Manka Bros. Film Library
The World's Largest Film Library
1950 - 1959
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Three Georges (1951) - Rosalind Russell stars as a small town girl who must choose a husband between three fellas named 'George' before they are shipped off to the war. [Rosalind Russell replaced original star Bette Davis who was kicked off the Manka Bros. lot by studio chief Harry Manka for being so 'Goddamned fucking crazy.']
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Eugene O'Neill's Bikini Beach (1954) - Manka Bros. buys the rights to an unproduced screenplay discovered in Eugene O’Neill’s desk drawer after his death. The film, ‘Eugene O’Neill’s Bikini Beach,’ would premiere a year later but was considered too cerebral for the genre to be a hit.
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Meet Me In Casarobles (1954) - Based on the best-selling World War II romance novel of the same name. A couple decides that if they truly love each other they will meet on April 1st in Casarobles. Will this war-torn couple still find each other even thought Casarobles doesn't exist?
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Gray Composition (1955) - Abstract film about an abstract painter, directed by Jackson Pollock's brother - Charlie.
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Fellow Travelers (1955) - Pro-Communist film which ends with several Manka Bros. Stars (soon to be former stars) looking directly into the camera and shouting 'I am a Communist!' [During the filming of a 'long march'-type scene in which thousands of Communists supposedly fled to Russia through a mountain pass - actually shot in Burbank - 400 extras went missing and were never heard from again. Several witnesses describe a purple and yellow glow or aura appearing over the mountain right before the disappearance. The mystery has never been solved.]
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Sublet (1956) - Before there was 'Operation Petticoat' there was 'Sublet' - about the Navy's smallest (and funniest) sub.
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Planet Z (1956) - The Zolats drag Earth back to their galaxy. Earthlings fight to free themselves from Planet Z.
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Jaundice Jane (1956) - During World War II, this American woman helped spread jaundice to the Germans.
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Curse Of The Cursors (1957) - The source of the world's evil curses doesn't like it when it happens to them.
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The Captors (1958) - The other side of 'The Searchers.' The story of the Comanches who are holding John Wayne's niece.
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Cup Of The Saucer People (1958) - Saucer people from outer space invade a tiny Canadian fishing village.
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Time Flies (1959) - When flies accidentally enter a time machine and travel to ancient Greece, chaos ensues.
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The Four Whores, Man (1959) - One of the first films inspired by and starring Beat Generation poets.
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