Mary McLeod

Swing Fever (1943)

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Kay Kyser  •  Marilyn Maxwell  •  William Gargan  •  Nat Pendleton

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tim Whelan
CAST:  Kay Kyser  •  Marilyn Maxwell  •  William Gargan  •  Nat Pendleton

An American Romance (1944)

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Ann Richards  •  Walter Abel  •  John Qualen

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  King Vidor
CAST:  Brian Donlevy  •  Ann Richards  •  Walter Abel  •  John Qualen

The Brighton Strangler (1945)

After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Nosseck
CAST:  John Loder  •  June Duprez  •  Michael St. Angel  •  Miles Mander

After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Max Nosseck
CAST:  John Loder  •  June Duprez  •  Michael St. Angel  •  Miles Mander

The Purple V (1943)

German expatriate Fritz Kortner plays the largest role, as an anti-Nazi schoolmaster who helps a downed American flyer (John Archer) reached Allied lines with vital war information. As usual, the Nazis are incredibly stupid and lead-footed, enabling the flyer to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Archer  •  Mary McLeod  •  Fritz Kortner  •  Rex Williams

German expatriate Fritz Kortner plays the largest role, as an anti-Nazi schoolmaster who helps a downed American flyer (John Archer) reached Allied lines with vital war information. As usual, the Nazis are incredibly stupid and lead-footed, enabling the flyer to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Archer  •  Mary McLeod  •  Fritz Kortner  •  Rex Williams

London Blackout Murders (1943)

A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Abbott  •  Mary McLeod  •  Lloyd Corrigan  •  Lester Matthews

A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  John Abbott  •  Mary McLeod  •  Lloyd Corrigan  •  Lester Matthews

Strange Illusion (1945)

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Warren William  •  Sally Eilers  •  Regis Toomey

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar G. Ulmer
CAST:  Jimmy Lydon  •  Warren William  •  Sally Eilers  •  Regis Toomey

Kitty (1945)

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Paulette Goddard  •  Ray Milland  •  Patric Knowles  •  Reginald Owen

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Paulette Goddard  •  Ray Milland  •  Patric Knowles  •  Reginald Owen

A Guy Named Joe (1943)

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Irene Dunne  •  James Gleason  •  Ward Bond

A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Irene Dunne  •  James Gleason  •  Ward Bond

Bataan (1943)

PowerfulAction-packedClassicDisturbing

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tay Garnett
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  George Murphy  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Lloyd Nolan

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay the Japanese forces and allow Gen. MacArthur time to secure Bataan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tay Garnett
CAST:  Robert Taylor  •  George Murphy  •  Thomas Mitchell  •  Lloyd Nolan

Keeper of the Flame (1943)

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Richard Whorf  •  Margaret Wycherly

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Katharine Hepburn  •  Spencer Tracy  •  Richard Whorf  •  Margaret Wycherly

Clues to Adventure (1949)

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John Nesbitt  •  Leonard Penn  •  Leonard Mudie  •  Mary McLeod

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three provisions - freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and prohibition of the infliction of cruel and unusual punishments - in the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  John Nesbitt  •  Leonard Penn  •  Leonard Mudie  •  Mary McLeod

Nursery Rhyme Mysteries (1943)

This Passing Parade series short examines the origins of three popular nursery rhymes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward L. Cahn
CAST:  John Nesbitt  •  Mary McLeod

This Passing Parade series short examines the origins of three popular nursery rhymes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward L. Cahn
CAST:  John Nesbitt  •  Mary McLeod

G.I. War Brides (1946)

Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an English war bride, Joyce Giles, who has decided she no longer loves the American soldier she married and is not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Anna Lee  •  James Ellison  •  Harry Davenport  •  William Henry

Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an English war bride, Joyce Giles, who has decided she no longer loves the American soldier she married and is not ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Blair
CAST:  Anna Lee  •  James Ellison  •  Harry Davenport  •  William Henry