Christmas in July 1940  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn, Alexander Carr, William Demarest, Ernest Truex, Franklin Pangborn, Harry Hayden, Rod Cameron, Harry Rosenthal, Adrian Morris, Georgia Caine, Julius Tannen, Torben Meyer, Ferike Boros
Believing he has won $10,000 in a slogan contest, a young clerk, Jimmy MacDonald (Dick Powell), tears off on a spending spree and proposes to his girlfriend, Betty Casey (Ellen Drew). When he finds out that the prize is not really his, Jimmy is faced with the consequences of his rash actions.
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The Great McGinty 1940  N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Brian Donlevy, Akim Tamiroff, Muriel Angelus, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Allyn Joslyn, Thurston Hall, Harry Rosenthal, Arthur Hoyt, Libby Taylor, Frank Moran, Jimmy Conlin, Dewey Robinson, Esther Howard
Preston Sturges won the Academy Award for Best Writing (original screenplay) for his work on this political satire. The story is about Dan McGinty (William Demarest) who rises to governor of his state and then lets his power slip away because he tries to be honest.
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Johnny Apollo 1940  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Tyrone Power, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Charley Grapewin, Lionel Atwill, Marc Lawrence, Jonathan Hale, Russell Hicks, Fuzzy Knight, Harry Rosenthal, Charles(2) Lane, Selmer Jackson, Charles Trowbridge, John Hamilton
Robert Cain Sr. (Edward Arnold) is a wealthy broker who is convicted of embezzlement and sent to jail. His upstanding son, Bob (Tyrone Power), is ashamed of his father and changes his name. After relenting, Bob decides to try to get his father released, but that takes money and means working for mobster Mickey Dwyer (Lloyd Nolan). Bob uses the alias of "Johnny Apollo" and hooks up with Mickey, but both end up in the same jail as Bob's father. All the problems get worked out, and Bob even wins the heart of Mickey's daughter Lucky Dubarry (Dorothy Lamour).
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| 1. Christmas in July (1940)
2. The Great McGinty (1940)
3. Johnny Apollo (1940)
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