My Classic Movies... &more (1919 - 2000's)
by TvMovieMiss | created - 17 Feb 2014 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicI've been saving classic & hard to find still unreleased movies on Vhs for many years... and thank goodness I have... because even though I love how studios like Warner Archive and Universal Vault have been giving so many lost films their long deserved release, wish they could work faster... too many titles still awaiting their chance to be available to all!
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1. Dangerous Number (1937)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Artificial-silk manufacturer Hank Medhill has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Hank convinces Eleanor to leave her ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen, Cora Witherspoon
Votes: 289
2. Boy Slaves (1939)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A runaway follows the leader of a gang of boys, and they all wind up working in a turpentine camp.
Director: P.J. Wolfson | Stars: Anne Shirley, Roger Daniel, James McCallion, Alan Baxter
Votes: 246
3. Dramatic School (1938)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Aspiring actress Louise Mauban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. She daydreams and "acts" her way ... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Luise Rainer, Paulette Goddard, Alan Marshal, Lana Turner
Votes: 476
4. Bed of Roses (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Determined to reform upon leaving prison, a former prostitute falls in love with a cotton-barge owner and must choose between him and her banker lover.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Halliday, Pert Kelton
Votes: 995
5. Good Girls Go to Paris (1939)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A Midwesterner waitress, scheming to gold-dig her way to Paris, gets mixed up with a wealthy New York family.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Walter Connolly, Alan Curtis
Votes: 593
6. The Beloved Brat (1938)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama
Drama about a problem child and her problem parents.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bonita Granville, Dolores Costello, Donald Crisp, Natalie Moorhead
Votes: 249
7. Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Mary Stevens (Kay Francis) and her old friend Don Andrews (Lyle Talbot) graduate from medical school at the same time and decide to set up their respective medical offices in the same ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Kay Francis, Lyle Talbot, Glenda Farrell, Thelma Todd
Votes: 571
8. Start Cheering (1938)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Fed up with movie life, film star Ted Crosley quits pictures to enroll in Midland College, much to the horror of his manager Sam Lewis and his stooge-friend Willie Gumbatz. Ted wishes to ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Walter Connolly, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett
Votes: 267
9. Skippy (1931)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Skippy, the mischievous son of a wealthy doctor, meets Sooky in poverty-ridden Shantytown, and together they try to save Sooky's pet from a cruel dogcatcher.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green, Jackie Searl
Votes: 1,000
10. The Show-Off (1934)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Romance
Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. After they marry Aubrey overspends in setting up their home. When their financial situation gets dire they go back to her parents house... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Madge Evans, Henry Wadsworth, Lois Wilson
Votes: 241
11. We're Rich Again (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy
The wedding of their daughter brings many surprises, including a determined bill collector, a bad business venture, an elopement, and an unexpected windfall. They all add up to a barrel of one-liners and slap-stick.
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke, Marian Nixon, Reginald Denny
Votes: 249
12. Babbitt (1934)
Approved | 74 min | Drama
Middle-aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest-growing community in America according to its town sign. George is a large part of that growth as a property developer and realtor.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd, Maxine Doyle
Votes: 342
13. Sooky (1931)
85 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boone Boys, a boys' club that costs $30 ... See full summary »
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jackie Cooper, Robert Coogan, Jackie Searl, Willard Robertson
Votes: 65
14. White Banners (1938)
Approved | 92 min | Drama
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the ... See full summary »
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Claude Rains, Fay Bainter, Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville
Votes: 468
15. Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)
Approved | 82 min | Drama, Romance
An 1890s widow has two daughters and two sons. The daughters fall in love with the same gentleman.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison, Fay Bainter
Votes: 339
16. The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Society-lady Hattie Leonard organizes her own band of 'gang-busters' when she discovers a garment she sent to the dry-cleaners had been taxed 25 cents to pay for gang 'protection.' She ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta
Votes: 284
17. Hearts Divided (1936)
Passed | 87 min | Drama, Romance
Napoleon needs money to fight his wars in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome, to ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Marion Davies, Dick Powell, Charles Ruggles, Claude Rains
Votes: 894
18. She Married Her Boss (1935)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, History, Mystery
An efficient secretary at a department store marries her boss, but discovers that taking care of him at home is a lot different to taking care of him at work.
