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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Meet Dr. Christian 1939  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bernard Vorhaus
Cast: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Enid Bennett, Paul Harvey, Marcia Mae Jones, Jackie Moran, Maude Eburne, Frank Coghlan Jr., Patsy Lee Parsons, Sarah Edwards, John Kelly
Jean Hersholt started the "Dr. Christian" radio series in 1937 that lasted for 16 years. This film is the first of six episodes–also starring Hersholt. Loveable Dr. Christian has a practice in a small Minnesota town, and in this episode the good doctor wants to build a hospital. But the town's mayor has other plans–until Dr. Christian, despite having out-of-date tools, performs a delicate operation on the mayor's daughter.
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 Robin Hood 1922  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Family / Action / Adventure / Romance
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Enid Bennett, Alan Hale, Sam De Grasse, Paul Dickey, William Lowery, Billie Bennett, Roy Coulson, Wilson Benge, Willard Louis, Bud Geary, Lloyd Talman, Ann Doran, Frank Austin
Douglas Fairbanks is at his swashbuckling best in this high-budget, silent epic. The Earl of Nottingham (Fairbanks) follows King Richard the Lion Hearted (Wallace Beery) to the Crusades. But, the King's brother, Prince John (Sam De Grasse), who was left behind in charge, ursurps the throne and becomes an oppressive ruler. The Earl takes on the pseudonym of "Robin Hood" and returns to save the day.
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Skippy 1931 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Jack Clifford, Guy Oliver, Donald Haines
This film received nominations for Best Picture and Best Actor, and Norman Taurog took home the Oscar for Best Director. Skippy (Jackie Cooper) is an all-American boy finding happiness and success in spite of not being born with a silver spoon in his mouth. A sequel, "Sooky," was made later the same year.
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Sooky 1931  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog
Cast: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson, Helen Jerome Eddy, Enid Bennett, Oscar Apfel, Tom Wilson, Gertrude Sutton, Harry Beresford
This sequel to "Skippy" again features boyhood friends Skippy (Jackie Cooper) and Sooky (Robert Coogan) in funny, yet sentimental, escapades around their neighborhood.
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Waterloo Bridge 1931 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Whale
Cast: Mae Clarke, Douglass Montgomery, Doris Lloyd, Frederick Kerr, Enid Bennett, Bette Davis, Ethel Griffies, Rita Carlyle, Ruth Handforth, Billy Bevan, Louise Emmons
During World War I, while taking cover under Waterloo Bridge during an air raid in London, chorus girl Myra (Mae Clarke) meets Canadian soldier Roy Cronin (Douglass Montgomery). Not realizing that Myra is a prostitute, Roy falls in love with her, and they make plans to be married–despite Myra's concerns about not admitting to Roy that she is a prostitute. Roy does find out about her past but still loves Myra. It is time for Roy to return to the battlefield, and they share a tearful farewell at Waterloo Bridge. Later, during another air raid, Myra is again near Waterloo Bridge but doesn't take cover and is killed.
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| 1. Intermezzo, a Love Story (1939)
aka: Intermezzo
2. Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
3. Robin Hood (1922)
4. Skippy (1931)
5. Sooky (1931)
6. Waterloo Bridge (1931)
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