| Title |
Min. |
c | S | M | H | P | V | En | Ed |
| Abilene Town | 89 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Bedlam | 79 | b | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Black Angel | 81 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Blue Dahlia, The | 99 | b | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | |
| Boys' Ranch | 97 | b | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | |||
| California | 97 | c | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Canyon Passage | 92 | c | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Courage of Lassie | 93 | c | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Deception | 110 | b | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Harvey Girls, The | 101 | c | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Hoodlum Saint, The | 92 | b | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Lady Luck | 97 | b | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Letter for Evie, A | 89 | b | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| My Reputation | 94 | b | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Never Say Goodbye | 94 | b | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Nobody Lives Forever | 100 | b | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| O.S.S. | 107 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Of Human Bondage | 106 | b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Road to Utopia | 89 | b | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Smoky | 87 | b | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Stolen Life, A | 107 | b | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Three Little Girls in Blue | 90 | c | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Three Strangers | 92 | b | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Three Wise Fools | 90 | b | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Till the Clouds Roll By | 135 | c | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Two Sisters from Boston | 112 | b | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |
| Undercurrent | 116 | b | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | |
| Verdict, The | 86 | b | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Virginian, The | 86 | b | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||
| Years Between, The | 96 | b | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Based on Ernest Haycox's novel, a competent marshal (Randolph Scott) and an incompetent sheriff (Edgar Buchanan) monitor the transition from a cattle town after farmers led by Henry (Lloyd Bridges) homestead. Henry gets help buying barbed wire from Sherry (Rhonda Fleming), and the marshal persuades the entertainer Rita (Ann Dvorak) to retire.
This western portrays the conflict between the cowboys wanting
open ranges for their cattle and the farmers who want to fence
off their crops. Why not fence off a corridor for the cattle trail
from Texas?
George Sims (Boris Karloff) is the master of the insane asylum. Nell Bowen (Anna Lee) tries to get Lord Mortimer (Billy House) to contribute funds to improve Bedlam's conditions, but he refuses to spend the money, withdraws his support from her, and has her committed to stop her criticism. Nell is helped by a Quaker (Richard Fraser) and inmates to escape, and the "loonies" get their revenge on Sims.
This drama portrays the infamous asylum before it was reformed
in 1773. The character of the Quaker helps to awaken humanitarian
feelings in the previously cynical Nell.
Based on Cornell Woolrich's novel, the wife (June Vincent) of a man (John Phillips) convicted of murder by circumstantial evidence tries to find the killer with the help of the police investigator (Broderick Crawford) and the victim's alcoholic husband (Dan Duryea), who leads her to an ex-convict (Peter Lorre) who owns a nightclub.
This murder mystery is a strong indictment of alcoholism
and capital punishment.
Navy veteran Johnny (Alan Ladd) finds his alcoholic wife Helen (Doris Dowling) is romantic about a wanted murderer (Howard Da Silva), whose wife (Veronica Lake) befriends Johnny. Helen is murdered, and Johnny avoids police to try to find out who did it. His friend Buzz (William Bendix), who was wounded in the head, thinks he may have killed her.
The Navy and Paramount made the writer Raymond Chandler
change the ending because they did not want to portray a veteran
as a murderer. The killing and brutality of this drama reflects
the violent damage in the returning veterans.
Based on the true story about Cal Farley, a baseball player (James Craig) takes the boys Hank (Daryl Hickman) and Skippy (Skip Homeier) on parole and starts a ranch to help juvenile delinquents. Hank is elected foreman, but Skippy wants to leave and continues his habit of stealing.
This drama shows how various characters learn that their
actions have consequences that affect other people as well as
themselves.
Persecuted gambler Lily (Barbara Stanwyck) is welcomed into the wagon of vineyard-grower Fabian (Barry Fitzgerald), and she clashes with the wagon-train boss Trumbo (Ray Milland), who wins her saloon in California and battles the slave-trader Coffin (George Coulouris).
This melodramatic conflict is played out during California's
gold rush and decision whether to be an independent nation or
a state in the United States. The latter is portrayed as better
because the power-hungry slave-trader favors the former.
Based on a novel by Harvey Haycox, Logan (Dana Andrews) has a frontier business in Oregon and is choosing between Caroline (Patricia Roc) and Lucy (Susan Hayward); but his gambling friend George (Brian Donlevy) and his enemy Bragg (Ward Bond) bring out the worst in Steele (Lloyd Bridges) and others.
A few dishonest and greedy settlers make a precarious situation
much worse by antagonizing each other and the Indians as they
try to survive in a place without established laws.
A collie grows up in the wild and is shot by hunters before being adopted by a girl (Elizabeth Taylor), who gets Harry (Frank Morgan) to train him as a sheep dog. After being hit by a truck, the dog is trained to be a war dog and helps rescue a surrounded platoon. Wounded again, the dog turns hostile and escapes, killing animals to eat, and, after finding the girl, is put on trial.
