Joi Lansing
Biography: Joi Lansing (born Joy Rae Brown, April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous opening "tracking shot" in Orson Welles' 1958 crime drama Touch of Evil. From Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 06, 1929
Deathday: August 07, 1972
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Touch of Evil
1958-03-30
Touch of Evil
Overview: When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new bride, Susie, in jeopardy.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-30
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A Hole in the Head
1959-09-15
A Hole in the Head
Overview: An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-15
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The Web of Love
1966-01-01
The Web of Love
Overview: This two-minute short film from Scopitone features actress Joi Lansing singing Trapped in the Web of Love.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Neptune's Daughter
1949-06-10
Neptune's Daughter
Overview: Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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The Atomic Submarine
1959-11-29
The Atomic Submarine
Overview: Ships disappear on route across the Arctic Sea, and a special submarine is sent to investigate.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-29
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Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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Hot Cars
1956-11-02
Hot Cars
Overview: Story of a salesman lured into the "hot car" racket.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-02
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Pier 23
1951-05-11
Pier 23
Overview: Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-05-11
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Bigfoot
1970-10-21
Bigfoot
Overview: Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-21
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Hillbillys in a Haunted House
1967-05-01
Hillbillys in a Haunted House
Overview: Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not only haunted, but is also the headquarters of a ring of international spies after a top secret formula for rocket fuel.
Genres: Comedy Horror Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-01
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The Brave One
1956-10-26
The Brave One
Overview: A young Mexican boy tirelessly tries to save his pet bull from death at the hands of a celebrated matador.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-26
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The Fountain of Youth
1958-09-16
The Fountain of Youth
Overview: A couple is conflicted when they are offered a chance at youth. Based on John Collier's short story “Youth from Vienna”.
Genres: Science Fiction Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-16
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Who Was That Lady?
1960-04-08
Who Was That Lady?
Overview: In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-08
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FBI Girl
1951-11-04
FBI Girl
Overview: G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-04
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Inside Magoo
1960-01-12
Inside Magoo
Overview: A public-service announcement from the American Cancer Society featuring Mr. Magoo. Not part of the regular series, this rare cartoon begins with a bunch of clips talking about the history of the movies, then has some discussion about how Magoo is made, and a talk with Jim Backus. Then the bulk of the film is a Mr. Magoo cartoon featuring Magoo learning about cancer danger signs and how to protect yourself.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-12
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It Started with a Kiss
1959-08-19
It Started with a Kiss
Overview: While on leave in New York, a serviceman both weds a chorus girl and wins a red convertible in a charity raffle. Both his wife and the car turn out to be problematic.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-19
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Hot Shots
1956-12-23
Hot Shots
Overview: Sach and the gang baby-sit a bratty TV star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-23
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Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
Singin' in the Rain
Overview: In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-09
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Marriage on the Rocks
1965-09-24
Marriage on the Rocks
Overview: Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and winds up getting divorced by mistake, whereupon his wife Valerie marries his best friend Ernie Brewer by mistake.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-24
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The Silencer
1965-01-01
The Silencer
Overview: Joi Lansing's 1965 Scopitone hit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Queen of Outer Space
1958-09-07
Queen of Outer Space
Overview: A mission to Venus discovers the planet inhabited only by women led by their evil Queen Yllana. Yllana had all the men of Venus killed, now that's she met Earth men, she wants them dead, too.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-07
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In the Good Old Summertime
1949-07-29
In the Good Old Summertime
Overview: Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-29
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So You Want to Be a V.P.
1955-10-29
So You Want to Be a V.P.
Overview: Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the employee ranks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-29
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The Counterfeiters
1948-05-28
The Counterfeiters
Overview: Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-28
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On the Riviera
1951-04-20
On the Riviera
Overview: In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pilot.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-20
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Finger Man
1955-06-15
Finger Man
Overview: An ex-con is inspired to go undercover and "finger" the mob after finding out his sister is hooked on illegal drugs.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-15
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Easter Parade
1948-07-08
Easter Parade
Overview: On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
Genres: Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-08
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The House of Tomorrow
1949-06-11
The House of Tomorrow
Overview: Tex Avery's narrator shows us the amazing features of the ultra-modern House of Tomorrow.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-11
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Terror at Midnight
1956-04-27
Terror at Midnight
Overview: A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-27
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T.V. of Tomorrow
1953-06-06
T.V. of Tomorrow
Overview: A variety of fanciful innovations in "future" T.V. sets, including a model with a built-in stove, and a number of highly interactive models. And of course, even with dozens of channels, there's nothing on...or more accurately, there's nothing but the same Western.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-06
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The Merry Widow
1952-09-05
The Merry Widow
Overview: Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-05
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So You Think the Grass Is Greener
1956-01-28
So You Think the Grass Is Greener
Overview: When he gets to his office after a usual morning of nagging by his wife, Alice, Joe McDoakes starts to daydream about what life would be like married to the beautiful office blonde.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-28
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When a Girl's Beautiful
1947-09-25
When a Girl's Beautiful
Overview: An advertising man has to come with "the perfect woman" for an ad campaign. He puts together a picture of a woman from a composite of several photos, to get an idea of the kind of woman he should look for. His boss sees it, thinks that it is an actual woman, and orders him to find her and use her in the campaign.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-25
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