Harry James is drafted, and joining him is Lon Prentice (Dick Foran), who doesn't believe that Army training and regulations are necessary. Shemp Howard as Sgt. Snavely, is effectively teamed with Mary Wickes as his shrewish fiancée, trying desperately to keep her away from the attentions of nightclub comic and USO performer Lancelot Pringle McBiff (Joe E. Lewis). Shemp also has the opportunity to clown onstage with the Andrews Sisters during a musical finale, as they perform Don't Sit Under...
The Front Page
Reporters are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams. When Williams escapes from the inept Sheriff, one reporter Hildy Johnson seizes the opportunity to payoff an insider and get the scoop on the escape. Getting a major scoop looks possible when Hildy stumbles onto the bewildered escapee and hides him in a roll-top desk in the press room.
Africa Screams
Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals.
The Admiral Was a Lady
Set just after WWII about a woman ensign (nicknamed the admiral) who falls in with a gang of lovable losers - four ex-GIs who work diligently from dusk to dawn at finding ways to avoid work.
Spooks Run Wild
The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger,...
As You Like It
In this first film version of William Shakespeare's classic pastoral comedy, Sir Laurence Olivier stars as Orlando while Elisabeth Bergner is Rosalind, his secret admirer who disguises herself as a boy in order to stay near to him.
Back Room Boy
Arthur Pilbeam wants to find a job away from women after being jilted by his fiancé. He finds a job at a remote lighthouse that's being used as meteorological station., but even in these isolated conditions he still can't help but run into women.
Lost in the Wash
Lost in the Wash tells the story of a filmmaker (Blake Mitchell) who becomes a participant in his own screenplay after his girlfriend breaks up with him. After Blake kills off one of his characters (Lucy), another character (Thomas) blatantly ignoring the boundaries of reality, telephones Blake and demands that Lucy be brought back from the dead. Blake continues to work his way out of this cinematic rabbit hole as a means of discovering where his life went wrong. The harder he tries, however,...
Beau Ideal
An American (Ralph Forbes) joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
The Amazing Adventure
Cary Grant plays Earnest Bliss a rich socialite who makes a bet with his doctor that he can make a living for one year using none of his current wealth.
THE GREAT RUPERT
A charming Christmas fantasy starring Jimmy Durante, with Terry Moore, Tom Drake and others in support. (The Great Rupert is a squirrel.)
Beat the Devil
An unusual mix of adventure, comedy and crime elements -- Billy (Humphrey Bogart) and Maria Dannreuther (Gina Lollobrigida) are among a number of travelers stranded in Italy en route to Africa. While the Dannreuthers seem like an average couple, they have the same goal as Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm (Jennifer Jones) and some of their other shifty companions -- to lay claim to property that is supposedly rich with uranium.
Two Weeks to Live
This movie was hilarious. My sister and I laughed so hard we cryed. Who would think two country bumkins in a big city could be so funny. Just their mannerisms and voices were a hoot. Don't miss this film if you like a good laugh.
Made for Each Other
Jimmy Stewart plays John Horace 'Johnny' Mason, a young lawyer who marries Jane Mason (Carole Lombard) after only know her one day.
Penny Serenade
Touching romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Irene Dunne.
Too Late for Tears
Lizabeth Scott and Arthur Kennedy are a couple who receive a satchel full of money that was intended for someone else (Dan Duryea). He wants to turn the cash over to the authorities; she wants to keep it---no matter what the consequences.
Utopia
Utopia (also known as Atoll K and Robinson Crusoe Land) is last film Laurel and Hardy made together. It was filmed and produced in Europe.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
London fop Percy Blakeney (Leslie Howard) is also secretly the Scarlet Pimpernel who, in a variety of disguises, makes repeated daring trips to France to save aristocrats from Madame Guillotine. His unknowing wife (Merle Oberon) is also French, and she finds that her brother (Walter Rilla) has been arrested by the Republic to try and get her to find out who "that damned elusive Pimpernel" really is.
Road To Happiness
A down-and-out singer turns to radio acting and finds his life turned around.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
The story centers on the memories of a writer (Gregory Peck) who is taking a safari in Africa. He develops a dangerous wound from a thorn prick, and lies awaiting his slow death. The loss of physical capability causes him to look inside himself - at his memories of the past years, and how little he has actually accomplished in his writing.
War of the Wildcats
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Now! a giant color spectacle! from the pages of the immortal classics comes this famous story. Exterminator with a flute almost gets Van Johnson to join in.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Based on the Sir Authur Conan Doyle story "The Dancing Men", Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are placed in WWII europe to help protect a scientist and his invention from the Nazis.
Royal Wedding
Brother and sister dancing duo Tom and Ellen Bowen (Fred Astaire and Jane Powell) travel to merry old England. There, against the backdrop of the impending wedding of royals, they go about the usual comedic pursuit of love. This film is probably most memorable for Astaire's dream sequence that has him dancing on the ceiling.