the films of shirley jones
although Shirley Jones is best known for her role as Shirley Partridge in the tv series The Partridge Family she has been in some remarkable films here are just a few
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- DirectorFred ZinnemannStarsGordon MacRaeGloria GrahameGene NelsonIn Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGordon MacRaeShirley JonesCameron MitchellFifteen years after his death, a carousel barker is granted permission to return to Earth for one day to make amends to his widow and their daughter.
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsPat BooneShirley JonesDolores MichaelsA young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsBurt LancasterJean SimmonsArthur KennedyA fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsCantinflasDan DaileyShirley JonesThe young Mexican Pepe's beloved horse is sold to Hollywood director Ted Holt, leading to Pepe's journey to Hollywood to get the horse back, and Pepe's encounter with half the stars working in Hollywood at the time.
- DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRobert PrestonShirley JonesBuddy HackettTraveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.
- DirectorVincente MinnelliStarsGlenn FordRon HowardShirley JonesEddie thinks it is time for his father to remarry. However, in his opinion his father's taste in women leaves much to be desired. He believes the girl next door would be a far better choice...
- DirectorGeorge MarshallVittorio SalaStarsShirley JonesRossano BrazziGeorge SandersShirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' current employer, the always charming Brazzi, unaware that he has a dark family secret.
- DirectorRalph LevyStarsMarlon BrandoDavid NivenShirley JonesTwo scam artists preying on women for their money clash in a Mediterranean hot spot. Will the cultured, high-class con artist come out on top, or will the rough small-change scammer rise to win the wager?
- DirectorEarl BellamyStarsTony RandallShirley JonesEdward AndrewsFluffy the lion is the main attraction in this comedy. He is the subject of an ambitious experiment done by Daniel Potter (TONY RANDALL), a scientist trying to prove that even a wild animal like a lion can be made into a pet with proper training. Wherever he goes, Potter's ponderous pet incites mayhem among the region's fearful residents. To escape his panicky neighbors, Potter and Fluffy hide out in a hotel, where, the owner's daughter (SHIRLEY JONES) falls for the unlikely duo while everyone else freezes or collapses in a panic. Our heroes find themselves on the run from the law when Fluffy is accused of eating someone. Can Potter stop the police before they shoot an innocent lion?
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsLloyd BridgesShirley JonesLynn CarlinOver the Christmas holidays in a small New England college town, a man and a woman share a brief interlude. He is there to visit his wife, who is a mental patient at the university, and she is there visiting her son, who is a student, after discovering her husband's infidelity.
- DirectorGene KellyStarsJames StewartHenry FondaShirley JonesAn aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.
- DirectorAlf KjellinStarsShirley JonesMercedes McCambridgePamela Sue MartinAn unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
- DirectorRalph SenenskyStarsShirley JonesJames OlsonKatherine HelmondA minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants, and soon they find themselves with a family of more than a dozen kids.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsShirley JonesLaurence LuckinbillSam GroomAn average American housewife who is addicted to gambling gradually destroys her "ideal" suburban life and that of her family.
- DirectorJerry JamesonStarsShirley JonesStephen BoydLynn CarlinA newspaper reporter is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
- DirectorCorey AllenBob RosenbaumJerry ThorpeStarsShirley JonesRoss MartinClaude AkinsA young couple's three-year-old daughter is kidnapped and no trace is ever found of her. Fourteen years later, a young woman claiming to be that girl shows up at the parents' house.
- DirectorGeorge SchaeferStarsShirley JonesLen CariouCassie YatesA childless couple provide shelter for a pair of homeless children. When they try to adopt them the natural parents appear leading to the inevitable court battle.
- DirectorNancy MaloneStarsShirley JonesLen CariouCindy EilbacherBob and Susanne Millard deal with the onset of Bob's Alzheimer's disease.
- DirectorYelena LanskayaStarsSydney PennyJason GedrickShirley JonesA drama about a young widow who finds a guardian angel in the form of a hobo who comes to her rural community looking for work.