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, 9minutes
Directed by Burton Gillett
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Ghost films, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un canard, Mise en scène d'une souris, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Clarence Nash, Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Walt Disney
Rating74%
Mickey, Donald et Dingo sont des chasseurs de fantômes et doivent faire partir quatre spectres d'une maison. Tout commence, lorsque quatre fantômes, hantant une maison désertée par ses habitants, s'ennuient à mourir et décident d'appeler l'agence d'éradication de fantômes des trois compères. Ils arrivent dans la demeure avec un équipement basique (fusil de chasse, filet à papillons, etc.). Ils décident alors de se séparer. Pièges, gags et situations des plus cocasses les attendent.

, 1h38
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Basil Rathbone, Anita Louise, Melville Cooper, Morris Carnovsky
Rating70%
Russian Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratieff (Charles Boyer) and his wife, Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna (Claudette Colbert) flee from the Russian Revolution to Paris with the Czar's fortune, which he has entrusted to them for safekeeping. They keep the money in a bank, faithfully refusing to spend any of it for themselves. Then, destitute, they are forced to take jobs under false identities as butler and maid in the household of wealthy Charles Dupont (Melville Cooper), his wife Fermonde (Isabel Jeans), and their children, Helene (Anita Louise) and Georges (Maurice Murphy). After a shaky start, the servants gradually endear themselves to their employers. However, their secret is finally exposed when one of the guests at a dinner party, Soviet Commissar Gorotchenko (Basil Rathbone), recognises them.

, 1h36
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alice Faye, George Murphy, Ken Murray, Charles Winninger, Andy Devine, William Gargan
Rating53%
A big and important Broadway producer is opening his new big show. He is alarmed when he discovers his new show opens on the same night as a charity convention. He decides to lie about the tickets already being sold, so the show will be more alluring.

, 1h25
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Actors Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, John Howard, Edward Everett Horton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Vinton Hayworth
Rating49%
Alors que Lucius B. Blynn, un mécène pour l'opéra, ne quitte Paris que pour aller chasser en Afrique avec son attaché de presse Corny Davis, ce dernier entend Suzette, une impressionnante soprano, chanter avec un orchestre dirigé par son petit ami Jimmy James. Corny propose à Suzette d'auditionner pour Blynn en Afrique, et Suzette, qui a envie d'abandonner le jazz pour l'opéra, accepte. Alors qu'ils chassent dans la jungle, Corny conduit Blynn à la découverte de Suzette, renommée pour l'occasion « Oogahunga », la « femme-oiseau ». Habillée d'un costume fait de plumes, Suzette enchante Blynn, et elle est amenée à New York, où elle prend des cours de chant. Pendant ce temps, Jimmy, qui n'est pas au courant de la double vie de Suzette, se prépare à ouvrir un nouveau club, « Chez Suzette », dont Suzette sera la vedette. Lorsque Suzette, en tant que « femme-oiseau », fait ses débuts à la radio, Jimmy reconnaît sa voix. Sous la menace de la dénoncer à Blynn, il obtient d'elle qu'elle chante dans son club le soir.

, 18minutes
Directed by Al Christie
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Danny Kaye, June Allyson, Imogene Coca, Hank Henry, Barry Sullivan
Rating59%
Harriet (June Allyson) est caissière dans une boîte de nuit. Son amie Esmeralda (Imogene Coca) veut travailler à ses côtés en tant que danseuse. Harriet lui suggère alors de s’entraîner à devenir attirante auprès des hommes, elle lui conseille même un livre. Mais Esmeralda, par maladresse, choisit un ouvrage qui traite de l’art du ju-jitsu. Le premier client d’Esmeralda est un matelot timide appelé Eddie (Danny Kaye). Lorsqu’elle veut l’aborder, la rencontre ne se passe pas comme prévue…

, 59minutes
Directed by Charles C. Coleman
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Circus films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley, Marc Lawrence, Arthur Loft, Marjorie Main, Dwight Frye
Rating73%
Mary Gillespie restaure le cirque du colonel Gillespie à sa splendeur d'antan après la mort de son père. Avec l'aide de son petit ami publiciste Jim, les foules à guichets fermés retournent au chapiteau. La star équestre égocentrique Senor Martinet détient cependant 60 000 $ de billets signés par le colonel et attendus dans 24 heures. Quand une mystérieuse silhouette ténébreuse est vue sur le terrain du cirque, et que Martinet est assassiné dans le ring du centre pendant sa performance, il y a de nombreux suspects, dont Vindecco, l'assistant bossu maltraité de Martinet.

