Above Suspicion 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt, Basil Rathbone, Reginald Owen, Richard Ainley, Cecil Cunningham, Ann Shoemaker, Felix Bressart, Sara Haden
Newlyweds (Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray) are honeymooning in Europe when World War II breaks out. The British Secret Service recruits them to find plans for a secret weapon, and as they become involved in espionage they travel from Paris to Salzburg on a trip filled with intrigue.
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Anna Karenina 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Reginald Denny, Dennis O'Keefe, May Robson, Reginald Owen, Joan Marsh, Phoebe Foster, Gyles Isham, Ethel Griffies, Harry Beresford, Cora Sue Collins
Greta Garbo takes on the title role of Anna Karenina in this film, which tells Leo Tolstoy's story about Anna leaving her husband Karenin (Basil Rathbone) and her young son Sergie (Freddie Bartholomew) to be with military officer Count Vronsky (Fredric March). But happiness is elusive, and Anna's tragic tale ends with her suicide.
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks 1971  G, 117 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Musical / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, David Tomlinson, Sam Jaffe, John Ericson, Bruce Forsyth, Reginald Owen, Tessie O'Shea, Arthur Gould-Porter, Cindy O'Callaghan, Roy Snart, Ian Weighill, Cyril Delevanti, Ben Wrigley, Rick Traeger
This Disney film concerns a witch-in-training, Miss Price (Angela Lansbury), who becomes the guardian of three British children (Roy Snart, Ian Weighill and Cindy O'Callaghan) during World War II. With the help of an enchanted bedknob, they have some strange and wonderful adventures in animation and help stop a group of Nazis from invading the countryside.
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Call of the Wild 1935 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie, Frank Conroy, Reginald Owen, Sidney Toler, Katherine DeMille, Charles Stevens, James Burke, Herman Bing, Lalo Encinas, Thomas E. Jackson, Russ Powell, George MacQuarrie, Wade Boteler
In this film adaptation of Jack London's tale of searching for gold in Alaska, Jack Thornton (Clark Gable) plans to head to Alaska for the gold rush, but he loses his money in a poker game. He buys a Saint Bernard named "Buck" from cruel owner Smith (Frank Conroy) and trains Buck as a sled dog. Later, an angry Smith bets Jack $1,000 that Buck can't pull a sled. Buck accomplishes the feat, and Jack wins the money he needs for the Alaska trip. With his friend Shorty (Jack Oakie), Jack sets out for Alaska where he meets Claire (Loretta Young) whose prospector husband (Reginald Owen) is missing, and Jack's adventures continue.
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Captain Kidd 1945  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Rowland V. Lee
Cast: Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, John Carradine, Gilbert Roland, Reginald Owen, John Qualen, Sheldon Leonard, William Farnum, Henry Daniell
Charles Laughton is pirate Captain Kidd riding the high seas in the late 1700s. Slow-going.
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Challenge to Lassie 1949 G, 76 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Geraldine Brooks, Reginald Owen, Alan Webb, Ross Ford, Henry Stephenson, Alan Napier, Sara Allgood, Edmund Breon, Arthur Shields, Lumsden Hare, Charles Irwin
This "Lassie" story takes place in 19th-century Edinburgh where Lassie has been keeping watch over her dead master's grave–until she encounters strict police Sergeant Davie (Reginald Owen) who wants Lassie destroyed because he claims she is a stray. But, Lassie's life is spared when kindly innkeeper John Traill (Edmund Gwenn) proves to the court that Lassie, indeed, is not a stray when they track her down to her deceased owner's gravesite.
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Charley's Aunt 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Archie Mayo
Cast: Jack Benny, Kay Francis, James Ellison, Anne Baxter, Edmund Gwenn, Reginald Owen, Laird Cregar, Richard Haydn, Arleen Whelan, Will Stanton
An Oxford student, Lord Fancourt (Jack Benny), pretends to be his roommate Charley's (Richard Haydn) Aunt Babbs Babberley. The deception is performed as a means to facilitate the romancing of Amy (Anne Baxter) and Kitty (Arleen Whelan).
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A Christmas Carol 1938 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Barry MacKay, Lynne Carver, Leo G. Carroll, June Lockhart, Ann Rutherford, Halliwell Hobbes, Lionel Braham, D'Arcy Corrigan, Ronald Sinclair, Bunny Beatty, John O'Day
This early version of "A Christmas Carol" is worth watching. Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen) is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Present, Past, and Future (Ann Rutherford, Lionel Braham, and D'Arcy Corrigan), and they convince him to reassess his treatment of Tiny Tim (Terry Kilburn) and his family.
