The Rains Came (1939)
[5] Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, and George Brent star in this drama set in 1938 British India. Loy plays the bored wife of an aristocrat who begins flirting with two different men to spice up her life: Power, as a doctor with…
Captain Blood (1935)
[9] Warner Brothers caught lightning in a bottle when they took a chance on a relatively unknown Tazmanian actor and cast Errol Flynn as Peter Blood in the Oscar-nominated crowd pleaser Captain Blood. Flynn plays a British physician who gets wrongfully sentenced…
Union Pacific (1939)
[8] Director Cecil B. DeMille sets a love triangle against America's efforts to create the trans-continental railroad in Union Pacific. Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity) gets top billing as the Irish daughter of the engineer in charge of building the railroad. She falls…
Fury (1936)
[8] In director Fritz Lang's first English-language film, Spencer Tracy stars as a man nearly lynched and presumed dead for a crime he didn't commit. His grieving fiancée, played by Sylvia Sidney, soon learns he's not only still alive, but seeking revenge.…
Kiss and Make Up (1934)
[6] Cary Grant stars in this comedy about a plastic surgeon and beauty clinic operator who falls in love with one of his most beautiful creations (Genevieve Tobin), unable to realize his heart really lies with the 'untouched beauty' of his dutiful…
Wedding Present (1936)
[6] Cary Grant and Joan Bennett star in this fast-paced screwball comedy about two newspaper reporters who flirt with the idea of marriage during their headline-chasing adventures. Through no fault of the capable and charismatic leads, Wedding Present is maybe a little…
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
[5] With this film, Walt Disney gave the world its first feature-length animated motion picture. So that counts for something, right? The story's title heroine begins the film a humble scullery maid, content to scrub cobblestone walkways while singing to the birds…
My Man Godfrey (1936)
[7] William Powell and Carole Lombard (who were married for a few years before making this film together) star in this screwball comedy from director Gregory LaCava (Stage Door). Powell plays Godfrey, a homeless man living in a New York City dump…
Internes Can’t Take Money (1937)
[7] Barbara Stanwyck (Baby Face, Ladies of Leisure) gets top billing in Hollywood's first movie based on Max Brand's popular Dr. Kildare novels. Stanwyck plays an ex-con whose bank robber husband hid her infant daughter from her right before he was killed.…
The Young in Heart (1938)
[6] In this feel-good comedy/drama, a charismatic family of lying, cheating, opportunists sets their sights on a kindly old lady who enjoys their company. At first, the family -- who've never held jobs in their lives -- hope to get the old…