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Subgenre Sampler
Midnight (1939)
- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore… - Vintage romantic comedy, with a glamorous Claudette Colbert stranded in Paris and chased by two potential suitors: a modest taxi driver who's really…
Ninotchka (1939)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire… - “Garbo laughs!” proclaimed the ads for this sparkling romantic comedy, a first for its legendary star, Greta Garbo. She plays a Soviet agent who…
Wuthering Heights (1939)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon - Emily Bronte's passionate romantic classic is immortalised in celluloid with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon unforgettable as doomed lovers Kathy…
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche… - Irving Berlin contributes over two dozen songs as well as the screenplay for this rousing story of the history of (white) jazz music from ragtime to…
Algiers (1938)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie… - Remake of a PEPE LE MOKO, in which a dashing jewel thief who has been hiding out for two years in the mysterious, murky Casbah, falls madly in love…
Bank Holiday (Three on a Weekend) (1938)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, John Lodge, Hugh Williams… - Minor drama with nurse Lockwood heading to the seaside for an illicit weekend only to have her enjoyment tempered by her job.
Beachcomber, The (Vessel of Wrath) (1938)- Dir. Erich Pommer
Feat. Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester - Drama based on the short story by Somerset Maughamet, set in a remote tropical Dutch colony, where the sister of a missionary attempts to reform a…
Hurricane, The (1938)- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall - A doomed South Seas romance between islander natives, provides the melodramatic prelude to an awesome special f/x typhoon. Vintage Hollywood…
Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)- Dir. George B. Seitz
Feat. Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Judy Garland… - Mickey Rooney stars in this early teenage rom–com as a ruddy–faced youth who becomes entangled with three different girls (Garland,…
Made for Each Other (1938)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. James Stewart, Carole Lombard - Couple James Stewart and Carole Lombard test their marriage vows through a patch of misfortune in this finely acted soap.
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