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Pocketful Of Miracles (1961)

Charlotte Movies — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:17:18 +0000

2h 16min. // When her daughter plans to visit, street beggar Apple Annie tries to fool her daughter, making her believe that she is a wealthy socialite with the help of a gangster and his girlfriend.

Directed by: Frank Capra

Writing Credits: Robert Riskin (screenplay), Hal Kanter (screenplay), Harry Tugend (screenplay), Damon Runyon (story)

Starring: Glenn Ford (as Dave the Dude), Bette Davis (as Apple Annie), Hope Lange (as Elizabeth (Queenie) Martin), and Arthur O’Connell (as Count Alfonso Romero)

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Awards:

WON. Golden Globes, USA 1962. Best Actor – Comedy or Musical. Glenn Ford.

WON. Golden Globes, USA 1962. Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Ann-Margret.

NOMINATED. Golden Globes, USA 1962. Best Actress – Comedy or Musical. Bette Davis.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1962. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Peter Falk.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1962. Best Costume Design, Color. Edith Head, Walter Plunkett.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1962. Best Music, Original Song. Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for the song “Pocketful of Miracles”.

NOMINATED. American Cinema Editors, USA 1962. Best Edited Feature Film. Frank P. Keller.

NOMINATED. Directors Guild of America, USA 1962. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. Frank Capra.

NOMINATED. Laurel Awards 1962. Top Song. Jimmy Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) for the song “Pocketful of Miracles”.

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The Trouble With Harry (1955)

Charlotte Movies — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:17:01 +0000

1h. 39mins. // The trouble with Harry is that he’s dead, and everyone seems to have a different idea of what should be done with his body.

Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

Writing Credits: John Michael Hayes (screenplay), Jack Trevor Story (novel)

Starring: Edmund Gwenn (as Capt. Albert Wiles), John Forsythe (as Sam Marlowe) and Shirley MacLaine (as Jennifer Rogers)

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Awards:

WON. Golden Globes, USA 1955. Most Promising Newcomer – Female. Shirley MacLaine.

NOMINATED. BAFTA Awards 1957. Best Film from any Source. Alfred Hitchcock.

NOMINATED. Directors Guild of America, USA 1957. Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. Alfred Hitchcock.

NOMINATED. Satellite Awards 2005. Outstanding Classic DVD. For Alfred Hitchcock – The Masterpiece Collection.

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The Notorious Landlady (1962)

Charlotte Movies — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 13:17:01 +0000

2h. 3min. // William Gridley arrives from the US in London to take a job at the U.S. Embassy. He finds a perfect apartment, managed by Carly Hardwicke. Not knowing about her reputation, he decides to rent it and soon, he starts to fall in love with her. Carly is suspected of murdering her absent husband. When Gridley’s boss, Franklyn Ambruster, learns what Gridley has blundered into, he reproves him until he meets the lovely Carly. The two men try to clear her name.

Directed by: Richard Quine

Writing Credits: Larry Gelbart (screenplay), Blake Edwards (screenplay), Margery Sharp (story)

Starring: Kim Novak (as Mrs. Carlyle ‘Carly’ Hardwicke), Jack Lemon (as William ‘Bill’ Gridley), Fred Astaire (as Franklyn Ambruster)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Writers Guild of America, USA 1963. Best Written American Comedy. Larry Gelbart, Blake Edwards.

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It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Charlotte Movies — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:16:01 +0000

1h. 25min. // A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day’s paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.

Directed by: René Clair

Writing Credits: Lord Dunsany (play), Hugh Wedlock Jr. (story), Howard Snyder (novel), Dudley Nichols (adaptation), René Clair (adaptation)

Starring: Dick Powell (as Capt. Scott), Linda Darnell (as Catherine Wyatt) and Jack Oakie (as Van Leyden)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1945. Best Sound, Recording. Jack Whitney.

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1945. Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. Robert Stolz.

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You’re In The Navy Now (1951)

Charlotte Movies — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:16:01 +0000

1h. 33min. // When a new commander is assigned to a submarine chaser with an experimental engine, he finds the entire crew has as little experience as he does.

Directed by: Henry Hathaway

Writing Credits: John W. Hazard (magazine article), Richard Murphy (screenplay)

Starring: Gary Cooper (as Lt. John W. Harkness), Jane Greer (as Ellie C. Harkness) and Millard Mitchell (as George Larrabee)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Writers Guild of America, USA 1952. Best Written American Comedy. Richard Murphy.

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A Ticket To Tomahawk (1950)

Charlotte Movies — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:15:42 +0000

1h. 30min. // In 1876 Colorado, the Tomahawk and Western Railroad is expanding through the Rockies, but some stagecoach operators, fearing a loss of revenue, plan to sabotage the railroad.

Directed by: Richard Sale

Writing Credits: Mary Loos (screenplay), Richard Sale (screenplay)

Starring: Dan Dailey (as Johnny Behind-the-Deuces), Anne Baxter (as Kit Dodge Jr.), Rory Calhoun (as Dakota), Walter Brennan (as Terence Sweeny) and Marilyn Monroe (as performer: “Oh, What a Forward Young Man You Are” – uncredited)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Writers Guild of America, USA 1951. Best Written American Western. Mary Loos and Richard Sale.

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Royal Wedding (1951)

Charlotte Movies — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:15:27 +0000

1h. 42min. // Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dancers whose show closes in New York. Their agent books them in London for the same period as the Royal Wedding. They both fall in love on their journey towards Europe. Will romance break up their act and dreams of stardom.

Directed by: Stanley Donen

Writing Credits: Alan Jay Lerner (story and screenplay)

Starring: Fred Astaire (as Tom Bowen), Jane Powell (as Ellen Bowen) and Peter Lawford (as Lord John Brindale)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1952. Best Music, Original Song. Burton Lane (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) for the song “Too Late Now”.

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Much Too Shy (1942)

Charlotte Movies — Thu, 21 May 2026 13:15:02 +0000

1h. 25min. // An artistic village handyman gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local ladies are sold without his knowledge to an advertising agency and are published with nude bodies added to them.

Directed by: Marcel Varnel

Writing Credits: Ronald Frankau (story), Walter Greenwood (screenplay)

Starring: George Formby (as George Andy), Kathleen Harrison (as Amelia Peabody) and Hilda Bayley (as Lady Driscoll)

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Awards:

WON. Writers Guild of America, USA 1952. Best Written American Low-Budget. Samuel Fuller.

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The Affairs Of Susan (1945)

Charlotte Movies — Sun, 17 May 2026 13:15:01 +0000

1h. 45min. // Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancee summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual. Which one is the real Susan?

Directed by: William A. Seiter

Writing Credits: Thomas Monroe (screenplay), László Görög (screenplay)

Starring: Joan Fontaine (as Susan Darell), George Brent (as Roger Berton) and Dennis O’Keefe (as Bill Anthony)

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Awards:

NOMINATED. Academy Awards, USA 1946. Best Writing, Original Story. Thomas Monroe and László Görög.

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That Wonderful Urge (1948)

Charlotte Movies — Fri, 15 May 2026 13:14:39 +0000

1h. 22min. // When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she’s met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they’re married.

Directed by: Robert B. Sinclair

Writing Credits: Jay Dratler (screenplay)

Starring: Tyrone Power (as Thomas Jefferson Tyler), Gene Tierney (as Sara Farley) and Reginald Gardiner (as Count André de Guyon).