After Office Hours 1935  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke, Katharine Alexander, Henry Travers, Harvey Stephens, William Demarest, Hale Hamilton, Henry Armetta
Jim Branch (Clark Gable) manages a big-city newspaper and joins forces with fired reporter Sharon Norwood (Constance Bennett). Together, they dig up the roots of a major scandal.
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And Baby Makes Three 1949 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Levin
Cast: Robert Young, Barbara Hale, Robert Hutton, Janis Carter, Billie Burke, Nicholas Joy, Lloyd Corrigan, Melville Cooper, Louise Currie, Grandon Rhodes
Jacqueline (Barbara Hale) is already divorced from Vernon Walsh (Robert Young) when she learns she is pregnant and HE is the father of her expected baby.
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 The Barkleys of Broadway 1949  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Charles Walters
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Oscar Levant, Billie Burke, Gale Robbins, Jacques Francois, George Zucco, Hans Conried, Clinton Sundberg, Frank Ferguson
After a 10-year separation, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are re-teamed as musical-comedy performers Josh and Dinah Barkley. Although Dinah is the protege of Josh, she is offered a new role as a dramatic actress, and this creates problems in the marriage.
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Becky Sharp 1935 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Frances Dee, Cedric Hardwicke, Billie Burke, Alison Skipworth, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray, G.P. Huntley, William Stack, George Hassell, William Faversham, Charles Richman, Doris Lloyd, Colin Tapley
Often cited as the first full-length color movie, this film is based on William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair." Miriam Hopkins takes on the title role of self-centered social-climber Becky Sharp who does not care how she gets there on her rise to the top of British society.
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A Bill of Divorcement 1932  N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: John Barrymore, Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, David Manners, Henry Stephenson, Paul Cavanagh, Elizabeth Patterson, Gayle Evers, Julie Haydon
In this drama (Katharine Hepburn's first film) Sydney Fairfield (Hepburn) is caught in the dilemma of marrying the man she loves (David Manners) or staying home to care for her father (John Barrymore), who returned home from a long stay in a mental institution and was confronted by being divorced by his wife.
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Craig's Wife 1936 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke, Jane Darwell, Dorothy Wilson, Alma Kruger, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Walburn, Robert Allen, Elisabeth Risdon
Rosalind Russell hit it big with this film based on George Kelly's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Harriet Craig alienates all around her, including her husband, as she is obsessed with her home and other material possessions. Remade in 1950 as "Harriet Craig," with Joan Crawford in the title role.
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 Dinner at Eight 1933 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, Billie Burke, Jean Hersholt, Madge Evans, Karen Morley, Louise Closser Hale, Phillips Holmes, May Robson, Grant Mitchell
Millicent Jordan (Billie Burke) arranges a dinner party that she believes will help her husband Oliver's (Lionel Barrymore) career. Among the guests are business executive Dan Packard (Wallace Beery) and his wife Kitty (Jean Harlow) who just happens to be having an affair with another guest, Dr. Wayne Talbot (Edmund Lowe). Also at the dinner party are matinee idol Larry Renault (John Barrymore), who is involved with the Jordans' daughter Paula (Madge Evans), and aging stage actress Carlotta (Marie Dressler). The personal lives of the guests at this dinner party are scrutinized, and the result is a highly entertaining, sophisticated comedy.
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Eternally Yours 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Loretta Young, David Niven, Hugh Herbert, Billie Burke, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Walburn, Zasu Pitts, Broderick Crawford, Virginia Field, Eve Arden, Ralph Graves, Lionel Pape
Anita (Loretta Young) looks forward to a comfortable life when she marries wealthy, stable Don (Broderick Crawford). But when she meets a magician, "The Great Arturo" (David Niven), she falls in love with him, the two marry, and they head out on his travels around the world. Despite her new adventures, she yearns for home, and–after several years of traveling with the flirtatious magician–she decides to leave him and return to the simple life.
