2024-09-04
A self-made lawyer is intent on breaking into high class society and becoming a prominent attorney, but is obstructed by old, classist values.
Frank Sinatra (who produced) and his Rat Pack (in their final movie collaboration) star in this spoof of gangster films that's set in Roaring '20s Chicago and is a mixture of the Robin Hood fable and "Guys and Dolls." Eight songs by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen highlight the film, including the Oscar-nominated "My Kind of Town" (sung by Sinatra).
Silent World War I spy jinks about a happy-go-lucky British sergeant who uncovers a German agent in his regiment and, in the course of trying to out him, poses as one of the Kaiser's soldiers to gather evidence behind enemy lines. Sydney Chaplin, brother of Charles Chaplin, stars as the English noncom.
The old stage classic about a love that endured through the years.
An editor (Clark Gable) doesn't figure on murder when he hires a socialite (Constance Bennett) as bait in a scandal story. Harvey Stephens. Mrs. Patterson: Katharine Alexander. Mrs. Norwood: Billie Burke. Hank: Stuart Erwin. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
Two friendly oil wildcatters make a fortune, but compete for the love of the same woman. When the one who wins her starts to cheat on her, the other tries to pay the mistress to go away so that the woman he still loves won't be heartbroken.
The story of an innocent man's persecution after being sent to prison on a holdup charge. Based on actual events.
James Cagney as a racketeer who exposes corrupt conditions at a boys school. Madge Evans, Dudley Digges. Gilbert: Arthur Byron. Mike: Allen Jenkins. Walters: William V. Mong. Butch: Mickey Bennett. Jimmy: Frankie Darro. Hopkins: John Marston. Guard: Charles Wilson. Archie Mayo directed.
Restored version of the provocative (in its day) melodrama starring Barbara Stanwyck as a strumpet who uses men as steppingstones to success in this variation of the rags-to-riches formula. George Brent, Donald Cook, John Wayne. Directed by Alfred E. Green.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers star in this Best Picture nominee about an estranged wife who mistakes a potential suitor for a gigolo hired to help end her troubled marriage. Featuring "The Continental," the first Oscar-winning Best Song.
Marital woes follow a doctor who weds a beautiful European refugee who still carries a torch for a married man who threw her over.
Combination of racy comedy and underworld melodrama, with James Cagney as a gangster who becomes a movie star. Lois: Margaret Lindsay. Duke: Leslie Fenton. Myra: Mae Clarke. Ramick: Henry O'Neill. Mrs. Marley: Marjorie Gateson. Conray: Willard Robertson. Excellent cast. Directed by Roy Del Ruth.
A celebrated aviatrix who has never had a love affair and a married politician must resist the powerful attraction they feel for each other when they are introduced at a party.