Aldrich Bowker

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Ball of Fire (1941)

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  S.Z. Sakall  •  Henry Travers

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Gary Cooper  •  Barbara Stanwyck  •  S.Z. Sakall  •  Henry Travers

I Married a Witch (1942)

Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clair
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Veronica Lake  •  Robert Benchley  •  Susan Hayward

Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a witch at the stake: his descendants will never find happiness in their marriages. At present, politician Wallace Wooley, who is running for state governor, is about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Clair
CAST:  Fredric March  •  Veronica Lake  •  Robert Benchley  •  Susan Hayward

The Major and the Minor (1942)

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Ray Milland  •  Rita Johnson  •  Robert Benchley

Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and twenty-five jobs, decides to return to her home town in Iowa. Discovering she hasn't enough money for the train fare, Susan disguises herself as a twelve-year-old and travels for half the price. Caught out by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Ginger Rogers  •  Ray Milland  •  Rita Johnson  •  Robert Benchley

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Barry Nelson  •  Donna Reed

High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Barry Nelson  •  Donna Reed

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Raymond Massey  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Ruth Gordon  •  Mary Howard

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Cromwell
CAST:  Raymond Massey  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Ruth Gordon  •  Mary Howard

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lewis Stone  •  Walter Brennan  •  William Gargan

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert B. Sinclair
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lewis Stone  •  Walter Brennan  •  William Gargan

Waterfront (1939)

A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Dennis Morgan  •  Gloria Dickson  •  Marie Wilson  •  Sheila Bromley

A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Dennis Morgan  •  Gloria Dickson  •  Marie Wilson  •  Sheila Bromley

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Bonita Granville  •  Frankie Thomas  •  John Litel  •  Charlotte Wynters

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided by boyfriend Ted, helps her lawyer father expose the real killers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens
CAST:  Bonita Granville  •  Frankie Thomas  •  John Litel  •  Charlotte Wynters

It All Came True (1940)

After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Zasu Pitts

After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Seiler
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Jeffrey Lynn  •  Humphrey Bogart  •  Zasu Pitts

On Dress Parade (1939)

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens  •  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Billy Halop  •  Bobby Jordan  •  Huntz Hall  •  Gabriel Dell

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Clemens  •  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Billy Halop  •  Bobby Jordan  •  Huntz Hall  •  Gabriel Dell

Romance of the Rio Grande (1941)

When old rancher Cordoba's grandson is murdered, the Cisco Kid takes his place to find who's trying to take over the ranch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Cesar Romero  •  Patricia Morison  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Ricardo Cortez

When old rancher Cordoba's grandson is murdered, the Cisco Kid takes his place to find who's trying to take over the ranch.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert I. Leeds
CAST:  Cesar Romero  •  Patricia Morison  •  Lynne Roberts  •  Ricardo Cortez

Love Crazy (1941)

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Gail Patrick  •  Jack Carson

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Conway
CAST:  William Powell  •  Myrna Loy  •  Gail Patrick  •  Jack Carson

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Sig Ruman  •  Cliff Clark

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Humphrey Bogart  •  Sylvia Sidney  •  Sig Ruman  •  Cliff Clark

These Glamour Girls (1939)

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Sylvan Simon
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Lana Turner  •  Tom Brown  •  Richard Carlson

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  S. Sylvan Simon
CAST:  Lew Ayres  •  Lana Turner  •  Tom Brown  •  Richard Carlson

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Billy Halop  •  Bernard Punsly  •  Leo Gorcey

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Enright
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Billy Halop  •  Bernard Punsly  •  Leo Gorcey

Susan and God (1940)

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Fredric March  •  Ruth Hussey  •  John Carroll

A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Joan Crawford  •  Fredric March  •  Ruth Hussey  •  John Carroll

Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite (1939)

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Allen Jenkins  •  Tom Kennedy  •  Sheila Bromley

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Noel M. Smith
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Allen Jenkins  •  Tom Kennedy  •  Sheila Bromley

Everybody's Hobby (1939)

A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Irene Rich  •  Henry O'Neill  •  Jackie Moran  •  Aldrich Bowker

A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Irene Rich  •  Henry O'Neill  •  Jackie Moran  •  Aldrich Bowker

No Place to Go (1939)

An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Fred Stone  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Gloria Dickson  •  Sonny Bupp

An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry O. Morse
CAST:  Fred Stone  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Gloria Dickson  •  Sonny Bupp

Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Edith Fellows  •  James McCallion  •  Granville Bates  •  Sam McDaniel

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Edith Fellows  •  James McCallion  •  Granville Bates  •  Sam McDaniel
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