Air Raid Wardens 1943 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Edward Sedgwick Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Jacqueline White, Donald Meek, Stephen McNally, Henry O'Neill, Philip Van Zandt, Nella Walker, Charles Coleman, Howard Freeman, Paul Stanton, Robert Emmett O'Connor, William Tannen, Russell Hicks
This movie, filmed during World War II, features Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as military rejects who finally find jobs working for the Civil Defense as air raid wardens. Their new jobs do not last long before they are fired, but redemption comes when Stan and Ollie overhear Eustace Middling (Donald Meek) and Rittenhause (Henry O'Neill) discussing a plot for the Nazis to gain control of a magnesium company, and they jump in and save the day.
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As You Desire Me 1932 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: George Fitzmaurice Cast: Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Erich von Stroheim, Owen Moore, Hedda Hopper, Rafaela Ottiano, Albert Conti, Roland Varno, Warburton Gamble, William Ricciardi, Edmund Breese, Reginald Barlow, Max Barwyn, Geroge Davis, Nella Walker
Amnesiac Zara (Greta Garbo) is reunited with her husband Count Bruno Varelli (Melvyn Douglas) after her 10-year disappearance caused by violence during the Australian invasion. Despite her amnesia and the fact that she is living with Carl Salter (Erich von Stroheim), she falls in love with Bruno again.
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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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Buck Privates 1941 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Arthur Lubin Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, The Andrews Sisters, Lee Bowman, Alan Curtis, Jane Frazee, Nat Pendleton, Samuel S. Hinds, Harry Strang, Shemp Howard, Nella Walker, Leonard Elliott, M.J. Frankovich, Dora Clement, Jean Brooks
Slicker Smith (Bud Abbott) and Herbie Brown (Lou Costello) are con men who, in order to escape from being jailed, sign up for the Army. At boot camp, they must deal with the drill instructor who had been the cop ready to send them to jail. Now, the fun begins as they try to outwit their nemesis The Andrews Sisters perform "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "I'll Be Seeing You in Apple Blossom Time."
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Captain January 1936 N/R, 78 min. Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: David Butler Cast: Shirley Temple, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville, June Lang, Buddy Ebsen, Sara Haden, Jane Darwell, Nella Walker, Si Jenks, George Irving
After surviving a shipwreck, Star (Shirley Temple) is rescued by lighthouse-keeper Captain January (Guy Kibbee) and takes up a new life among the seafarers.
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Dante's Inferno 1935 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Lachman Cast: Spencer Tracy, Claire Trevor, Henry B. Walthall, Alan Dinehart, Scotty Beckett, Rita Hayworth, George Humbert, Nella Walker, Dennis O'Keefe, Yakima Canutt
Carnival barker Jim Carter (Spencer Tracy) finds that his rise to riches via his midway attraction can only result in tragedy. Watch for Rita Hayworth–still using her real name, Rita Cansino–as a beautiful dancer.
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Ever in My Heart 1933 N/R, 70 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Archie Mayo Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Otto Kruger, Ralph Bellamy, Ruth Donnelly, Frank Albertson, Laura Hope Crews, George Cooper, Nella Walker, Donald Meek, Clara Blandick
Unable to reconcile differences over anti-German prejudices, Hugo (Otto Kruger) leaves his wife Mary (Barbara Stanwyck). During World War I, she heads for Europe to help the war effort and learns that Hugo is now a spy for the enemy. 1 User Review
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| | Ever In My Heart | Konchog 02/18/2007 | | Would the holocaust Jews permit this movie to be released today? |
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Fashions of 1934 1934 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Musical / Comedy / Drama aka: Fashions
Director: William Dieterle Cast: William Powell, Bette Davis, Frank McHugh, Verree Teasdale, Reginald Owen, Henry O'Neill, Phillip Reed, Hugh Herbert, Gordon Westcott, Etienne Girardot, Dorothy Burgess, William Burress, Nella Walker, Spencer Charters, George Humbert
Swindler Sherwood Nash (William Powell) and Lynn (Bette Davis) try to pass themselves off as Paris fashion designers. When hidden cameras capture them trying to steal Baroque designs, they decide to put on a show.
