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51. Sunny (1941)
Passed | 98 min | Musical, Romance
The beautiful Anna Neagle stars as a circus performer who falls in love with a rich car dealer's son, against her family's wishes. Features some spirited dance numbers with Ray Bolger.
Director: Herbert Wilcox | Stars: Anna Neagle, Ray Bolger, John Carroll, Edward Everett Horton
Votes: 240
52. Ice-Capades (1941)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Newsreel cameraman Bob Clemens, an avowed woman hater, is assigned to cover the Lake Placid exhibition of Karen Vadja, the Swiss ice Queen. He misses his plane and fails to get the footage ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: James Ellison, Jerry Colonna, Dorothy Lewis, Barbara Jo Allen
Votes: 79
53. Pacific Blackout (1941)
Passed | 76 min | Mystery
While bombers roar overhead during a practice blackout in a large American West coast city, Robert Draper, is among the prisoners in a police van. The inventor of a new range finder for ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Robert Preston, Martha O'Driscoll, Philip Merivale, Eva Gabor
Votes: 78
54. I Killed That Man (1941)
Passed | 71 min | Mystery
Just prior to his execution, a condemned murderer decides to tell the authorities who hired him to commit the murder. However, he's killed by a poison dart in front of a roomful of ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Joan Woodbury, Pat Gleason, George Pembroke
Votes: 206
55. Puddin' Head (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Harold l. Montgomery, the scatterbrain vice-president of the United Broadcasing System, is dismayed when he learns that one-foot of the ground on which the station's imposing new structure ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Judy Canova, Francis Lederer, Raymond Walburn, Slim Summerville
Votes: 73
56. Double Date (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Comedy, Family
Penny Kirkland's (Peggy Moran) Aunt Elsie (Una Merkel) and Jerry Bladwin's (Rand Brooks) widower father Roger Baldwin (Edmund Lowe) are attracted to each other. Preventing the pending ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Una Merkel, Peggy Moran, Rand Brooks
Votes: 41
57. Double Trouble (1941)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy
The owner of an American bean cannery and his wife are expecting the arrival of two orphans from war-torn England, but the "youngsters" arrive and are two addled-brain adults, Albert (Harry... See full summary »
Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Harry Langdon, Charley Rogers, Cathy Lewis, Dave O'Brien
Votes: 27
58. I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
When Public Enemy No. 3 Sonny McGann meets composer Bob Gunther, he gets the idea of having Bob write music to a poem he has written about his long-lost sweetheart Sadie McGlonsky. ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Jessie Ralph, Johnny Downs, Peggy Moran
Votes: 36
59. Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940)
Passed | 75 min | Drama
Nurse Mary Lamont is excited about her brother's impending visit. The young man's strange behavior puzzles Dr. Kildare who believes he may be hiding a serious illness.
Director: Harold S. Bucquet | Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Laraine Day, Robert Young
Votes: 387
60. Behind the News (1940)
75 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
It's Jeff Flavin's first day on the job as a cub reporter for the Enquirer. The boss, Archer, places him with lazy reporter Stu Woodrow. Stu detests cubs and treats Jeff badly. Jeff saves a... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Doris Davenport, Frank Albertson, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 92
61. Danger on Wheels (1940)
Approved | 61 min | Sport, Thriller
During a test a race car using an experimental oil-fueled engine blows up, killing the driver. Lucky Taylor, a stunt driver, is initially blamed for the accident, but is later cleared. He ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, Peggy Moran, Vinton Hayworth
Votes: 80
62. Dancing on a Dime (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
From Wikipedia Dancing on a Dime is a 1940 Paramount Pictures movie directed by Joseph Santley about five actors and dancers putting on a show while living in a theatre. It is adapted from ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Grace McDonald, Robert Paige, Virginia Dale, Peter Lind Hayes
Votes: 40
63. Private Affairs (1940)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
Amos Bullerton, son of an old Boston family, has chosen for twenty years to remain a "black sheep" rather than submit to the dictation of his staid family. Jane Bullerton, his daughter, ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Hugh Herbert, Roland Young
Votes: 63
64. Slightly Tempted (1940)
65 min | Comedy
A con man tries to sell phony stocks to unwary investors.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Johnny Downs, Elisabeth Risdon
Votes: 22
65. The Family Next Door (1939)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy
About a plumber (a Rodney Dangerfield type) and the misadventures of his family.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Joy Hodges, Eddie Quillan, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 79
66. Little Accident (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Hugh Herbert, Florence Rice, Richard Carlson, Ernest Truex
Votes: 26
67. Crime Rave (1939)
18 min | Comedy, Short
When a crime wave hits town, bank robbers find haven in Errol's home.
Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Leon Errol, Vivian Tobin, Eddie Kane, Frank Faylen
Votes: 15
68. Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Music, Musical
This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.
Director: Henry King | Stars: Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman
Votes: 2,322
69. The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Passed | 122 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person. Hit song: "Love Walked In.
Directors: George Marshall, H.C. Potter | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Andrea Leeds, The Ritz Brothers, Vera Zorina
Votes: 523
70. Sweethearts (1938)
Passed | 114 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger
Votes: 705
71. Romance on the Run (1938)
68 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A man has the knack for finding stolen items. and then returns them to the insurance company. Finds some fake jewels and turns them in. Antics ensue.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Donald Woods, Patricia Ellis, Grace Bradley, Edward Brophy
Votes: 136
72. Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Music
Broadway press agent Nap Sisler sees a chance to make a national hit with a new dance, "The Baltimore Bubble", created by Greenvale filling-station attendant Johnny Bennett. Nap promotes ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ken Murray, Johnny Downs, Kathryn Kane, Eddie Quillan
Votes: 22
73. Topa Topa (1938)
Approved | 58 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Tom Turner, a naturalist, comes to the "Topa Topa" district (named for the mountain), and falls in love with widow Margaret Weston. This irks fur-trapper Pete Taylor, who has designs on ... See full summary »
Directors: Charles Hutchison, Vin Moore | Stars: Joan Valerie, James Bush, LeRoy Mason, Ruth Coleman
Votes: 30
74. Stage Door (1937)
Approved | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick
Votes: 9,025
75. This Is My Affair (1937)
Passed | 100 min | Crime, Drama, History
Navy Lt. Richard Perry becomes an undercover man out to discover the leaders of a group of well connected men who pull off bank robberies during the McKinley administration (early 20th century).
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Robert Taylor, Barbara Stanwyck, Victor McLaglen, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 685
76. She's Got Everything (1937)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Carol Rogers returns from Europe to discover that her recently deceased father has left her with huge debts and no resources to pay them. Aunt Jane suggests that Carol marry a South ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Victor Moore, Helen Broderick
Votes: 285
77. There Goes the Groom (1937)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Romance
A young man scores seeking Alaskan gold, comes home to claim his bride. When she snubs him, he falls for the younger sister instead.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Ann Sothern, Burgess Meredith, Mary Boland, Onslow Stevens
Votes: 229
78. Music for Madame (1937)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A singer arriving in Hollywood is tricked by jewel thieves to distract a wealthy audience. After running away he'll have to find a way to prove his innocence to both the police and the ... See full summary »
Director: John G. Blystone | Stars: Nino Martini, Joan Fontaine, Alan Mowbray, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 229
79. Meet the Missus (1937)
60 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Mrs. Emma Foster of Fosterboro, Ohio loves to enter contests - which she never wins - the time she spends on which is much to the chagrin of her exasperated husband, barber Otis Foster. It ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Anne Shirley, Alan Bruce
Votes: 164
80. After the Thin Man (1936)
Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Private detective Nick Charles and his wealthy wife Nora are back home at last and hoping for a quiet New Year when there is a murder. The obvious suspect is his wife, Nora's cousin, Selma.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi
Votes: 12,126 | Gross: $4.34M
81. Anything Goes (1936)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery
A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino
Votes: 522
82. Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
Passed | 58 min | Comedy, Romance
Modeling furs has given our heroine Cookie a taste for them, so she's determined to marry a rich man. Scheduled to meet a male model aboard a yacht, she meets the yacht's rich owner Dick ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Helen Broderick, Eric Blore
Votes: 320
83. Walking on Air (1936)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A stubborn young woman hires a struggling singer to play her obnoxious suitor in a scheme to overturn her father's objections to the man she really wants to marry.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Raymond, Ann Sothern, Jessie Ralph, Henry Stephenson
Votes: 281
84. Her Master's Voice (1936)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy
A man (Edward Everett Horton) is forced to pose as a handyman for his wife (Peggy Conklin) and mother-in-law's rich aunt (Laura Hope Crews).
