Herbert Evans

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A Chump at Oxford (1939)

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred J. Goulding
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Forrester Harvey  •  Wilfred Lucas

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred J. Goulding
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Forrester Harvey  •  Wilfred Lucas

Casablanca (1942)

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Paul Henreid  •  Claude Rains

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Paul Henreid  •  Claude Rains

Gilda (1946)

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Glenn Ford  •  Joseph Calleia  •  George Macready

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Rita Hayworth  •  Glenn Ford  •  Joseph Calleia  •  George Macready

Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Mady Correll  •  Allison Roddan  •  Robert Lewis

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charlie Chaplin
CAST:  Charlie Chaplin  •  Mady Correll  •  Allison Roddan  •  Robert Lewis

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

Speedy (1928)

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Wilde
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Ann Christy  •  Bert Woodruff  •  Brooks Benedict

Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee Stadium, where he stays to see the game. When the railroad tries to run the last horse-drawn trolley (operated by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Wilde
CAST:  Harold Lloyd  •  Ann Christy  •  Bert Woodruff  •  Brooks Benedict

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz  •  William Keighley
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Claude Rains

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz  •  William Keighley
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Claude Rains

The Blue Bird (1940)

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An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  Spring Byington  •  Nigel Bruce  •  Gale Sondergaard

An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  Spring Byington  •  Nigel Bruce  •  Gale Sondergaard

The Gang's All Here (1943)

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Alice Faye  •  Carmen Miranda  •  Phil Baker  •  Benny Goodman

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  Alice Faye  •  Carmen Miranda  •  Phil Baker  •  Benny Goodman

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

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On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Robert Taylor  •  Lucile Watson  •  Virginia Field

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Robert Taylor  •  Lucile Watson  •  Virginia Field

Werewolf of London (1935)

A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Walker
CAST:  Henry Hull  •  Warner Oland  •  Valerie Hobson  •  Lester Matthews

A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Walker
CAST:  Henry Hull  •  Warner Oland  •  Valerie Hobson  •  Lester Matthews

Shanghai Express (1932)

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Clive Brook  •  Anna May Wong  •  Warner Oland

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Clive Brook  •  Anna May Wong  •  Warner Oland

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Laraine Day  •  Herbert Marshall  •  George Sanders

The European war was only beginning to erupt across national borders. Johnny Jones, an American crime reporter dispatched by his New York publisher to put a fresh spin on the drowsy dispatches emanating from overseas, has a nose for a good story—which promptly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Laraine Day  •  Herbert Marshall  •  George Sanders

Mr. Skeffington (1944)

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Claude Rains  •  Walter Abel  •  George Coulouris

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Sherman
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Claude Rains  •  Walter Abel  •  George Coulouris

Joan of Arc (1948)

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Ward Bond

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Ingrid Bergman  •  Francis L. Sullivan  •  J. Carrol Naish  •  Ward Bond

Secrets (1933)

In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Leslie Howard  •  C. Aubrey Smith  •  Blanche Friderici

In the 1860s, Mary Marlowe defies her father's wishes to marry a British lord and runs away with clerk John Carlton as he heads West to make his fortune. Mary and John endure the difficult journey and settle into a small cabin, then face the hostilities of a cattle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Borzage
CAST:  Mary Pickford  •  Leslie Howard  •  C. Aubrey Smith  •  Blanche Friderici

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Ann Harding  •  Oskar Homolka  •  George Tobias

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Ann Harding  •  Oskar Homolka  •  George Tobias

The Secret Fury (1950)

The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Ferrer
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Robert Ryan  •  Jane Cowl  •  Paul Kelly

The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mel Ferrer
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Robert Ryan  •  Jane Cowl  •  Paul Kelly

The Little Princess (1939)

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  Richard Greene  •  Anita Louise  •  Ian Hunter

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Lang
CAST:  Shirley Temple  •  Richard Greene  •  Anita Louise  •  Ian Hunter

Reunion in Vienna (1933)

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Diana Wynyard  •  Frank Morgan  •  Una Merkel

An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  John Barrymore  •  Diana Wynyard  •  Frank Morgan  •  Una Merkel
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