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Sy Gomberg
Born August 19, 1918
Died February 11, 2001 · aged 82
No biography available.
Known For
Summer Stock · 1950Summer Stock
★ 6.71950
MovieMusicRomance
To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's sister. At first reluctant she has them do farm chores in exchange for food. Her reluctance becomes attraction when she falls in love with the director, Joe, who happens to be her sister's fiance.
The Young Runaways · 1978The Young Runaways
★ 7.01978
MovieAdventureDrama
Heartless parents C.L. Doyle and his wife take two of their older children, Rosebud & Joseph T. Doyle, on a family vacation to Alaska, but dump their younger ones, Freddy & Margaret Jean, in a Los Angeles foster home. Infuriated by this, Rosebud talks Joseph T. into running away with her so that they can break their younger siblings out of the system, which sparks a manhunt, and an outburst of sympathy among kids everywhere. [Wonderful World of Disney (1954), Season 24, Episode 17]
The Wild and the Innocent · 1959The Wild and the Innocent
★ 6.31959
MovieWestern
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.
The Ghosts of Buxley Hall · 1980The Ghosts of Buxley Hall
★ 6.31980
MovieComedyFamily
Ghosts and a young cadet try to save a military academy from being closed.
Joe Butterfly · 1957Joe Butterfly
★ 6.51957
MovieComedy
The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surrender. Their mission: produce an issue of the magazine...in three days. To accomplish the seeming impossible, they reluctantly enlist the aid of black marketeer and arch-conniver Joe Butterfly, who sets them up in a palatial private mansion, complete with lovely daughter -- strictly against regulations. How much trouble can our heroes talk their way out of?
The Toast of New Orleans · 1950The Toast of New Orleans
★ 5.21950
MovieDramaMusic
Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love.
When Willie Comes Marching Home · 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home
★ 6.91950
MovieComedyWar
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
Bloodhounds of Broadway · 1952Bloodhounds of Broadway
★ 6.91952
MovieComedyMusic
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numbers' Foster, falls for a pretty country songbird, Emily Ann Stackerlee , he'll do anything to help her make it big -- including a stint in jail to pay for his crimes. But will the tough guy's sacrifice of the heart pay off when it comes to his girlfriend's singing career?
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