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Father of the Bride 1950  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll, Moroni Olsen, Melville Cooper, Paul Harvey, Russ Tamblyn, Taylor Holmes, Frank Orth, Tom Irish, Marietta Canty, Fay Baker
This excellent film depicts a father Stanley T. Banks' (Spencer Tracy) emotions surrounding the approaching wedding of his only daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor). Mother Ellie (Joan Bennett) and daughter prepare wedding plans, but Father becomes concerned with financing the wedding. Underlying all this is Father's problem of coming to grips with losing his place of importance in his daughter's life. Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor (Tracy), and Writing.
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Father's Little Dividend 1951 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, Elizabeth Taylor, Don Taylor, Billie Burke, Moroni Olsen, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Harvey, Richard Rober, Frank Faylen, Tom Irish, Hayden Rorke, Marietta Canty, Dabbs Greer, Howard M. Mitchell
This sequel to "Father of the Bride (1950)" has Stanley Banks (Spencer Tracy) trying to adjust to becoming a grandfather. His daughter Kay (Elizabeth Taylor) is now married to Buckley (Don Taylor), and they are expecting a baby. Stanley's overbearing wife Ellie (Joan Bennett) is worried throughout the pregnancy, but their young grandson arrives safely. The baby now screams whenever Stanley comes near–until Stanley mistakenly leaves the baby alone in his carriage for a half hour. When Stanley returns, he is greeted by a smiling baby, and he is finally a proud grandfather.
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A Feather in Her Hat 1935 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Santell
Cast: Pauline Lord, Louis Hayward, Basil Rathbone, Billie Burke, Wendy Barrie, Thurston Hall, J.M. Kerrigan, David Niven, Victor Varconi, Nydia Westman
In an attempt to ensure her son (Louis Hayward) a better chance in life, Clarissa Phipps (Pauline Lord) falsifies his identity to make it appear that he did not come from a humble heritage.
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Forsaking All Others 1934 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Robert Montgomery, Charles Butterworth, Billie Burke, Frances Drake, Rosalind Russell, Arthur Treacher
Although Mary (Joan Crawford) and Dill (Robert Montgomery) are getting married, Jeff (Clark Gable) pines for his lost love, Mary. Events turn out happily ever after when Dill marries another woman, and Jeff and Mary discover their true love.
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Hi Diddle Diddle 1943 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Try and Find It
Diamonds and Crime
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Pola Negri, Dennis O'Keefe, Billie Burke, Walter Kingsford, Barton Hepburn, Georges Metaxa, Eddie Marr, Paul Porcasi, Bert Roach, June Havoc, Chick Chandler, Richard Hageman, Ellen Lowe
The honeymoon of newlyweds Janie (Martha Scott) and Sonny (Dennis O'Keefe) is interrupted when the bride's mother (Billie Burke) learns that she has been swindled by a suitor (Barton Hepburn) she has turned down. To the rescue comes the groom's father (Adolphe Menjou) who steps in to save the day.
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In This Our Life 1942 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Charles Coburn, Billie Burke, Hattie McDaniel, William Forrest, Frank Craven, Lee Patrick, Mary Servoss, Ernest Anderson, Edward Fielding, William B. Davidson, John Hamilton
Two sisters, Stanley (Bette Davis) and Roy (Olivia de Havilland), are in love with the same man, Craig (George Brent). Although Roy and Craig are married, he decides to leave his wife for Stanley.
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Irene 1940 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Cast: Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young, Alan Marshal, May Robson, Billie Burke, Arthur Treacher, Marsha Hunt, Isabel Jewell, Ethel Griffies
This is the film adaptation of a 1919 Broadway musical in which an Irish lass, Irene O'Dare (Anna Neagle) rises from poverty into the arms of Don Marshal (Ray Milland). The song "Alice Blue Gown" was introduced in this pretty good musical.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner 1942 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: William Keighley
Cast: Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, Monty Woolley, Richard Travis, Billie Burke, Jimmy Durante, Reginald Gardiner, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Fraser, Grant Mitchell, George Barbier, Russell Arms, Edwin Stanley
Monty Woolley recreates his Broadway role of Sheridan Whiteside, a critic and radio personality. Whiteside is a guest lecturer who suffers an injury. While recuperating, he and his secretary (Bette Davis) move in with a local family. It does not take long for the welcome to wear out. Monty Woolley: "Strange? She's right out of 'The Hounds of the Baskervilles.'"
