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, 1h11
Directed by Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies, John Monk Saunders, Alexander Esway
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about historical events
Actors Laurence Olivier, Charles Frend, Frederick Culley, Franklin Dyall, Henry Victor, John Turnbull
Rating62%
À partir d'images d'archives et de scènes jouées par des acteurs, ce documentaire retrace l'histoire de la conquête de l'air, des premières tentatives de s'élever au dessus du sol jusqu'à l'aviation au début du XX siècle.

, 1h4
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Gordon Jones, Joyce Compton, Craig Reynolds, J. Farrell MacDonald, Veda Ann Borg, Mary Gordon
Rating51%
Police officer Mike Hanagan (Robert Homans) attempts to expose a fraudulent official who works with a gang of racketeers, but the official has Hanagan murdered. Hanagan's son Steve (Gordon Jones) decides to avenge his father, and at the suggestion of his girlfriend Betty Casey (Joyce Compton) he joins the police force.

, 1h8
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Lorre, Rochelle Hudson, Robert Wilcox, George E. Stone, Charles Middleton, Don Beddoe
Rating58%
Mark Sheldon (Robert Wilcox) is an undercover secret service operative. He is assigned to investigate a modern time slave organization on a desert island way out in the Pacific. The organization hires prison convicts on parole and puts them into hard labor on the island, where they are unable to leave when they wish. Sheldon's partner on the case is just about to reveal that the head of the racketeering operation on the island is a man named Stephen Danel (Peter Lorre), when he gets murdered. Sheldon suspects that Danel has ordered the kill and decides to go on investigating on his own. He goes undercover to solve the murder, and poses like a criminal who gets framed and convicted for murdering a fellow operative and is sent to the prison. Soon enough he is paroled and gets hired by Danel's operation. He is transported to the island to do hard labor in a mine. He discovers that the men on the island is literally worked to death by Danel, and that he sends for new workers from the prison when the old ones are "finished".

, 1h8
Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lucille Ball, James Ellison, Robert Coote, Virginia Vale, Emma Dunn, Elaine Shepard
Rating56%
Young married couple Andrew Hinklin and Clara Hinklin née Fields, who were college sweethearts, are well matched: both are unexciting and unmotivated, only wanting to carve out a plain, simple uninteresting life for themselves. Their marriage is not helped by Clara's opinionated mother living with them in their small one bedroom apartment. However, Clara does wish that their life would be a little more exciting as Andrew said on their honeymoon that their married life would be, least of all by Andrew acknowledging their latest wedding anniversary, their fifth. Clara's wish takes an unexpected turn when Andrew, at work, is assigned to show the visiting Mr. Battingcourt Jr. - the younger half of the head of their London office and who is majority shareholder of their accounting firm - a good time while he's in the US. "Batty" as he is affectionately called by his friends is a party animal, and Andrew, who Batty rechristens "Hinky", feels he has to party along all in the name of job security.

, 2h7
Directed by Irving Cummings
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, Edward Arnold, Warren William
Rating63%
Helen Leonard (Faye) has a beautiful voice. As she grows up, she trains to become an opera singer. Her instructor, however, informs her that her voice is pleasing, but not suitable for grand opera. Returning home one day, she and her grandmother (Westley) are saved by a handsome young man, newspaperman Alexander Moore (Fonda). Meanwhile, Helen's mother, Cynthia (Peterson), has political aspirations, but only receives a handful of votes for mayor.

, 1h2
Directed by Nick Grinde
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Barton MacLane, John Litel, Glenn Ford, Rochelle Hudson, Don Beddoe, Cy Kendall
Rating65%
Johnny Adams (Glenn Ford) goes to prison, under a false name, with the intention of killing the captain White (Cy Kendall), a bastard guard, who had been Johnny's father to death. Rev. Thomas Stoner (John Litel) newcomer, is the chaplain of the jail, the father is the mayor's opposition Schafer (Don Beddoe), Stoner finds out the intentions of Johnny and persuades him to follow his plan, but when "Blackie" Drew (Barton MacLane) kills White, Johnny blamed

, 1h30
Directed by Sam Wood, John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Stuart Erwin
Rating64%
Chronique de la vie et des relations familiales d'une petite ville américaine.

, 10minutes
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Carl Switzer, George McFarland, Darla Hood, Robert Blake, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Leonard Landy
Rating67%
Butch wins the heart of Darla, leaving heartbroken Alfalfa to cry in his alphabet soup. Mistaking the boy's doldrums for indigestion, Alfalfa's dad prepares to give his son a good dose of "Settles-It" Powder. Later on, the kids pay a visit to Butch's jerry-built chemistry lab, where the young troublemaker is mixing up what he claims is an explosive. Recognizing the mixture as Settles-It Powder, the crafty Alfalfa offers himself as Butch's guinea pig, "bravely" downing the concoction in hopes of impressing Darla. Alas, the powders haven't been properly combined, and before long Alfalfa becomes drastically bloated and the rest of the gang is convinced that he has become a walking bomb.

, 58minutes
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Livingston, Raymond Hatton, Duncan Renaldo, Rosella Towne, Sammy McKim, LeRoy Mason
Rating67%

Directed by Tex Avery
Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Rating63%
The short is essentially a spot gag cartoon with nursery rhymes. The cartoon is narrated by Robert C. Bruce.

Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Billy Lee, Richard Lane, Lester Matthews, Fred Toones, William Russell, William D. Russell
Rating71%

, 1h4
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennett, John Halliday, Edgar Buchanan, Alan Baxter, Melville Cooper
Rating62%
La formule Grand Hôtel qui était si surchargé de travail dans les années 1930 a fait une apparition encore dans Escape to Glory 1940. L'histoire est donnée en temps opportun en plaçant les personnages sur un navire marchand britannique le jour même que la Seconde Guerre mondiale est déclarée. Le navire est attaqué par un nazi U-Boat, ce qui entraîne dans une variété de réactions des divers passagers - dont l'un (Erwin Kalser) est un médecin allemand. Constance Bennett est glamour, Pat O'Brien est boozy, John Halliday est pensive, et tout le monde (à l'exception du medico allemand) est simple peur.

, 1h28
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien, Andy Devine, Helen Vinson, Jerome Cowan
Rating66%
Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) has to deal with trouble at his tropical fruit company's Central American banana plantation. A revolutionary, Rosario La Mata (George Tobias), is stirring up unrest among the workers, and the only man who can handle the situation, foreman Nick Butler (James Cagney), has just quit. Steve manages to persuade Nick to stick around (for a big bonus). Adding to the complications is Lee Donley (Ann Sheridan), a woman whom Steve has ordered out of the region for causing a different kind of trouble among the men.