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1. Meet the Stars #1: Chinese Garden Festival (1940)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A deluge of stars turn out at Pickfair, where Mary Pickford and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers host a benefit to aid war-torn China.
Director: Harriet Parsons | Stars: Harriet Parsons, Kay Aldridge, Barbara Jo Allen, William Bakewell
Votes: 56
2. Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)
Passed | 66 min | Comedy
After selling their house, the Higgins family is convinced by a crafty real estate agent to invest the proceeds in a hotel at Coyote Wells, Nevada, sight unseen. Upon arriving at their new ... See full synopsis »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, Russell Gleason, Harry Davenport
Votes: 15
3. Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942)
7 min | Animation, Short, Romance
The Cinderella story updated to the WWII home front. Cinderella goes to the ball in an aircraft constructed by her fairy godmother out of aluminum cookware. The Royal ball is a USO party.
Directors: Alec Geiss, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Danny Webb, Sara Berner, Billy Mitchell, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 25
4. Pardon My Stripes (1942)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy, Crime, Sport
Football player Henry Platt (William Henry)mistakes a helmet for the football in his zeal to make a touchdown during a critical game, his error earns him the accolade of "Dope of the Year" ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: William Henry, Sheila Ryan, Edgar Kennedy, Harold Huber
Votes: 16
5. Curtain Razor (1949)
7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy
Porky Pig is a talent agent auditioning various corn ball performers. A fox keeps interrupting and promising Porky the act of the century. Unfortunately, the act is fatal and can only be done once.
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dave Barry, Stan Freberg, Dorothy Lloyd
Votes: 311
6. Arise, My Love (1940)
Passed | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel
Votes: 1,037
7. Stablemates (1938)
Approved | 89 min | Drama, Sport
A washed up, alcoholic Vet and a dreamer stable boy help nurse a sick race horse back to health.
Director: Sam Wood | Stars: Wallace Beery, Mickey Rooney, Arthur Hohl, Margaret Hamilton
Votes: 252
8. Scatterbrain (1940)
Approved | 73 min | Comedy
Eddie MacIntyre is a press agent, talent scout and right-hand man to J.R.Russell, Producer/Director of Perfection Pictures, is planning a scheme in which he will "plant" his girl friend, ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Judy Canova, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Donnelly, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 54
9. Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Scott Durham, a suave promoter, has made a racket out of producing charity benefits with his wife Evelyn, and then deducting so much money from the gross that very little is left for the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Ruth Terry, Johnny Downs, Barbara Jo Allen, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 15
10. You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
In order to cover up his philandering ways, a married Broadway producer sets one of his dancers up on a date with a chorus girl for whom he had bought a gift, but the two dancers fall in love for real.
Director: Sidney Lanfield | Stars: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard
Votes: 2,870
11. Porky's Preview (1941)
Approved | 6 min | Animation, Family, Short
The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 502
12. Shantytown (1943)
Approved | 66 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Elizabeth "Liz" Gorty (Mary Lee) lives with her mother and stepfather in a ramshackle boarding house in Shantytown on the wrong side of the tracks. Bill Allen (John Archer) and his wife ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Mary Lee, John Archer, Marjorie Lord, Harry Davenport
Votes: 24
13. Mr. Dynamite (1941)
63 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.
Director: John Rawlins | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Irene Hervey, J. Carrol Naish, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 80
14. Rhythm Parade (1942)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A nightclub performer, jealous about the talents of an aspiring singer, tries to sabotage her chances at a professional career.
Directors: Howard Bretherton, Dave Gould | Stars: Nils T. Granlund, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Margaret Dumont
Votes: 30
15. Dive Bomber (1941)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Romance, War
A military surgeon teams with a ranking Navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a steep dive.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy, Alexis Smith
Votes: 2,061
16. Wholly Smoke (1938)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
A neighborhood bully convinces Porky to take a puff from his cigar, causing Porky to hallucinate a smoke-man named Nick O. Teen, along with a musical number done by cigars, cigarettes and ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, The Sing Band, Paul Taylor Group, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 390
17. Hamateur Night (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
It's amateur night at the local theatre, and a procession of bad acts comes and goes: various musicians, a magician, and some actors. But they keep getting interrupted by Elmer Fudd singing "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain".
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Elvia Allman, Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Mel Blanc
Votes: 384
18. In Old Colorado (1941)
Approved | 66 min | Drama, Western
Joe Weiler has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have the ranchers do each other in then move in and take over. Hoppy and the good guys won't let this happen.
