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- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsLauritz MelchiorJimmy DuranteExpected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life, a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsMickey RooneyBrian DonlevyAnn BlythFollowing a mishap in the ring, hard-nosed lightweight Tommy "Killer" McCoy gets mixed up with a big time gambler and falls for his educated daughter Sheila, against her father's better wishes.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsClark GableDeborah KerrSydney GreenstreetA World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
- DirectorCharles WaltersStarsJune AllysonPeter LawfordPatricia MarshallGolden Globe winner June Allyson and Peter Lawford star in this enjoyable musical about a football hero who falls in love with his French tutor.
- DirectorRichard WhorfStarsFrank SinatraKathryn GraysonPeter LawfordSoldier Danny Miller returns home to Brooklyn after war. Aiming for singing success, he helps friends chasing dreams.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsEsther WilliamsAkim TamiroffRicardo MontalbanWhen a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsKatharine HepburnPaul HenreidRobert WalkerComposer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyKeenan WynnNick and Nora Charles are on a gambling boat when someone is murdered. The two main suspects are at large and come to Nick for help. Nick turns them in to the police but then sets out to figure out the mystery.
- DirectorCurtis BernhardtStarsRobert TaylorAudrey TotterHerbert MarshallAfter a brain-damaged man confesses to murder and is committed, Dr. Ann Lorrison tries to prove his innocence.
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsGene KellyMarie McDonaldCharles WinningerLeo Gogarty marries Margaud Morgan after a whirlwind romance just before shipping out to war. Upon his return, he is surprised to discover that his bride is not what she led him to believe, but also that she expects a quick divorce. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gogarty must find their place with or without each other in a society still adjusting to peace.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsAnn SothernBarry NelsonMark DanielsStreetwise but kind-hearted Maisie Ravier has put her vaudeville life behind her, but not its associated outward good looks, flash and glamor. Trying to get to New York for a job, she instead gets stranded in Los Angeles literally with only the clothes on her back. Lt. Paul Scott of the LAPD bunco squad sees in Maisie what he believes would be assets to his team. Paul is eventually able to convince his boss, Captain Mead, that he is not interested in her on a romantic basis, and as such, Maisie is placed on the fast track program through the necessary training. During the training, Maisie learns that Paul is a hard-nosed, straight laced and outwardly unfeeling man, where she finds Officer Chip Dolan, who was formerly in bunco and is trying to get back into the squad, is more a kindred soul. If Maisie is able to make it through the training, she may get to work on the case of fortune teller who is swindling people out of vast sums of money, but not through the fortune readings in and of themselves. But working in bunco, Maisie will have to ensure that in addition to her training, that she uses her street smarts more than she exhibits her kind heart. The latter asset may however uncover the true nature of one of her colleagues.
- DirectorWillis GoldbeckStarsLionel BarrymoreJames CraigLucille BremerDr. Leonard Gillespie, for several reasons and not all medically related, asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt, to go to a small town and replace a local doctor while he is on vacation. There, Coalt is asked to sign commitment papers on a young lady, Cynthia Grace who is allegedly insane. Coalt thinks there is something amiss and begins his own investigation.
- DirectorHarry BeaumontStarsWallace BeeryTom DrakeDorothy PatrickAging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.
- DirectorRobert AltonStarsRed SkeltonVirginia O'BrienGloria GrahameA Kansas bumpkin goes to Hollywood to become a movie star and gets a job burlesquing his favorite actor - only he thinks the role is serious.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsMargaret O'BrienAngela LansburyGeorge MurphyWhile a man was in prison, a little girl who is very close to him was told that he was traveling the world. What will happen if she discovers the truth?
- DirectorJack ConwayGeorge CukorMervyn LeRoyStarsGreer GarsonRobert MitchumRichard HartReleased from a POW camp at the end of WW2, a French soldier tricks the wife of a fellow POW into believing her husband was killed by the Germans and seduces the grieving woman, but the 'dead' husband eventually returns home.
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsVan JohnsonJune AllysonThomas MitchellVan Johnson is a Navy pilot in WWII who has been shot down in the Pacific on a bombing mission. He and a wounded comrade are the only survivors and are lost at sea. As they await rescue, Van Johnson recounts his life story and romance with girlfriend June Allyson. It's a wonderful wholesome movie that the whole family will enjoy. Written by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall, the authors of "Mutiny on the Bounty".
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsVan HeflinLana TurnerDonna ReedA young man loved by two sisters becomes a naval officer and sails to New Zealand, where he drunkenly writes a marriage proposal to the wrong sister, profoundly affecting the life of the other.
- DirectorHenry KosterStarsMargaret O'BrienCyd CharisseKarin BoothA young dance student accidentally cripples a teacher she doesn't like.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsElizabeth TaylorGeorge MurphyS.Z. SakallSickly girl finds an outlet in music.
- DirectorRoy RowlandStarsVan JohnsonThomas MitchellJanet LeighIn post-Civil War Missouri, friends, relatives and neighbors find it difficult to live harmoniously together knowing that some of them fought on opposing sides during the war.
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsWalter PidgeonDeborah KerrAngela LansburyLaurie Anderson reflects on her relationship with her beloved terrier Lolabelle.
- DirectorArch ObolerStarsJohn HodiakGeorge MurphyFrances GiffordA lawyer's wife starts an affair with a mobster but is confronted by his other flame who ends up murdered and the adulterous wife is set up to take the blame for the killing.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsJeanette MacDonaldJosé IturbiJane PowellIt's Tess' graduation day from "Miss Drake's School for Girls". During the choir's performance at the ceremony, Tess notices that her beautiful divorcee mother, Louise Rayton Morgan, isn't there. Louise, an editor for Modern Design Publication, is lying in Dr. Cannon's office; she fainted from overwork and over-stress. At home after the graduation ceremony, Dr. Cannon has a talk with Tess and her sisters Ilka and Alix, telling them that their mother badly needs a vacation, but the only way she can relax is if she goes without the girls. The girls agree; Louise is reluctant, but she goes. The girls see their mother off on her one month Cuban cruise. When the girls get home they discuss their mother, and believe if they bring their father back home it will make their mom happy and healthy again. In reality, Louise has kept the truth about their father from them: he was actually a very uncaring man who left them, left Louise to raise them alone. The girls go to see their father's boss, Robert Nelson, to locate their father and bring him home. Meanwhile, on Louise's Cuban cruise, she meets famed pianist and conductor, Jose Iturbi. Jose is immediately taken by Louise, but she plays hard-to-get, but has the time of her life. When Louise finally returns home, she has a secret to tell the girls, but, the girls have a secret too..
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsSpencer TracyLana TurnerZachary ScottJudge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. After their baby is stillborn, Virginia turns more and more to Cass' attorney friend Bradd Criley. While quarreling, the Judge tells Virginia to stay with Bradd, but when she becomes ill he brings her home.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsBarbara StanwyckVan HeflinCharles CoburnWealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.