Director: Gregory La Cava | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Melvyn Douglas, Michael Bartlett, Raymond Walburn
Votes: 720
19. I'll Take Romance (1937)
Passed | 90 min | Music, Romance
An opera manager tries to woo a contract-breaking soprano into performing in Buenos Aires.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Grace Moore, Melvyn Douglas, Helen Westley, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 139
20. Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Drama
Based on the story of the steeplechase-winning blind jumping horse, Elmer Gantry aka Gantry the Great, owned by Eleanor Getzendaner. The horse plays himself.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Edith Fellows, James McCallion, Granville Bates, Aldrich Bowker
Votes: 89
21. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939)
Passed | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
The Peppers - Mrs. Pepper and her five children Polly, Ben, Joey, Davie and Phronsie - are a poor family (the six of them sleep in a total of four beds in two rooms), but they love each ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Edith Fellows, Clarence Kolb, Dorothy Peterson, Ronald Sinclair
Votes: 251
22. So Big! (1932)
Unrated | 81 min | Drama, Romance
After Selina's father dies, she's offered a job as a teacher in a small town and a new chapter of her life begins.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Dickie Moore, Bette Davis
Votes: 1,824
23. The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933)
Passed | 88 min | Drama, Romance
Prizefighter Jimmy Dolan accidentally kills a man at a party and escapes. He hides out at a health farm for invalid children and begins to lose his cynicism under the influence of the ... See full summary »
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Loretta Young, Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 724
24. Bachelor Bait (1934)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Romance
A well-meaning but bumbling clerk at the Marriage License Bureau winds up getting fired. He decides to open up his own "matchmaking" business and takes a personal interest in his clients, ... See full summary »
Director: George Stevens | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Rochelle Hudson, Pert Kelton, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Votes: 337
25. Chasing Yesterday (1935)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Romance
An archaeologist is reminded of a past romance which sends him on a trip to the country, where he falls for the orphaned daughter of his former sweetheart.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, O.P. Heggie, Helen Westley, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 134
26. Chatterbox (1936)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stagestruck Jenny is elated when she is cast in her mother's most famous role. She is unaware of the new production being staged as a parody of the dated play and interprets the role seriously. And nobody finds the courage to tell her.
Director: George Nicholls Jr. | Stars: Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis, Erik Rhodes
Votes: 361
27. Too Many Wives (1937)
61 min | Comedy
Betty Jackson, a socialite, and Barry Trent are attracted to each other upon first sight. They met running into each other in the park as they walked their respective dogs day after day. ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Anne Shirley, John Morley, Gene Lockhart, Dudley Clements
Votes: 159
28. Meet the Missus (1937)
60 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Mrs. Emma Foster of Fosterboro, Ohio loves to enter contests - which she never wins - the time she spends on which is much to the chagrin of her exasperated husband, barber Otis Foster. It ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Victor Moore, Helen Broderick, Anne Shirley, Alan Bruce
Votes: 164
29. Girls' School (1938)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A student monitor at a girls' school faces the scorn of her fellow pupils when she reports one of the popular girls for staying out late.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: Anne Shirley, Nan Grey, Ralph Bellamy, Dorothy Moore
Votes: 231
30. The Narrow Corner (1933)
TV-PG | 69 min | Drama
An Englishman sought for murder escapes to South Seas island.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Patricia Ellis, Ralph Bellamy, Dudley Digges
Votes: 341
31. Outward Bound (1930)
Unrated | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Directors: Robert Milton, Ray Enright | Stars: Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Beryl Mercer, Dudley Digges
Votes: 621
32. Mountain Justice (1937)
Passed | 83 min | Drama, Romance
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: George Brent, Josephine Hutchinson, Guy Kibbee, Mona Barrie
Votes: 292
33. Dr. Monica (1934)
Approved | 61 min | Drama, Romance
An obstetrician who is unable to have children discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fathered by her husband.