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Cluny Brown 1946 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Cast: Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner, Reginald Owen, C. Aubrey Smith, Richard Haydn, Sara Allgood, Florence Bates, Margaret Bannerman, Ernest Cossart, Una O'Connor
Set in England during the late 1930s, this is the story of Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) who fills in for her plumber uncle and takes a job at a country estate where she meets and is attracted to a very charming Czech refugee, Adam Belenski (Charles Boyer). She is also attracted to a shopkeeper, Mr. Jonathan W. Wilson (Richard Haydn), who tries to break up Cluny's relationship with Adam. Believing that he has lost Cluny to Mr. Wilson, Adam leaves the estate–but not before leaving a special message in a gift for Cluny. Is it too late, or will Cluny catch up with Adam?
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 Crossroads 1942 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, Claire Trevor, Basil Rathbone, Felix Bressart, Margaret Wycherly, Reginald Owen, Sig Ruman, Fritz Leiber, Frank Conroy
This American version of the original French film takes place in pre-World War II France where an amnesia victim (William Powell) is convinced by the actual perpetrators (Basil Rathbone and Claire Trevor) that he was the one who committed murder.
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Darby's Rangers 1958 N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Edd Byrnes, Corey Allen, Stuart Whitman, Murray Hamilton, William Wellman Jr., Frieda Inescort, Reginald Owen
Colonel William Darby (James Garner) and his commando unit train in England for missions in Africa and Italy during World War II.
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Enchanted April 1935 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Beaumont
Cast: Ann Harding, Frank Morgan, Katharine Alexander, Reginald Owen, Jane Baxter, Ralph Forbes, Jessie Ralph, Charles Judels, Rafaela Ottiano, Ethel Griffies, May Beatty, Inez Palange, Gwendolyn Logan, Hector Samo
This is a good rendition of Elizabeth von Arnim's novel about two English women–Lottie Wilkins (Ann Harding) and Rose Arbuthnot (Katherine Alexander)–who have had enough of their husbands and take off for a vacation and a better life. They rent a castle overlooking the Mediterranean in San Salvatore, Italy. Joining them in Italy are Mrs. Fisher (Jessie Ralph) and Lady Caroline (Jane Baxter). Now, the four ladies spend their month together supposedly free from their husbands–but not without complications. Remade in 1992.
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Fashions of 1934 1934  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical
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
Sherwood Nash (William Powell) and Lynn (Bette Davis) try to pass themselves off as Paris fashion designers.
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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 Great Ziegfeld 1936 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: William Powell, Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Nat Pendleton, Virginia Bruce, Ernest Cossart, Robert Greig, Ray Bolger, Fanny Brice, Joseph Cawthorn, Herman Bing
This film won the Oscar for Best Picture. It is the story of Flo Ziegfeld's (William Powell) rise from carnival work to the top of the entertainment world. Luise Rainer won the Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Flo's wife, French singer Anna Held.
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Green Dolphin Street 1947  N/R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Gladys Cooper, Linda Christian
Set in 19th-century New Zealand, this is a weak epic tale about two sisters who desire the same man. Nevertheless, the film did win the Academy Award for "Best Special Effects" along with three nominations.
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Here Is My Heart 1934 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Tuttle
Cast: Bing Crosby, Kitty Carlisle, Roland Young, Alison Skipworth, Reginald Owen, Cecilia Parker, William Frawley, Akim Tamiroff, Charles Arnt, Charles C. Wilson
A radio star (Bing Crosby) pretends to be a waiter to get close to a princess (Kitty Carlisle). "Love is Just Around the Corner" is one of the featured songs in this musical comedy.
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Hills of Home 1948 G, 97 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
aka: Master of Lassie
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Edmund Gwenn, Donald Crisp, Tom Drake, Janet Leigh, Rhys Williams, Reginald Owen, Edmund Breon, Alan Napier, Hughie Green, Lumsden Hare, Eileen Erskine, Frederick Worlock, David Thursby
In the Scottish mountain town of Glen Urtach, Lassie has been tending sheep but is afraid of the water. Her owner, Dr. William MacLure (Edmund Gwenn), tries to cure Lassie's phobia but fails–until William has an accident, and Lassie dives into the raging river to save him.
