3 Movies Starring Phil Silvers

Cover Girl

Cover Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1944-03-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

107 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(3097 Reviews)

Director:

Charles Vidor

Cast:

Writer:

Virginia Van Upp (screenplay)

Marion Parsonnet (adaptation)

Paul Gangelin (adaptation)

Erwin S. Gelsey (story)

Fullplot:

Rusty Parker, a red-headed leggy dancer at Danny McGuire's Night Club in Brooklyn, wants to be a successful Broadway star. She enters a contest to be a 'Cover Girl' as a stepping-stone in her career. She reminds the publisher, John Coudair, of his lost love, showgirl Maribelle Hicks. He was engaged to Maribelle, although his wealthy society mother made fun of her. Maribelle left John at the altar when she saw the piano at her wedding. It reminded her of the piano-player she truly loved. Rusty is Maribelle's granddaughter and there are musical sequences with Maribelle dancing to songs from the beginning of the 20th century. Rusty lands on the cover of her grandmother's former fiancè's magazine (as a bride). She is pursued by Coudair's pal, the wealthy theatrical producer, Noel Wheaton. He produces a lavish musical to star Rusty, surrounded by real cover girls of the mid 1940's. Rusty runs down a huge spiral into the arms of dozens of men who seem clumsy next to her ethereal dancing. But her success threatens Danny McGuire. He expressed his distress that his girlfriend will find success without him in Kelly's famous dance with himself, 'Alter Ego'. He and his sidekick, Genius, leave New York and entertain soldiers fighting in World War II. Rusty agrees to marry Noel, dazzled by success, security, and his power and money. But she drinks and loses weight because her heart belongs to Danny. She receives a symbolic pearl with great power and tells Coudair and Wheaton that she must spend her life with the man she loves.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-10-16

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, UK

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(6444 Reviews)

Director:

Richard Lester

Cast:

Writer:

Melvin Frank (screenplay)

Michael Pertwee (screenplay)

Burt Shevelove (book)

Larry Gelbart (book)

Titus Maccius Plautus (based on the play by)

Fullplot:

Pseudolus is the laziest slave in Rome and has but one wish, to purchase his freedom. When his master and mistress leave for the day he finds out that the young master has fallen in love with a virgin in the house of Lycus, a slave dealer specializing in beautiful women. Pseudolus concocts a deal in which he will be freed if he can procure the girl for young Hero. Of course, it can't be that simple as everything begins to go wrong.

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-12-01

Languages:

English, French, Italian

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1002 Reviews)

Director:

Melvin Frank

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Melvin Frank

Denis Norden

Sheldon Keller

Fullplot:

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, but times have changed and complications such as wives, middle-age, and the need to protect Gia's future start to surface.

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