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Navy Blue and Gold 1937 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Robert Young, James Stewart, Florence Rice, Billie Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Tom Brown, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Kelly, Frank Albertson, Minor Watson
Three Annapolis midshipmen endure the rigors of life at the United States Naval Academy and realize the benefits of esprit de corps amidst the excitement of the annual Army-Navy football game.
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One Night in Lisbon 1941 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Patricia Morison, Billie Burke, John Loder, Dame May Whitty, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Denny, Billy Gilbert, Marcel Dalio
An American pilot, Dwight Houston (Fred MacMurray), is in Lisbon during World War II and falls in love with an English woman, Leonora (Madeleine Carroll), who he meets when both seek shelter during an air raid.
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Sergeant Rutledge 1960 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode, Billie Burke, Juano Hernandez, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Judson Pratt, William Henry, Walter Reed, Shug Fisher, Chuck Hayward, William Henry, Rafer Johnson, Mae Marsh
First Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode) is a black man wrongly accused of rape and murder. At his court martial, Lieutenant Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) brilliantly defends the innocent man and proves that, not only did he not commit rape and murder, he was a hero.
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Small Town Girl 1953 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Laszlo Kardos
Cast: Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Bobby Van, Robert Keith, Chill Wills, Billie Burke, Fay Wray, Nat King Cole
While serving a 30-day sentence for speeding, Rick Belrow Livingston (Farley Granger) finds his playboy lifestyle changing as he falls in love with Cindy Kimbell (Jane Powell) and changes from his marriage plans with chorus girl Lisa (Ann Miller).
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Splendor 1935 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Paul Cavanagh, Helen Westley, Billie Burke, Katharine Alexander, David Niven, Arthur Treacher, Ivan F. Simpson, Reginald Sheffield
When wealthy Brighton Lorrimore (Joel McCrea) brings home his new wife Phyllis (Miriam Hopkins), the family has problems accepting her lower social status.
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They All Kissed the Bride 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alexander Hall
Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Allen Jenkins, Andrew Tombes, Helen Parrish, Emory Parnell, Mary Treen, Nydia Westman
This entertaining comedy is centered on the inane premise that a man could be arrested for kissing the bride during her wedding festivities.
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Three Husbands 1951 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, Vanessa Brown, Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Kames, Emlyn Williams, Billie Burke, Louise Erickson, Jonathan Hale, Jane Darwell, Benson Fong, Frank Cady, Dorothea Wolbert
When playboy Maxwell Bard (Emlyn Williams) arrives in Heaven, he is granted one last wish. His request is to watch from above the reactions of his three poker playing pals (Howard Da Silva, Shepperd Strudwick, and Robert Kames) after they read the letters he left for them when he died. The letters tell about his affairs with each of their wives (Eve Arden, Ruth Warrick, and Vanessa Brown), and the letters result in amusing reactions from the husbands.
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 Topper 1937 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Cary Grant, Roland Young, Constance Bennett, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Eugene Pallette, Arthur Lake, Hedda Hopper, Virginia Sale, J. Farrell MacDonald, Theodore von Eltz, Elaine Shepard, Doodles Weaver, Si Jenks, Irving Bacon
George and Marion Kerby (Cary Grant and Constance Bennett) die in a car crash, but they must perform a good deed before they can go to Heaven. Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) is the stuffy president of the bank in which George and Marion are stockholders, and they decide that he should be the one who will receive their services. The good deed is to show Topper how to loosen up and enjoy life–but the deed will not come without problems from Topper's wife Clara (Billie Burke) and his butler (Alan Mowbray). Young received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Topper Returns 1941 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Mystery / Romance
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Cast: Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe, Patsy Kelly, H.B. Warner, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, George Zucco, Donald MacBride, Trevor Bardette, Rafaela Ottiano, George Lloyd, Duke York, Eddy Chandler
Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) is back in this final episode of the series. The fun-loving ghost of Gail Richards (Joan Blondell) seeks the aid of Cosmo in finding her killer before the killer finds her friend who was the intended victim. The search ends up in a dark, old house with all the creepy attributes. Some very funny scenes. A Special Effects Academy Award nomination was received.