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Flesh and Fury 1952 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Pevney Cast: Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman, Wallace Ford, Connie Gilchrist, Louis Jean Heydt, Tom Powers, Harry Guardino, Harry Shannon, Nella Walker, Katherine Locke, Joe Gray, Harry Raven, Ted Stanhope, Harry Cheshire
A hearing and speech impaired boxer, Paul Callan (Tony Curtis), is torn between two women: a sexy blonde (Jan Sterling) and an honest, secure reporter (Mona Freeman).
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Four Frightened People 1934 N/R, 77 min. Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Cecil B. DeMille Cast: Claudette Colbert, Herbert Marshall, Mary Boland, William Gargan, Leo Carrillo, Tetsu Komai, Nella Walker, Chris-Pin Martin, Ethel Griffies, Joe De La Cruz, Delmar Costello, Minoru Nishida, Teru Shimada, E.R. Jinedas
Abandoning ship because of an outbreak of the bubonic plague, survivors row ashore in lifeboats and then must pass the test of survival on a jungle island.
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Hellzapoppin' 1941 N/R, 84 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: H.C. Potter Cast: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Robert Paige, Jane Frazee, Martha Raye, Clarence Kolb, Mischa Auer, Elisha Cook Jr., Hugh Herbert, Nella Walker, Shemp Howard, Richard Lane
Big stars of the 1940s, Ole Olsen and Chick Johnson, provide good fun in this comedy about behind-the-scenes filmmaking.
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I Love You Again 1940 N/R, 97 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas, Nella Walker, Pierre Watkin, Paul Stanton, Morgan Wallace, Charles Arnt
An amnesiac (William Powell) is dull and boring, but then he receives a bump on the head and regains his old personality–and the love of his wife (Myrna Loy). Very funny–even today.
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In Name Only 1939 N/R, 94 min. Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell Cast: Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn, Peggy Ann Garner, Helen Vinson, Katharine Alexander, Jonathan Hale, Frank Puglia, Nella Walker
Trapped in an unhappy marriage, Alec Walker (Cary Grant) meets and falls in love with a beautiful widow, Julie Eden (Carole Lombard), but their plans for the future depend on his current wife (Kay Francis) granting the divorce.
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In Society 1944 N/R, 73 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean Yarbrough, Erle C. Kenton Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marion Hutton, Kirby Grant, Ann Gillis, Arthur Treacher, George Dolenz, Thomas Gomez, Thurston Hall, Margaret Irving, Steven Geray, Murray Leonard, Nella Walker, William B. Davidson, Margie Fontane
Eddie (Bud Abbott) and Albert (Lou Costello) are inept plumbers hired to repair a faulty bathroom faucet in the Van Cleve's (Thurston Hall and Nella Walker) palatial home. Of course, they bumble the job and, in the process, the letter complaining about their work gets mixed up with an invitation to Peter Evans' (Kirby Grant) posh party. They appear at the party with their cab driver friend Elsie (Marion Hutton) and turn the catered affair into a disaster. But, they manage to save the day when they use a fire engine to track down thieves.
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Indiscreet 1931 N/R, 92 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Musical / Romance
Director: Leo McCarey Cast: Gloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Barbara Kent, Monroe Owsley, Arthur Lake, Maude Eburne, Henry Kolker, Nella Walker, Harry Watson
Wealthy Jerry Trent (Gloria Swanson) tries to keep her past from current beau Tony (Ben Lyon). Enter sister with a former boyfriend of Jerry's, and the "fun" begins. Gloria got big bucks for this one, but even she couldn't bail it out from the weak script and songs.
