Brown Barbara Ruick Kathryn Card Timothy Farrell Helen Winston
wealthy man nurse doctor boyfriend amusing playful heartwarming hospital mansion accident hospital wealth romance love triangle philanthropy love transformation 1950s
Katie McDermad, who comes from a working class household, is a dedicated surgical nurse, who loves her profession but not the low pay. Her emotions often get the better of her. Jeff ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1974
108 Minutes
Reno Barmaid
George Segal Elliott Gould Ann Prentiss Gwen Welles Edward Walsh Joseph Walsh Bert Remsen Barbara London Barbara Ruick
gambler friend prostitute roommate charming cheeky spirited reno, nev. casino bar los angeles gambling addiction hedonism desperation friendship wretched excess quest 1970s
When a casual gambler befriends a professional one, he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
76 Minutes
Studio Guide
Donald O'Connor Debbie Reynolds Una Merkel Richard Anderson Allyn Joslyn Les Tremayne Noreen Corcoran Jim Backus Barbara Ruick
assistant actress heir father photographer chorus girl emotional heartwarming amusing broadway theater new york city central park office fame confidence impersonation dreams photography publishing love
Melvin, a photographer for Look magazine, meets Judy and he wants to marry her. Her father is against that and as a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue, a task easier said than done.
Drama, History
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Robert Taylor Norman Panama Eleanor Parker James Whitmore Jim Backus Larry Keating Larry Gates Marilyn Erskine Stephen Dunne Robert Burton Hayden Rorke
pilot commander wife captain colonel bleak emotional washington, d.c. hiroshima, japan military base world war ii nuclear attack guilt marriage duty sacrifice discovery 1940s
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2.