Director: Howard Bretherton | Stars: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Margaret Hayes
Votes: 213
19. Call of the Canyon (1942)
Approved | 71 min | Drama, Music, Western
Gene heads some cattlemen who have been swindled by McCoy. McCoy needed their money to pay off his gambling debt.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Sons of the Pioneers, Ruth Terry
Votes: 110
20. The Crooked Road (1940)
Passed | 66 min | Drama
A blackmail threat from an old prison buddy compels a man who has gone straight to consider yet another crime.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Irene Hervey, Henry Wilcoxon, Paul Fix
Votes: 51
21. Blue Skies (1946)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
An ex-dancer and New York radio star narrates his love story for a band singer who loved a self-centered man who was unable to commit to his nightclub business or his family.
Directors: Stuart Heisler, Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe
Votes: 1,570
22. Believe It or Else (1939)
8 min | Animation, Family, Short
In this spoof of the newsreel series, we meet a man who drinks large amounts of milk, a snake charmer, a man building a ship in a bottle, the world's loudest hog caller, a man who hasn't ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Mel Blanc, Danny Webb, Tex Avery, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 220
23. World Premiere (1941)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy
A producer devises an elaborate gala premiere for his latest anti-Nazi propaganda epic.
Directors: Ted Tetzlaff, Otis Garrett | Stars: John Barrymore, Frances Farmer, Eugene Pallette, Virginia Dale
Votes: 96
24. Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Literary characters come to life late at night in a bookshop, serenading Sniffles the mouse with swing music until the Frankenstein monster intrudes.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Johnnie Davis, Bill Days, Mel Blanc, Margaret Hill-Talbot
Votes: 294
25. Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A cocky young jockey who gets mixed up with some crooked gamblers befriends an English lad with a fast horse and the niece of a woman who runs a boarding house for jockeys.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Sophie Tucker, C. Aubrey Smith
Votes: 655
26. St. Louis Blues (1939)
92 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Broadway musical comedy star tires of the same old grind and flees the city. She runs into the skipper of a showboat who befriends her, and they make plans to put together a musical revue... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Lloyd Nolan, Tito Guízar, Jerome Cowan
Votes: 81
27. Farm Frolics (1941)
Approved | 8 min | Family, Animation, Short
A series of spot gags about farm life. Running gag: why are all the little piggies watching the clock so intently?
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Sara Berner, Robert C. Bruce, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 413
28. Slap Happy Pappy (1940)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky runs a farm; we see him plowing the fields. But it's primarily a poultry farm; as the sign says, "For sale: Miracle eggs if it's a good egg, it's a miracle." A rabbit, doing a Jack ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kay Kyser, Jack Lescoulie, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 213
29. New York Town (1941)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Victor Ballard is a poor but happy-go-lucky New York sidewalk photographer who shares a studio apartment with a painter from Poland, Stefan Janowski. After Victor shoots a photo of ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 88
30. Stars on Horseback (1943)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Comedy
A general paean to the dying art of the blacksmith and more specifically to the skills of George Garfield, blacksmith to the Hollywood stars.
Director: Myron J. Swartz | Stars: Lou Marcelle, George Garfield, Jerry Colonna, Bette Davis
Votes: 239
31. The Night of January 16th (1941)
Passed | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The story revolves around three people; Tycoon Bjorn Faulkner, who is being called upon by his board of directors to explain a missing $20,000,000; Kit Lane, his secretary who also has a ... See full summary »
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Robert Preston, Ellen Drew, Nils Asther, Clarence Kolb
Votes: 149
32. Porky's Naughty Nephew (1938)
8 min | Animation, Family, Short
Porky and Pinky go to the beach. As Porky tries to nap, Pinky keeps whacking him with his little shovel. Then he fakes drowning in a shallow puddle. Porky enters a swim race, and Pinky sets a fake shark to follow him.
Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bernice Hansen, Cliff Nazarro, Tedd Pierce
Votes: 205
33. Sailors on Leave (1941)
Approved | 71 min | Musical, Comedy
Chuck Stevens(William Lundigan), a sailor who is allergic to women, receives a letter notifying him that he will inherit a large sum of money if he marries before his next birthday, Not ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: William Lundigan, Shirley Ross, Chick Chandler, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 15
34. Romance Rides the Range (1936)
59 min | Western
Baritone singer Barry Glendon, completing a successful season in opera, departs for his ranch in the west over the objections of his manager Tony. Arriving there with his double-talking ... See full summary »
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Fred Scott, Cliff Nazarro, Marion Shilling, Buzz Barton
Votes: 14
35. Blondie Goes to College (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Family
A man and his wife attend college together, only to find out that married couples are not allowed. Pretending not to be a couple, starts a dilemma as they become the object of other students' flirtations and romantic interest.
