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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing. ...

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I Want the Moon (1984)

The sick princess promises the king to recover if he gets the moon from the sky. A resourceful buffoon easily finds a way out. ...

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The Greatest Man in the World (1981)

This version of James Thurber's tale tells the story of a young amateur pilot who beats Charles Lindbergh's feat of nonstop flying around the world--with his own unique ways of conserving fuel and energy. ...

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James Thurber’s The Night the Ghost Got In (1976)

A scared kid starts all kinds of trouble. Kids' "horror" film based on the story by James Thurber. ...

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Alice of Wonderland in Paris (1966)

Alice travels to Paris and hears five stories adapted from children's picture books in this anthology film. The books adapted include: "Anatole," "Madeline and the Bad Hat," "The Frowning Prince," "Many Moons," and "Madeline and the Gypsies. ...

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The Battle of the Sexes (1960)

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The st ...

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The Greatest Man in the World (1958)

Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was. ...

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The Unicorn in the Garden (1953)

Based on James Thurber's short-story about a mild, henpecked man who, while preparing his breakfast, looks out the window and sees a unicorn eating flowers in the garden. He rushes upstairs to inform his domineering wife, and she accuses him of being crazy ...

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She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past. ...

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According ...

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The Male Animal (1942)

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose i ...

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Rise and Shine (1941)

The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game ...

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Movies Starring James Thurber (2)

James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (2014)

The first major documentary film on James Thurber's life and work includes a look at the humorist's accomplishments as a journalist, playwright, cartoonist and social critic. ...

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Public Speaking (2011)

Martin Scorsese's portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed at New York's Waverly Inn and intercut with archival footage and interviews, the documentary captures Lebowitz's ...

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