Appointment for Love 1941  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Rita Johnson, Eugene Pallette, Ruth Terry, Reginald Denny, Cecil Kellaway, J.M. Kerrigan, Gus Schilling, Virginia Brissac
Newlyweds Andre (Charles Boyer) and Jane (Margaret Sullavan) live in separate apartments during some harried moments early in their marriage. Their busy schedules are worked out by film's end, and it appears that they will live happily ever after.
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Back Street 1941  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Charles Boyer, Margaret Sullavan, Richard Carlson, Frank McHugh, Tim Holt, Frank Jenks, Esther Dale, Samuel S. Hinds, Marjorie Gateson, Cecil Cunningham, Peggy Stewart, Nell O'Day, Kitty O'Neil, Nella Walker, Dale Winter
Charles Boyer and Margaret Sullavan are a believable team as they play star-crossed lovers Walter and Rae who, due to a mix-up, do not marry. Five years later, they meet again. Rae is engaged to marry Curt (Richard Carlson), and Walter has married another woman. Their love has lasted over the years, and Rae agrees to be Walter's mistress–an affair that will last for many years.
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The Good Fairy 1935 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Beulah Bondi, Alan Hale, Eric Blore, Cesar Romero, Luis Alberni, June Clayworth
Usherette Luisa (Margaret Sullavan) is a young woman fresh out of an orphanage. When the rich Konrad (Frank Morgan) asks her out, she says that she is married, picking a name out of the phone book as the husband. The man, Max (Herbert Marshall), a struggling lawyer, is hired by Konrad in order to get Luisa. After the appropriate complications, Luisa and Max fall in love, and Konrad becomes their benefactor. Remade in 1947 as "I'll Be Yours").
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The Moon's Our Home 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Charles Butterworth, Beulah Bondi, Walter Brennan, Spencer Charters, Lucien Littlefield, Margaret Hamilton, Brandon Hurst, Andrea Leeds
The most interesting facet about this film is that its stars had been married and divorced in real life before working together on this project. This is a comedy/drama about problems encountered by a newly wed couple.
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The Mortal Storm 1940 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack, William T. Orr, Maria Ouspenskaya, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, Esther Dale
In this propaganda film about the tragedies endured by the Roth family, the father, a German professor (Frank Morgan), speaks out against the Nazis and ends up in a concentration camp where he is killed. His two sons (Robert Stack and William Orr) become Nazis as does his daughter's fiance (Robert Young). His daughter (Margaret Sullavan) eventually tries to cross the border into Austria with the man she loves (James Stewart), but she is killed trying to escape.
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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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The Shining Hour 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan, Robert Young, Melvyn Douglas, Fay Bainter, Allyn Joslyn, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Albertson, Oscar O'Shea, Frank Puglia
A conservative farmer, Henry Linden (Melvyn Douglas), marries showgirl Olivia Riley (Joan Crawford), and problems develop when he introduces her to his family.
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The Shop Around the Corner 1940  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressart, William Tracy, Inez Courtney, Charles Halton, Charles Smith, Sarah Edwards, Edwin Maxwell, William Edmunds, Grace Hale, Mary Carr
Kiara (Margaret Sullavan) and Alfred (James Stewart) are co-workers in a small, Budapest shop. Although they are antagonistic toward each other at work, they unwittingly become loving pen pals. Because they do not sign their real names, they do not realize that they are writing to each other. Will their antagonism stop when the truth comes out? The story was later remade as the musical film "In the Good Old Summertime" and as the Broadway play "She Loves Me."
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Shopworn Angel 1938 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: H.C. Potter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Nat Pendleton, Sam Levene, Alan Curtis, Charley Grapewin, Charles D. Brown, Jimmy Butler
A self-centered actress (Margaret Sullavan) plays with the affections of a soldier (James Stewart) from Texas who is on his way to battle. Typically good Sullavan/Stewart matchup.
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So Ends Our Night 1941 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Fredric March, Frances Dee, Margaret Sullavan, Glenn Ford, Erich von Stroheim, Anna Sten, Joseph Cawthorn, Leonid Kinskey, Alexander Granach, Sig Ruman
In this World War II story, political refugees traverse Europe trying to stay one step ahead of the Nazis.
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Three Comrades 1938 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast: Robert Taylor, Margaret Sullavan, Franchot Tone, Robert Young, Guy Kibbee, Lionel Atwill, Henry Hull, George Zucco, Charley Grapewin, Monty Woolley
Margaret Sullavan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Pat–a woman dying of tuberculosis. The story reveals the devotion of three young men whose friendship gains strength as they care for the woman they love.
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| 1. Appointment for Love (1941)
2. Back Street (1941)
3. The Good Fairy (1935)
4. The Moon's Our Home (1936)
5. The Mortal Storm (1940)
6. Next Time We Love (1936)
7. The Shining Hour (1938)
8. The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
9. Shopworn Angel (1938)
10. So Ends Our Night (1941)
11. Three Comrades (1938)
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