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Kathleen 1941 N/R, 88 min. Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Shirley Temple, Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day, Gail Patrick, Felix Bressart, Nella Walker, Lloyd Corrigan, Wade Boteler, Charles Judels, Guy Bellis, Else Argal, Margaret Bert, James Flavin, Monte Collins, Joe Yule
Young Kathleen (Shirley Temple) lives with her widower father John (Herbert Marshall) in a big house with a number of servants, including Kathleen's overly strict governess (Nella Walker). John ignores Kathleen, but he does hire a new governess, Dr. A. Martha Kent (Laraine Day), to care for Kathleen during the summer. Despite the fact that John is engaged to marry Lorraine Bennett (Gail Patrick), Kathleen connives to get rid of Lorraine and have John choose Martha for his new wife, and everyone lives happily ever after.
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Kid Glove Killer 1942 N/R, 74 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt, Lee Bowman, Samuel S. Hinds, John Litel, Cliff Clark, Eddie Quillan, Nella Walker, Ava Gardner, James Flavin, Cathy Lewis, Paul Fix, Eddy Chandler, John Ince, Jeff York
After Mayou Daniels (Samuel S. Hinds) is murdered, police criminologist Gordon McKay (Van Heflin) uses scientific test-tube evidence to get the facts behind the killing. The killer is District Attorney Gerald Ladimer (Lee Bowman)–McKay's rival for the affections of lab assistant Jane Mitchell (Marsha Hunt)–but will McKay be able to fit together the pieces of the puzzle?
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Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman 1940 N/R, 108 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Sam Wood Cast: Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig, Eduardo Ciannelli, Gladys Cooper, Ernest Cossart, Odette Myrtil, Mary Treen, K.T. Stevens, Walter Kingsford, Cecil Cunningham, Nella Walker, Edward Fielding, Kay Linaker, Richard Nichols
For her role as Kitty Foyle, Ginger Rogers won the Oscar for Best Actress. This is the story of Kitty's intimidation by the snobby, social class of her husband Wynnewood "Wyn" Strafford VI (Dennis Morgan) and her eventual happiness with another man, Dr. Mark Eisen (James Craig). The film also received four nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Nancy Goes to Rio 1950 N/R, 99 min. Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard Cast: Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Scotty Beckett, Fortunio Bonanova, Hans Conried, Louis Calhern, Nella Walker, Leon Belasco, Glenn Anders, Frank(2) Fontaine, Pierre Watkin, Sig Arno, Leonid Kinskey
Broadway star Frances (Ann Sothern) goes to Rio to prepare for her next show, and her daughter Nancy (Jane Powell) follows. Frances doesn't know that 17-year-old Nancy has been hired to appear in her show, and problems develop when rumors have Nancy rehearsing for Frances' role. As if that were not enough, rumors also mistakenly tell that Nancy is pregnant. Then to complete the problems, Frances and Nancy both fall for leading man Paul Berten (Barry Sullivan). Songs include "Time and Time Again" and "Shine on Harvest Moon."
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The Rage of Paris 1938 N/R, 78 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Henry Koster Cast: Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mischa Auer, Louis Hayward, Helen Broderick, Charles Coleman, Samuel S. Hinds, Nella Walker, Harry Davenport, Lionel Pape, Mary Forbes, Leonard Mudie, Florence Wix, Sydney Jarvis, Emmett King
Nicole de Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) needs money. Her solution: catch a rich husband. Wealthy Canadian Bill Duncan (Louis Hayward) becomes the target, and the plan works–until Bill's friend, Jim (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), enters the scene and complications are assured.
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Reaching for the Sun 1941 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: William A. Wellman Cast: Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken, Albert Dekker, Billy Gilbert, George Chandler, Regis Toomey, Bodil Rosing, James Burke, Charles D. Brown, Nella Walker, Michael Duggan, Eily Malyon, Hobart Cavanaugh, Charles Williams
A country fisherman moves to Detroit to find work in a factory for which he plans to earn extra cash to spend on his fishing boat in this amusing film.
