Shirley Jones’s Typical Vibe
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Shirley Jones has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 2010s.
Recurring themes

Sex and the City
2008
Comedy · Drama

There's No Business Like Show Business
1954
Music · Comedy

El Dorado
1966
Western · Drama

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Comedy · Drama

Paint Your Wagon
1969
Comedy · Western

Pollyanna
1960
Comedy · Drama

Duets
2000
Comedy · Drama

Hello, Dolly!
1969
Comedy · Romance

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town.
Dir. Morton DaCosta · With Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett

A charismatic charlatan begins a business — and eventually romantic — relationship with a roadside evangelist to sell religion to 1920s America. Based on Sinclair Lewis' novel of the same name.
Dir. Richard Brooks · With Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy

Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets kicked out of his apartment, he's forced to move in with his grandmother.
Dir. Nicholaus Goossen · With Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Linda Cardellini

In the Oklahoma territory at the turn of the twentieth century, two young cowboys vie with a violent ranch hand and a traveling peddler for the hearts of the women they love.
Dir. Fred Zinnemann · With Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Gloria Grahame
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
Dir. Benjamin Epps · With Olesya Rulin, Kristin Chenoweth, Matthew Modine

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Dir. John Ford · With James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones

After "The Poseidon Adventure", in which the ship got flipped over by a tidal wave, the ship drifts bottom-up in the sea. While the passengers are still on board waiting to be rescued, two rivaling salvage parties enter the ship on search for money, gold and a small amount of plutonium.
Dir. Irwin Allen · With Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas