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Jezebel (1938)

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Henry Fonda  •  George Brent  •  Margaret Lindsay

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Henry Fonda  •  George Brent  •  Margaret Lindsay

The Spiral Staircase (1946)

SuspensefulClassicDramaticThrilling

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Dorothy McGuire  •  George Brent  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Kent Smith

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Siodmak
CAST:  Dorothy McGuire  •  George Brent  •  Ethel Barrymore  •  Kent Smith

Since You Went Away (1944)

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Shirley Temple

While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Shirley Temple

Blondie (1938)

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Arthur Lake  •  Penny Singleton  •  Larry Simms  •  Gene Lockhart

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank R. Strayer
CAST:  Arthur Lake  •  Penny Singleton  •  Larry Simms  •  Gene Lockhart

Station West (1948)

When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Jane Greer  •  Agnes Moorehead  •  Burl Ives

When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Lanfield
CAST:  Dick Powell  •  Jane Greer  •  Agnes Moorehead  •  Burl Ives

Fly Away Baby (1937)

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Glenda Farrell  •  Barton MacLane  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Hugh O'Connell

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Glenda Farrell  •  Barton MacLane  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Hugh O'Connell

Heavenly Days (1944)

Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Estabrook
CAST:  Jim Jordan  •  Marian Jordan  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Gordon Oliver

Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Estabrook
CAST:  Jim Jordan  •  Marian Jordan  •  Eugene Pallette  •  Gordon Oliver

Seven Days Ashore (1944)

Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to help him by dating two surplus girlfriends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Wally Brown  •  Alan Carney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Marcy McGuire

Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to help him by dating two surplus girlfriends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John H. Auer
CAST:  Wally Brown  •  Alan Carney  •  Virginia Mayo  •  Marcy McGuire

The Go-Getter (1937)

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  George Brent  •  Anita Louise  •  Charles Winninger  •  John Eldredge

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Busby Berkeley
CAST:  George Brent  •  Anita Louise  •  Charles Winninger  •  John Eldredge

Women Are Like That (1938)

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Logan
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Ralph Forbes  •  Melville Cooper

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Logan
CAST:  Kay Francis  •  Pat O’Brien  •  Ralph Forbes  •  Melville Cooper

Pride of the Navy (1939)

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Horace McMahon

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  James Dunn  •  Rochelle Hudson  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Horace McMahon

Once a Doctor (1937)

Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Jean Muir  •  Donald Woods  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Joe King

Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Jean Muir  •  Donald Woods  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Joe King

Fugitive in the Sky (1936)

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Grindé
CAST:  Jean Muir  •  Warren Hull  •  John Litel  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Grindé
CAST:  Jean Muir  •  Warren Hull  •  John Litel  •  Carlyle Moore Jr.

My Son Is a Criminal (1939)

Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his son Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Alan Baxter  •  Julie Bishop  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Willard Robertson

Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his son Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles C. Coleman
CAST:  Alan Baxter  •  Julie Bishop  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Willard Robertson

There's That Woman Again (1938)

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's prying wife wants to help catch the crook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Stanley Ridges

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's prying wife wants to help catch the crook.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Melvyn Douglas  •  Virginia Bruce  •  Margaret Lindsay  •  Stanley Ridges

Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk
CAST:  Ruby Keeler  •  Ozzie Nelson  •  Harriet Nelson  •  Gordon Oliver

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dmytryk
CAST:  Ruby Keeler  •  Ozzie Nelson  •  Harriet Nelson  •  Gordon Oliver

Romance of the Redwoods (1939)

June Martin is a dishwasher in a California logging camp boarding house. Steve Blake fights Jed Malone for her and loses, thus casting suspicion on himself when Malone dies under cloudy circumstances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Jean Parker  •  Al Bridge  •  Gordon Oliver

June Martin is a dishwasher in a California logging camp boarding house. Steve Blake fights Jed Malone for her and loses, thus casting suspicion on himself when Malone dies under cloudy circumstances.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Vidor
CAST:  Charles Bickford  •  Jean Parker  •  Al Bridge  •  Gordon Oliver

Sabotage (1939)

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at the plant, catches two men breaking into the machine shop. The men run, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Arleen Whelan  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Charley Grapewin  •  Lucien Littlefield

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at the plant, catches two men breaking into the machine shop. The men run, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harold Young
CAST:  Arleen Whelan  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Charley Grapewin  •  Lucien Littlefield

My Forbidden Past (1951)

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Ava Gardner  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Lucile Watson

An 1890s New Orleans heiress tries to buy a married doctor's love with her tainted family fortune.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Stevenson
CAST:  Robert Mitchum  •  Ava Gardner  •  Melvyn Douglas  •  Lucile Watson

Youth on Parole (1937)

Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Marian Marsh  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Margaret Dumont  •  Peggy Shannon

Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Rosen
CAST:  Marian Marsh  •  Gordon Oliver  •  Margaret Dumont  •  Peggy Shannon
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