Colorful depictions of wild animals enhance the natural
theme that the cruel warfare of humans causes hostility even when
one has been a war hero.
Adapted from a play by Louis Verneuil, Christine (Bette Davis) marries the cellist Karel (Paul Henreid), who becomes jealous of her close friendship with the composer Alex (Claude Rains).
This melodrama explores how deception of a loved one can
become self-deception and lead to irrational behavior, especially
when strong jealousies and artistic competition antagonize a triangle.
Susan (Judy Garland) goes west to marry a man who sent her letters but becomes a waitress for a restaurant chain challenged by the animosity of a judge (Preston Foster) and a singer (Angela Lansbury). Susan falls in love with the saloon-owner (John Hodiak) who wrote the letters.
This musical contrasts the wicked chorus girls in the saloon
with the virtuous waitresses and suggests that the advancing civilization
of the latter will replace the former, who are expected to "change
their style."
In 1919 veteran Terry (William Powell) needs a job, and meeting Kay (Esther Williams) helps him contact powerful men. Terry does well in business until the stock market crashes, but he does not forget Snarp (James Gleason), his hoodlum friends, and the charity of their patron saint Dismus.
This comedy explores the vetarans' difficulties and the
stock craze of the 1920s while suggesting that faith and charity
can even help those who run illegal gambling.
Mary Audrey (Barbara Hale) has a grandfather (Frank Morgan) with a gambling problem. She falls in love with the professional gambler Larry (Robert Young), who gives it up to marry her. His friend Sam (James Gleason) gets Larry and Mary involved in gambling in Las Vegas.
The lure of the gambling lifestyle is explored in this romantic
comedy, but eventually love triumphs over the illusion of luck.
Textile worker Evie (Marsha Hunt) puts a letter in a large shirt that Wolf (John Carroll) rejects; but his friend John (Hume Cronyn) corresponds successfully and uses Wolf's photo. When Wolf and Evie meet, they like each other's looks; but Wolf does not really want to marry her.
This comedy of mistaken identity shows how it is the inner
qualities that sensitive people really love in each other.
Based on a novel by Clare Jaynes, the widow Jessica (Barbara Stanwyck) finds herself alone when her two sons go off to school, and her mother (Lucile Watson) wants her to wear black and mourn; but her friend Ginna (Eve Arden) invites her to Lake Tahoe, and she meets Major Scott Landis (George Brent). He helps Jessica to find her own independence despite the damage gossip brings to her reputation.
This drama is set in 1942 and was filmed in 1943, and it
reflects the difficulties widows experienced during the war. Her
mother argues for following conventions, but Jessica does not
want her life restricted like her mother's. One of the results
of the war is that more women began leading their own lives.
Seven-year-old Flip (Patti Brady) wants her divorced parents to get back together. Artist Phil Gayley (Errol Flynn) is going with a model (Peggy Knudsen), and the mother (Lucile Watson) of Ellen Gayley (Eleanor Parker) wants her to marry the lawyer Rex (Donald Woods). Restaurateur Luigi (S. Z. Sakall) tries to mediate, and Flip writes to a Marine (Forrest Tucker), who arrives and hopes to marry Ellen.
This post-war comedy reflects the trend toward domesticity
and having children. Ellen is jealous of Phil, but she gets him
back by making him jealous. What matters most is that they both
love Flip and each other.
W. R. Burnett adapted his novel about a war veteran (John Garfield) whose girlfriend (Faye Emerson) says she lost his $50,000. He reverts to his underworld profession as a con man and tough guy; but he falls in love with the heiress (Geraldine Fitzgerald) he has agreed to swindle and has trouble with a bitter criminal (George Coulouris) while being aided by his friends (George Tobias and Walter Brennan).
This film noir contrasts the cruel immorality of professional
criminals to the easy life-style of a wealthy woman who finds
romance. Those who try to take money without creating any value
usually make things worse for others and themselves.
Commander Brady (Patric Knowles) trains and sends Martin (Alan Ladd) and Ellen (Geraldine Fitzgerald) into France as spies to blow up a train tunnel.
O.S.S. (Office of Strategic Services) was the precursor
of the Central Intelligence Agency during World War II. This drama
depicts how the United States got into the spy profession like
other older powers in order to sabotage enemies.
In this second film version of Somerset Maugham's novel, the medical student Philip Carey (Paul Henreid) with a club foot falls in love with the waitress Mildred (Eleanor Parker), who leaves him, gets pregnant, comes back for his help, and then spurns him. Athelny (Edmund Gwenn) helps Philip, who asks to marry his daughter Sally (Janis Paige).
The depressing mood of this story comes from a lack of joy
and humor in the characters who have difficulty expressing themselves.
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby entertain with jokes and songs in a chase with Dorothy Lamour for a gold map in Alaska.
The humor reflects the desires of men for women and the
struggle for survival and wealth.
