Phil Silvers

The Strongest Man in the World

Admin — Thu, 06 Feb 1975 00:00:00 +0000

The Strongest Man in the World is a 1975 film starring Kurt Russell as Dexter Riley, a student in the fictional Medfield College. A school laboratory accident mixes one student’s vitamin cereal mix with Dexter Riley’s chemical experiment. The students decide to dispose of the mess by giving it to their neighbor’s cow, with unintended consequences: the cow begins producing an extraordinary amount of milk! When they try it out on themselves, they discover that the mixture gives any human superhuman strength for a few minutes. The school sees this as the thing needed to save their school from closure, but a competitor learn of this deal, and hires two criminals to stop it.This is the third and final film in a series of comedies, which depict the adventures of perpetual college student, Dexter Riley. It follows the 1972 film, “Now You See Him, Now You Don’t,” and the 1969 film, “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.”

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Admin — Mon, 16 Dec 1968 00:00:00 +0000

Twenty years after their initial war-time visit three U.S. servicemen hold a reunion at an Italian village. They all have fond memories, especially of local girl Carla. But she has been telling each of them that they are the father of her daughter Gia, so they have all been paying well for her upbringing. As this dawns on the threesome old rivalries surface …. the the comedy ensues.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Admin — Sun, 16 Oct 1966 00:00:00 +0000

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Something’s Got to Give

Admin — Mon, 01 Jan 1962 00:00:00 +0000

Unfinished remake of “My Favorite Wife”, due to the firing of Marilyn Monroe from the film. She was eventually re-hired, but died in August, 1962. Film was never completed.

Summer Stock

Admin — Thu, 31 Aug 1950 00:00:00 +0000

To Jane Falbury’s New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane’s sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister’s fiance.

Cover Girl

Admin — Thu, 30 Mar 1944 00:00:00 +0000

A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

A Lady Takes a Chance

Admin — Thu, 19 Aug 1943 00:00:00 +0000

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her simpy city suitors.

My Gal Sal

Admin — Thu, 30 Apr 1942 00:00:00 +0000

Biopic chronicling the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day

Roxie Hart

Admin — Fri, 20 Feb 1942 00:00:00 +0000

To try and kick-start her show-business career, our heroine admits to a Chicago murder. But although Cook County don’t seem to let dames swing, and even with top slippery lawyer Billy Flynn, it’s all something of a gamble. The original version of the movie “Chicago”.

All Through the Night

Admin — Tue, 02 Dec 1941 00:00:00 +0000

Broadway gambler ‘Gloves’ Donahue wants to find who killed the baker of his favorite cheesecake. He sees nightclub singer Leda Hamilton leaving the bakery. When her boss Marty’s partner Joe is murdered, Leda and her accompanist Pepi disappear. It turns out that beneath all the mystery is a gang of Nazi operatives planning to blow up a battleship in New York harbor.