Directors: William Keighley, William Dieterle | Stars: Kay Francis, Warren William, Jean Muir, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 460
34. Women in the Wind (1939)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot.
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Kay Francis, William Gargan, Victor Jory, Maxie Rosenbloom
Votes: 283
35. Secrets of an Actress (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Two architects lose their heads over a glamorous actress.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter, Gloria Dickson
Votes: 438
36. My Bill (1938)
Approved | 64 min | Drama, Romance
The town of Colbrook, Massachusetts was founded by the family of the same name, and as such they are its leading family. Widowed Mrs. Reginald Colbrook - Mary - has had to manage the family... See full summary »
Director: John Farrow | Stars: Kay Francis, Bonita Granville, John Litel, Anita Louise
Votes: 483
37. Thunder Afloat (1939)
Passed | 95 min | Romance, Drama, War
In a New England port town, Pop Thorson and Rocky Blake are rival tugboat owners. Thorson's boat has sunk in the shallow water while docked, and he is certain Blake sabotaged it for winning a lucrative contract of military supplies.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Virginia Grey, Douglass Dumbrille
Votes: 247
38. Sergeant Madden (1939)
Passed | 80 min | Drama, Romance
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Unfortunately, the son is more interested in rewards than in upholding the law. When he shoots a child ... See full summary »
Director: Josef von Sternberg | Stars: Wallace Beery, Tom Brown, Alan Curtis, Laraine Day
Votes: 198
39. The Bowery (1933)
Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
In New York's Bowery during the Gay Nineties, a saloon owner and a rebel share a rivalry.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Wallace Beery, George Raft, Jackie Cooper, Fay Wray
Votes: 614 | Gross: $4.36M
40. The Longest Night (1936)
Passed | 51 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Kept overnight by police investigating a murder, department store owner Charley Phelps and sales clerk Joan Sutton solve the mystery, defeat a gang of thieves, and fall in love.
Director: Errol Taggart | Stars: Robert Young, Florence Rice, Ted Healy, Julie Haydon
Votes: 253
41. The Big Game (1936)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, Romance, Sport
Gamblers kidnap Atlantic's star quarterback Clark Jenkins.
Directors: George Nicholls Jr., Edward Killy | Stars: Phillip Huston, James Gleason, June Travis, Bruce Cabot
Votes: 142
42. The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Passed | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A cloistered, overprotected Austrian prince falls in love with a down-to-earth barmaid in this "Viennese fairy tale."
Directors: Ernst Lubitsch, John M. Stahl | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer, Jean Hersholt, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Votes: 1,666
43. Call of the Flesh (1930)
Passed | 100 min | Musical, Romance
Juan de Dios, from a poor working-class background, is a cantina performer in Seville, singing and dancing with his partner Lola. They have a contentious professional and personal ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, Ernest Torrence, Nance O'Neil
Votes: 211
44. Over the Goal (1937)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport
Injured Carlton College quarterback Ken Thomas promises his girlfriend that he will not play again; when she relents, he is kidnapped by crooks hoping to make money from The Big Game.
Director: Noel M. Smith | Stars: June Travis, William Hopper, Johnnie Davis, Gordon Oliver
Votes: 187
45. Penrod and His Twin Brother (1938)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy
It's a case of mistaken identity when Penrod and his dog Duke wind up in trouble after a lookalike boy and dog move into town.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Billy Mauch, Robert J. Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington
Votes: 155
46. First Lady (1937)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
As presidential election time approaches in Washington it is the women behind the scenes who seem to be making the decisions.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise, Walter Connolly
Votes: 515
47. The Payoff (1935)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Joe is a reporter who is looking for his big break and he gets it when he takes over George Gorman's sports column. Marty is a hood who would fix any sporting event he could and Joe keeps ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: James Dunn, Claire Dodd, Patricia Ellis, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 162
48. Lady with a Past (1932)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy, proper society girl finds that she's much more popular with men when she pretends to be a "bad" girl.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Constance Bennett, Ben Lyon, David Manners, Don Alvarado
Votes: 407
49. The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Directors: Edgar Selwyn, Richard Boleslawski | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Elizabeth Allan, Lewis Stone, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 495
50. I Am a Thief (1934)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A variety of suspicious characters try to get their hands on a priceless diamond necklace aboard the Orient Express.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, Robert Barrat
Votes: 289
51. Double Danger (1938)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Robert Crane is a slick jewel thief who also doubles as a novelist writing about a slick-jewel-thief known as 'The Gentleman,' who the police have never been able to catch. Although Police ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds
Votes: 218
52. The Firebird (1934)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Herman Brandt, a handsome but overly conceited actor, lives in the same apartment building in Vienna as Carola and John Pointer and their 18-year-old daughter Mariette. One day, as Carola ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill, Anita Louise
Votes: 326
53. A Wicked Woman (1934)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Naomi is almost to term with her fourth child when Ed decides to leave taking all their money and the oldest son Curtis. With the sheriff after him, he is in no mood to think of his family.... See full summary »
Director: Charles Brabin | Stars: Mady Christians, Jean Parker, Charles Bickford, Betty Furness
Votes: 228
54. Valley of the Giants (1938)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Western
A lumberman (Wayne Morris) and a gambling-house lady (Claire Trevor) thwart Easterners eyeing the California Redwoods.
