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Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Comedy-drama,
ActionThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political filmsActors James Cagney,
Dennis Morgan,
Brenda Marshall,
Alan Hale,
George Tobias,
Reginald GardinerRating63%
Brian MacLean (James Cagney), Johnny Dutton (Dennis Morgan), "Tiny" Murphy (Alan Hale, Sr.), "Blimp" Lebec (George Tobias), and British expatriate "Scrounger" Harris (Reginald Gardiner) are bush pilots competing for business in rugged Northern Ontario, Canada in 1939, as the Second World War is beginning. Dutton, whose ambition is to start his own airline, flies by the book but MacLean is a seat-of-the-pants kind of pilot, mirroring the differences in their personalities., 2h6
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors James Cagney,
Joan Leslie,
Walter Huston,
Richard Whorf,
George Tobias,
Rosemary DeCampRating75%
In the early days of World War II, Cohan comes out of retirement to star as President Roosevelt in the Rodgers and Hart musical I'd Rather Be Right. On the first night, he is summoned to meet the President at the White House, who presents him with a Congressional Gold Medal (in fact, this happened several years previously). Cohan is overcome and chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The film flashes back to his supposed birth on July 4, whilst his father is performing on the vaudeville stage., 2h15
Directed by Michael Curtiz,
Darryl F. Zanuck,
Anthony ColdewayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
MusicalThemes Films about religion,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on the Bible,
Films about Jews and Judaism,
Disaster filmsActors Dolores Costello,
George O'Brien,
Noah Beery Sr.,
Louise Fazenda,
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams,
Paul McAllisterRating66%
The film opens after the great flood, with Noah and his family outside of the Ark praising the Lord. Then comes depictions of the building of the Tower of Babel and the worshipping of the golden calf. Then it switches to the eve of World War I. The theme of the gold calf is carried forward by a scene in which a bankrupted trader (Otto Hoffman) shoots his uncaring stockbroker., 1h46
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Political films,
Films about capital punishment,
Films about royaltyActors Bette Davis,
Errol Flynn,
Olivia de Havilland,
Donald Crisp,
Alan Hale,
Vincent PriceRating69%
The Earl of Essex (Errol Flynn) returns in triumph to London after having dealt the Spanish a crushing naval defeat at Cadiz. In London, an aging Queen Elizabeth (Bette Davis) awaits him with love, but also with fear, because of his popularity with the commoners and his consuming ambition. His envious rivals include Sir Robert Cecil (Henry Daniell), Lord Burghley (Henry Stephenson), and Sir Walter Raleigh (Vincent Price). His only friend at court is Francis Bacon (Donald Crisp)., 1h21
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Horror,
RomanceThemes Dance films,
Théâtre,
Films based on playsActors John Barrymore,
Marian Marsh,
Donald Cook,
Charles Butterworth,
Luis Alberni,
Carmel MyersRating62%
A crippled puppeteer, Ivan Tsarakov (Barrymore), is frustrated that he will never dance ballet. He adopts a protegé, Fedor Ivanoff (Cook), whom he makes into the greatest dancer in the world. Fedor falls in love with a dancer, Nana Carlova (Marsh), but Tsarakov fears that she will ruin Fedor as a dancer. He tries to separate them and ultimately fires Nana from the ballet troupe. Fedor runs away with Nana to Paris, but Tsarakov has blacklisted him, and he cannot get ballet jobs and is reduced to working in a cabaret. Nana begs Tsarakov to give Fedor his job back. Tsarakov agrees, if Nana will leave Fedor and marry another man; she agrees. Fedor returns embittered; he sees Nana on opening night and realizes that she still loves him; he refuses to dance. Tsarakov threatens to kill him, but the ballet master, under the influence of drugs that Tsarakov has given him, kills Tsarakov. Fedor is reunited with Nana., 1h57
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedyThemes Transport films,
Aviation filmsActors Rosalind Russell,
Jack Carson,
Alan Hale,
Robert Hutton,
Andrea King,
Johnny SheffieldRating69%
Louise Randall Pierson (Rosalind Russell) does not have an easy life. When she is a teenager, her beloved father dies, leaving her, her mother, and her sister in financial difficulty. However, heeding her father's advice to shoot for the stars, she remains undaunted. She goes to college and learns typing and shorthand; on her first (temporary) job, she overcomes the prejudice of her new boss, Lew Morton (Alan Hale, Sr.), against women workers., 2h4
Directed by Michael Curtiz,
Don SiegelOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Politique,
Documentary films about war,
Documentary films about historical events,
Political films,
Documentary films about World War IIActors Walter Huston,
Ann Harding,
Oskar Homolka,
George Tobias,
Gene Lockhart,
Eleanor ParkerRating54%
The film chronicles ambassador Davies' impressions of the Soviet Union, his meetings with Stalin, and his overall opinion of the Soviet Union and its ties with the United States. It is made in faux-documentary style, beginning with Davies meeting with president Franklin D. Roosevelt to discuss his new appointment as United States ambassador to the Soviet Union. It continues to show the Davies' family's trip by boat to Moscow, with stops in Europe. , 1h50
Directed by Michael CurtizOrigin USAGenres Action,
WesternThemes Political filmsActors Errol Flynn,
Olivia de Havilland,
Raymond Massey,
Ronald Reagan,
John Litel,
Alan HaleRating61%
At the West Point Military Academy in 1854, the villain Cadet Carl Rader (Van Heflin), a disciple of the fanatic abolitionist John Brown, is dishonorably discharged for spreading anti-slavery pamphlets. His classmates Jeb Stuart (Flynn) and George Custer (Ronald Reagan) become second lieutenants and are posted to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, the most dangerous duty in the army—an assignment they relish. On the way to Kansas, Custer and Stuart meet Cyrus K. Holliday, in charge of building the railroad to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and his daughter Kit (de Havilland), with whom both officers fall in love., 2h
Directed by Michael Curtiz,
Robert AltonOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Christmas films,
Musical filmsActors Bing Crosby,
Danny Kaye,
Rosemary Clooney,
Vera-Ellen,
Dean Jagger,
Mary WickesRating74%
On Christmas Eve, 1944, somewhere in Europe, two World War II U.S. Army soldiers, one a Broadway entertainer, Captain Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby), the other an aspiring entertainer, Private Phil Davis (Danny Kaye), perform for the 151st Division. But word has come down that their beloved commanding officer, Major General Thomas F. Waverly (Dean Jagger), is being relieved of command. He arrives for the end of the show and delivers an emotional farewell. The men give him a rousing send-off ("The Old Man").