List of the best Larry Parks movies: The Jolson Story(1946), Jolson Sings Again(1949), The Racket Man(1944), Love Is Better Than Ever(1952), Freud(1962), Hey, Rookie(1944), The Boogie Man Will Get You(1942), Reveille With Beverly(1943), Power of the Press(1943), Children of the Hunt(2009), Submarine Raider(1942), Blondie Goes to College(1942) ... ...
Biography
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Al Jolson
Larry Parks Evelyn Keyes William Demarest Bill Goodwin Ludwig Donath Tamara Shayne John Alexander Jo-Carroll Dennison Ernest Cossart Scotty Beckett William Forrest
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This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1949
96 Minutes
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In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
65 Minutes
Larry Lake
A gangster is drafted into the Army. He soon realizes how wrong his previous life was, and decides to help break up a black market ring he has discovered.
Romance
USA
1952
81 Minutes
Jud Parker
Elizabeth Taylor Larry Parks Tom Tully Josephine Hutchinson Ann Doran Elinor Donahue Kathleen Freeman Doreen McCann Alex Gerry Richard Wessel
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The dancing teacher Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud Parker (Larry Parks). He likes her, too, but does not want to give up ... See full summary »
Biography
USA
1962
140 Minutes
Dr. Joseph Breuer
Montgomery Clift Susannah York Larry Parks Susan Kohner Eileen Herlie Fernand Ledoux David McCallum Rosalie Crutchley David Kossoff Joseph Fürst Alexander Mango
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An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
77 Minutes
Jim Leighter
Musical comedy star Jimmy Leighter wants to get away from show biz and his leading lady Winnie Clark, so he joins the Army. There he gets the order to put on a show, Winnie Clark appears in... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Bill Layden
Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Max Rosenbloom Larry Parks Jeff Donnell
Fearing life in prison for a fourth offense, convict Duke Berne pulls out of an armored car robbery, planned by his crooked lawyer, but he is framed for the robbery anyway.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
78 Minutes
Eddie Ross
Ann Miller William Wright Dick Purcell Franklin Pangborn Larry Parks
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Beverly Ross moderates an 5:30 am radio show with swing music, dedicated to the local servicemen. Two buddies of her brother have a chance to meet her and both fall in love. One of them is ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Jerry Purvis
Guy Kibbee Gloria Dickson Lee Tracy Otto Kruger Victor Jory Larry Parks Rex Williams Frank Sully Don Beddoe Douglas Leavitt Minor Watson
During WWII, the publisher of the isolationist New York Gazette is murdered just as he was about to change the paper's policy and support the US war effort. His friend, a small town patriotic editor, is brought in to find the culprits.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
2009
85 Minutes
Lenny Stovalski
David Stevens Paul Shaw Darren Dalton Crystal Largen Alexander Isaiah Thomas Larry Parks David Lowe Juan-Carlos Guzman Jacques Shy
In the year 2052, a group called the Brotherhood of Mars hunts humans for sport. Morgan, a Brotherhood guard, protests against the violence, and he is put into the hunt.
Adventure
USA
1942
65 Minutes
Sparksie
John Howard Marguerite Chapman Herman Brix Warren Ashe Eileen O'Hearn Nino Pipitone Philip Ahn Larry Parks Rudy Robles Roger Clark Forrest Tucker
On December 6, 1941, Captain Yamanada of the Japanese aircraft carrier "Hiranamu", orders full steam ahead for Pearl Harbor. His ship encounters and sinks an American yacht and the single ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
74 Minutes
Rusty Bryant
Penny Singleton Arthur Lake Larry Simms Janet Blair Jonathan Hale Adele Mara Danny Mummert Larry Parks Lloyd Bridges Esther Dale
Blondie (Penny Singleton) and Dagwood (Arthur Lake) send Baby Dumpling (Larry Simms) to military school, then go back to college.
Musical
USA
1942
97 Minutes
Fred Astaire Rita Hayworth Adolphe Menjou Leslie Brooks Adele Mara Isobel Elsom Gus Schilling Barbara Brown Douglas Leavitt Catherine Craig Kathleen Howard
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In Buenos Aires, a man who has decreed that his daughters must marry in order of age allows an American dancer to perform at his club under the condition that he play suitor to his second-oldest daughter.