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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Nancy Guild  •  Arthur Franz

Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Bud Abbott  •  Lou Costello  •  Nancy Guild  •  Arthur Franz

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Clurman
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Paul Lukas  •  Bill Williams  •  Joseph Calleia

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Clurman
CAST:  Susan Hayward  •  Paul Lukas  •  Bill Williams  •  Joseph Calleia

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

Go West (1940)

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Buzzell
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  John Carroll

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Buzzell
CAST:  Groucho Marx  •  Chico Marx  •  Harpo Marx  •  John Carroll

Marked Woman (1937)

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lola Lane  •  Isabel Jewell

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Lola Lane  •  Isabel Jewell

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

Panhandle (1948)

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Cathy Downs  •  Reed Hadley  •  Anne Gwynne

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lesley Selander
CAST:  Rod Cameron  •  Cathy Downs  •  Reed Hadley  •  Anne Gwynne

Sitting Pretty (1948)

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Clifton Webb  •  Robert Young  •  Maureen O'Hara  •  Richard Haydn

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Clifton Webb  •  Robert Young  •  Maureen O'Hara  •  Richard Haydn

Some Like It Hot (1959)

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Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Tony Curtis  •  Jack Lemmon  •  George Raft

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Marilyn Monroe  •  Tony Curtis  •  Jack Lemmon  •  George Raft

The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Jackie Robinson  •  Ruby Dee  •  Minor Watson  •  Louise Beavers

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Jackie Robinson  •  Ruby Dee  •  Minor Watson  •  Louise Beavers

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Gladys George

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Gladys George

The Street with No Name (1948)

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Mark Stevens  •  Richard Widmark  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Barbara Lawrence

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Mark Stevens  •  Richard Widmark  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Barbara Lawrence

They Drive by Night (1940)

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  George Raft  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Ida Lupino  •  Humphrey Bogart

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  George Raft  •  Ann Sheridan  •  Ida Lupino  •  Humphrey Bogart

Topper (1937)

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Constance Bennett  •  Cary Grant  •  Roland Young  •  Billie Burke

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Z. McLeod
CAST:  Constance Bennett  •  Cary Grant  •  Roland Young  •  Billie Burke

Dangerous (1935)

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is married to Gordon, he asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. When Gordon refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Franchot Tone  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Alison Skipworth

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. Unaware that she is married to Gordon, he asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play. When Gordon refuses to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Franchot Tone  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Alison Skipworth

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Thurston Hall

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Irene Dunne  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Thurston Hall

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Frenchie (1950)

Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis King
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Shelley Winters  •  Paul Kelly  •  Elsa Lanchester

Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Louis King
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Shelley Winters  •  Paul Kelly  •  Elsa Lanchester

The Flying Irishman (1939)

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Douglas Corrigan  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Paul Kelly  •  Robert Armstrong

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Douglas Corrigan  •  Eddie Quillan  •  Paul Kelly  •  Robert Armstrong

The Great Morgan (1945)

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nat Perrin
CAST:  Frank Morgan  •  Leon Ames  •  Carlos Ramírez  •  Lucille Norman

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelated short subjects and musical numbers, interspersed with a repeated loop of a scene from some melodrama. (Contains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nat Perrin
CAST:  Frank Morgan  •  Leon Ames  •  Carlos Ramírez  •  Lucille Norman
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