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Topper Takes a Trip 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Alan Mowbray, Verree Teasdale, Franklin Pangborn, Alexander D'Arcy, Paul Hurst, Spencer Charters, Irving Pichel, Armand Kaliz, Eddie Conrad, Leon Belasco, Georges Revanent, Wade Boteler
This film picks up where the original "Topper" left off (without Cary Grant, except in a flashback). Cosmo Topper's (Roland Young) wife Clara (Billie Burke) heads to France, intending to divorce Cosmo, thinking that he had an affair with Marion Kerby (Constance Bennett), who was, in reality, a ghost trying to do a good deed. Cosmo chases after Clara, hoping to change her mind, and Marion shows up with her ghost dog to help him out. Excellent special effects, especially for the 1930s.
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 The Wizard of Oz 1939  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Charley Grapewin, Clara Blandick, Pat Walshe, Terry, Singer Midgets, Rolfe Sedan, Oliver Smith, Harry Wilson
This is the classic movie of Frank Baum's allegory about the plight of the farmers and the question of whether the U.S. should use the gold or silver standard. It is the story of the adventures of Dorothy (Judy Garland) and her dog, Toto, who are blown by a tornado from dry, dusty Kansas to the beautiful world of Oz with its yellow brick road (gold) and wise wizard (Federal Government). The fine music was rewarded by Oscars for "Over The Rainbow" as Best Song and for Best Musical Score. The film was nominated for Best Picture, and Judy Garland received an Honorary Award (Miniature Statuette) for Outstanding Juvenile Performance.
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The Young in Heart 1938 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Wallace
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Roland Young, Billie Burke, Richard Carlson, Minnie Dupree, Lya Lys, Henry Stephenson, Eily Malyon
An elderly woman, Miss Fortune (Minnie Dupree), convinces a family of con artists to mend their ways.
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The Young Philadelphians 1959 N/R, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Alexis Smith, Brian Keith, Billie Burke, Robert Vaughn, Adam West, Otto Kruger, Diane Brewster, John Williams
Tony Lawrence (Paul Newman) is a young lawyer who defends his Army buddy, Chet Gwynn (Robert Vaughn), in a murder charge. At the same time, he pursues society girl, Joan Dickerson (Barbara Rush), as one step up the social ladder. Vaughn received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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Zenobia 1939 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Billie Burke, Stepin Fetchit, Harry Langdon, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Hattie McDaniel, June Lang, Olin Howland, J. Farrell MacDonald
Oliver Hardy–without Stan Laurel–stars in this film about a doctor who treats an ailing elephant. Following its recovery, the elephant will not forget the man who saved him, and the poor doctor finds that the elephant has become his shadow.
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| 1. After Office Hours (1935)
2. And Baby Makes Three (1949)
3. The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
4. Becky Sharp (1935)
5. A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
6. The Bride Wore Red (1937)
7. Christopher Strong (1933)
8. Craig's Wife (1936)
9. Dinner at Eight (1933)
10. Dulcy (1940)
11. Eternally Yours (1939)
12. Father of the Bride (1950)
13. Father's Little Dividend (1951)
14. A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
15. Forsaking All Others (1934)
16. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
aka: Try and Find It
aka: Diamonds and Crime
17. In This Our Life (1942)
18. Irene (1940)
19. The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)
20. Navy Blue and Gold (1937)
21. One Night in Lisbon (1941)
22. Parnell (1937)
23. Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
24. Small Town Girl (1953)
25. Splendor (1935)
26. They All Kissed the Bride (1942)
27. Three Husbands (1951)
aka: Letter to Three Husbands
28. Topper (1937)
29. Topper Returns (1941)
30. Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
31. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
32. The Young in Heart (1938)
33. The Young Philadelphians (1959)
34. Zenobia (1939)
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