| Title |
Min. |
c | S | M | H | P | V | En | Ed |
| Buffalo Bill | 90 | c | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Canterville Ghost, The | 96 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Casanova Brown | 92 | b | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Doughgirls, The | 101 | b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Frenchman's Creek | 113 | c | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Hotel Reserve | 79 | b | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | 85 | b | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Immortal Battalion, The (The Way Ahead) | 88 | b | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Janie | 102 | b | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Kismet | 100 | c | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Lodger, The | 84 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Maria Candelaria (Spanish) | 98 | b | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Master Race, The | 96 | b | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Ministry of Fear | 87 | b | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Music in Manhattan | 81 | b | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | |||
| None But the Lonely Heart | 113 | b | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Phantom Lady | 87 | b | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Princess and the Pirate, The | 94 | c | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| See Here, Private Hargrove | 93 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Shine on Harvest Moon | 113 | b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Step Lively | 88 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Two Girls and a Sailor | 124 | b | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Uncertain Glory | 103 | b | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Very Thought of You, The | 99 | b | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
The career of William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) shows his wife Louisa Federici (Maureen O'Hara), the dime novelist Ned Buntline (Thomas Mitchell) who made him famous, his Cheyenne friend and adversary Yellow Hand (Anthony Quinn), and an army friend (Edgar Buchanan).
This drama is roughly accurate in depicting Buffalo Bill's
ambiguous attempts to limit the damage to the Indians by helping
them when he could.
A little girl (Margaret O'Brien) has inherited a castle with a cowardly ghost (Charles Laughton) who cannot rest until a descendant performs a brave deed. US soldiers arrive and see the ghost, but Williams (Robert Young) is a Canterville and eventually manages to act courageously.
This comedy reflects the current historical situation of
the Americans coming to rescue the British by fighting the Nazis
in Europe.
Brown (Gary Cooper) is on the eve of remarrying when he and the cranky father (Frank Morgan) of his fiancée learn that his ex-wife (Teresa Wright) had a baby. Brown kidnaps the baby and takes care of her himself.
This unusual comedy challenges the social stereotypes by
suggesting that the father can do well in taking care of an infant.
Based on a play by Joseph Fields, a couple (Jane Wyman and Jack Carson) that just thought they got married enter a bridal suite to find another recently married couple (Ann Sheridan and John Ridgely) and another friend (Alexis Smith), a Russian sergeant (Eve Arden), and bureaucrats (Charlie Ruggles and John Alexander).
Complications reveal that none of the three couples are
actually married in this witty farce that satirizes war-time Washington.
Adapted from Daphne Du Maurier's novel, a lady (Joan Fontaine) leaves her husband (Ralph Forbes) to avoid his friend (Basil Rathbone) and falls in love with a French pirate (Jean Benoit Aubrey) with the help of her servant (Cecil Kellaway).
The spirit of adventure leads the lady beyond social conformity
into the brigandage of piracy, but ultimately she is unable to
leave her children.
Based on Eric Ambler's novel, an Austrian (James Mason) living in France in 1938 is arrested for espionage and told to find the Nazi spy at the hotel where he is a guest.
This pre-war spy thriller looks back at the relaxed atmosphere
before the war but foreshadows the coming conflict.
The traumatized soldier Zachary (Joseph Cotton) on leave from a hospital meets Mary (Ginger Rogers), who is on a Christmas furlough from prison, and her aunt Sarah (Spring Byington), uncle (Tom Tully), and cousin Barbara (Shirley Temple) make them both feel welcome.
This love story is sad because they will have to wait three
years to be together. The drama reflects the psychological damage
war can cause and compares it to the negative effect of the penal
system.
Lt. Perry (David Niven) and Sgt. Fletcher (William Hartnell) train new recruits for the infantry, and they see action in North Africa.
Although dramatized with fictional characters, this propaganda
is basically a training film to indoctrinate men into becoming
killing machines.
Based on a play by Josephine Bentham and Charles Hoffman, a high school senior (Joyce Reynolds) has a smooching boyfriend (Richard Erdman), a worried father (Edward Arnold), and a clever little sister (Clare Foley); but when the army comes to town, Janie falls for a private (Robert Hutton).
This witty comedy reflects the social changes of war time
that often separate young men in uniform from young women.
Based on Edward Knoblock's play, a beggar magician (Ronald Coleman) loves the queen (Marlene Dietrich) of the Vizier (Edward Arnold) while his daughter (Joy Page) falls in love with the Caliph (James Craig) in the disguise of a gardener's son.
This Arabian adventure offers escape entertainment with
a fantastic tale of the king of the beggars hobnobbing with royalty
for a destiny he intends for his daughter.
Adapted from the Marie Belloc Lowndes novel, the infamous Jack the Ripper (Laird Cregar) rents rooms in the home of an elderly couple (Cedric Hardwicke and Sara Allgood) and is attracted to their lovely niece (Merle Oberon), but he is tracked down by a Scotland Yard detective (George Sanders).
By not showing the gory details, this psychological thriller
gives the audience the viewpoint of those living in London in
the 1880s and reading about the series of murders.
