Peter Lawford
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Filmography
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Son of Lassie
(1945)Lassiechr(39)s son, Laddie, sneaks off to the army with his owner, andgets into all kinds of mischief.

Little Women
(1949)Meet Jo, Beth, Amy and Meg. They're the March sisters, the Little Women of Mervyn LeRoy's Academy Award-winning Technicolor version of the cherished Louisa May Alcott novel. Set during the Civil War, it chronicles the Marches' lives and loves, underscoring the era's expectations about a woman's place in the world.

Good News
(1947)With boundless enthusiasm and enough jive to meld '20s flapper giddiness with '40s swing, 1947's Good News - the feature directing debut of Charles Walters (Easter Parade, The Unsinkable Molly Brown) and screenwriting debut of Betty Comden and Adolph Green (Singin' in the Rain, The Band Wagon) - is "one of the best of the lighthearted rah-rah collegiate musicals" (Pauline Kael, The New Yorker).

On an Island with You
(1948)Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Ricardo Montalban, Jimmy Durante, Cyd Charisse, and bandleader Xavier Cugat star in this highly successful musical comedy. Actress Rosalind Rennolds is shooting a song-and-dance film in Hawaii when a young Navy lieutenant is brought onto the production as a technical advisor. Having once performed a number with her in an Armed Forces show, the young officer is convinced he and Rennolds should be together--so he spirits her away to a desert island.

Kangaroo
(1952)Believing a crooked gambler is his long-lost son, an alcoholic cattle station owner opens himself up to be swindled by the man and his partner.

Salt & Pepper
(1968)After a secret agent turns up dead in their trendy establishment, the hip owners of a London nightclub stumble into uncovering a diabolical plot.

The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: An Afternoon with Frank Sinatra
(1959)When an elaborate outdoor taping in Palm Springs must take a literal raincheck, the crooner moves the show inside with a stark set and minimal props.

Togetherness
(1970)Amid the beauty of Greece, a communist Olympic athlete attracts the attention of two wealthy heirs who begin a fierce competition for her affection.

Royal Wedding
(1951)Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York.

Easter Parade
(1948)Fred Astaire had announced his retirement before the cameras began to roll on Easter Parade, but he decided to accept the film's leading role when its original star Gene Kelly became incapacitated. The thinnish plot, which finds Astaire trying to turn chorus girl Judy Garland into a star in order to show up his former partner Ann Miller, is hardly what keeps the audience's eyes riveted to the s...

The Red Danube
(1949)Janet Leigh and Peter Lawford star as lovers trapped on either side of the newly fallen Iron Curtain, a man and a woman stranded on opposite sides of The Red Danube. Post World War II Vienna. In a city that now lies across the river from Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe, British Major John McPhimister (Lawford) works to repatriate war refugees – to reunite families but also to sometimes force displaced people back to their native countries against their will. Now, he falls in love with beautiful ballet dancer Maria Buhlen (Leigh) who is desperately trying to flee Eastern Europe. Bound by duty, honor, and love, will these two find a future together? The Red Danube also features Angela Lansbury as a proud military woman who stands her ground against sexist male colleagues.

The April Fools
(1969)Howard Brubaker (Jack Lemmon) is a newly promoted man trapped in a loveless marriage. Catherine's (Catherine Deneuve) marriage would be ideal if her husband wasn't a womanizer. Soon the pair find themselves falling in love, and facing their spouses.
Julia Misbehaves
(1948)
Alien on Stage
(2020)A group of Dorset bus drivers spend a year staging a serious adaptation of Alien—with wobbly sets, awkward acting, and hilariously shaky effects.

That's Entertainment!
(1974)A documentary on the history of the American musical, featuring many rousing numbers and guest stars from the golden era.

Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
(1968)Three WWII army veterans reunite in Italy to visit the woman they each had an affair with and believe each is the father of her daughter.

Exodus
(1960)Following WWII, a rebel soldier helps 600 Holocaust survivors escape from British internment camps to get to Palestine, where a new nation is born.

Ocean's Eleven
(1960)Eleven friends devise a seemingly foolproof plan to rob five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. But complications arise despite clockwork timing.

Sylvia
(1965)A private detective falls in love with a poet whose shady past he has been hired to check.

The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1945)Oscar Wilde's classic story about a mysterious young man whose painted portrait ages through the years while he remains young. Starring George Sands, Angela Lansbury and Donna Reed.