Director: Frank R. Strayer | Stars: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Daisy
Votes: 373
36. The Penguin Parade (1938)
7 min | Family, Animation, Short
An evening at a night club for penguins, (and a walrus or two). The stage show includes an appearance by a penguin incarnation of Bing Crosby, who sings a jazzy version of, "When my ... See full summary »
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Cliff Nazarro, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 173
37. 'Neath Canadian Skies (1946)
Not Rated | 41 min | Short, Western
The Mounties are called in to fight against claim jumpers.
Director: B. Reeves Eason | Stars: Russell Hayden, Inez Cooper, Douglas Fowley, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 75
38. Count Me Out (1938)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Egghead decides his road to riches is through a boxing correspondence course. When he graduates, he takes on champion Biff Stew. Biff pummels him mercilessly (the correspondence course ... See full summary »
Directors: Cal Dalton, Ben Hardaway | Stars: Mel Blanc, Tex Avery, Cliff Nazarro, Joe Twerp
Votes: 220
39. Swing Hostess (1944)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Comedy, Music
Rags-to-riches-to-rags story features Benny Goodman vocalist Martha Tilton as an unemployed big band singer who takes a job as an operator at a jukebox company. After falling in love with a... See full summary »
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: Martha Tilton, Iris Adrian, Charles Collins, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 221
40. Forged Passport (1939)
Approved | 63 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Dan Frazier is a U.S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. ... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Paul Kelly, June Lang, Lyle Talbot, Billy Gilbert
Votes: 30
41. Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
Approved | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the second film of Monogram's "Joe Palooka" series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the ... See full summary »
Director: Cy Endfield | Stars: Leon Errol, Joe Kirkwood Jr., Guy Kibbee, Elyse Knox
Votes: 43
42. Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 142
43. Katnip Kollege (1938)
Passed | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
At the Katnip Kollege, a roomful of cats take a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and must sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look ... See full summary »
Directors: Cal Dalton, Cal Howard | Stars: Mel Blanc, Johnnie Davis, George MacFarland, Poley McClintock
Votes: 707
44. The Singing Buckaroo (1937)
Passed | 50 min | Western
Barbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses to pay them. They then decide to double cross him and get the money for themselves. Gordon is ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Gibson | Stars: Fred Scott, Victoria Vinton, William Faversham, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 26
45. The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A program for radio KUKU set in the woods, mostly starring birds as caricatures of celebrities of the day. The MC is bandleader Ben Birdie, heckled by Walter Finchell. Wendell Howell ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Lorraine Bridges, Peter Lind Hayes
Votes: 378
46. Melody for Three (1941)
Approved | 67 min | Drama
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music teacher. His interest isn't just in the boy's music career.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King, Astrid Allwyn
Votes: 129
47. Outside of Paradise (1938)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected heir to an estate in Ireland. He doesn't have money enough for the passage to Ireland, but the... See full summary »
Director: John H. Auer | Stars: Phil Regan, Penny Singleton, Bert Gordon, Leonid Kinskey
Votes: 31
48. Trocadero (1944)
Approved | 74 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
In this musical, two young people inherit their father's nightclub. The joint teeters on the brink of bankruptcy until they bring in exciting jazz music and entertaining acts ranging from comedy to cartoonists.
Director: William Nigh | Stars: Rosemary Lane, Johnny Downs, Ralph Morgan, Dick Purcell
Votes: 144
49. The Goose Goes South (1941)
Approved | 6 min | Comedy, Family, Animation
The geese are flying south all except for the runty one that's the focus of this cartoon. He tries hitchhiking, but since nobody picks him up (though one car stops and gives him a ... See full summary »
Directors: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Rudolf Ising | Stars: Sara Berner, Frank Bingman, Mel Blanc, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 290
50. Toy Town Hall (1936)
G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A child would rather listen to the radio than go to bed, but mother insists. He sleeps, but at midnight, his toys come alive and put on a show for him (much of it recycled, though often with different backgrounds, from earlier cartoons).
Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Bernice Hansen, Peter Lind Hayes, Jackie Morrow, Cliff Nazarro
Votes: 205