Because her mother was a prostitute, Maria Candelaria (Dolores del Rio) is treated as an outcast and cannot even sell enough flowers to marry her fiancé (Pedro Armendariz), who is arrested for stealing medicine and a wedding dress. Maria poses for a painter (Alberto Galan) but refuses to do so nude; another model is used. The local people are outraged by the painting and castigate Maria.
This powerful drama shows beauty and innocence being abused
by ignorant people because of their social prejudices.
Written and directed by Herbert Biberman, an officer from the German general staff (George Coulouris) pretends to be a resistance hero so that he can undermine the allied occupation of a Belgian town after D-Day; but a US major (Stanley Ridges), a liberated Russian doctor (Carl Esmond), an elderly Belgian (Morris Carnovsky), his daughter (Osa Massen), her brother (Lloyd Bridges), his girlfriend (Nancy Gates), her older sister (Helen Beverly), and a prominent person (Paul Guilfoyle) he dupes eventually expose him.
This war-time drama looks forward to the challenge of dealing
with Germans who after the war may still believe they are the
master race to rule the world.
Based on Graham Greene's novel and directed by Fritz Lang, a man (Ray Milland) convicted of a mercy killing tries to unravel a Nazi spy ring that has infiltrated a war charity. He is helped by a brother (Carl Esmond) and sister (Marjorie Reynolds), but one of them turns out to be on the wrong side.
This complicated spy thriller keeps the audience guessing
by portraying a war-torn society in which almost anyone might
be a spy.
A new Broadway show is about to close when Frankie (Anne Shirley) uses the name of war hero Johnny Pearson (Phillip Terry) to get a plane reservation and is taken to his hotel. Her fiancé Stanley (Dennis Day) plays along after the show gets an audience; but Frankie and Johnny fall in love.
Special treatment for a war hero sets this romantic comedy
in motion.
Clifford Odets adapted the novel by Richard Llewellyn about a poor man (Cary Grant) who loves his freedom but goes back home to take care of his dying mother (Ethel Barrymore).
The difficult circumstances in this drama reflect the frustration
of an intelligent man who wants to rise above the squalid struggle.
Adapted from Cornell Woolrich's novel, an engineer (Alan Curtis) is convicted of murdering his wife even though he was seen at a bar with a woman (Fay Helm). His employee (Ella Raines) with help from the police inspector (Thomas Gomez) finds the woman and solves the murdering with the engineer's friend (Franchot Tone).
This murder mystery fits into the dark mood of the film
noir genre that is developing at this time.
A beautiful princess (Virginia Mayo) and a comedian (Bob Hope) are captured by a ruthless pirate (Victor McLaglen) with a hook. They manage to escape with the help of Featherhead (Walter Brennan), who wants to steal the pirate's buried treasure; but while entertaining cut-throats the princess is taken hostage by the corrupt governor (Walter Slezak).
This farcical satire of swashbucklers recalls an earlier
era of lawless violence.
Based on Marion Hargrove's book, Hargrove (Robert Walker) is drafted and shares the money from his writing with Mulvehill (Keenan Wynn) and others during training while romancing Carol (Donna Reed).
Hargrove has difficulty following instructions and thus
has trouble in the army, but he manages to keep a cheerful attitude
despite his suffering.
Songwriter Jack Norworth (Dennis Morgan) leaves behind Blanche Mallory (Irene Manning) to join up with singer Nora Bayes (Ann Sheridan), who is blacklisted by jealous Dan Costello (Robert Shayne). Jack and Nora maintain their friendship with a kind agent (S. Z. Sakall) and a magic-comedy team (Jack Carson and Marie Wilson).
While their careers are held back by a vindictive man, a
loving couple finds personal fulfillment by caring for each other.
Based on Room Service by Allen Boretz, a producer (George Murphy) is running up a hotel bill while rehearsing his actors in a musical despite efforts by the manager (Walter Slezak) and auditor (Adolphe Menjou) to collect. A young playwright (Frank Sinatra) arrives; but he can sing, and the producer gets his star (Gloria DeHaven) to seduce him into being in the show.
Music and magical sets are added to the farce made in 1938
by the Marx brothers, but hope is found in a new singing star.
Two sisters (June Allyson and Gloria DeHaven) entertain servicemen and fall in love with the same sailor (Van Johnson), who turns out to be a millionaire.
This musical fantasy provided entertainment as an escape
from the war.
The thief Jean Picard (Errol Flynn), finally convicted of murder, is about to be guillotined when an air raid enables him to escape. Inspector Bonet (Paul Lukas) catches him. When they hear that the Germans will kill one hundred hostages unless a saboteur is caught, Jean suggests that he would rather die by firing squad and save the hostages.
This patriotic drama shows how a man who was a criminal
can change when given the opportunity to do something heroic.
This change is seen reflected in the police inspector who took
a chance on him and was not disappointed.
Army buddies Dave (Dennis Morgan) and Fixit (Dane Clark) during leave fall in love with Janet (Eleanor Parker) and Cora (Faye Emerson), and Janet's family has problems of their own.
This romantic drama explores the challenges of young people
getting married during the war.