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Road to Zanzibar (1941): Dir. Victor Schertzinger
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour; The second in the 'Road to...' series sees the classic trio (Hope, Crosby and Lamour) down Africa–way in darkest Zanzibar.
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941): Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed…; Yet another relaxing weekend for sweethearts Nick and Nora turns into a head–scratcher, as the crime–stopping couple divert from a day at…
Strawberry Blonde (1941): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth…; Winning 40's rom–com based on the play "One Sunday Afternoon" by James Hagan. Set in 1890's New York City, with James Cagney playing a…
That Night in Rio (1941): Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Don Ameche, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda; Comedy musical about an American entertainer who impersonates a wealthy aristocrat, but generates the romantic attentions of the man's wife as a…
You'll Never Get Rich (1941): Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, John Hubbard…; Generally amusing showbiz comedy has Fred Astaire play a star Broadway dancer who helps his boss (Benchley) out of trouble with his wife over a…
Bank Dick, The (1940): Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon; W.C. Fields last great outburst of lunatic humour, playing a not–particularly–interested–in–the–job bank–guard,…
Best of Abbott and Costello, The - Volume 1 (One Night in the Tropics, Buck Privates, In the Navy, Hold that Ghost, Keep 'Em Flying, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Who Done It?, Pardon My Sarong) (1940-1942): Dir. A. Edward Sutherland, Arthur Lubin, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello; The first eight movie comedies with duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in their patented roles. After careers in variety, silent films and radio, they…
Christmas in July (1940): Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn…; Dir. Sturges second film is a short, sweet and sharp satire on 'success', in which a gullible office clerk (Powell) is fooled by his colleagues into…
Down Argentine Way (1940): Dir. Irving Cummings
Feat. Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable, Don Ameche; A horse mad New Yorker falls for a wealthy Argentine rancher in this fluffy technicolor musical, but is hampered by the longstanding feud between…
Go West (1940): Dir. Edward Buzzell
Feat. Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx; The Marx Brothers take on the Wild West armed with one–liners and slapstick in a tamer effort from their later career.

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