15 Movies Starring Debbie Reynolds

Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1952-04-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

8.4 (134471 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Adolph Green (story)

Betty Comden (story)

Fullplot:

1927 Hollywood. Monumental Pictures' biggest stars, glamorous on-screen couple Lina Lamont and Don Lockwood, are also an off-screen couple if the trade papers and gossip columns are to be believed. Both perpetuate the public perception if only to please their adoring fans and bring people into the movie theaters. In reality, Don barely tolerates her, while Lina, despite thinking Don beneath her, simplemindedly believes what she sees on screen in order to bolster her own stardom and sense of self-importance. R.F. Simpson, Monumental's head, dismisses what he thinks is a flash in the pan: talking pictures. It isn't until The Jazz Singer (1927) becomes a bona fide hit which results in all the movie theaters installing sound equipment that R.F. knows Monumental, most specifically in the form of Don and Lina, have to jump on the talking picture bandwagon, despite no one at the studio knowing anything about the technology. Musician Cosmo Brown, Don's best friend, gets hired as Monumental's ideas man and musical director. And by this time, Don has secretly started dating Kathy Selden, a chorus girl who is trying to make in big in pictures herself. Don and Kathy's relationship is despite their less than friendly initial meeting. Cosmo and Kathy help Don, who had worked his way up through the movie ranks to stardom, try make the leap to talking picture stardom, with Kathy following along the way. However, they have to overcome the technological issues. But the bigger problem is Lina, who will do anything to ensure she also makes the successful leap into talking pictures, despite her own inabilities and at anyone and everyone else's expense if they get in her way, especially Kathy as Don's off screen girlfriend and possibly his new talking picture leading lady.

Susan Slept Here

Susan Slept Here

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1954-10-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (944 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Alex Gottlieb (screenplay)

Steve Fisher (play)

Alex Gottlieb (play)

Fullplot:

Mark Christopher is a 35-year old, award-winning comedy scriptwriter who is struggling to be taken seriously as a drama writer. On Christmas Eve, two police officers bring 17-year old Susan (picked up for vagrancy and brawling) to Mark's apartment. If she spends a few days with him, Mark could use Susan as inspiration to write a script about juvenile-delinquents and Susan could avoid spending Christmas behind bars.

The Tender Trap

The Tender Trap

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1955-11-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1538 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Walters

Cast:

Writer:

Julius J. Epstein (screenplay)

Max Shulman (play)

Robert Paul Smith (play)

Fullplot:

Charlie Reader is a successful theater agent. He is also successful with young ladies. One day he is visited by his old friend Joe, married with three children. Joe falls in love with Charlie's girl Sylvia while Charlie spends his time with young actress Julie.

The Catered Affair

The Catered Affair

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-06-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (1758 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Brooks

Cast:

Writer:

Paddy Chayefsky (teleplay)

Gore Vidal (screenplay)

Fullplot:

At breakfast, Jane announces that she and Ralph are getting married the next week. All Jane and Ralph want is a small wedding with the immediate family and no reception. This is because Janes parents are poor and Jane and Ralph can borrow a car for their honeymoon. However, at dinner that night all Ralph's parents talk about are the big weddings they gave their daughters and everything escalates. All of a sudden, it is a big wedding breakfast with hundreds of guests. The problem is that for 12 years, Tom has been saving money to buy his own cab and license, but now that he can, all of his money is going towards a wedding neither he, or Jane or Ralph really want.

Tammy and the Bachelor

Tammy and the Bachelor

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1957-05-09

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1474 Reviews)

Director:

Joseph Pevney

Cast:

Writer:

Oscar Brodney (screenplay)

Cid Ricketts Sumner (novel)

Fullplot:

When Pete's plane crashes in the swamp, he's rescued by young Tammy, an unsophisticated backwoods girl who lives with her lay-preacher-cum-moonshiner grandfather. When Pete's well, he goes back home to his fiancèe. But then Grampa gets sent to jail and he sends Tammy to stay with Pete. At Pete's house, Tammy's home cooking, enthusiasm and quaint sunshiny personality bring about changes in Pete's family and in Pete himself.

It Started with a Kiss

It Started with a Kiss

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-09-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(414 Reviews)

Director:

George Marshall

Cast:

Writer:

Charles Lederer (screenplay)

Valentine Davies (story)

Fullplot:

Air Force Sgt. Joe Fitzpatrick meets and marries a beautiful model, Maggie Putnam, on the eve of being shipped off to Spain. When the new Mrs. Fitzpatrick waits to join her husband, she promises him in a letter "the most wonderful surprise that could happen to two people." Joe naturally assumes that she's pregnant, but the surprise turns out to be a fabulous new car that he won in a raffle. His new bride and car win him the scorn and jealousy of Spain's most famous toreador, not to mention the suspicions of his commanding officer.

The Mating Game

The Mating Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-10-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

(847 Reviews)

Director:

George Marshall

Cast:

Writer:

William Roberts (screenplay)

H.E. Bates (novel)

Fullplot:

Tax collector Lorenzo Charlton comes to the Larkins' farm to ask why Pop Larkins hasn't paid his back taxes. Charlton has to stay for a day to try to estimate the income from the farm, but it isn't easy to calculate when the farmer has such a lovely daughter, Mariette...

