Cafe Metropole 1937  N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Tyrone Power, Loretta Young, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Charles Winninger, Helen Westley, Christian Rub, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Georges Renavent, Leonid Kinskey, Hal K. Dawson, Louis Mercier, Gino Corrado, Jules Raucourt, Paul Porcasi
Monsieur Victor (Adolphe Menjou) owns the Cafe Metropole, but he faces a prison term if he does not replace the money he has embezzled from the cafe. He thinks he has the money when he wins at the casino, and playboy Alexander Brown (Tyrone Power) gives him a check, but the check bounces. Now, Victor forces Alexander to pretend to be a Russian prince, "Alexis Penayev," and woo a wealthy American, Laura Ridgeway (Loretta Young), so that they can use her money to pay off the debt. The courtship begins, Alexis and Laura fall in love, and then the real prince (Gregory Ratoff) makes himself known. Has Victor taken on more than he can handle?
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Cafe Society 1939  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Jessie Ralph, Claude Gillingwater, Allyn Joslyn, Charles Trowbridge, Frank Dawson, Dorothy Tree, Don Alvarado
A socialite, Christopher (Madeleine Carroll), marries newspaper reporter Crick O'Bannon (Fred MacMurray) on a bet and later falls in love with him.
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 Holiday 1930 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Ann Harding, Robert Ames, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Hedda Hopper, William(2) Holden, Monroe Owsley, Creighton Hale, Mary Forbes, Elizabeth Forrester, Mabel Forrest, Hallam Cooley
This is a film adaptation of Phillip Barry's play about John Case (Robert Ames) who is being coerced into changing his carefree life to join the business firm of his fiancee Julia's (Mary Astor) father. All ends well when Julia's sister Linda (Ann Harding) sees things for what they are, falls in love with John, and saves the day. Harding was nominated for an Oscar. Remade in 1938.
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Honeymoon in Bali 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
aka: My Love for Yours
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Allan Jones, Akim Tamiroff, Helen Broderick, Osa Massen, Astrid Allwyn, Georgia Caine, John Qualen, Monty Woolley
Gail Allen (Madeleine Carroll) manages a department store, and, although she is all business and has no plans for marriage, she has two men (Fred MacMurray and Allan Jones) interested in marrying her. Will her career continue to come first in her life?
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Next Time We Love 1936 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell, Anna Demetrio, Robert McWade, Florence Roberts, Christian Rub, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Carr
The marriage of newspaper reporter Christopher Tyler (James Stewart) and his actress wife, Cicely (Margaret Sullavan), is threatened by their busy lifestyles and the amorous attentions of Tommy Abbott (Ray Milland).
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No More Ladies 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery, Charles Ruggles, Franchot Tone, Edna May Oliver, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Vivienne Osborne, Arthur Treacher, Reginald Denny
To teach her philandering husband, Sherry (Robert Montgomery), a lesson, Marcia (Joan Crawford) pretends to be interested in Jim (Franchot Tone).
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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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Safari 1940 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll, Tullio Carminati, Lynne Overman, Muriel Angelus, Billy Gilbert, Thomas Louden, Frank Godoy, Jack Carr, Frederick Vogeding
Good lead players and OK scenery enhance this run-of-the-mill jungle story.
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The Sky's the Limit 1943 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Robert Ryan, Elizabeth Patterson, Marjorie Gateson, Richard Davies, Clarence Kolb, Eric Blore, Freddie Slack
Flying ace Fred (Fred Astaire) takes leave while his group is on tour in support of the war effort. In the guise of a drifter, he meets and falls for photographer Joan (Joan Leslie). Good Academy Award-nominated musical score, and Fred's new dancing partner isn't bad but not one of Fred's best.
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Young and Willing 1943 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward H. Griffith
Cast: William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, Susan Hayward, Martha O'Driscoll, James Brown, Barbara Britton, Mabel Paige, Paul Hurst, Olin Howland
Young and aspiring show-business hopefuls share an apartment building as well as their dreams and love as they strive for success.
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| 1. The Animal Kingdom (1932)
2. Cafe Metropole (1937)
3. Cafe Society (1939)
4. Holiday (1930)
5. Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
aka: My Love for Yours
6. Next Time We Love (1936)
7. No More Ladies (1935)
8. One Night in Lisbon (1941)
9. Safari (1940)
10. The Sky's the Limit (1943)
11. Virginia (1941)
12. Young and Willing (1943)
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