Director: William Keighley | Stars: Wayne Morris, Claire Trevor, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale
Votes: 286
55. By Your Leave (1934)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy
In the midst of a mid-life crisis, Henry Smith convinces his wife, Ellen, that they should take separate one-week vacations, with no questions asked. He tries to sow some wild oats with a ... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd Corrigan | Stars: Frank Morgan, Genevieve Tobin, Neil Hamilton, Marian Nixon
Votes: 195
56. Two Against the World (1936)
Approved | 57 min | Crime, Drama
A radio network manager's boss makes him air a serial based on a murder, tormenting a woman involved.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts, Linda Perry, Carlyle Moore Jr.
Votes: 714
57. Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
Passed | 66 min | Western, Comedy, Drama
An actor from New York inherits a ranch in Arizona.
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Frank Morgan, Virginia Weidler, Guy Kibbee, Slim Summerville
Votes: 243
58. The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Frank Morgan, Cicely Courtneidge, Heather Angel, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 171
59. The Life of the Party (1937)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Dr. Molnac and his musical troupe; Beggs, the manager; Mitzi Martos, a singer; Mitzi's agent Pauline; society scion Barry Saunders and his "keeper" Oliver Goodwin, are en route to Santa ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Joe Penner, Gene Raymond, Harry Einstein, Harriet Nelson
Votes: 202
60. The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Family
The countrymen in the hills of Missouri take the hounds on night fox hunts. This goes on until Jacob Terry comes into the county and decides to raise sheep and install a woven wire fence. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Eric Linden, Dudley Digges
Votes: 278
61. The Heart of New York (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
In the Jewish enclave of New York's lower East Side, hapless inventor Mendel is constantly in debt since he uses all his (and other people's) money to tinker with machines that will make ... See full summary »
Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Joe Smith, Charles Dale, George Sidney, Ruth Hall
Votes: 192
62. Two Alone (1934)
Passed | 75 min | Drama, Romance
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. When reform school runaway Adam arrives, he is put to work by Slag and also mistreated. Mazie ... See full summary »
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Jean Parker, Tom Brown, Zasu Pitts, Arthur Byron
Votes: 140
63. The Keyhole (1933)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Anne Brooks is being blackmailed by her old dancing partner Maurice. They married when she was young but broke up after which he said he was getting a quickie divorce. Anne married the much... See full summary »
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Kay Francis, George Brent, Glenda Farrell, Monroe Owsley
Votes: 662
64. Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An editorial hack becomes a new man after a wild night out.
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Ann Dvorak, Eugene Pallette, Robert Barrat
Votes: 203
65. Women Are Like That (1938)
Passed | 79 min | Drama
Domestic strife results when a man refuses to involve his wife in his struggling business.
Director: Stanley Logan | Stars: Kay Francis, Pat O'Brien, Ralph Forbes, Melville Cooper
Votes: 226
66. A Dog of Flanders (1935)
Approved | 72 min | Drama, Family
Tentative adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Director: Edward Sloman | Stars: Frankie Thomas, O.P. Heggie, Helen Parrish, DeWitt Jennings
Votes: 147
67. Westward Passage (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama, Romance
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Europe years later after she has remarried.
