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Gone with the Wind (1939)

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The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Clark Gable  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Thomas Mitchell

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Clark Gable  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Thomas Mitchell

Hullabaloo (1940)

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Frank Morgan  •  Virginia Grey  •  Dan Dailey  •  Billie Burke

A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Frank Morgan  •  Virginia Grey  •  Dan Dailey  •  Billie Burke

Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Joan Blondell  •  Walter Connolly  •  Alan Curtis

Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Joan Blondell  •  Walter Connolly  •  Alan Curtis

False Colors (1943)

Before he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to Hoppy and his two pals. When the three arrive they find a fake posing as Lawton. When they expose the imposter, Foster gets the Sheriff to jail them for Lawton's murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Jimmy Rogers  •  Douglass Dumbrille

Before he was killed by Mark Foster's men, Bud Lawton willed part ownership in his ranch to Hoppy and his two pals. When the three arrive they find a fake posing as Lawton. When they expose the imposter, Foster gets the Sheriff to jail them for Lawton's murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Archainbaud
CAST:  William Boyd  •  Andy Clyde  •  Jimmy Rogers  •  Douglass Dumbrille

There's Something About a Soldier (1943)

Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Tom Neal  •  Evelyn Keyes  •  Bruce Bennett  •  John Hubbard

Five officer candidates fight to prove their mettle during training.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Tom Neal  •  Evelyn Keyes  •  Bruce Bennett  •  John Hubbard

Harmon of Michigan (1941)

A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Tom Harmon  •  Anita Louise  •  Forest Evashevski  •  Oscar O'Shea

A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Tom Harmon  •  Anita Louise  •  Forest Evashevski  •  Oscar O'Shea

Someone to Remember (1943)

An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Mabel Paige  •  John Craven  •  Dorothy Morris  •  Harry Shannon

An elderly woman whose son disappeared years before refuses to move when her apartment building is turned into a college dormitory for male students, as she is convinced that he will return one day. She continues to live in the building after it becomes a dorm, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Mabel Paige  •  John Craven  •  Dorothy Morris  •  Harry Shannon

Tahiti Honey (1943)

The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Simone Simon  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Michael Whalen  •  Lionel Stander

The "Eleven Brooklyn Bombshells," a band led by Mickey Monroe ('Dennis O'Keefe (I)' ), are stranded in Tahiti at the time of the fall of France to the Nazis. Suzette "Suzie" Durand (Simone Simon). a French-American girl singing in a nightclub is consumed with a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Simone Simon  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Michael Whalen  •  Lionel Stander

Moonlight and Cactus (1944)

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good at running it proves terrible surprise for a ranch hand who has just returned home after serving in the Navy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Patty Andrews  •  Maxene Andrews  •  Laverne Andrews  •  Leo Carrillo

The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so good at running it proves terrible surprise for a ranch hand who has just returned home after serving in the Navy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward F. Cline
CAST:  Patty Andrews  •  Maxene Andrews  •  Laverne Andrews  •  Leo Carrillo

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Preston Foster  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Mary Healy

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred E. Green
CAST:  Randolph Scott  •  Preston Foster  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Mary Healy

Sunset on the Desert (1942)

Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of Roy's father and when Roy reads in the paper that he is in trouble he heads out to help him. Arriving, Roy quickly realizes he has been mistaken for one of the outlaws ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Roy Rogers  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Lynne Carver  •  Frank M. Thomas

Judge Kirby is being blackmailed and forced to let outlaws go free. He was once the partner of Roy's father and when Roy reads in the paper that he is in trouble he heads out to help him. Arriving, Roy quickly realizes he has been mistaken for one of the outlaws ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Kane
CAST:  Roy Rogers  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Lynne Carver  •  Frank M. Thomas

Westward Ho (1942)

The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis. Our heroes converge on a small ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Bob Steele  •  Tom Tyler  •  Rufe Davis  •  Evelyn Brent

The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis. Our heroes converge on a small ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Bob Steele  •  Tom Tyler  •  Rufe Davis  •  Evelyn Brent

Man With Two Lives (1942)

A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Edward Norris  •  Marlo Dwyer  •  Anthony Warde  •  Eleanor Lawson

A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Edward Norris  •  Marlo Dwyer  •  Anthony Warde  •  Eleanor Lawson

City in Darkness (1939)

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Sidney Toler  •  Lynn Bari  •  Richard Clarke  •  Harold Huber

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Sidney Toler  •  Lynn Bari  •  Richard Clarke  •  Harold Huber

Swanee River (1939)

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Don Ameche  •  Andrea Leeds  •  Al Jolson  •  Felix Bressart

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Don Ameche  •  Andrea Leeds  •  Al Jolson  •  Felix Bressart

China Girl (1942)

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  George Montgomery  •  Lynn Bari  •  Victor McLaglen

Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Gene Tierney  •  George Montgomery  •  Lynn Bari  •  Victor McLaglen

The Dawn Patrol (1938)

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Basil Rathbone  •  David Niven  •  Donald Crisp

In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Basil Rathbone  •  David Niven  •  Donald Crisp

Brother Rat (1938)

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Jane Wyman  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Wayne Morris

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Jane Wyman  •  Priscilla Lane  •  Wayne Morris

Margin for Error (1943)

When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  Milton Berle  •  Otto Preminger  •  Carl Esmond

When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Preminger
CAST:  Joan Bennett  •  Milton Berle  •  Otto Preminger  •  Carl Esmond

Dick Tracy Returns (1938)

Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Charles Middleton  •  Jerry Tucker

Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English  •  William Witney
CAST:  Ralph Byrd  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Charles Middleton  •  Jerry Tucker
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