Gordon MacRae

Gordon MacRae

Birth : 1921-03-12, East Orange, New Jersey, United States

Death : 1986-01-24

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gordon MacRae (March 12, 1921 – January 24, 1986) was an American actor and singer, best known for his appearances in the film versions of two Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, Oklahoma! (1955) and Carousel (1956) and movies with Doris Day like Starlift. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gordon MacRae  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Gordon MacRae

Movies

The Pilot
Joe Barnes
Mike Hagan is a pilot in passenger service and candidate for the honor "Best Pilot of the Year". Nobody knows that he's got private sorrows - he's an alcoholic. A stewardess notices his regular visits of the toilet and reports it.
Zero to Sixty
Officer Joe
A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
The Gift of the Magi
James Dillingham Young
A musical version of O. Henry's famous Christmas story.
The Best Things in Life Are Free
B.G. 'Buddy' De Sylva
Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.
Carousel
Billy Bigelow
Billy Bigelow has been dead for 15 years. Now outside the pearly gates, he long ago waived his right to go back to Earth for a day. He has heard that there is a problem with his family: namely with his wife Julie Bigelow, née Jordan, and his child he hasn't met. He would now like to head back to Earth to assist in rectifying the problem; but before he may go, he has to get permission from the gatekeeper by telling him his story. Adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein hit Broadway musical.
Oklahoma!
Curly McLain
This joyous celebration of frontier life combines tender romance and violent passion in the Oklahoma Territory of the 1900s with a timeless score filled with unforgettable songs. Rodgers and Hammerstein's hit Broadway musical.
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Three Sailors and a Girl
Choirboy B. Jones
A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.
The Desert Song
El Khobar / Paul Bonnard
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Bill Sherman
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War I, serves as the backdrop for the trials and tribulations of her family.
About Face
Tony Williams
Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
Starlift
Gordon MacRae
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
On Moonlight Bay
William 'Bill' Sherman
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president
The Screen Director
A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.
The West Point Story
Tom Fletcher
A Broadway director helps the West Point cadets put on a show, aided by two lovely ladies and assorted complications.
Tea for Two
Jimmy Smith
In this reworking of "No, No, Nanette," wealthy heiress Nanette Carter bets her uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for 48 hours. If she wins, she can invest the money in a Broadway show featuring songs written by her beau, and of course, in which she will star. Trouble is, she doesn't realize her uncle's been wiped out by the Stock Market crash.
Return of the Frontiersman
Logan Barrett
A sheriff's son is falsely accused of murder, and a friend determines to clear his name and find the real killer.
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Tony Pastor
An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
Backfire
Bob Corey
When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army buddy Steve Connolly. A reformed crook, Connolly is on the lam from a trumped-up murder rap, and Corey hopes to clear his pal. Tagging along is Army nurse Julie Benson, who has fallen for Corey.
Look for the Silver Lining
Frank Carter
Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star
The Big Punch
Johnny Grant
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.