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1. Footlight Parade (1933)
Passed | 104 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell
Votes: 6,102 | Gross: $3.49M
2. The Verdict (1946)
Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris
Votes: 2,834
3. Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
Stars: Arthur Q. Bryan, Bill Erwin, George Sanders, Macdonald Carey
Votes: 175
4. Convention City (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Joan Blondell, Adolphe Menjou, Dick Powell, Mary Astor
Votes: 104
5. Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
Approved | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Dick Powell, Adolphe Menjou, Gloria Stuart, Alice Brady
Votes: 2,970
6. The Matinee Idol (1928)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
A Broadway matinee idol famous for his black-face portrayals anonymously joins an amateur acting troupe and falls in love with the leading lady.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard, Lionel Belmore
Votes: 627
7. The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
Passed | 73 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 4,084
8. Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
Passed | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The U.S. government asks Mr. Moto to go to Puerto Rico to investigate diamond smuggling after an earlier investigator is murdered.
Director: Herbert I. Leeds | Stars: Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer
Votes: 825
9. The Walking Dead (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After hapless pianist and ex-con John Elman is framed for murder, he is resurrected by a scientist after his execution.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Edmund Gwenn, Marguerite Churchill
Votes: 3,102
10. Rancho Grande (1940)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Music, Western
Kay and her eastern clan go out West to run the ranch left her by her grandfather. Badguys are out to ruin the ranch's irrigation system, so Autry lends a hand.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, June Storey, Mary Lee
Votes: 89
11. The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
An Irish horsecar driver's daughter meets New York showman Tony Pastor and goes into vaudeville.
Director: David Butler | Stars: June Haver, Gordon MacRae, James Barton, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 587
12. God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
Passed | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
During WW2, American volunteer pilots are stationed in China where, as part of the Flying Tigers unit, they dog-fight against Japanese warplanes.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Raymond Massey, Dane Clark, Alan Hale
Votes: 680
13. San Quentin (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An army trainer becomes captain of the prison yard and in time, falls for the sister of a hardened inmate.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Ann Sheridan, Humphrey Bogart, Barton MacLane
Votes: 2,237
14. Return of the Terror (1934)
Approved | 65 min | Mystery
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: Mary Astor, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, Frank McHugh
Votes: 31
15. High Tide (1947)
Approved | 72 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A fast-moving automobile fails to make a sharp turn of the highway from Malibu to Los Angeles. It overturns and its occupants, Tim Slade, Newspaper man turned private investigator, and Hugh... See full summary »
Director: John Reinhardt | Stars: Lee Tracy, Don Castle, Julie Bishop, Anabel Shaw
Votes: 644
16. Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
Approved | 70 min | Drama
Sam is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for and packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown, Robert McWade
Votes: 138
17. My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
Approved | 101 min | Biography, Musical
The life of Irish tenor Chauncey Olcott is chronicled from his childhood to his days as the toast of New York. In between, his rise to the top is complicated by romances with two women: his... See full summary »
Director: David Butler | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Andrea King, Arlene Dahl, Alan Hale
Votes: 434
18. The House of Fear (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play. The actor's body disappeared shortly after the crime, and his ghost is rumored to be haunting the theater.
Director: Joe May | Stars: William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Dorothy Arnold, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 146
19. Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy
Alexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make a big sale of Earthworm tractors to grouchy lumberman Johnson. Since Botts doesn't ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joe E. Brown, June Travis, Guy Kibbee, Dick Foran
Votes: 499
20. From Headquarters (1933)
TV-G | 64 min | Mystery, Drama
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat
Votes: 367
21.
Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode:
Prima Donna
(1956)
Drama
A teenager with outstanding vocal talent would rather play baseball than develop his singing skills.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Jeanette MacDonald, Laraine Day, Leo Durocher, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 67
22. She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
A burlesque dancer goes to college, where she romances a professor and helps put on a musical show.
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone | Stars: Virginia Mayo, Ronald Reagan, Gene Nelson, Don DeFore
Votes: 686
23. The Woman in Red (1935)
Approved | 68 min | Drama
A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Genevieve Tobin, John Eldredge
Votes: 839
24. April Showers (1948)
Approved | 94 min | Musical
The 'Two Tymes', Joe and June, need to change up their dogeared vaudeville act - fast. Cue their son Buster; a cocky hoofer who bolts from boarding school and joins them, propelling the trio into the big time. But success brings trouble.
Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall
Votes: 363
25. Hidden Valley (1932)
Passed | 57 min | Western
A cowboy is hired by an archaeologist to help find "Hidden Valley", where an Indian gold treasure is supposed to be buried. Just when he finds it, the archaeologist is killed, and the cowboy his charged with his murder.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Bob Steele, Gertrude Messinger, Francis McDonald, Ray Hallor
Votes: 94
26. The Way of the Strong (1928)
61 min | Drama
Williams is a bootlegger who takes in the down-and-out Nora. Nora eventually finds herself in the middle of a gang war between Williams and his chief rival, Tiger Louie.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Mitchell Lewis, Alice Day, Margaret Livingston, Theodore von Eltz
Votes: 107
27. The Michigan Kid (1928)
64 min | Drama
The Michigan Kid is a gambler in the backwoods of Alaska trying to make enough money to go back to his hometown and impress the girl he loves. His childhood rival for the girl happens to ... See full summary »
Director: Irvin Willat | Stars: Conrad Nagel, Renée Adorée, Lloyd Whitlock, Fred Esmelton
Votes: 67
28. Step Lively (1944)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven
Votes: 635
29. Miss Pacific Fleet (1935)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
Two broke ex-chorus girls in California hope to get back to Broadway by winning the "Miss Pacific Fleet" popularity contest.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 295
30. Colleen (1936)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colleen, who makes the shop profitable.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Joan Blondell
Votes: 438
31. Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Approved | 87 min | Musical
Tired of her boyfriend's gambling, a young woman joins two vaudeville performers on a trek to Las Vegas to search for millionaires to marry.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Virginia Mayo, Gene Nelson, Lucille Norman
Votes: 240
32. White Savage (1943)
Passed | 76 min | Adventure
A shark hunter falls in love with the beautiful ruler of a tropical island.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Thomas Gomez
Votes: 229
33. Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Rudy Vallee, Rosemary Lane, Hugh Herbert, Allen Jenkins
Votes: 491
34. New York Confidential (1959– )
30 min | Crime, Drama
Stars: Lee Tracy, Robert Webber, Leo Penn, Frances Helm
Votes: 16
35. Geraldine (1953)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Janey Edwards, working for Cambria Records, is managing the personal appearance tour of sobbing songster Billy Weber, and Janey is disgusted when Billy leaves her at Santa Fe College with ... See full summary »
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: John Carroll, Mala Powers, Jim Backus, Stan Freberg
Votes: 70
36. Registered Nurse (1934)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance
Two doctors pursue a nurse with a secret - she's married to an insane man. Will she allow one of them to operate on her husband to save his sanity?
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Bebe Daniels, Lyle Talbot, John Halliday, Irene Franklin
Votes: 255
37. The College Widow (1927)
67 min | Comedy, Romance
The College Widow (1927) is an American silent comedy film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. and directed by Archie Mayo. The film is based on the 1904 Broadway play by George Ade ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Dolores Costello, William Collier Jr., Douglas Gerrard, Anders Randolf
Votes: 17
38. Glory (1956)
Approved | 100 min | Drama
Clarabel lives on a Kentucky horse farm and has a special love for the filly Glory. With the help of Chad, Clarabel can prevent Glory's sale and keep her to train her and eventually enter her for the Kentucky Derby.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Margaret O'Brien, Walter Brennan, Charlotte Greenwood, John Lupton
Votes: 216
39. God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Jeff cuts off his allowance and puts him to work, but on his first day, he is tricked into signing a ... See full summary »
Director: William Keighley | Stars: George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat
Votes: 260
40. 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
41. Polo Joe (1936)
Passed | 65 min | Action, Comedy, Romance
Despite a severe horse allergy, Joe Bolton pretends to be a passionate polo player in order to win the heart of his horse-loving neighbor.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Carol Hughes, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Joe King
Votes: 195
42. Lady, Let's Dance (1944)
Approved | 88 min | Musical, Romance, War
Belita is a refugee during WWII, working in a hotel. She stumbles into the room of a dancer seeking a new partner. She just happens to be a pro, and she skates too.
Director: Frank Woodruff | Stars: Belita, James Ellison, Walter Catlett, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 75
43. The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1935)
Passed | 67 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The head of a drug company mysteriously disappears, after taking credit for a new anesthetic that actually resulted from the work of several doctors, and his surgeon is found strangely murdered by a surgical instrument.
Director: Frank McDonald | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge, Mary Astor
Votes: 295
44. About Face (1952)
Approved | 94 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Gordon MacRae, Eddie Bracken, Dick Wesson, Virginia Gibson
Votes: 170
45. They Meet Again (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Drama, Musical
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Maude Eburne
Votes: 117
46. Say It with Sables (1928)
70 min | Comedy
Doug Caswell falls for Irene Gordon. Irene happens to be the mistress of his wealthy father, John Caswell, and it's up to Doug's stepmother, Helen, to put things right.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Francis X. Bushman, Helene Chadwick, Margaret Livingston, Arthur Rankin
Votes: 85
47. Headlines (1925)
Passed | 60 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A newspaper reporter, Phyllis Dale, tries to help get her younger sister "Bobby" out of a scandal situation, and soon finds herself mired deep into the same situation.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Alice Joyce, Malcolm McGregor, Virginia Lee Corbin, Harry T. Morey
Votes: 26
48. Beware of Blondes (1928)
Passed | 59 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jeffrey (Matt More), a jewelry store clerk prevents a robbery and, as a reward, given a vacation in Honolulu, provided that he transports a valuable emerald to the Hawaiian Islands. On the ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Dorothy Revier, Matt Moore, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Edeson
Votes: 23
49. The Head of the Family (1928)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
Director: Joseph Boyle | Stars: William Russell, Mickey Bennett, Virginia Lee Corbin, Richard Walling
50. Home Struck (1927)
60 min | Drama
Barbara Page, a chorus girl who yearns for a domestic life, is proposed to by Lyn Holmes, her theatrical agent, but instead she accepts Dick Cobb, a bank clerk. Her dreams are realized by ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Ince | Stars: Viola Dana, Alan Brooks, Tom Gallery, Nigel Barrie