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Babes in Toyland (1934)

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Meins  •  Charley Rogers
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Charlotte Henry  •  Felix Knight

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gus Meins  •  Charley Rogers
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Charlotte Henry  •  Felix Knight

Invisible Agent (1942)

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ilona Massey  •  Jon Hall  •  Peter Lorre  •  Cedric Hardwicke

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Ilona Massey  •  Jon Hall  •  Peter Lorre  •  Cedric Hardwicke

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

Northwest Passage (1940)

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Robert Young  •  Walter Brennan  •  Ruth Hussey

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Robert Young  •  Walter Brennan  •  Ruth Hussey

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Maureen O'Hara

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Charles Laughton  •  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Maureen O'Hara

I Dream Too Much (1935)

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Henry Fonda  •  Lucille Ball  •  Eric Blore

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled evening, the couple marries. Sincerely falling in love, Jonathan encourages the talented Annette to sing — yet when his own attempt at an opera fails, Jonathan lashes out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Henry Fonda  •  Lucille Ball  •  Eric Blore

Queen Christina (1933)

Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  John Gilbert  •  Ian Keith  •  Lewis Stone

Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rouben Mamoulian
CAST:  Greta Garbo  •  John Gilbert  •  Ian Keith  •  Lewis Stone

His Family Tree (1935)

A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  James Barton  •  Margaret Callahan  •  William Harrigan  •  Jack Randall

A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  James Barton  •  Margaret Callahan  •  William Harrigan  •  Jack Randall

That Girl From Paris (1936)

Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Jack Oakie  •  Gene Raymond  •  Herman Bing

Nikki Martin (Lily Pons), a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leigh Jason
CAST:  Lily Pons  •  Jack Oakie  •  Gene Raymond  •  Herman Bing

Claudia (1943)

Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Dorothy McGuire  •  Ina Claire  •  Reginald Gardiner  •  Olga Baclanova

Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edmund Goulding
CAST:  Dorothy McGuire  •  Ina Claire  •  Reginald Gardiner  •  Olga Baclanova

He Stayed for Breakfast (1940)

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Loretta Young  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Alan Marshal

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker who hides a handsome and fiery Communist fugitive in her apartment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Loretta Young  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Alan Marshal

The Woman I Stole (1933)

A man (Jack Holt) wins his best friend's wife (Fay Wray) and seems to be plotting to ruin the man's oil business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Fay Wray  •  Donald Cook  •  Noah Beery

A man (Jack Holt) wins his best friend's wife (Fay Wray) and seems to be plotting to ruin the man's oil business.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irving Cummings
CAST:  Jack Holt  •  Fay Wray  •  Donald Cook  •  Noah Beery

Storm at Daybreak (1933)

Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Nils Asther  •  Walter Huston  •  Phillips Holmes

Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Boleslawski
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Nils Asther  •  Walter Huston  •  Phillips Holmes

Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Joe Brown
CAST:  Nelson Eddy  •  Charles Coburn  •  Constance Dowling  •  Shelley Winters

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Joe Brown
CAST:  Nelson Eddy  •  Charles Coburn  •  Constance Dowling  •  Shelley Winters

Stars Over Broadway (1935)

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  James Melton  •  Jean Muir  •  Frank McHugh

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Keighley
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  James Melton  •  Jean Muir  •  Frank McHugh

Two-Fisted (1935)

A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Roscoe Karns  •  Gail Patrick  •  Kent Taylor

A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cruze
CAST:  Lee Tracy  •  Roscoe Karns  •  Gail Patrick  •  Kent Taylor

The Stranger's Return (1933)

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Miriam Hopkins  •  Franchot Tone  •  Stuart Erwin

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Lionel Barrymore  •  Miriam Hopkins  •  Franchot Tone  •  Stuart Erwin

King of Burlesque (1936)

Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Alice Faye  •  Jack Oakie  •  Mona Barrie

Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway. Alice Faye is the loyal burleycue singer who helps make Baxter a success. His head turned by sudden fame, Baxter falls under the spell of a society woman (Mona ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Alice Faye  •  Jack Oakie  •  Mona Barrie

Going Places (1938)

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Anita Louise  •  Louis Armstrong  •  Allen Jenkins

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Anita Louise  •  Louis Armstrong  •  Allen Jenkins

The Three Musketeers (1935)

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Walter Abel  •  Ian Keith  •  Margot Grahame  •  Moroni Olsen

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rowland V. Lee
CAST:  Walter Abel  •  Ian Keith  •  Margot Grahame  •  Moroni Olsen
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