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Hotel Imperial 1939 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Isa Miranda, Ray Milland, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, J. Carrol Naish, Albert Dekker, Curt Bois, Henry Victor, Robert Middlemass, Spencer Charters
Set in 1917, the plot involves Anna's (Isa Miranda) visit to the Hotel Imperial on the Austria/Hungary border where she meets Lieutenant Nemassy (Ray Milland), and the two conspire against the successful advancing Russian forces. This film was remade in 1943 as "Five Graves to Cairo."
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House of Rothschild 1934 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: George Arliss, Boris Karloff, Loretta Young, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Paul Harvey, Reginald Owen, Holmes Herbert, Helen Westley, Alan Mowbray
During the era of Napoleon, the Rothschilds were a very powerful banking family. This is their family saga. It is a well-told tale, and the film was nominated for an Oscar.
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If Winter Comes 1947 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr, Angela Lansbury, Binnie Barnes, Janet Leigh, Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Halliwell Hobbes
Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon) takes unwed, pregnant Nona Tybar (Deborah Kerr) as a goodwill effort, but tragedy results.
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The Imperfect Lady 1947 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Allen
Cast: Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Cedric Hardwicke, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn, Reginald Owen, Melville Cooper, Rhys Williams, George Zucco, Miles Mander
A member of Parliament (Ray Milland) marries a ballerina (Teresa Wright) who has led a checkered life, and her past comes back to haunt them.
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Julia Misbehaves 1948  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Cesar Romero, Nigel Bruce, Mary Boland, Lucile Watson, Reginald Owen, Ian Wolfe
When Susan (Elizabeth Taylor) is preparing for her marriage, her mother, Julia (Greer Garson), returns after a 20-year absence and upsets the bride AND the father of the bride (Walter Pidgeon). 1 User Review
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| | Classics Fan 03/14/2010 | | Greer Garson at her best in a comedy. Funny and shows Greer's comedic timing. If only MGM gave her other comedies besides her dramatic roles. A must-see for Greer Garson fans. |
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Kidnapped 1938 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Alfred L. Werker
Cast: Warner Baxter, Freddie Bartholomew, Arleen Whelan, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, John Carradine, Nigel Bruce, Miles Mander, E.E. Clive, Halliwell Hobbes
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's tale, this is the story of David Balfour (Freddie Bartholomew) who inherits a fortune and is kidnapped by his evil uncle. David meets Alan Breck (Warner Baxter),and the two travel across Scotland to regain what is rightfully his.
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Kim 1950 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Drama
Director: Victor Saville
Cast: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway, Reginald Owen, Arnold Moss, Richard Hale, Hayden Rorke, Laurette Luez, Roman Toporow, Ivan Triesault, Olaf Hytten, Hamilton Camp
Based on the Rudyard Kipling story, this plot revolves around an orphaned boy, Kim (Dean Stockwell), who is recruited by the Secret Service in India and trained by Mahbub Ali (Errol Flynn) to become an espionage agent for the British. Kim's mission: work with Mahbub Ali and help rid India of the Czarist Russians who are causing trouble in India.
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Kitty 1945 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, Cecil Kellaway, Constance Collier, Dennis Hoey, Eric Blore, Sara Allgood, Mary Gordon
Set in England during the 18th century, this is the story of a street urchin's (Paulette Goddard) rise in the social world through which she learns that class distinctions do not change basic personalities.
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Lady Be Good 1941 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Norman Z. McLeod
Cast: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton, Dan Dailey, Virginia O'Brien, Tom Conway, Reginald Owen, Rose Hobart, Doris(2) Day, Phil Silvers, Edward Gargan, Connie Russell
Songwriters Dixie and Eddie (Ann Sothern and Robert Young) are in love with each other but have more than a few problems in their personal relationship. Despite their difficulties, they still manage to compose numbers for a new Broadway show–and, in the process, manage to reconcile their differences. Highlights are "Lady Be Good," "Fascinating Rhythm," and the Academy Award winner "The Last Time I Saw Paris."
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 The Letter 1929 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean de Limur
Cast: Jeanne Eagels, O.P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Irene Browne, Lady Tsen Mei, Kenneth Thomson, Tamaki Yoshiwara
Somerset Maugham's story (and play) has been filmed several times, and this was the first of the series. Leslie Crosbie (Jeanne Eagels) shoots a man and claims that he attempted to assault her. Leslie, being wealthy and reputable, should have no trouble in the ensuing trial. Then, her lawyer, Mr. Joyce (O.P. Heggie) gets his hands on "the" letter.
