the films of shirley jones
by millerlarryw | created - 02 Aug 2012 | updated - 02 Aug 2012 | Publicalthough 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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1. Oklahoma! (1955)
G | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Director: Fred Zinnemann | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood
Votes: 14,053
2. Carousel (1956)
Approved | 128 min | Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Fifteen 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.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Cameron Mitchell, Barbara Ruick
Votes: 6,795
3. April Love (1957)
Unrated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A young man visiting his relatives' farm in Kentucky falls in love with their neighbor.
Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 782
4. Elmer Gantry (1960)
Approved | 146 min | Drama
A fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger
Votes: 12,806 | Gross: $11.34M
5. Pepe (1960)
Unrated | 180 min | Comedy, Musical
The 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.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Cantinflas, Dan Dailey, Shirley Jones, Carlos Montalbán
Votes: 1,146 | Gross: $9.60M
6. The Music Man (1962)
G | 151 min | Comedy, Family, Musical
Traveling 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.
Director: Morton DaCosta | Stars: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Hermione Gingold
Votes: 19,150 | Gross: $14.95M
7. The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
Approved | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Eddie 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...
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Glenn Ford, Ron Howard, Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens
Votes: 3,324
8. Dark Purpose (1964)
Approved | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Shirley Jones plays an innocent young American abroad (Italy, specifically), assistant to the cynically sarcastic art historian Sanders. She becomes romantically involved with Sanders' ... See full summary »
Directors: George Marshall, Vittorio Sala | Stars: Shirley Jones, Rossano Brazzi, George Sanders, Giorgia Moll
Votes: 191
9. Bedtime Story (1964)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy
Two 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?
Director: Ralph Levy | Stars: Marlon Brando, David Niven, Shirley Jones, Dody Goodman
Votes: 2,345 | Gross: $6.54M
10. Fluffy (1965)
92 min | Comedy
Fluffy 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... See full summary »
Director: Earl Bellamy | Stars: Tony Randall, Shirley Jones, Edward Andrews, Howard Morris
Votes: 337
11. Silent Night, Lonely Night (1969 TV Movie)
98 min | Drama, Romance
Over 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... See full summary »
Director: Daniel Petrie | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Shirley Jones, Lynn Carlin, Carrie Snodgress
Votes: 221
12. The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
GP | 103 min | Western
An aging cowboy finds to his embarrassment that the successful business he has inherited from his brother is actually a house of prostitution.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon
Votes: 5,073 | Gross: $0.11M
13. The Girls of Huntington House (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
Director: Alf Kjellin | Stars: Shirley Jones, Mercedes McCambridge, Pamela Sue Martin, William Windom
Votes: 146
14. The Family Nobody Wanted (1975 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: Shirley Jones, James Olson, Katherine Helmond, Woodrow Parfrey
Votes: 41
15. Winner Take All (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Drama
An average American housewife who is addicted to gambling gradually destroys her "ideal" suburban life and that of her family.
Director: Paul Bogart | Stars: Shirley Jones, Laurence Luckinbill, Sam Groom, Joyce Van Patten
Votes: 114
16. The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama
A newspaper reporter is assigned to investigate a political assassination.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Shirley Jones, Stephen Boyd, Lynn Carlin, James Darren
Votes: 63
17. Yesterday's Child (1977 TV Movie)
78 min | Drama
A 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.
Directors: Corey Allen, Bob Rosenbaum, Jerry Thorpe | Stars: Shirley Jones, Ross Martin, Claude Akins, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Votes: 45
18. Who'll Save Our Children? (1978 TV Movie)
96 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: George Schaefer | Stars: Shirley Jones, Len Cariou, Cassie Yates, Frances Sternhagen
Votes: 41
19. There Were Times, Dear (1985 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama
Bob and Susanne Millard deal with the onset of Bob's Alzheimer's disease.
Director: Nancy Malone | Stars: Shirley Jones, Len Cariou, Cindy Eilbacher, Dana Elcar
Votes: 29
20. Hidden Places (2006 TV Movie)
G | 86 min | Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Yelena Lanskaya | Stars: Sydney Penny, Jason Gedrick, Shirley Jones, Logan Arens
Votes: 602
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