Subgenre Sampler
: 25144 Films to Buy & Rent
Twenty One Days (21 Days Together) (1940)
- Dir. Basil Dean
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks…
- Laurence Olivier plays a playboy embroiled in the death of an attractive model's blackmailer in this curious pre–war melodrama, from the…
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor
- Vivien Leigh's follow–up performance to GONE WITH THE WIND is cited as her favourite. It's a sumptuous romantic tragedy about war–torn…
Westerner, The (1940)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan
- Gary Cooper stars in accomplished Texan yarn concerning land disputes. Most impressive, though, is Walter Brennan in an Oscar–winning…
Another Thin Man (1939)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Otto Kruger…
- Nick and Nora, with newborn baby in tow, spend a weekend on Long Island, sleuthing out a shady character whose death threats lead to murder. Adapted…
At the Circus (1939)
- Dir. Edward Buzzell
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx
- Ring–side high–jinx with the Marx Brothers, one of the high–lights being Groucho's rendition of 'Lydia the Tattoed lady'.
Beau Geste (1939)
- Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston…
- Classic Hollywood gallantry with, Gary Cooper as the eldest of three brothers who run away to join the French Foreign Legion, only to clash bayonets…
Bette Davis Collection (Dark Victory; Mr Skeffington; The Letter; Now, Voyager) (1939-1944)
- Feat. Bette Davis
- Four early Bette Davis features including the alltime classic NOW, VOYAGER.
Blind Alley (1939)
- Dir. Charles Vidor
Feat. Chester Morris, Ralph Bellamy
- A gangster escapes from prison and takes a psychiatrist hostage in this home–invasion film noir.
Buck Rogers- Original Complete Series (1939)
- Feat. Henry Brandon, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall…
- Beloved classic series about a heroic pilot and his young passenger who crash–land on a mountaintop where a mysterious gas puts them into a…
Cat and the Canary, The (1939)
- Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard
- Bob Hope lends his charm to this playful remake of 1927 expressionist silent film about siblings who inherit an uncle's fortune but must first prove…