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Love on the Run 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Reginald Owen, Mona Barrie, Ivan Lebedeff, William Demarest, Donald Meek, Dewey Robinson, Charles Judels
Foreign correspondent Michael Anthony (Clark Gable) gets involved in the world of espionage during his attempt to woo the beautiful heiress Sally Parker (Joan Crawford).
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Madame Curie 1943 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Walker, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, C. Aubrey Smith, Albert Bassermann, Victor Francen, Reginald Owen, Van Johnson
This biography of Marie Curie (Greer Garson) and her discovery of radium is both educational and entertaining. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actor (Walter Pidgeon), and Actress (Garson).
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Madame X 1937  N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Gladys George, John Beal, Warren William, Reginald Owen, William Henry, Henry Daniell, Phillip Reed, Lynne Carver, Emma Dunn, Ruth Hussey
One of the many films based on Alexandre Bisson's weepy story has Gladys George in the role of Jacqueline Fleuriot who, after an affair, leaves her diplomat husband and son. Her life spirals downward into prostitution and beyond. Twenty years later, after killing a man who was out to get her son, she goes on trial and is defended by the son who does not know who she is. 1 User Review
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| | Anonymous 03/21/2007 | | This is just a wonderful film and I cannot believe that Gladys George wasen't nominated for an academy award for her supurb performance. What were the voters thinking that year.? |
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Mandalay 1934  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Lucien Littlefield, Ruth Donnelly, Reginald Owen, Rafaela Ottiano, Halliwell Hobbes, Etienne Girardot
In an attempt to flee her corrupt life in Rangoon, Tanya (Kay Francis) manages to obtain passage on a boat to Mandalay where she finds redemption.
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 Mary Poppins 1964  G, 139 min.
Genre: Family / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ed Wynn, Elsa Lanchester, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Arthur Treacher, Hermione Baddeley, Reginald Owen, Reta Shaw, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Jane Darwell, Arthur Malet
English children Jane and Michael Banks (Karen Dotrice and Matthew Garber) feel neglected by their parents. They receive a new "magical" nanny, Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews) who takes them on exciting adventures and changes the lives of everyone in the family. Andrews won the Best Actress Oscar for her role, and "Chim Chim Cheree" won for Best Song. There were three other Academy awards as well as eight nominations, including Best Picture and Director. A delightful film that is filled with great songs.
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Monsieur Beaucaire 1946 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Bob Hope, Joan Caulfield, Patric Knowles, Marjorie Reynolds, Cecil Kellaway, Joseph Schildkraut, Reginald Owen, Constance Collier, Hillary Brooke, Douglass Dumbrille
A barber (Bob Hope) impersonates Monsieur Beaucaire at the court of Louis XV in this entertaining farce involving royalty.
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Mrs. Miniver 1942 N/R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright, Dame May Whitty, Henry Travers, Richard Ney, Reginald Owen, Miles Mander, Henry Wilcoxon, Rhys Williams, Mary Field, Brenda Forbes, Helmut Dantine, Tom Conway
Kay Miniver (Greer Garson) is the matriarch of a British family who holds things together as World War II closes in around them. While she tends to the children and her garden, her husband Clem (Walter Pigeon) takes part in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Meanwhile, German bombs are dropping on their peaceful village, and the eldest son Vin (Richard Ney) falls in love with upper-crust Carol (Teresa Wright). The family seems able to face the tragedies of the war, but will the war take its toll on their young love? This film was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, Director (William Wyler), Actress (Garson), and Supporting Actress (Wright). It also won two more Oscars and was nominated for six others, including Best Actor (Pidgeon), Supporting Actor (Henry Travers), and Supporting Actress (Dame May Whitty).
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Nana 1934 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dorothy Arzner
Cast: Anna Sten, Phillips Holmes, Lionel Atwill, Richard Bennett, Mae Clark, Muriel Kirkland, Reginald Owen, Jessie Ralph, Lawrence Grant, Helen Freeman
This is the film adaptation of Zola's tragic story about an aristocratic Parisian, Nana (Anna Sten), and her decision to stop at nothing to reunite two brothers.
