Lori Nelson
Biography: Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River. Many of her roles were large, but were mostly in 1950s B-movies. Today, she is acting sparingly, most recently in The Naked Monster. She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959). However, she also had a well-remembered role as Mara, the Mayor's daughter, opposite Van Johnson (who played two roles) in the 1957 made-for-TV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: August 15, 1933
Deathday: August 23, 2020
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Mom, Can I Keep Her?
1998-06-10
Mom, Can I Keep Her?
Overview: Timmy Blair has the usual twelve-year-old's share of problems: his father is too busy at work, his new stepmother loads him with chores, and school life is as difficult as ever. When a furry friend follows him home from school, Timmy is delighted. There's only one problem. His new-found buddy is a 500 pound gorilla
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-10
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Pardners
1956-08-01
Pardners
Overview: Rich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes Slim's initial reluctance to accept him by using his fortune to buy a prize cow and new car to help Slim in his job as foreman on the Kingsley family ranch, currently under siege by a gang of outlaws called "masked raiders." Wade generously tries to pay off the ranch's mortgage with $15,000 of his own money, but unfortunately neither "pardner" realizes that respected banker Dan Hollis, the son of their fathers' murderer, is the leader of the gang.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-08-01
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Revenge of the Creature
1955-05-13
Revenge of the Creature
Overview: In a tributary of the Amazon, a monster – half-man, half-fish – is captured and placed in a reservoir in a Florida national park to be observed by scientists.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-13
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I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09
I Died a Thousand Times
Overview: After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-09
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The Naked Monster
2005-04-22
The Naked Monster
Overview: Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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Day the World Ended
1955-12-01
Day the World Ended
Overview: After a nuclear attack, an unlikely group of survivors, including a geologist, a crook and his moll, and a prospector, find temporary shelter in the remote-valley home of a survivalist and his beautiful daughter, but soon have to deal with the spread of radioactivity - and its effects on animal life, including humans.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-01
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All I Desire
1953-07-03
All I Desire
Overview: In 1910, a stage actress re-visits her husband and children she deserted ten years ago.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-03
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Bend of the River
1952-01-23
Bend of the River
Overview: Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-23
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1955-04-01
Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Overview: Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-01
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Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
2000-08-29
Back to the Black Lagoon: A Creature Chronicle
Overview: Documentary about the making of and legacy of The Creature from the Black Lagoon included in The Legacy Collection box set.
Genres: Documentary Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-29
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Hot Rod Girl
1956-07-04
Hot Rod Girl
Overview: After his kid brother is killed in a street race, a champion drag-racer quits racing. However, a new kid comes to town determined to force him back into racing so he can take his title--and he's already taken his girlfriend.When his younger brother, Steve, is killed racing a hot-rod, Jeff Northup blames himself for the accident since he had built the car for his brother and had encouraged him to race it, with other boys on a special course provided by police detective Ben Merrill, who is working to reduce the city's hot-rod fatalities by providing supervision for the dangerous hobby. Jeff withdraws from participating in races on Merrill's course and, without his leadership, reverts to racing on the streets. "Bronc" Talbott, a newcomer, makes a play for Jeff's girlfriend, Lisa Vernon. Eventually, the taunting-Talbott forces Jeff into a race which results in the death of a bicycling child, and evidence seems to indicate Jeff was at fault.
Genres: Action Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-04
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Destry
1954-12-01
Destry
Overview: Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.
Genres: Western War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-01
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Untamed Youth
1957-03-15
Untamed Youth
Overview: Two sisters are arrested for skinny-dipping on their way to Los Angeles and are sentenced to labor work on a farm.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-15
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Francis Goes to West Point
1952-07-01
Francis Goes to West Point
Overview: Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-01
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957-11-26
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Overview: The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
Genres: Music Fantasy Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-26
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Outlaw's Son
1957-07-01
Outlaw's Son
Overview: A young boy grows to adulthood believing his father was the man responsible for a murder committed during a bank robbery.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-01
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Sincerely Yours
1955-11-05
Sincerely Yours
Overview: He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only starring film, Sincerely Yours. In a poignant story scripted by Irving Wallace, Liberace plays a concert pianist threatened by deafness. Plunged into despair, he finds escape from personal sorrow by secretly involving himself in the problems of strangers. Liberace touches the heart and delights the ear with sparkling renditions of 31 selections from Chopin to Chopsticks. Along the way he romances Joanne Dru and Dorothy Malone, trades barbs with old pro William Demarest and in a warmly humorous nightclub scene, pokes fun at his own image as the 1950s matinee idol of the little-old-lady set. From beginning to end, Sincerely Yours perfectly captures the charisma and sheer musicality of the legendary Mr. Showmanship.
Genres: Music Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-05
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Walking My Baby Back Home
1953-12-06
Walking My Baby Back Home
Overview: A young man from a wealthy New York family pursues a career as the leader of a dance band.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-06
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The All American
1953-10-01
The All American
Overview: A family tragedy causes a college football quarterback to re-think his goals in life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-01
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Mohawk
1956-04-01
Mohawk
Overview: An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-01
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Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
2014-10-12
Monster Madness: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins
Overview: From THINGS to BODY SNATCHERS to CREATURES FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, sci-fi monsters dominated 1950s horror. Take a ride to an era of drive-ins, Red Scares, low budgets and big bugs with SPACE INVADERS AND DRIVE INS.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-12
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Secret Sins of the Father
1994-01-09
Secret Sins of the Father
Overview: Louis (Lloyd Bridges) is a farmer in small-town Nebraska. All seems well in his quiet life until the town's spiteful sheriff, Tom (Beau Bridges), who is also Louis' son, unexpectedly charges Louis with the murder of his mother. Louis knows he's innocent and thinks that his son is merely out to get him because he's been having a heated affair with Tom's former lover. Can father and son put their bad blood aside for the sake of the family? Or will Tom's vengeance prevail?
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-09
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Underwater!
1955-02-09
Underwater!
Overview: Two scuba divers find a shipwreck which may contain undiscovered treasure, however, their attempt to salvage it is threatened by scavengers.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-09
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Tumbleweed
1953-12-01
Tumbleweed
Overview: Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it makes its way west. The train is attacked by Indians and Harvey, hoping to persuade Aguila, the chief, to call off the attack due to Harvey's having saved his son's life, leaves the train to negotiate. He is captured and the rest of the train is wiped out except for two sisters. Escaping and showing up in town later, Harvey is nearly hanged as a deserter, but gets away. Eventually caught by the sheriff and his posse, they are attacked by Indians. This time the Indians are defeated and Aguila, captured and dying, reveals the identity of the white man who engineered the initial attack on the wagon train, just as the perpetrator rides up behind them.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-01
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Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952-07-11
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Overview: Ma and Pa are trying to raise enough money at the county fair to send their daughter Rosie to college. Ma competes in baking and Pa enters a trotter in a horse race, while Rosie takes up with handsome young Marvin Johnson.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-11
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