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HOME SWEET HOMICIDE

Based on a novel by Craig Rice, Home Sweet Homicide is a delightful blend of domestic comedy and murder mystery. Peggy Ann Garner, Dean Stockwell and Connie Marshall play Dinah, Archie and April Carstairs, the precocious offspring of widowed mystery writer Marian Carstairs (Lynn Bari). When a real-life murder occurs, the kids join forces to solve the crime over their mother's objections. It isn't that Dinah, Archie and April are all that interested in serving the cause of justice: it's simply that they want to play matchmaker for Marian and handsome homicide lieutenant Bill Smith (Randolph Scott). The revelation of the killer will come as no surprise to dyed-in-the-wool mystery movie fans, but this shouldn't spoil the fun. Incidentally, the actor billed as "John Shepard" is actually Shepperd Strudwick.

1946 B/W

Peggy Ann Garner - Dinah Carstairs

Randolph Scott - Lt. Bill Smith

Lynn Bari - Marian Carstairs

Dean Stockwell - Archie Carstairs

James Gleason - Sgt. O'Hare

JUNIOR MISS

Adapted from the high school drama-class perennial by Jerome Chodhorov and Joseph Fields, Junior Miss stars Peggy Ann Garner as a troublesome teenager. Garner means well, but can't help meddling in the affairs of her father (Allyn Joslyn) and other unsuspecting grownups. Most of the story revolves around Peggy's matchmaking habits: she pairs up her uncle (Milo O'Shea) with the daughter of her father's employer, which nearly loses dad his job. The mess sorts itself out before the third-act curtain, with Garner promising to mind her own business...until next time. Keep an eye out for a brief appearance by a young Mel Torme.

1945 B/W

Peggy Ann Garner - Judy Graves

Allyn Joslyn - Harry Graves

Michael Dunne - Uncle Willis

Mona Freeman - Lois

Faye Marlowe - Ellen Curtis

Barbara Whiting - Fuffy

John Alexander - J.B. Curtis