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 National Velvet 1945 G, 125 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Reginald Owen, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Juanita Quigley, Terry Kilburn, Alec Craig, Arthur Treacher, Norma Varden, Arthur Shields, Eugene Loring, Aubrey Mather
Young Velvet Brown (Elizabeth Taylor) has dreamed of owning a horse, and her dreams come true when she wins a horse she names Pie. Velvet forms a bond and softens the heart of ex-jockey Mi Taylor (Mickey Rooney) who helps her train Pie. Although her parents (Donald Crisp and Ann Revere) are cautious about Velvet's training plans, her mother parts with saved money that allows Pie to enter the Grand National Race. Velvet, Mi, and Pie go off to the races with Velvet disguised as a jockey, and they win the big race. Anne Revere carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and Clarence Brown was nominated for Best Director.
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Of Human Bondage 1934 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Frances Dee, Kay Johnson, Reginald Owen, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale, Reginald Sheffield, Desmond Roberts, Tempe Pigott
This screen version of the W. Somerset Maugham story tells the tale of a young medical student (Leslie Howard) who is obsessed with a promiscuous waitress (Bette Davis). The relationship comes close to destroying his personal, as well as professional, life.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance
Director: Albert Lewin
Cast: George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield, Angela Lansbury, Peter Lawford, Donna Reed, Lowell Gilmore, Richard Fraser, Reginald Owen, Mary Forbes, Morton Lowry, Douglas Walton, Miles Mander, Lydia Bilbrook, Billy Bevan, Robert Greig
After his friend Lord Henry Wotton (George Sanders) talks him into it, London aristocrat Dorian Gray (Hurd Hatfield) commissions artist Basil Hallward (Lowell Gilmore) to paint his portrait. When the picture is completed, Gray makes a pact with the Devil to stay eternally young. Years go by, and others grow older, but Gray seems to get younger. Meanwhile, the portrait is hidden away, but it shows Gray's face growing old and disfigured. He murders Hallward to ensure that his secret will not be told and then falls in love with Hallward's niece Gladys (Donna Reed). But, Gladys' ex-boyfriend David (Peter Lawford), whose Aunt Sibyl committed suicide when Gray betrayed her, is suspicious of Gray and sets out to reveal his true, evil nature. Gray: "To get back my youth, I'd do anything in the world–except get up early, take exercise, or be respectable." Angela Lansbury received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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 The Pirate 1948 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Cast: Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, George Zucco, Lester Allen, Lola Deem, Ellen Ross, Mary Jo Ellis
Manuella (Judy Garland) is a Caribbean girl happily engaged to Don Pedro (Walter Slezak)–until a dashing "pirate" (Gene Kelly) sails into her life.
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Platinum Blonde 1931 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Frank Capra
Cast: Loretta Young, Robert Williams, Jean Harlow, Louise Closser Hale, Donald Dilloway, Reginald Owen, Walter Catlett, Edmund Breese, Halliwell Hobbes, Claud Allister
When a newsman, Stew Smith (Robert Williams), marries the very wealthy Ann Schuyler (Jean Harlow), he finds that society life is not always to his liking and seeks solace from a female reporter, Gallagher (Loretta Young).
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 Queen Christina 1933 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, Georges Renavent, David Torrence, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Ferdinand Munier, Akim Tamiroff
Based on the life of 17th-century Queen of Sweden Christina (Greta Garbo), this story involves her love affair with a Spanish ambassador, Antonio (John Gilbert), that has the whole country questioning the wisdom of having a Catholic as a member of the royal family.
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Random Harvest 1942 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Reginald Owen, Rhys Williams, Una O'Connor, Alan Napier, Elisabeth Risdon
Star-crossed lovers (Ronald Colman and Greer Garson) fall in love and marry only to discover that he had amnesia and has now regained his memory–but not of recent events, including his wife. But she remains devoted to him hoping that he will resume his love for her. An excellent film which received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor (Colman), Supporting Actress (Susan Peters) and Director.
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The Real Glory 1939 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Gary Cooper, Andrea Leeds, David Niven, Reginald Owen, Broderick Crawford, Kay Johnson, Charles Waldron, Russell Hicks, Roy Gordon, Vladimir Sokoloff
Dr. Canavan (Gary Cooper) is an army medic fighting cholera among United States soldiers stationed in the Philippines following the Spanish American War.