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Ann Harding, Laurence Olivier, Zasu Pitts, Irving Pichel
Votes: 368
68. The Flirting Widow (1930)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Phyllis wants to marry Bobby, but Father won't permit it until older sister Celia weds. So Celia invents a military fiancée in Arabia, unimaginatively christens him John Smith, writes him a... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Dorothy Mackaill, Basil Rathbone, Leila Hyams, William Austin
Votes: 293
69. Prestige (1931)
Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Drama
A woman travels to a French penal colony in Indochina to be with her fiancé, the commander, but when she arrives she discovers that he is now an alcoholic.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Ann Harding, Adolphe Menjou, Melvyn Douglas, Ian Maclaren
Votes: 294
70. Have a Heart (1934)
Approved | 80 min | Drama, Romance
Sally sits by her window earning money for an operation so she can be a dance teacher again. Jimmie is an ice cream salesman hoping to advance. Their romance is sidetracked when she uses her savings to help him out of a fix.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Jean Parker, James Dunn, Una Merkel, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 164
71. Dangerous Corner (1934)
Approved | 66 min | Mystery
An unexpected suicide prompts much speculation about honesty and theft.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Virginia Bruce, Conrad Nagel, Melvyn Douglas, Erin O'Brien-Moore
Votes: 338
72. Down the Stretch (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Drama, Sport
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
Director: William Clemens | Stars: Patricia Ellis, Mickey Rooney, Dennis Moore, Willie Best
Votes: 118
73. Three Sons (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Drama
A poor merchant grows a highly successful department store in Chicago with the purpose of providing for his four children's future. He is misguided in thinking that giving them everything ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Hively | Stars: Edward Ellis, William Gargan, Kent Taylor, J. Edward Bromberg
Votes: 113
74. Here Comes the Band (1935)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The songwriter Ollie Watts goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by the unscrupulous music publisher Mr. Simmonds. Ollie brings his girlfriend and singer Margaret ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Sloane | Stars: Ted Lewis and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis, Virginia Bruce, Harry Stockwell
Votes: 82
75. Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
Passed | 64 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
One night of twelve crowded hours in the life of a newspaper investigative reporter out to get the goods on the master-minds who operate the profitable Numbers Racket in a big city. His ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Dix, Lucille Ball, Allan Lane, Donald MacBride
Votes: 321
76. The Singing Marine (1937)
Passed | 105 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery
Bob Brent (Dick Powell) recruit from Arkansas is a marine who is shy, reserved and modest. Despite these handicaps, he is a big help to his corps buddies. On moonlit nights and sun-kissed ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 300
77. Hell Below (1933)
Passed | 101 min | Romance, Drama, War
In 1918, U.S. Navy Lt. Tommy Knowlton participates in dangerous submarine missions, disobeys orders, gets court-martialed and romances a married woman who happens to be his C.O.'s daughter.
Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Walter Huston, Madge Evans, Jimmy Durante
Votes: 560
78. Lazy River (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Three ex-cons help save a mother and daughter's shrimp business from wicked slavers.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Jean Parker, Robert Young, Ted Healy, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 115
79. History Is Made at Night (1937)
Passed | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, Colin Clive
Votes: 2,490
80. Man of the Moment (1935)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy
Mary, who is infatuated with her boss, discovers that he is having an affair with one of her coworkers. Despondent, she leaves work and overhearing news of a suicide, impulsively decides to... See full summary »
Director: Monty Banks | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Laura La Plante, Claude Hulbert, Margaret Lockwood
Votes: 391
81. Trouble for Two (1936)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
The Crown Prince (Robert Montgomery) is to marry the Princess Brenda of Irania, but the Princess declines the arranged marriage. Relieved, Florizel heads for London, with the Colonel (Frank... See full summary »
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen
Votes: 552
82. The Winning Ticket (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy
An Italian-American barber, Joe Thomasello, buys a sweepstakes ticket but doesn't tell his wife, Nora, as she takes a dim view of gambling in any form. The ticket turns out to be the prize ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Louise Fazenda, Ted Healy, Irene Hervey
Votes: 130
83. This Marriage Business (1938)
Passed | 71 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
New York city reporter Bill Terry (Allan Lane and his photographer-assistant "Candid" Perry (Jack Carson) follow an eloping heiress to a small New York town where he hears the marriage ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Victor Moore, Allan Lane, Vickie Lester, Cecil Kellaway
Votes: 156
84. Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
A seasoned con artist and his associates discover that their scheme to get rich by selling stock in a worthless gold mine is fraught with obstacles.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman, Thurston Hall
Votes: 281
85. Central Park (1932)
Passed | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Gangsters posing as police officers offer a woman a chance to make money if she helps them out.
