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Sidney Sheldon has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1970s.
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On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
Dir. Charles Walters · With Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford

Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.
Dir. Irving Reis · With Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
Dir. Sidney Sheldon · With Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman

Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.
Dir. Sidney Sheldon · With Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers, Lionel Stander