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Red Garters 1954 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Rosemary Clooney, Jack Carson, Guy Mitchell, Pat Crowley, Joanne Gilbert, Gene Barry, Cass Daley, Frank Faylen, Reginald Owen, Buddy Ebsen, Richard Hale
In this musical spoof on Westerns, Reb Randall (Guy Mitchell) sets out to avenge his brother's murder. He arrives in the small town of Paradise Lost and does find his brother's killer, but there is plenty of music and romance along the trail.
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Reunion in France 1942 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jules Dassin
Cast: Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, John Carradine, Henry Daniell, Howard Da Silva, J. Edward Bromberg, Moroni Olsen
During World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, a Parisian woman (Joan Crawford) teams up with an American pilot (John Wayne) to escape the clutches of the Gestapo.
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Rose-Marie 1936 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Musical
aka: Indian Love Call
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, James Stewart, Reginald Owen, Alan Mowbray, David Niven, George Regas, Robert Greig, Una O'Connor, Lucien Littlefield
Set in the Canadian Rockies, this story involves the romance of a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman, Sergeant Bruce (Nelson Eddy), and the beautiful Marie de Flor (Jeanette MacDonald) who find love despite Marie's criminal brother.
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Rosie! 1967 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Sandra Dee, Brian Aherne, Audrey Meadows, James Farentino, Vanessa Brown, Leslie Nielsen, Margaret Hamilton, Reginald Owen, Juanita Moore
Based on a play by Ruth Gordon, this reworked "King Lear" story changes gender but focuses on children's greed as it relates the experiences of a grandmother (Rosalind Russell) whose children try to get their hands on their inheritance BEFORE she dies. 4 User Reviews
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| | Anonymous 04/08/2009 | | This was a wonderful movie with a great cast. I saw it only once but loved it and have always wanted to see it again. I, too, wish it would come out on DVD. |
| | classic movie buff 01/03/2008 | | Excellent movie. This is definitely one movie that should be on DVD, available for all to purchase. |
| | scrapper 12/27/2007 | This is a great Rosalind Russell movie with Sandra Dee as her grandaughter and
Leslie Nielsen as her sceming son in law. I would love to purchase this movie |
| | 02/13/2007 | | Would very much like to purchase this movie. |
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The Sailor Takes a Wife 1945 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Robert Walker, June Allyson, Hume Cronyn, Audrey Totter, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Reginald Owen, Gerald Oliver Smith, Moyna MacGill, Anna Q. Nilsson, Franklin Pangborn, Lillian Yarbo, Shimen Ruskin, George Sorel, Jack Luden, Phillip Pine
One evening during 1944, a sailor, John Hill (Robert Walker), shares a carriage with Mary (June Allyson), and they fall in love. They marry that night, and John ships out immediately after the ceremony. John is discharged from the Navy a short time later and returns to Mary, but they are basically strangers, and many complications lie ahead.
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 The Secret Garden 1949 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Cast: Margaret O'Brien, Herbert Marshall, Dean Stockwell, Gladys Cooper, Elsa Lanchester, Brian Roper, Reginald Owen, Aubrey Mather, George Zucco, Lowell Gilmore
This is, perhaps, the best of several filmed versions of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic story. Orphaned and spoiled Mary (Margaret O'Brien) is sent to live with her uncle (Herbert Marshall) in his dark, run-down mansion. The uncle has turned gruff and uncaring since his wife died in a walled garden on the estate, which he now keeps locked. Likewise, he keeps his crippled son, Colin (Dean Stockwell), hidden away. Mary finds the key to the garden, and, with the help of another youth (Brian Roper), brings the garden to life. She also sneaks Colin into the garden on a daily basis. Each family member grows up in the process.
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Sherlock Holmes 1932 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William K. Howard
Cast: Clive Brook, Ernest Torrence, Reginald Owen, Miriam Jordan, Herbert Mundin, Howard Leeds, Alan Mowbray, C. Montague Shaw, Lucien Prival, Stanley Fields, Ivan F. Simpson, Roy D'Arcy, Edward Dillon, Robert Graves, Claude King
Set in 1930s' England, Sherlock Holmes (Clive Brook) has finally brought his nemesis, Moriarty (Ernest Torrence), to justice as the master criminal is sentenced to death. From the dock, Moriarty warns all that the prosecutor, the Scotland Yard investigator, and Sherlock Holmes will hang before he does. Holmes heads for retirement and the country with his bride-to-be. Then comes word of Moriarty's escape and the murder of the prosecutor.
