
Breakfast at Tiffany's(1961)
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.


“It's 1947's Richest Comedy!”
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.

Don DeFore
Jim Bullock

Ann Harding
Mary O'Connor

Charles Ruggles
Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor

Victor Moore
Aloysius T. McKeever

Gale Storm
Trudy O'Connor

Grant Mitchell
Al Farrow

Edward Brophy
Gates Patrolman Cecil Felton

Alan Hale Jr.
Whitey Temple

Dorothea Kent
Margie Temple

Edward Ryan
Hank
It Happened on Fifth Avenue is a comedy, romance, music film released in 1947 exploring themes of new york city, homeless person, holiday, new year's day, mansion, millionaire. Directed by Roy Del Ruth, it stars Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles. A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
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