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City Lights (1931)

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In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Virginia Cherrill  •  Harry Myers  •  Al Ernest Garcia

In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Virginia Cherrill  •  Harry Myers  •  Al Ernest Garcia

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Kathryn Grayson  •  Gene Kelly  •  José Iturbi

Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sidney
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Kathryn Grayson  •  Gene Kelly  •  José Iturbi

Dracula (1931)

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British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Bela Lugosi  •  Helen Chandler  •  David Manners  •  Dwight Frye

British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Bela Lugosi  •  Helen Chandler  •  David Manners  •  Dwight Frye

Duck Soup (1933)

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Zeppo Marx

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leo McCarey
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Zeppo Marx

Easy Living (1937)

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  Edward Arnold  •  Ray Milland  •  Mary Nash

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  Edward Arnold  •  Ray Milland  •  Mary Nash

Fury (1936)

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Walter Abel  •  Bruce Cabot

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fritz Lang
CAST:  Sylvia Sidney  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Walter Abel  •  Bruce Cabot

High Society (1956)

Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Walters
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Grace Kelly  •  Frank Sinatra  •  Celeste Holm

Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Walters
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Grace Kelly  •  Frank Sinatra  •  Celeste Holm

Hollow Triumph (1948)

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Henreid  •  Steve Sekely
CAST:  Paul Henreid  •  Joan Bennett  •  Eduard Franz  •  Leslie Brooks

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Henreid  •  Steve Sekely
CAST:  Paul Henreid  •  Joan Bennett  •  Eduard Franz  •  Leslie Brooks

In Name Only (1939)

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Cary Grant  •  Kay Francis  •  Charles Coburn

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Carole Lombard  •  Cary Grant  •  Kay Francis  •  Charles Coburn

Love Me Tonight (1932)

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Charles Butterworth

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Maurice Chevalier  •  Jeanette MacDonald  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Charles Butterworth

Lydia (1941)

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Alan Marshal  •  Joseph Cotten

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julien Duvivier
CAST:  Merle Oberon  •  Edna May Oliver  •  Alan Marshal  •  Joseph Cotten

Midnight (1939)

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An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Don Ameche  •  John Barrymore  •  Francis Lederer

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Don Ameche  •  John Barrymore  •  Francis Lederer

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Jean Arthur  •  George Bancroft  •  Lionel Stander

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Jean Arthur  •  George Bancroft  •  Lionel Stander

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

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Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  James Stewart  •  Claude Rains  •  Edward Arnold

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Jean Arthur  •  James Stewart  •  Claude Rains  •  Edward Arnold

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Greer Garson  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Teresa Wright  •  May Whitty

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Greer Garson  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Teresa Wright  •  May Whitty

Remember the Night (1940)

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Beulah Bondi  •  Elizabeth Patterson

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Beulah Bondi  •  Elizabeth Patterson

She Done Him Wrong (1933)

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lowell Sherman
CAST:  Mae West  •  Cary Grant  •  Owen Moore  •  Gilbert Roland

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lowell Sherman
CAST:  Mae West  •  Cary Grant  •  Owen Moore  •  Gilbert Roland

Stage Door (1937)

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Lucille Ball

The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a theatrical hostel. Centres particularly on the conflict and growing friendship between Terry Randall, a rich girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gregory La Cava
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Adolphe Menjou  •  Lucille Ball

The Killers (1946)

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Albert Dekker

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Burt Lancaster  •  Ava Gardner  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Albert Dekker

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

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When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  James Stewart  •  Ruth Hussey

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  James Stewart  •  Ruth Hussey
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