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Somewhere I'll Find You 1942 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Robert Sterling, Patricia Dane, Reginald Owen, Lee Patrick, Van Johnson, Keenan Wynn, Keye Luke, Charles Dingle
War correspondents Johnny Davis (Clark Gable) and Paula Lane (Lana Turner) find the heat of their passions is almost as strong as the heat of war in this film about love among the tragedies of war.
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A Study in Scarlet 1933 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Reginald Owen, Anna May Wong, June Clyde, Alan Dinehart, John Warburton, Warburton Gamble, Alan Mowbray, J.M. Kerrigan, Doris Lloyd, Billy Bevan, Wyndham Standing, Halliwell Hobbes, Leila Bennett, Tempe Pigott, Cecil Reynolds
Sherlock Holmes (Reginald Owen) is asked by a widow, Mrs. Murphy (Doris Lloyd), to investigate a secret society where the members leave their fortunes to the society, the "Scarlet Ring," when they die. Unfortunately, members are being killed right and left, and Sherlock sets out to uncover the culprit.
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A Tale of Two Cities 1935 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Woods, Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, H.B. Warner, Mitchell Lewis, Claude Gillingwater, Billy Bevan, Lucille La Verne
This is the best film version of Charles Dickens' story of love and death during the Reign of Terror following the French Revolution. Ronald Colman takes on the role of weary London lawyer Sydney Carton who selflessly saves Charles Darnay (Donald Woods) from the guillotine by taking his place and allowing him to return to Lucie (Elizabeth Allan)–the woman who both men love. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Picture.
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Tammy and the Doctor 1963 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Sandra Dee, Peter Fonda, Macdonald Carey, Beulah Bondi, Margaret Lindsay, Reginald Owen, Alice Pearce, Adam West, Stanley Clements, Doodles Weaver, Joan Marshall, Mitzi Hoag, Alex Gerry, Robert Foulk, Forrest Lewis
Tammy (Sandra Dee) is now a nurse's aide for wealthy Annie Call (Beulah Bondi) who has been hospitalized. Dr. Mark Cheswick (Peter Fonda) takes a special interest in Tammy, but his boss, Dr. Wayne Bendley (Macdonald Carey), tells him that his job will be in jeopardy if he becomes involved with her. Meanwhile, head nurse Rachel Coleman (Margaret Lindsay) and Bentley become romantically involved. By story's end, Tammy saves Annie's life, Rachel and Dr. Wayne get together, and Tammy and Dr. Mark find love and hope for a future together. This film marks Fonda's film debut.
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn, Cordell Hickman, Johnny Eck, Martin Wilkins
Greedy members of a scientific expedition try to trick Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) as they have their eyes on gold in the jungle.
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They Met in Bombay 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Clark Gable, Rosalind Russell, Peter Lorre, Jessie Ralph, Reginald Owen, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alan Ladd, Matthew Boulton, Jay Novello, Luis Alberni
Two jewel thieves join forces and romance blooms in this comedy given impetus by Peter Lorre as a greedy ship captain.
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The Three Musketeers 1948 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Vincent Price, Gig Young, Angela Lansbury, Keenan Wynn, Reginald Owen, Frank Morgan, John Sutton, Robert Coote, Ian Keith, Patricia Medina, Richard Wyler
For the sheer fun of spotting many MGM stars, this is a good rendition of the Alexandre Dumas classic novel about D'Artagnan (Gene Kelly) and the musketeers'–Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (Van Heflin, Gig Young, and Robert Coote)–reaction to Louis XIII (Frank Morgan) and the calculating Cardinal Richelieu (Vincent Price).
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The Thrill of It All 1963 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts, Elliott Reid, Hayden Rorke, Alex Gerry, Paul Hartman
When she becomes a star in TV commercials, Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) runs into marriage problems as her husband, Dr. Gerald Boyer (James Garner), has problems adjusting to his wife's new lifestyle.
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Trouble for Two 1936 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: The Suicide Club
Director: J. Walter Ruben
Cast: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Louis Hayward, E.E. Clive, Walter Kingsford, Ivan F. Simpson, Robert Greig, Pedro de Cordoba
Taken from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Suicide Club" stories, this lighthearted mystery promises much, but falls short in the end. Prince Florizel (Robert Montgomery) is heir to the throne of Karovia. He joins a mysterious Suicide Club and must survive a series of lethal traps to gain the crown and regain his princess (Rosalind Russell).
