The Great Diamond Robbery "Red Hood"

The Great Diamond Robbery "Red Hood"Red Skelton was already a presence on early TV, brining creations like Clem Kadiddlehopper and Freddie the Freeloader into millions of living rooms, when he made his last film for MGM, the studio that had been his movie home since 1940. The beloved funnyman portrays diamond cutter Ambrose C. Park (the middle initials stands for "Central") in The Great Diamond Robbery. Park is eager to demonstrate his talent to his employer by working on the rare Blue

fight to possess it

Margaret O'Brien and Cyd Charisse play two generations of dancers in this lavish Technicolor® film that combines a tragic story of guilt and broken dreams with the opulence of ballet (among the elegant visuals: the mirrored floor that emulates the swans' watery domain)

And so begins this colorful tale of theater hopefuls with stars in their eyes and greasepaint in their veins

promoting the likes of a boxing kangaroo or grappling bear

Film fans should keep an eye peeled for Ann Dvorak in an uncredited appearance as a chorus girl

Dobie and Pansy are students at Grainbelt U

But when Morell's pregnant bride

The feline half of the show is pure classic Heathcliff high jinks

Fangs dripping blood

Lunsford has schemes and ambitions of his own

To Nick Coster

So how come lawman Abel Marsh sees her driving through town