Based on a novel by Will James, a wrangler (Fred MacMurray) finds a wild stallion and drives it to a ranch, where the young owner (Anne Baxter) gives him a job breaking horses. The wrangler reluctantly helps Frank (Bruce Cabot), who makes trouble for others and himself.
This drama celebrates the love a man has for a horse with
spirit, but he is unable to restrain a selfish man. Symbolically
the story suggests that powerful energy needs to be governed and
made gentle power.
Adapted from a novel by Karel J. Benes, identical twin sisters (Bette Davis) both fall in love with independent Bill Emerson (Glenn Ford). When Patricia seduces Bill away from Kate and marries him, Kate learns more about herself from a frank artist (Dane Clark). After Patricia drowns in a boating accident, Kate assumes her identity but discovers she does not want to take up her philandering sister's life.
This melodrama contrasts the personalities of the sisters,
and the demure Kate realizes that she cannot live a lie. True
friendship proves to be more lasting than sexual excitement.
In this second adaptation of the play by Stephen Powys, three orphaned sisters pool their funds and go to Atlantic City to marry a rich man. Pam (June Haver) falls in love with Van (George Montgomery) but learns he is poor while Liz (Viviane Blaine) loves Steve (Frank Lattimore), and Myra (Vera-Ellen) falls for Mike (Charles Smith). Ironically the attractive, rich, and witty Miriam (Celeste Holm) is still hunting a man.
In this romantic musical they start out with materialistic
motivations but discover there are more important things than
money in finding a mate.
In this story written by John Huston, Crystal (Geraldine Fitzgerald) finds two strangers to make a combined wish for money to Kwan Yin with a sweepstakes ticket. Johnny (Peter Lorre) is an alcoholic wanted in a murder case. Jerome (Sydney Greenstreet) is a lawyer who illegally speculates with money entrusted to him. Crystal will not give her husband (Alan Napier) a divorce to marry another woman.
This black comedy is ironic as two of the three "lucky"
winners have tragic results, reflecting the chaotic times in which
anything can go wrong. Although the story is unlikely, the various
characters have their facets revealed by their actions and words.
Based on Austin Strong's play and narrated by an ancient pixie (Harry Davenport), an Irish orphan (Margaret O'Brien) and her manservant (Thomas Mitchell) are adopted by three successful men-a doctor (Lionel Barrymore), a judge (Lewis Stone), and a banker (Edward Arnold)-who loved her grandmother and want to donate her property to a university; but the girl will not allow an oak tree to be removed.
In this spiritual fantasy the little girl's love and innocence
open the hearts of the three old men so that two chain themselves
to the tree while the third contributes his fortune to make it
a park. This film represents the seeds that would grow in the
next generations that would make personal sacrifices to save the
natural environment of the Earth.
In this fictionalized biography songwriter Jerome Kern (Robert Walker) works with an experienced arranger (Van Heflin) to perfect his craft. His greatest songs are presented, including a long sequence from his brilliant hit, Show Boat.
This musical is more like a concert with some story thrown
in as 27 songs are staged in lavish style. This is essentially
escape entertainment for those who like the songs.
Abigail (Kathryn Grayson) has an operatic voice and is working in a burlesque theater with Spike (Jimmy Durante), but she tells her uncle (Harry Hayden) she sings in opera. Her sister Martha (June Allyson) tries to help her and ends up in burlesque too.
This comedy satirizes the puritanical attitudes of Boston
society that are shocked by the slightest alteration of social
conventions while ironically mirroring them in its Hollywood production
code.
Ann (Katharine Hepburn) marries famous, wealthy, and handsome Alan Garroway (Robert Taylor), but she discovers he hates his brother (Robert Mitchum).
This psychological thriller gradually becomes very frightening
as a new wife learns that her husband used reprehensible means
of attaining fortune and fame.
Based on Israel Zangwill's novel, superintendent Grodman (Sydney Greenstreet) is replaced by Buckley (George Coulouris) after a witness proves that an innocent man was hanged, but Grodman with help from Victor (Peter Lorre) proves that Buckley could make a similar mistake.
This mystery shows the danger that capital punishment can
accidentally murder innocent people.
In this adaptation of Owen Wister's novel and play, in the Wyoming territory the Virginian (Joel McCrea) and his friend Steve (Sonny Tufts) compete for the new schoolteacher (Barbara Britton), but Steve gets involved in rustling with the Virginian's foe Trampas (Brian Donlevy).
This archetypal western explores the macho code of violence
in the lawless west while a woman from the east objects.
Diana (Valerie Hobson) gets a telegram that her husband was killed in the war. She mourns, is persuaded to stand for his seat in Parliament, and agrees to marry Richard (James McKechnie); but her husband Richard (Michael Redgrave) returns from a Russian prison camp after working undercover, and he has difficulty reuniting with Diana.
This drama depicts the increasing roles of women during
the war and the consequences of the separation for a married couple.