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Peggy Conklin, Laura Hope Crews, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 38
85. Reckless (1935)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Wealthy Bob Harrison buys all the seats in the theatre to watch Mona Leslie's musical by himself. He loves her, her agent Ned Riley loves her. Conflict ensues.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, William Powell, Franchot Tone, May Robson
Votes: 1,495
86. George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Approved | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Vacationing Broadway producer George White stops off in a small Georgia town to send a telegram and, seeing his name in lights on a local theater, is scandalized over the unauthorized use. ... See full summary »
Directors: George White, Harry Lachman, James Tinling | Stars: Alice Faye, James Dunn, Ned Sparks, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 189
87. The Roaring West (1935)
Passed | 310 min | Western
Buck Jones stars as 'Montana' in this 15-episode Universal serial involving the land rush, gold mines, stolen maps, claim-jumping and other high-handed villainy occurring before Montana gets total control of the situation.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Buck Jones, Silver, Muriel Evans, Frank McGlynn Sr.
Votes: 57
88. Night Life of the Gods (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
An eccentric scientist invents a ray that can turn people to stone. Then he invents one that can turn them back. He finds out that his stone-to-flesh ray can bring the museum's statues of Greek deities to life! Hilarity and hi-jinks ensue.
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Alan Mowbray, Florine McKinney, Peggy Shannon, Richard Carle
Votes: 115
89. It Happened in New York (1935)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A New York City cab driver in need of $200 picks up a movie star in his cab, and schemes to get the money from her.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Gertrude Michael, Heather Angel, Lyle Talbot, Hugh O'Connell
Votes: 32
90. King Solomon of Broadway (1935)
Approved | 75 min | Drama, Romance
An underworld character wins a Broadway nightclub in a card game.
Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Dorothy Page, Pinky Tomlin, Louise Henry
Votes: 18
91. The Daring Young Man (1935)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Two reporters plan to marry but the bride is left waiting at the altar because her groom has gone undercover to expose gang activity.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: James Dunn, Mae Clarke, Neil Hamilton, Sidney Toler
Votes: 50
92. One in a Million (1935)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
A typical mid-30s entry from the Maury M. Cohen Invincible arm of Chesterfield Pictures, shot in the usual static style of Frank R. Strayer who moved the camera maybe twice for a medium ... See full summary »
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Dorothy Wilson, Charles Starrett, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, Gwen Lee
Votes: 50
93. Here Comes the Band (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The songwriter Ollie Watts goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by the unscrupulous music publisher Mr. Simmonds. Ollie brings his girlfriend and singer Margaret ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Ted Lewis and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Harry Stockwell
Votes: 83
94. The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
Passed | 93 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
A cruise ship heads south from L.A. with a variety of passengers - a reporter, a P.I., crooks, a general etc.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Victor McLaglen, Wynne Gibson, Alison Skipworth, John Gilbert
Votes: 750
95. Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result in Bill rather than Horace getting in trouble.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Thomas Meighan, Jackie Searl, Dorothy Peterson
Votes: 119
96. Ready for Love (1934)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
Marigold Tate (Lupino) runs away from boarding school to stay with her retired aunt. She faces hostility from the locals, who display bigotry and snobbery towards her. During a witchcraft ... See full summary »
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: Richard Arlen, Ida Lupino, Marjorie Rambeau, Junior Durkin
Votes: 83
97. Here Is My Heart (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth
Votes: 181
98. Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)
81 min | Drama, Romance
A successful writer of romance novels aimed at women is also a ladies' man who is carrying on an affair with his sexy next-door neighbor, but things get complicated when a pretty young ... See full summary »
Director: James Flood | Stars: Warner Baxter, Rosemary Ames, Rochelle Hudson, Mona Barrie
Votes: 17
99. She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Drama, History
In the Gay Nineties, a seductive nightclub singer contends with several suitors, including a jealous escaped convict and a handsome temperance league member.
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Mae West, Cary Grant, Owen Moore, Gilbert Roland
Votes: 7,044 | Gross: $4.80M
100. Morning Glory (1933)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance
When a naively innocent, aspiring actress arrives on the Broadway scene, she is taken under the wing of several theater veterans who mentor her to ultimate success.
Director: Lowell Sherman | Stars: Katharine Hepburn, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan
Votes: 3,287