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The Valley of Decision 1945 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Donald Crisp, Lionel Barrymore, Preston Foster, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, Dan Duryea, Jessica Tandy, Dean Stockwell
Although he is responsible for the deaths of her father and brother, Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson) works as a maid for Paul Scott's (Gregory Peck) wealthy family and falls in love with him.
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White Cargo 1942 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Frank Morgan, Richard Carlson, Reginald Owen, Henry O'Neill, Bramwell Fletcher, Clyde Cook, Leigh Whipper, Richard Ainley
Seductive Tondelayo's (Hedy Lamarr) experiences at a British outpost in Africa are related in this dated story.
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 Woman of the Year 1942 N/R, 141 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: George Stevens
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Fay Bainter, William Bendix, Reginald Owen, Roscoe Karns, Minor Watson, Gladys Blake, Dan Tobin, William Tannen, Ludwig Stossel, Sara Haden, Edith Evanson, George Kezas, Ann Codee
This was the first time Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn appeared together on the screen. They play sports columnist Sam (Tracy) and political reporter Tess (Hepburn) who carry on a feud through their columns. They finally meet when their editor Clayton (Reginald Owen) introduces them to try to make peace. They seem to have nothing in common–except love–but they marry. The marriage is filled with problems, and after Tess is named "Woman of the Year," Sam walks out. Now, Tess tries to mend her ways in order to win Sam back. Hepburn was nominated for an Oscar, and an Oscar was won for Best Original Screenplay.
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A Woman's Face 1941 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt, Osa Massen, Reginald Owen, Albert Bassermann, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, George Zucco, Connie Gilchrist, Richard Nichols, Charles Quigley, Henry Kolker
A con artist, Anna Holm (Joan Crawford), has suffered from a scarred face since she was a child. When Anna meets Dr. Segert (Melvyn Douglas), he performs plastic surgery on her, and she experiences a change in her life. But, she isn't sure that a "good" life is better than the one she had, and her lover (Conrad Veidt) lures her back into the criminal world when she aids him in a kidnap and murder plot. There is a murder trial, but Anna is cleared, goes through a spiritual rebirth, and finds a new life with Dr. Segert who has finally realized that he loves her.
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| 1. Above Suspicion (1943)
2. Anna Karenina (1935)
3. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
4. The Bride Wore Red (1937)
5. Call of the Wild (1935)
6. Captain Kidd (1945)
7. Challenge to Lassie (1949)
8. Charley's Aunt (1941)
9. A Christmas Carol (1938)
10. Cluny Brown (1946)
11. Crossroads (1942)
12. Darby's Rangers (1958)
13. Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
14. Enchanted April (1935)
15. Fashions of 1934 (1934)
aka: Fashions
16. The Good Fairy (1935)
17. The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
18. Green Dolphin Street (1947)
19. Here Is My Heart (1934)
20. Hills of Home (1948)
aka: Master of Lassie
21. Hotel Imperial (1939)
22. House of Rothschild (1934)
23. If Winter Comes (1947)
24. The Imperfect Lady (1947)
25. Julia Misbehaves (1948)
26. Kidnapped (1938)
27. Kim (1950)
28. Kitty (1945)
29. Lady Be Good (1941)
30. The Letter (1929)
31. Love on the Run (1936)
32. Madame Curie (1943)
33. Madame X (1937)
34. Mandalay (1934)
35. Mary Poppins (1964)
36. Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
37. Mrs. Miniver (1942)
38. Nana (1934)
39. National Velvet (1945)
40. Of Human Bondage (1934)
41. Petticoat Fever (1936)
42. The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
43. The Pirate (1948)
44. Platinum Blonde (1931)
45. Queen Christina (1933)
46. Random Harvest (1942)
47. The Real Glory (1939)
48. Red Garters (1954)
49. Reunion in France (1942)
50. Rose-Marie (1936)
aka: Indian Love Call
51. Rosie! (1967)
52. The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
53. The Secret Garden (1949)
54. Sherlock Holmes (1932)
55. Somewhere I'll Find You (1942)
56. A Study in Scarlet (1933)
57. A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
58. Tammy and the Doctor (1963)
59. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
60. They Met in Bombay (1941)
61. The Three Musketeers (1948)
62. The Thrill of It All (1963)
63. Trouble for Two (1936)
aka: The Suicide Club
64. The Valley of Decision (1945)
65. White Cargo (1942)
66. Woman of the Year (1942)
67. A Woman's Face (1941)
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