All This, and Heaven Too 1940  N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Jeffrey Lynn, Barbara O'Neil, Virginia Weidler, Walter Hampden, Harry Davenport, Fritz Leiber, Ann E. Todd, Montagu Love, Helen Westley, Henry Daniell, George Coulouris, June Lockhart, Janet Beecher
After falling in love with the governess (Bette Davis), the Duc de Praslin (Charles Boyer) murders his wife. More tragedy follows with the suicide of the Duc; but the governess still finds happiness in this classic tale set in Paris in the mid-1800s. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Supporting Actress (Barbara O'Neil).
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The Big City 1937  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Luise Rainer, Spencer Tracy, Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher, Eddie Quillan, William Demarest, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Regis Toomey, Paul Harvey, Victor Varconi
Russian immigrant Joe Benton (Spencer Tracy) is an independent cabby who gets caught up in a taxi-driver war.
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The Dark Angel 1935  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Herbert Marshall, Janet Beecher, John Halliday, Frieda Inescort, Claud Allister, David Torrence, Holmes Herbert, Henrietta Crosman
This film received the Academy Award for Best Art Direction, and Merle Oberon was nominated for Best Actress. It is a remake of the 1925 movie about Alan Trent's (Fredric March) attempts to conceal his blindness from his lover, Kitty Vane (Merle Oberon).
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Judge Hardy's Children 1938 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: George B. Seitz
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Betty Ross Clarke, Robert Whitney, Jacqueline Laurent, Ruth Hussey, Jonathan Hale, Janet Beecher, Leonard Penn
Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) takes his family (Fay Holden, Cecilia Parker, and Mickey Rooney) along on a business trip to Washington, D.C., and, of course, romantic flings involving the Hardy kids ensue.
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The Lady Eve 1941  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Luis Alberni, Robert Greig, Janet Beecher, Dora Clement, Al Bridge, Eddie Hall, Bess Flowers
This not-to-be-missed comedy pits Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) and Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) as the romantic couple who meets aboard ship. Very rich Charles rejects Jean who in turn plots to get him back by posing as Lady Eve Sidwich. A fun ride.
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Love Before Breakfast 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Carole Lombard, Preston Foster, Cesar Romero, Janet Beecher, Betty Lawford, Richard Carle, Bert Roach, Forrester Harvey, Ed Barton, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Kent, Sammee Tong
Scott Miller (Preston Foster) and Bill Wadsworth (Cesar Romero) are both in love with Kay Colby (Carole Lombard), and, to get rid of Bill in the competition, Scott gives Bill a job running the company's business in Japan. Then, he arranges for the beautiful Contessa Janie Campanella (Betty Lawford) to sail on the same ship that Bill is taking to Japan. Romance blooms, but when Kay finds out about Scott's manipulation, she breaks off their relationship. Later, she accepts that his actions were performed in the name of true love, and Kay and Scott marry.
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 The Mark of Zorro 1940  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Western / Romance
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, J. Edward Bromberg, Eugene Pallette, Montagu Love, George Regas, Janet Beecher, Robert Lowery, Chris-Pin Martin, Bell Mitchell, Eugene Borden, Frank Puglia, John Bleifer
Don Diego Vega (Tyrone Power) is an aristocrat who returns to California in the early 1800s and fights the injustice of dictator Don Luis Quintero (J. Edward Bromberg) and his henchman Capt. Pasquale (Basil Rathbone) who are now ruling the district after displacing Don Diego's father Don Alejandro (Montagu Love) as governor. Don Diego is in love with Quintero's niece, Lolita (Linda Darnell), but he dons his mask and becomes Zorro, fighting against Quintero's corruption and leaving his mark as he battles for justice. Lots of fun and adventure.
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Say It in French 1938  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Ray Milland, Olympe Bradna, Irene Hervey, Janet Beecher, Mary Carlisle, Holmes Herbert, Walter Kingsford, William Collier Sr., Billy Lee, Erik Rhodes, G.P. Huntley
After a whirlwind courtship in France, golf pro Richard Carrington Jr. (Ray Milland) marries Julie (Olympe Bradna) but finds problems with his family when he returns home to the United States.
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Etienne Girardot, Janet Beecher, Rolfe Sedan, Donald MacBride, Marge Champion, Leonid Kinskey
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers portray the popular dance team of Vernon and Irene Castle who made ballroom dancing popular in the early 20th century.
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| 1. All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
2. The Big City (1937)
3. The Dark Angel (1935)
4. Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
5. The Lady Eve (1941)
6. Love Before Breakfast (1936)
7. The Mark of Zorro (1940)
8. Say It in French (1938)
9. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
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