Say One for Me

Say One for Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1959-07-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (161 Reviews)

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Fullplot:

Father Conroy (Crosby) has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishoners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly (Reynolds) finds a job working for a dance club of questionable character, which is run by Tony Vincent (Wagner). Vincent never made the big time, and Father Conroy tries to look after Holly. There are many musical numbers, and the conclusion is a televised benefit show hosted by Father Conroy, and Tony must choose between Holly and national fame.

The Second Time Around

The Second Time Around

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-12-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (272 Reviews)

Director:

Vincent Sherman

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Emery Roberts (novel)

Oscar Saul (screenplay)

Clair Huffaker (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In 1911, a widow with two children leaves New York City for territorial Arizona and becomes a ranch hand and later gets herself elected sheriff. A gambler and a rancher become rivals for her affections.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-06-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2224 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Walters

Cast:

Writer:

Helen Deutsch

Richard Morris (play)

Fullplot:

Majestic mountains are in the background and a waterfall in the foreground. Is that a canoe on the river? No it's a cradle with a baby. The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life -- a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. Can she sing and play the piano? She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can and learns quickly. Soon she is the bride of Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. But it takes more than a few million dollars to be accepted by Denver society. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.

The Singing Nun

The Singing Nun

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-04-02

Languages:

English, Latin

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

(770 Reviews)

Director:

Henry Koster

Cast:

Writer:

John Furia (story)

Sally Benson

John Furia

Fullplot:

Young and inexperienced Sister Ann has just arrived at her next posting at Samaritan House, a Dominican order located in a disreputable neighborhood of Ghent, Belgium. Sister Ann is enthusiastic, progressive but naive, all which irks one of the senior sisters, Sister Cluny, especially the fact that Sister Ann has a prized material possession, a guitar she's named Adele. Sister Ann considers Adele and her music to be her friends. Contrary to Sister Cluny, the Mother Prioress believes Sister Ann will be a welcome addition to their order. This posting is to be the training ground for Sister Ann and others to become missionaries in Africa. Sister Ann's path takes a detour when the order's Father Clementi hears Sister Ann sing. He believes Sister Ann should record her music and as a favor asks Robert Gerarde of Primavera Records for recording time. Unknown at the time the request is made, Robert and Sister Ann are old friends who attended the Paris Conservatory of Music together five years earlier before she became a nun. Robert believes Sister Ann could be a recording sensation, keeping true to her style of music of religious based folk songs. As Sister Ann becomes more famous, which includes an appearance on the The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), Sister Ann increasingly wonders if she truly is doing the work of God, as she admits she enjoys the adulation of being a celebrity and despite the financial gain to the church. This question, which was important previously in dealing with a precocious local boy named Dominic Arlien (after who she named one of her songs) and his troubled family, becomes all the more important after a specific incident which threatens Dominic's life.

Divorce American Style

Divorce American Style

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-06-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (1129 Reviews)

Director:

Bud Yorkin

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Kaufman (story)

Norman Lear (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After 17 years, things have got too predictable and stale. They argue, they visit a marriage counselor, Richard (drunk) visits a prostitute. They split up. After meeting other people, they are re-united at a night club where they realize that their marriage was better than their divorce.

Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-03-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (12476 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

E.B. White (book)

Earl Hamner Jr. (story)

Fullplot:

Based on the beloved children's novel by E.B. White, this is the story of a little pig named Wilbur who was born a runt. Mr. Arable decides to kill him for dinner food but his daughter Fern begs him to let him live. On greater maturity, Wilbut is sold to Fern's uncle, Homer L. Zuckerman, in whose barnyard he's left yearning for friendship, but is snubbed by other barn animals. Wilbur is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a gentle and wise grey spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.

The Christmas Wish

The Christmas Wish

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-12-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

78 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (494 Reviews)

Director:

Ian Barry

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Richard Siddoway (book)

Beth Polson (television story)

Greg Taylor (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Intent on fulfilling his grandma's Christmas wish, a man sets out to find the woman mentioned in his late grandfather's journals. He learns the secrets of his past and the true meaning of Christmas.

Halloweentown

Halloweentown

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-10-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

84 min

Rated:

TV-G

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (6311 Reviews)

Director:

Duwayne Dunham

Cast:

Writer:

Paul Bernbaum (story)

Paul Bernbaum (teleplay)

Jon Cooksey (teleplay)

Ali Marie Matheson (teleplay)

Fullplot:

Marnie, Dylan, and Sophie Piper have their first out of many adventures! On Halloween, while Marnie is arguing with her mother Gwen, the kids' grandmother Aggie comes to visit. Aggie wants to start Marnie's witch training before her 13th birthday or Marnie will lose her powers forever. But there is another reason for Aggie's visit. Something dark & evil is growing in Halloweentown & Aggie wants help to defeat it. While Aggie & Gwen are arguing, Aggie uses magic which Marnie observes. After Aggie leaves to return to Halloweentown, Marnie, Dylan and, unknown to Marnie and Dylan, Sophie follow her onto the return bus. Soon afterwards, Gwen follows the children to Halloweentown. While there, Aggie & Gwen are attacked by the dark force in a movie theater. Marnie, Dylan & Sophie race to get the ingredients to activate Merlin's Wand to stop the evil.

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