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Red Salute 1935 N/R, 80 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance aka: Her Enlisted Man Runaway Daughter Her Uncle Sam
Director: Sidney Lanfield Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Young, Hardie Albright, Cliff Edwards, Ruth Donnelly, Gordon Jones, Purnell Pratt, Paul Stanton, Nella Walker, Arthur Vinton, Edward McWade, Henry Kolker, Allan Cavan, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Selmer Jackson
Drue Van Allen (Barbara Stanwyck) is a college student and daughter of an Army general (Purnell Pratt). She is swayed in the liberal direction by one suitor and in the conservative direction by another.
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Sabrina 1954 N/R, 113 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Billy Wilder Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, Walter Hampden, John Williams, Martha Hyer, Joan Vohs, Francis X. Bushman, Marcel Dalio, Nella Walker, Marcel Hillaire, Ellen Corby, Marjorie Bennett, Emory Parnell, Nancy Kulp
Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn) is the daughter of the Larrabee family's chauffeur. Unsophisticated Sabrina falls in love with David Larrabee (William Holden) who does not return her affections–until she returns from a Paris cooking school and has become a sophisticated woman. In addition to an Academy Award for Costume Design, the film received five nominations, including Best Actress (Hepburn) and Director.
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The Saint Strikes Back 1939 N/R, 67 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama / Romance
Director: John Farrow Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Jerome Cowan, Barry Fitzgerald, Neil Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Russell Hopton, Edward Gargan, Robert Strange, Gilbert Emery, James Burke, Nella Walker, Gerald Hamer, Willie Best
George Sanders takes on the role of the smooth, Robin Hood-like detective in this second entry in the series. We find our hero on the way to San Francisco to clear a fair maiden's name by bringing the bad guys who framed her father to justice. Another good entry, which was a box office hit and helped make a name for George Sanders in Hollywood.
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The Saint Takes Over 1940 N/R, 69 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Hively Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, Morgan Conway, Robert Emmett Keane, Cy Kendall, James Burke, Robert Middlemass, Nella Walker, Roland Drew, Pierre Watkin, Arthur Loft, Paul McVey, Charles Sullivan
This is another good Saint episode as The Saint (George Sanders) again helps Inspector Fernack (Jonathan Hale), who this time is being framed by gambling bad guys. After running into several murders, The Saint prevails.
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Small Town Girl 1936 N/R, 95 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance aka: One Horse Town
Director: William A. Wellman Cast: Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes, Lewis Stone, Andy Devine, Elizabeth Patterson, James Stewart, Charley Grapewin, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Craven, Isabel Jewell, Nella Walker, Robert Greig, Willie Fung, Chester Gan
Bob Daken (Robert Taylor) is a playboy who unwittingly becomes involved with–and married to–Kay Brannan (Janet Gaynor) who changes his life.
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Stella Dallas 1937 N/R, 108 min. Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: King Vidor Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil, Alan Hale, Marjorie Main, Tim Holt, Ann Shoemaker, Nella Walker, Jimmy Butler, George Walcott, Bruce Satterlee, Jack Egger, Dickie Jones, Harlan Briggs
Barbara Stanwyck was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in her role of Stella Dallas, the young woman from a mill town who marries a wealthy man (John Boles) but cannot find happiness because they never reconcile their differences in upbringing. Anne Shirley also received an Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actress).
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That Hagen Girl 1947 N/R, 83 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Godfrey Cast: Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Rory Calhoun, Lois Maxwell, Dorothy Peterson, Conrad Janis, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Charles Kemper, Penny Edwards, Harry Davenport, Nella Walker
This film is chock-full of sentimentality. It is the story about whether or not Tom Bates (Ronald Reagan) REALLY is Mary Hagen's (Shirley Temple) birth father, and it's really poor. 2 User Reviews
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1939 N/R, 90 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Henry Koster Cast: Deanna Durbin, Charles Winninger, Nan Grey, Helen Parrish, Robert Cummings, William Lundigan, Ernest Cossart, Nella Walker, Felix Bressart, Grady Sutton
The song "Because" was introduced in this sequel to "Three Smart Girls" as the youngest sibling, Penny (Deanna Durbin), interferes in her sisters' romances.
