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Cold Turkey
IowaSee the hilarious BATTLE OF THE BUTT! — Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill each other from irritation and frustration, they will win a huge prize.
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What's the Matter with Helen?
Iowa The 1930sSo you met someone and now you know how it feels. Goody, Goody. — Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood, California after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
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The Trouble with Girls
Iowa The 1920sElvis crosses the country...into trouble! trouble! trouble! — Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Iowa The 1930sThey’re young… they’re in love… and they kill people. — In the 1930s, bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks.
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The Music Man
Iowa The 1910sThe story of that man and his 76 trombones, and the wonderful, wonderful tune he played on every heart in town! — A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
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The Pajama Game
IowaBased on the hit Broadway musical, featuring the choreography of Bob Fosse. — Employees of the Sleeptite Pajama Factory are looking for a whopping seven-and-a-half cent an hour increase and they won't take no for an answer. Babe Williams is their feisty employee representative but she may have found her match in shop superintendent Sid Sorokin. When the two get together they wind up discussing a whole lot more than job actions! Written by A.L. Beneteau
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The Far Horizons
Iowa The 1800sVirginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.
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State Fair
IowaDuring their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel (Charles Winninger) has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa (Fay Bainter) enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.
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The Fighting Sullivans
Iowa The 1930s The 1940sTHEY MET LIFE - AND GLORY - IN ONE BLINDING FLASH!! — The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are chronicled in this film based on a true story.
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Happy Land
Iowa The 1940s The 1930s The 1920s The 1910sAn Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
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Is she a kid - or is she kidding? — Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by the conductors, she hides in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor who takes the "child" under his wing.
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One Foot in Heaven
Iowa The 1920s The 1910s The 1900sFolks, meet a grand FATHER! He's the affable, laffable head of the most delightful family that ever stepped out of America's screens...into America's hearts! — Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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Brigham Young
Iowa The 1850s The 1840sThe Great American Motion Picture ! — Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settle in Salt Lake City. The plot focuses on two fictitious characters, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb and the hardships they have to face along the way.
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We Have Our Moments
IowaA trio of American crooks board a ship bound for Europe, intending to get rid of $100,000 in stolen dough. With detective John Wade breathing down their necks, the crooks stash the loot in the trunk belonging to vacationing schoolmarm Mary Smith.
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State Fair
IowaA "demand" showing of the unforgettable film that brought Will Rogers his greatest fame! — The Frakes attend the Iowa State Fair where Father Abel enters his Hampshire boar, Blue Boy, in a hog content while Mother Melissa enters the mincemeat competition. And their children, Margy and Wayne, find love with newspaper reporter Pat Gilbert and trapeze artist Emily Joyce. But will everyone return home safe and happy or will hearts be broken?
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