The Mr. MOVIES

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Across
  1. 1. hijinks & problems vex mr. hoobs who is beset by pouty kids, son-in-law with roving eye, boss who visits without warning etc
  2. 3. titular character is a con man in Africa blackmailed into leading an entire tribe to relocation site, this journey having mant echoes of the biblical Moses tale.
  3. 4. the Blandings family decides to leave NYC for country house fixer-upper, but nothing is easily fixed up;
  4. 7. naive scoutmaster appointed to dead senator's office, gets involved in a boys camp charity & is framed for fraud by bigwigs who want the land the camp is to occupy
  5. 9. WWII cargo officer seeks combat assignment, is blocked by tyrannical capt. who seeks promotion but needs his officer to achieve it; crew forges letter of transfer for their beloved cargo officer
Down
  1. 1. small town greeting card poet & bassoonist inherits a fortune, does not handle wealth as the rich deem proper; starts giving money away to needy who apply while fighting challenge to his inheritance, winds up in a sanity hearing before winning out
  2. 2. titular character is a melon farmer & Viet Nam vet resists mob protection racket scheme is jailed for assault, takes steps to bring mob to ruin refuses mob
  3. 4. titular character seeks musical composition career, winds up teaching hs music for 30 yrs while raising deaf son & working on symphony which he conducts at surprise retirement party, ex-students comprising orchestra
  4. 5. career of comedian from teen to senior citizen; he becomes estranged from his brother/agent and his daughter, is blackballed by Ed Sullivan, makes off color remark about Davy Crockett tv show on his own show and loses that vehicle, finally accepts retirement & performs with brother at home for the aged
  5. 6. famous detective faces mental decline after WWII while tending to bees & reconciling old case
  6. 8. elderly man prints counterfeit 1$ bills to make do, is hunted by Treasury agents for years until captured by T-man who ironically befriended him yrs back