Director: John G. Adolfi | Stars: Joan Blondell, Wallace Ford, Guy Kibbee, Henry B. Walthall
Votes: 494
86. The Ruling Voice (1931)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
For the love and respect of his daughter, a crime boss reconsiders his involvement in the extortion racket he's built.
Director: Rowland V. Lee | Stars: Walter Huston, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges, David Manners
Votes: 287
87. Life Begins (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Romance
At a maternity hospital, future fathers pace the corridors while their wives wait for their babies either anxiously or happily. Efficient and compassionate nurse Miss Bowers keeps the ward ... See full summary »
Directors: James Flood, Elliott Nugent | Stars: Loretta Young, Eric Linden, Aline MacMahon, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 546
88. Grand Slam (1933)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy
Because the Stanislavsky method of playing bridge has no rules, it promotes marital harmony for those who stick with it.
Directors: William Dieterle, Alfred E. Green | Stars: Paul Lukas, Loretta Young, Frank McHugh, Glenda Farrell
Votes: 363
89. No Other Woman (1933)
Passed | 58 min | Drama
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Director: J. Walter Ruben | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Bickford, Gwili Andre, Eric Linden
Votes: 476
90. Devotion (1931)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The poor, downtrodden (beautiful, of course) "dutiful" daughter of a London society family falls for a barrister, disguises herself, and takes a job as governess to his son. Adapted from the novel, "A Little Flat in the Temple"
Director: Robert Milton | Stars: Ann Harding, Leslie Howard, Robert Williams, O.P. Heggie
Votes: 261
91. Gridiron Flash (1934)
Approved | 64 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
The Bedford College football coach cuts a deal with a talented player who also happens to be a convicted bank robber. If he stays out of trouble, the coach will get him paroled. He also ... See full summary »
Director: Glenn Tryon | Stars: Eddie Quillan, Betty Furness, Grant Mitchell, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 113
92. Berkeley Square (1933)
Passed | 88 min | Fantasy, Romance
A young American man comes to believe that he can will himself back to London in the time of the American Revolution and meet his ancestors, who lived in the house he has just inherited.
Director: Frank Lloyd | Stars: Leslie Howard, Heather Angel, Valerie Taylor, Irene Browne
Votes: 982
93. God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Passed | 85 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Jeff cuts off his allowance and puts him to work, but on his first day, he is tricked into signing a ... See full summary »
Director: William Keighley | Stars: George Brent, Beverly Roberts, Barton MacLane, Robert Barrat
Votes: 259
94. Ecstasy (1933)
TV-MA | 82 min | Drama, Romance
Eva has just got married to an older gentleman. She leaves him, and one day, she meets a young man, and they fall in love. Fate brings the husband together with the young lover that has taken Eva from him.
Director: Gustav Machatý | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Zvonimir Rogoz, Aribert Mog, Leopold Kramer
Votes: 2,779
95. Mama Steps Out (1937)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Romance
This madcap comedy depicts a rich housewife dragging her family to France to absorb culture.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Alice Brady, Betty Furness, Dennis Morgan
Votes: 148
96. Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
Approved | 85 min | History, Musical
A vaudeville couple quit to raise a son, then come back with their grandson in the act.
Directors: Willard Mack, Jules White | Stars: Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Jackie Cooper, Russell Hardie
Votes: 349
97. The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Western
A California mining camp is plagued by a series of murders. Four people come under suspicion for the killings and are swiftly run straight out of the camp. During a blizzard they take ... See full summary »
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Preston Foster, Jean Muir, Van Heflin, Virginia Weidler
Votes: 234
98. Men Are Such Fools (1938)
Approved | 69 min | Drama, Romance
Linda Lawrence rises from secretary to account executive in an advertising agency. She falls in love with ex-football star Jimmy Hall and marries him. Radio man Harry Galleon will push her ... See full summary »
Director: Busby Berkeley | Stars: Wayne Morris, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Hugh Herbert
Votes: 574
99. Mad Holiday (1936)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Philip Trent is tired of playing film detective Shelby James, thinking that the stories are tripe, and plans a vacation to get away from Hollywood. But on the ship he meets a mysterious ... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy
Votes: 224
100. These Three (1936)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Two schoolteachers and the man they both love face ruin when a malicious student cooks up a lie.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 3,033
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