The Eagle and the Hawk 1933  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Walker
Cast: Fredric March, Cary Grant, Jack Oakie, Carole Lombard, Sir Guy Standing, Forrester Harvey, Leyland Hodgson, Crauford Kent, Douglas Scott, Dennis O'Keefe
This anti-war film involves a Royal Flying Corps pilot, Jerry Young (Fredric March), who begins to suffer from the strains of watching his fellow officers die.
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Intermezzo, a Love Story 1939  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Intermezzo
Director: Gregory Ratoff
Cast: Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best, John Halliday, Cecil Kellaway, Ann E. Todd, Enid Bennett, Edward Fielding, Douglas Scott
In this great, but tragic, love story, Ingrid Bergman plays the piano accompanist and lover of a world-famous violinist (Leslie Howard) in their ill-fated romance. She played the same role three years earlier in the Swedish version; this was her first English-speaking film.
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The Last Gangster 1937 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Ludwig
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, James Stewart, Rosa Stradner, Lionel Stander, Douglas Scott, John Carradine, Sidney Blackmer, Louise Beavers, Edward Brophy, Grant Mitchell
Upon his release, following 10 years in prison, a mobster (Edward G. Robinson) searches for the son he has never known. Another fine performance by Robinson.
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Wee Willie Winkie 1937 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Family
Director: John Ford
Cast: Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael Whalen, Cesar Romero, Willie Fung, Constance Collier, Douglas Scott, Gavin Muir
Priscilla (Shirley Temple) charms grandfather Colonel Williams (C. Aubrey Smith) and others when she and her widowed mother (June Lang) visit the frontier of India where British troops are stationed.
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 Wuthering Heights 1939  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, Miles Mander, Leo G. Carroll, Hugh Williams, Cecil Humphreys, Cecil Kellaway, Sarita Wooton, Rex Downing, Douglas Scott, Helena Grant
In this filmed version of Emily Bronte's classic novel, Mr. Earnshaw (Cecil Kellaway) brings home orphaned Heathcliff (Rex Downing) to Wuthering Heights. Earnshaw's son Hindley (Douglas Scott) hates Heathcliff, but daughter Catherine (Sarita Wooton) loves him. Mr. Earnshaw dies, and Hindley takes over forcing Heathcliff to work as a stable boy. Cathy and Heathcliff love each other, but when they grow up, Cathy (now played by Merle Oberon) marries wealthy neighbor Edgar Linton (David Niven). Heathcliff (now played by Laurence Olivier) has left but returns a wealthy man, buys Wuthering Heights from Hindley (now played by Hugh Williams), and marries Edgar's sister Isabella (Geraldine Fitzgerald). Now, Cathy realizes that she cannot forget Heathcliff, and even death cannot part them. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Olivier), Supporting Actress (Geraldine Fitzgerald), and Director.
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| 1. The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
2. Intermezzo, a Love Story (1939)
aka: Intermezzo
3. The Last Gangster (1937)
4. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
5. Wuthering Heights (1939)
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