Howard Keel

After a strange meteor shower leaves most of the population blind, a merchant navy officer must save humanity from attacks by violent plants.

A poet searches old Baghdad trying to find a rich bachelor to marry his dreamy daughter, Marsinah. Along the way, he poses as the renowned sorcerer Hajj and gets in and out of scrapes with an elderly thief and a dim-witted vizier and his wife.

A passenger flight out of Vancouver crashes in remote mountains. On the ground, two lone survivors, a brother and sister perhaps 9 and 7 years old, gather food and blankets. In the air, bush pilot Vince Heldon (Howard Keel), the children’s father, guides his plane in a quest to find the downed aircraft. Meanwhile, against this backdrop of search and survival, another drama unfolds: pilot Nora Stead (Patricia Medina) arrives to join the search. She’s the ex-Mrs. Heldon, and her presence brings unresolved issues of that broken marriage to the surface while also creating problems for Vince and his new wife (Jane Greer). Joseph Lewis, who grabbed notice with his shoestring noir Gun Crazy, here guides another film admired for getting much from a small budget. Lee Aakers, soon to be famed for his role on TV’s The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, portrays the boy whose survivalist adventure includes confrontations with a mountain lion.

One of the greatest Broadway musicals of all time comes to the screen in this star-studded adaptation of Kiss Me Kate.

A newlywed’s attempts to refine her six uncouth brothers-in-law spark their pursuit of love on the Oregon frontier in a musical showdown of the sexes.

Musical fans, we’re calling you, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo! Howard Keel and Ann Blyth play stalwart Mountie and backwoods hellion in this grand and Cinemascope version of the beloved operetta.

The Hawk family's Cotton Blossom is the greatest showboat down south. The star attractions are forced to leave, as they are a mixed race couple, and the captain's daughter gets her chance to star. She falls in love with her leading man, who is a gambler, and they elope to Chicago.

John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Bruce Dern star in this classic Western about an ex-con who joins forces with a hired gun to steal gold from the corrupt tycoon who double-crossed them both.

A pair of outlaw stepbrothers, Rio and Esqueda, find themselves at odds with each other after the former protects a new ranch owner and his wife.

A small town girl-turned-flight attendant finds herself the object of assorted Romeos—all named Mike—who will expect her to make a choice.

Esther Williams dazzles the eye and Red Skelton tickles the funny bone while playing a down-and-out carnival sideshow team mistaken for a pair of multimillionaires at a Texas resort.

This third installment of the hugely successful "That's Entertainment" trilogy sets its sights on musical numbers from MGM's vast library of classics that never made it to the big screen, either because of their controversial subject matter or due to creative differences.