List of the best Fred M. Wilcox movies: The Secret Garden(1949), Lassie Come Home(1943), Courage of Lassie(1946), Three Daring Daughters(1948), I Passed for White(1960), Forbidden Planet(1956), Shadow in the Sky(1952), Hills of Home(1948) ... ...
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1949
92 Minutes
Director
Margaret O'Brien Herbert Marshall Dean Stockwell Gladys Cooper Elsa Lanchester Brian Roper Reginald Owen Aubrey Mather George Zucco Lowell Gilmore Billy Bevan
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A girl is sent to live with her uncle on his estate when her parents die. There she discovers much intrigue, family history and secrets and personal baggage. In particular, a screaming child and...a secret garden.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Director
Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester Elizabeth Taylor Ben Webster J. Pat O'Malley Alan Napier Arthur Shields
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After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie (Pal) escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Drama
USA
1946
93 Minutes
Director
Elizabeth Taylor Frank Morgan Tom Drake Selena Royle Harry Davenport George Cleveland Catherine McLeod Morris Ankrum Arthur Walsh Mitchell Lewis Jane Green
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Bill (Pal) gets separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie Merrick (Dame Elizabeth Taylor). An accident separates him ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1948
115 Minutes
Director
Jeanette MacDonald Jane Powell Edward Arnold Harry Davenport Moyna Magill Elinor Donahue Ann E. Todd Tom Helmore Kathryn Card Thurston Hall Nan Bennett
magazine editor daughter boss band leader father mother playful cheery intricate new york city high school cruise ship office household mansion secret marriage mother/daughter relationship sister relationship divorce music
It's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drakes School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful, divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan isn't ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1960
93 Minutes
Director
Sonya Wilde James Franciscus Pat Michon
A young girl meets and marries the man of her dreams--only she hasn't told him that she is half-black, and he and his rich family and friends are white.
Sci-Fi
1956
98 Minutes
Director
Walter Pidgeon Anne Francis Leslie Nielsen Warren Stevens Jack Kelly Richard Anderson Earl Holliman George Wallace Robert Dix Jimmy Thompson James Drury
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An astronaut (Leslie Nielsen) and crew land on Altair-4 in 2200 and find a mad doctor (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis) and Robby the robot.
Drama
1952
78 Minutes
Director
A shellshocked veteran (Ralph Meeker) poses a problem to his sister (Nancy Davis) and her husband (James Whitmore).
Adventure
1948
97 Minutes
Director
Edmund Gwenn Donald Crisp Janet Leigh Tom Drake Rhys Williams Reginald Owen Edmond Breon Alan Napier Hugh Green Lumsden Hare Eileen Erskine
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A dedicated Scottish doctor tries to cure Lassie's water phobia while caring for patients throughout the glen.