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Leo McCarey
Duck soup
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52 editions published between 1900 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 1,466 libraries worldwide As Prime Minister Firefly of Freedonia, Groucho soon reduces the kingdom to shambles. Harpo and Chico are secret agents disguised as peanut vendors and Zeppo is Firefly's secretary.
Leo McCarey's An affair to remember
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2 editions published between 1992 and 2002 in English and held by 1,019 libraries worldwide Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn.
Going my way Holiday Inn
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3 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in English and held by 1,015 libraries worldwide Going my way (127 min.): When old and fading St. Dominic's Church gets a new priest (Crosby), things are bound to change. For starters, young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbon (Barry Fitzgerald), who doesn't think much of him or his ideas. The two have their differences but O'Malley is able to inspire some neighborhood roughnecks to open their hearts and minds in a way the old priest simply could not do.
The awful truth
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22 editions published between 1937 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 917 libraries worldwide A separated couple sabotages each other's love affairs while waiting for their divorce decree to become final.
The Bells of St. Mary's
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30 editions published between 1945 and 2004 in English and Multiple languages and held by 778 libraries worldwide Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the entire school may be razed to make way for a parking lot.
The Marx Brothers. Silver screen collection
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5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 742 libraries worldwide "Duck soup": To rescue the small country of Freedonia from bankruptcy, Mrs Teasdale agrees to donate 20 million dollars if Rufus T. Firefly is appointed its new president. "Horse feathers": Professor Quincy Wagstaff has just been installed as the new president of Huxley College. "Monkey business": While stowing away on a ship to America, the boys get involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters. "Animal crackers": Captain Spaulding, the noted explorer, returns from Africa and attends a gala party held by Mrs. Rittenhouse. "The cocoanuts": Mr. Hammer runs a bankrupt hotel in Florida, where he will try anything to make money.
An affair to remember
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49 editions published between 1957 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 735 libraries worldwide Nickie Ferrante and Terry McKay meet on an ocean liner and fall deeply in love. Though each is engaged to someone else, they agree to meet six months later at the Empire State Building if they still feel the same way about each other. But a tragic accident prevents their rendezvous, and the lovers' future takes an emotional and uncertain turn.
Going my way
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20 editions published between 1944 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 686 libraries worldwide Musical story of a young priest who saves a mortgage-ridden parish from financial collapse.
Leo McCarey's An affair to remember
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4 editions published between 1990 and 2010 in English and held by 546 libraries worldwide "Although each is engaged to someone else, when Nickie and Terry meet aboard an ocean liner, they fall in love. After they agree to rendezvous six months later atop the Empire State Building, tragedy strikes, and the lovers' future takes an uncertain turn"--Container.
My favorite wife
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3 editions published between 1940 and 2004 in English and held by 540 libraries worldwide A funny thing happens to Nick on his way to his honeymoon suite. He meets his wife. No, not his bride. He meets the wife that was lost at sea seven years ago and presumed dead.
Make way for tomorrow
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4 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in English and held by 512 libraries worldwide In this 'enormously moving Depression-era depiction of the frustrations of family, aging, and the generation gap' [-- Container], an elderly couple must move in with their adult children when they lose their home.
The bells of St. Mary's
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 477 libraries worldwide Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the skinflint businessman next door wants the school condemned.
Love affair
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15 editions published between 1939 and 2006 in English and held by 384 libraries worldwide "Two people, each engaged to someone else, meet aboard a ship and instantly fall in love"--Container.
Move over, darling
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 241 libraries worldwide A man who is ready to have his missing wife declared legally dead and remarry finds himself in a predicament when his first wife turns up after five years of being gone!
Leo McCarey's The bells of St. Mary's
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5 editions published between 1986 and 2004 in English and held by 201 libraries worldwide Easy-going Father O'Malley and iron-willed Sister Benedict find themselves in a subtle battle of wits over how the children should be educated at St. Mary's parochial school. Meanwhile, the entire school may be razed to make way for a parking lot.
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1 edition published in 2004 in English and held by 182 libraries worldwide Mum's the word: When a newly married woman conceals something from her husband, that's forgetfulness. When the husband holds out on his wife--that's usually a riot. Long fliv the king: A princess in America on a shopping trip receives a telegram that her father has died. She will be the new Queen, but only if she gets married within 24 hours. Figuring it is safe, she marries a man about to be executed. April fool: Jimmy Jump is a newspaper reporter in love with the managing editor's daughter. It's Monday, April 1st and the staff has a great deal of trouble telling the difference between April Fool's jokes and real events. Mighty like a Moose: Mr. and Mrs. Moose are not pretty. But after he has his teeth fixed and she has her nose done they look great, meet by accident, and don't recognize each other. They make plans for an illicit rendezvous. The only problem: how to keep the spouse from finding out. Crazy like a fox: The story of a father that told his daughter who she could marry. And she told him where he could go. All wet: Jimmie Jump receives a telegram telling him to pick up an important shipment at the train station at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. No good deed goes unpunished, and Jimmie has a whole lot of trouble getting to the depot.
Love affair
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1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 181 libraries worldwide A man and a woman who are to marry other people meet on a ship, flirt, part, and discover that they are in love.
Leo McCarey's Rally 'round the flag, boys
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2 editions published between 2007 and 2009 in English and held by 178 libraries worldwide Harry Bannerman is a normal, if not unhappy, guy. His only problem is a wife too busy looking after the community to look after the bedroom. But his pent up troubles explode when a sultry and determined neighbor takes interest in their shared marital neglect. At the same time the Army decides to build a missile station in the town. Now, caught between his crusading wife and the temptress next door, Harry will have to get real busy real fast if he is to save the town from becoming Ground Zero and keep his marriage on track.
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9 editions published between 1935 and 2009 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 153 libraries worldwide An English gentleman loses his stuffy manservant, Ruggles, in a poker game with an unmannered cowboy and his wife. Ruggles accompanies his new employers to the tiny, wild town of Red Gap, Washington and finds himself assimilating to the American way of life.
The Cary Grant box set
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2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 129 libraries worldwide Holiday: An iconoclastic young man engaged to a snooty heiress discovers he's really in love with his fiancee's down-to-earth sister. more
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Alternative Names
Mac Carey, Leo 1898-1969
MacCarey, Leo 1898-1969
MacCarey, Leo 1898-1969 RAK-WB § 316 2
Mc Carey, Leo 1898-1969
Mc Carey, Leo 1898-1969 RAK-WB § 316 2
McCarey, Thomas Leo
McCarey, Thomas Leo, 1898-1969
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