The Glass Slipper (1955)

Charles Walters

Academy Award winner Leslie Caron sings, dances and wins hearts in this delightful, whimsical musical retelling of the legend of Cinderella and the Glass Slipper. Poor, neglected Ella (Caron) dreams a life that she may never have. Her wishes come true when her fairy godmother (Elsa Lanchester--Bride of Frankenstein) appears to help her. Rather than magical, Ella's godmother is wacky, harmless and a bit of a kleptomaniac. But somehow, Ella makes it to the ball, enraptures her Prince Charming (Michael Wilding)... and lives happily ever after.


Don't Go Near the Water

Charles Walters

On an idyllic South Pacific island thousands of miles from the fighting, United States Navy public relations officers write colorful--if entirely fictitious--stories about World War II and the life of the native peoples freed by the Allies as they cope with military bureaucracy and plot to get back to the war in this lighthearted comedy.


Torch Song

Charles Walters

Academy Award winners Joan Crawford and Gig Young star with Michael Wilding in this musical romance.Broadway star Jenny Stewart (Crawford--The Women) has been toughened by years on stage, but her heart is ultimately melted by the blind war veteran (Young--Holiday for Sinners) who becomes much more to her than just her piano player.


Lili

Charles Walters

Orphan Lili Daurier joins a carnival and falls under the spell of its star, a suave magician. But it is the show's crippled, embittered puppeteer who truly loves Lili, a love he can express only through his puppets. Nominated for six Academy Awards®, Lili offers sentiment without sugar, simplicity without banality and a lyrical heart that beats to an Oscar®-winning Bronislau Kaper score highlighted by Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo and an imaginative sequence of Caron dancing with her beloved puppets come to life. Mel Ferrer, Jean Pierre Aumont, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Amanda Blake and Kurt Kasznar also star.


Billy Rose's Jumbo

Charles Walters

Jimmy Durante, Doris Day and Martha Raye star in this big-screen portrayal of Rogers and Hart's Broadway musical about an all-out effort to save a struggling circus--Billy Rose's Jumbo. Pop Wonder's (Durante) gambling debts have put his circus in danger of default--an event completely unforeseen by Lulu (Martha Raye) the fortuneteller--and the circus has to sell its beloved elephant, Jumbo. Suddenly, the Wonder circus' luck seems to turn with the arrival of jack-of-all trades Sam Rawlins (Stephen Boyd), who helps save the big top as he steals the heart of Wonder's daughter, Kitty (Day). But is Rawlins the circus' romantic savior that he seems to be, or does he have another motive? And can the growing love between Kitty and Rawlins be enough to win his loyalty?


Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Charles Walters

Fed up with the stress of modern life, drama critic David Niven and his wife Doris Day pack up their family, leave New York City behind, and move to the country, ill-prepared to tackle the rural life. Oscar-winner Niven ("The Dawn Patrol," "Around the World in 80 Days") and Oscar-nominee Day ("Pillow Talk," "The Man Who Knew Too Much") make a delightful screen couple. Inspired a TV series.


Walk, Don't Run

Charles Walters

Charming ladies' man Cary Grant becomes a charismatic matchmaker in his final screen appearance in WALK, DON'T RUN. When English industrialist Sir William Rutland (Grant) arrives in Tokyo on business, the influx of tourists for the upcoming Olympic games makes it impossible to find lodging. So Grant fast-talks his way into sharing an apartment with beautiful Christine Easton (Samantha Eggar) for a few days. To further confuse matters, Grant invites Steve Davis (Jim Hutton), a member of the U.S. Olympic team, to share his half of the apartment. Three's definitely a crowd as Grant plays Cupid between Eggar and Hutton - much to Eggar's stodgy's surprise. Will Grant manage to send his roomies to the altar? Only if he solves the many comical complications that come his way! Filmed entirely on location, WALK, DON'T RUN is a fitting coda to the dapper, debonair style and screen career of superstar Cary Grant.


Texas Carnival

Charles Walters

Esther Williams dazzles the eye and Red Skelton tickles the funny bone in Texas Carnival, a rootin' tootin' musical "done in such a grand, breezy manner that even Texans are apt to give it a hearty backslap of approval" (Los Angeles Examiner). The two play a down-and-out carnival sideshow team mistaken for a pair of multimillionaires at a swank Texas resort hotel – a perfect plot for Miss Williams to display both her fine sense of comedy and gorgeous, bathing-suit-clad figure. Skelton is hilarious as a pseudo oil tycoon who can't roll a cigarette, walk in spurs or hold his liquor. His performance, a masterpiece of accurate exaggeration, is a wonderful reminder of why he ranks among the screen's greatest clowns.


The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Charles Walters

Debbie Reynolds ("Singin' in the Rain," "Mother") received an Oscar-nomination for her portrayal of a determined backwoods gal who aspires to become the wealthiest woman in Denver during the late 1800s. Not only does she succeed, she also survives the sinking of the Titanic! Nominated for six Oscars, including Best Score, this high-spirited musical classic is based on a true story. Also stars Oscar-winner Ed Begley ("Sweet Bird of Youth") and Oscar-nominee Hermione Baddeley (TV's "Maude").


Summer Stock

Charles Walters

A farmer gets sucked into show business when a theatrical troupe invades her farm.


Easter Parade

Charles Walters

Winner of an Oscar for its wonderful musical score, this Irving Berlin musical classic is sure to entertain the whole family. Starring the elegant Fred Astaire ("The Gay Divorcee," "Funny Face," "Top Hat," "The Towering Inferno") as a rising Broadway star who tries to break away from former dance partner Ann Miller ("Kiss Me Kate") so he can be with newcomer Judy Garland ("The Wizard

of Oz," "A Star is Born," "Meet Me in St. Louis"). Produced by Oscar-winner Arthur Freed ("Gigi," "An American in Paris").

Featuring a spectacle of song, dance, and costume. With the Rat Pack's Peter Lawford ("A Royal Wedding," "Little Women").


Dangerous When Wet

Charles Walters

Musical splash stars Golden Globe-winner Esther Williams ("Million Dollar Mermaid") as a spritely member of a fitness-obsessed family who sets out to swim the English Channel and finds romance along the way. Co-starring Fernando Lamas ("The Merry Widow"), Jack Carson ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof") and Oscar-nominee William Demarest ("The Lady Eve"). Featuring an underwater sequence with the animated Tom and Jerry.


The Belle of New York

Charles Walters

A turn-of-the-century playboy courts a Salvation Army girl.


Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Charles Walters

Fed up with the stress of modern life, drama critic David Niven and his wife Doris Day pack up their family, leave New York City behind, and move to the country, ill-prepared to tackle the rural life. Oscar-winner Niven ("The Dawn Patrol," "Around the World in 80 Days") and Oscar-nominee Day ("Pillow Talk," "The Man Who Knew Too Much") make a delightful screen couple. Inspired a TV series.


Good News (1947)

Charles Walters

Golden Globe-winner June Allyson ("The Three Musketeers") and Peter Lawford ("Ocean's Eleven") star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor. Joan McCracken ("That's Dancing!") co-stars in this amusing and clever comedy. Great songs and dance scenes. Directed by Oscar-nominee Charles Walters ("High Society").


The Barkleys of Broadway

Charles Walters

The last Astaire/Rogers movie, about a show-biz team divided by career ambitions, is also the duo's only color film. Highlights: Fred's Shoes with Wings on and the pair's They Can't Take That Away from Me.