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The Vagabond Lover 1929 N/R, 65 min. Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Marshall Neilan Cast: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler, Charles Sellon, Edward J. Nugent, Nella Walker, Danny O'Shea, Alan Roscoe, Malcolm Waite
College senior Rudy Bronson (Rudy Vallee) talks his way out of a tight spot by claiming to be his saxophone teacher: the famous Ted Grant. Believing he is Ted Grant, wealthy Mrs. Ethel Bertha Whitehall (Marie Dressler) hires Rudy and his band, and Rudy goes along with the ploy–but not without worrying about risking losing the love of his life (Sally Blane) because of the deception.
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The Woman in Red 1935 N/R, 68 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Raymond, Genevieve Tobin, John Eldredge, Phillip Reed, Dorothy Tree, Arthur Treacher, Russell Hicks, Nella Walker, Claude Gillingwater, Doris Lloyd, Hale Hamilton, Edward Van Sloan, Forrester Harvey, Bill Elliott
Equestrian Shelby Barret (Barbara Stanwyck) works at wealthy widow "Nicko" Nicholas' (Genevieve Tobin) stables and becomes involved with polo player Johnny Wyatt (Gene Raymond). This incurs the wrath of Nicko who wants Johnny for herself. Meanwhile, wealthy yachtsman Gene Fairchild (John Eldredge) falls in love with Shelby. But, Shelby and Johnny elope and are finding happiness. When Johnny is away, Gene asks Shelby to help him entertain a client aboard his yacht, and Shelby agrees. After the client falls overboard and drowns, Gene is tried for the murder but is saved when Shelby arrives as the "woman in red" and testifies in Gene's defense. Gene is acquitted, and Johnny and his family stand by Shelby.
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Young Dr. Kildare 1938 N/R, 81 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Harold S. Bucquet Cast: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Lynne Carver, Nat Pendleton, Jo Ann Sayers, Samuel S. Hinds, Emma Dunn, Walter Kingsford, Monty Woolley, Pierre Watkin, Truman Bradley, Nella Walker, Virginia Brissac, Don Castle, Frank Orth
This is the first in a series of nine Dr. Kildare movies. All films star Lew Ayres as the title character and Lionel Barrymore as Dr. Gillespie, his mentor. The setting is Blair General Hospital. In this episode, Dr. Kildare, upon graduation, decides not to join his father's practice in a small town; rather, he chooses a large hospital in NYC. He gets in trouble right away when he is blamed for the death of an important politician. The wheel-chair-bound Dr. Gillespie helps prove Kildare's innocence and, by story's end, becomes his mentor.
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| 1. Air Raid Wardens (1943)
2. As You Desire Me (1932)
3. Back Street (1941)
4. Buck Privates (1941)
5. Captain January (1936)
6. Dante's Inferno (1935)
7. Ever in My Heart (1933)
8. Fashions of 1934 (1934) aka: Fashions
9. Flesh and Fury (1952)
10. Four Frightened People (1934)
11. Hellzapoppin' (1941)
12. I Love You Again (1940)
13. In Name Only (1939)
14. In Society (1944)
15. Indiscreet (1931)
16. Kathleen (1941)
17. Kid Glove Killer (1942)
18. Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman (1940)
19. Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
20. The Rage of Paris (1938)
21. Reaching for the Sun (1941)
22. Red Salute (1935) aka: Her Enlisted Man aka: Runaway Daughter aka: Her Uncle Sam
23. Sabrina (1954)
24. The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
25. The Saint Takes Over (1940)
26. Small Town Girl (1936) aka: One Horse Town
27. Stella Dallas (1937)
28. That Hagen Girl (1947)
29. Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
30. The Vagabond Lover (1929)
31. The Woman in Red (1935)
32. Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
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