, 1h25
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel, Porter Hall, Edgar Kennedy
Rating65%
Helen Bartlett (Carole Lombard) is the wife of the honest lawyer Ken (Fred MacMurray). She is a "writer" but cannot think of anything to write and instead lives in her fantasy world of telling lies. When she discovers that they are broke, she attempts to get Ken to take a case of a man who stole hams. Ken, who is scrupulously honest and will not defend a client who is guilty, finds out that the man really did steal the hams, and therefore does not take the case. Helen is forced to get a job as a secretary for businessman Otto Krayler (John T. Murray), a family friend. On her first day in his sumptuous apartment/office, he attempts to seduce Helen, which causes Helen to quit the job. However, she discovers that she accidentally left her hat and coat behind. She returns with her friend Daisy McClure (Una Merkel) only to find that Otto Krayler has been killed and $12,000 of missing money is the supposed motive. Police lieutenant Darcey (Edgar Kennedy) suspects Helen and take her into custody. To further complicate her situation, Helen spins multiple possible accounts of the murder, discussing how she might have done it in each scenario, but finally says that she had nothing to do with it.

, 1h10
Directed by Lloyd Corrigan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sally Eilers, Neil Hamilton, Joseph Schildkraut, Grant Mitchell, Patricia Farr, Marcia Mae Jones
Rating60%
Prior to leaving for Haiti, two sisters and their godfather/legal advisor are having a holiday in New Orleans. The fun loving Clarice goes out for a night on the town for their Mardi Gras as sensible conservative Paula and Godfather Burton Williams remain home and prepare for their journey. Clarice comes back in the early morning in a state of drunkenness. Before she passes out she reveals she married the equally drunk wealthy playboy Stephen Cormack during the night. Clarice has forgotten that she is already married to gigolo Michael Andrews.

, 1h22
Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Walter Winchell, Ben Bernie, Simone Simon, Bert Lahr, Joan Davis, Dick Baldwin
Rating60%

, 1h7
Directed by Ralph Staub
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Mary Boland, Ernest Truex, William Henry, Lynne Roberts, Max Terhune, Joseph Crehan

, 1h33
Directed by Gustaf Molander
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Gösta Ekman, Sr., Ingrid Bergman, Inga Tidblad, Erik "Bullen" Berglund, Anders Henrikson, Hugo Björne
Rating64%

, 2h3
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Dance films, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Eleanor Powell, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Edna May Oliver, Ray Bolger, Ilona Massey
Rating59%
Dick Thorpe (Nelson Eddy) is a football star for the Army, and Rosalie (Eleanor Powell), a Vassar student who is also a princess (Princess Rosalie of Romanza) in disguise, watches a football game. They are attracted to each other and agree to meet in her country in Europe. When Dick flies into her country he is greeted as a hero by the King (Frank Morgan) and finds Rosalie. Rosalie is engaged to marry Prince Paul (Tom Rutherford), who actually is in love with Brenda (Ilona Massey); Dick, not knowing of Prince Paul's affections, leaves the country. The King and his family are forced to leave their troubled country, and Dick and Rosalie are finally re-united at West Point.

, 1h9
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Peter Lorre, Thomas Beck, Pauline Frederick, Sidney Blackmer, Sig Ruman, John Carradine
Rating68%
A caravan settles for the night in the Gobi Desert. A man sneaks into a tent to steal a scroll, but adventurer and soldier of fortune Kentaro Moto (Peter Lorre) is only pretending to be asleep and kills him. When the caravan reaches Peiping, Moto is searched by the police. The scroll is found, but Moto grabs it and escapes.

, 1h5
Directed by Nick Grinde, Armand Schaefer
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Wallace Ford, June Travis, Dean Jagger, William Bakewell, Arthur Lake, Jonathan Hale
Rating57%