A Bill of Divorcement 1940  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Maureen O'Hara, Adolphe Menjou, Fay Bainter, Herbert Marshall, Dame May Whitty, Patric Knowles, C. Aubrey Smith, Ernest Cossart, Kathryn Collier, Bunny Beatty
In this remake of the 1932 film, a mentally ill man (Adolphe Menjou) regains sanity and returns home after a long absence. He is confronted with divorce, but gets to know his now-grown daughter (Maureen O'Hara).
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A Christmas Carol 1938  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver, Leo G. Carroll, June Lockhart, Ann Rutherford, Halliwell Hobbes, Lionel Braham, D'Arcy Corrigan, Ronald Sinclair, Bunny Beatty, John O'Day
This early version of "A Christmas Carol" is worth watching. Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen) is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Present, Past, and Future (Ann Rutherford, Lionel Braham, and D'Arcy Corrigan), and they convince him to reassess his treatment of Tiny Tim (Terry Kilburn) and his family.
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Libeled Lady 1936  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy, Spencer Tracy, William Powell, Walter Connolly, Charley Grapewin, Cora Witherspoon, E.E. Clive, Charles Trowbridge, Spencer Charters, Otto Yamaoka, Bunny Beatty, George Chandler, Greta Meyer, Hal K. Dawson
After newspaper editor Warren Haggerty (Spencer Tracy) prints a story about wealthy Connie Allenbury (Myrna Loy) stealing the husband of another woman, Connie sues the paper for printing a false story. Warren is about to marry Gladys (Jean Harlow) but now postpones the wedding and hires Bill Chandler (William Powell) to marry Gladys in name only and then pursue Connie. The plan is for Gladys to sue Connie for alienation of affections and get her to drop the lawsuit against Warren. But, plans backfire when true love enters the picture. Remade in 1946 as "Easy to Wed."
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| 1. A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
2. A Christmas Carol (1938)
3. Libeled Lady (1936)
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