 Angel 1937  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall, Melvyn Douglas, Edward Everett Horton, Ernest Cossart, Laura Hope Crews, Herbert Mundin, Ivan Lebedeff, Dennie Moore, Lionel Pape, Gino Corrado, Michael Visaroff, Eric Wilton, Olaf Hytten, James Finlayson
Bored Maria (Marlene Dietrich) feels trapped in a loveless marriage with a British nobleman (Herbert Marshall). So off she goes to Paris for a vacation and falls in love with an American (Melvyn Douglas). Despite the fine cast, this is far from Lubitsch's or Dietrich's best.
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Anna Lucasta 1949  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Irving Rapper
Cast: Paulette Goddard, William Bishop, Oskar Homolka, John Ireland, Broderick Crawford, Will Geer, Gale Page, Mary Wickes, Whit Bissell, James Brown, Dennie Moore, Anthony Caruso
After her alcoholic father (Oskar Homolka) kicks her out of the house, Brooklyn prostitute Anna Lucasta (Paulette Goddard) is exploited by her family when they use her as bait to trap a wealthy farmer into marriage, which will bring money into the family.
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Bachelor Mother 1939  N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Garson Kanin
Cast: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clive, Ernest Truex, Paul Stanton, Ferike Boros, Leonard Penn, Dennie Moore, Elbert Coplen Jr., Frank M. Thomas, Edna Holland, June Wilkins, Donald Duck
Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) is a clerk at Merlin's Department Store who discovers an abandoned baby on her doorstep. She falls in love with the little bundle of joy and decides to adopt the baby. Rumors fly that Polly is really the birth mother, and the store owner, J.B. Merlin (Charles Coburn), sends his son David (David Niven) to get Polly back on the straight-and-narrow path. Now, Polly discovers more than love for the charming infant, she discovers other forms of love, too.
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Boy Meets Girl 1938 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Marie Wilson, Ralph Bellamy, Dick Foran, Ronald Reagan, Penny Singleton, Frank McHugh, Bruce Lester, Dennie Moore
The Cagney and O'Brien duo return as irreverent writers in this spoof of the Hollywood scene. They help a widow waitress (Wilson) by promoting her baby into being a star, as well as helping with her romantic problems. Look for Ron Reagan as the announcer.
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The Perfect Speciman 1937 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Errol Flynn, Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward Everett Horton, Dick Foran, May Robson, Beverly Roberts, Allen Jenkins, Dennie Moore, Hugh O'Connell
A wealthy woman (May Robson) shelters her grandson (Errol Flynn) from the outside world until a beautiful woman (Joan Blondell) enters the picture, and the grandmother loses control.
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Submarine D-1 1937 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Cast: Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris, Frank McHugh, Doris Weston, Henry O'Neill, Regis Toomey, Broderick Crawford, Dennie Moore, Veda Ann Borg
Navy submariners on leave find romance and adventure during a stopover in a liberty town. Ronald Reagan was in the original cast but his parts didn't make the final cut.
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Sylvia Scarlett 1935 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, Dennie Moore, Brian Aherne, Natalie Paley, Lennox Pawle, Daisy Belmore, E.E. Clive, Leonard Mudie
This film is fun to watch as it is the first of a number of Katharine Hepburn/Cary Grant films. Although ahead of its time, it is a combination of comedy and drama about four vagabond players in Europe.
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| 1. Angel (1937)
2. Anna Lucasta (1949)
3. Bachelor Mother (1939)
4. Boy Meets Girl (1938)
5. The Perfect Speciman (1937)
6. Submarine D-1 (1937)
7. Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
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