Cast: Stanley Ridges

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Carole Lombard · Jack Benny · Robert Stack · Stanley Ridges

Synopsis To Be or Not to Be (1942) follows the story of Joseph Tura and his wife Maria, who are the leading actors in a Warsaw theatre troupe. Lieutenant Sobinski, a young aviator, is deeply infatuated with Maria, and the two...

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Charles Laughton · Ella Raines · Henry Daniell · Rosalind Ivan

Synopsis The Suspect (1944) unfolds in the heart of 1902 London, where Philip Marshall, trapped in an unhappy marriage, crosses paths with Mary Gray, a young woman grappling with unemployment and despair. As their bond deepens, their platonic connection takes a...

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Errol Flynn · Olivia de Havilland · Arthur Kennedy · Charley Grapewin

Synopsis They Died with their Boots On (1941) chronicles the journey of George Armstrong Custer (Errol Flynn), beginning with his time at West Point and his courtship of Elizabeth Bacon (Olivia de Havilland). The narrative spans the American Civil War and...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast Gary Cooper · Walter Brennan · George Tobias · Joan Leslie

Synopsis Sergeant York (1941) chronicles the remarkable journey of a young man from a humble Tennessee farming family who transforms from a devout pacifist to a celebrated hero of World War I. Set in the rugged Cumberland Mountains, the story unfolds...

Direction Michael Curtiz

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Ida Lupino · John Garfield · Alexander Knox

Synopsis The Sea Wolf (1941) follows a motley crew of individuals who end up on the Ghost, a sealing vessel helmed by the stern and demanding Wolf Larson. George Leach is evading law enforcement, while Ruth Webster has fled from a...

Direction Robert Siodmak

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Wendell Corey · Paul Kelly · Joan Tetzel

Synopsis The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) follows the story of Thelma Jordon, who unexpectedly appears at the office of Assistant District Attorney Cleve Marshall late one evening. Before Cleve can resist, he finds himself entangled in a forbidden relationship with...

Direction Curtis Bernhardt

Cast Joan Crawford · Raymond Massey · Van Heflin · Geraldine Brooks

Synopsis Possessed (1947) follows the journey of a disoriented woman wandering the bustling streets of Los Angeles in search of a man named David. After fainting in a diner, she is rushed to the psychiatric unit of a nearby hospital. Through...

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Akim Tamiroff · Robert Preston

Synopsis Union Pacific (1939) presents Cecil B. DeMille's take on the challenges and obstacles encountered during the construction of the iconic transcontinental railroad. Jeff Butler is tasked with ensuring the timely completion and arrival of the Union Pacific at its destination...

Direction William Keighley

Cast James Cagney · George Raft · Jane Bryan · George Bancroft

Synopsis Each Dawn I Die (1939) follows the story of Frank Ross, a journalist who, despite his innocence, is convicted of murder and imprisoned. As his colleagues at the newspaper work tirelessly to uncover the truth and identify who set him...

Direction Jacques Tourneur

Cast Dana Andrews · Brian Donlevy · Susan Hayward · Patricia Roc

Synopsis Canyon Passage (1946) unfolds in 1856, as the rugged businessman Logan Stuart guides Lucy Overmire, his friend's betrothed, through the wilderness to her home in the isolated town of Jacksonville, Oregon. Along the challenging journey, Lucy finds herself drawn to...

Direction John Brahm

Cast Maureen O'Sullivan · Henry Fonda · Ralph Bellamy · Alan Baxter

Synopsis Let Us Live (1939) follows the harrowing journey of two blameless individuals who are unjustly found guilty of a murder they did not commit and are subsequently given the death penalty. The fiancée of one of the condemned men is...

Direction Lewis Seiler

Cast Humphrey Bogart · Irene Manning · Richard Travis · Susan Peters

Synopsis The Big Shot (1942) follows the story of Duke Berne, a man with a history of failed attempts at crime, who finds himself on the brink of a life sentence if he attempts one more armored car heist. Lorna, the...

Direction Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Gary Cooper · Laraine Day · Signe Hasso · Dennis O'Keefe

Synopsis The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) follows the gripping tale of a dedicated physician, Dr. Wassell, who finds himself in the midst of the Japanese invasion of the East Indies during World War II. As the conflict intensifies, Dr. Wassell...

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Ronald Colman · Basil Rathbone · Frances Dee · Ellen Drew

Synopsis If I Were King (1938) is set in 1463, where Paris is under siege by the Duke of Burgundy, a formidable adversary of the king who remains indifferent to the suffering of his people. The city is riddled with betrayal,...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Ridgely · Gig Young · Arthur Kennedy · Charles Drake

Synopsis Air Force (1943) follows the journey of the Mary Ann, a B-17 Flying Fortress, as it embarks on a standard training mission from California to Hawaii on December 6, 1941. During the flight, the crew receives shocking news about the...

Direction Michael Gordon

Cast Fredric March · Edmond O'Brien · Florence Eldridge · Geraldine Brooks

Synopsis An Act of Murder (1948) follows the story of a stern and unyielding judge who grapples with a profound moral dilemma. His wife's terminal cancer diagnosis leads him to consider the unthinkable: mercy killing. As he wrestles with his principles...

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Edward Arnold · Ann Harding · Donna Reed · Stephen McNally

Synopsis Eyes in the Night (1942) follows the story of a visually impaired private investigator, Duncan Maclain, who is approached by his former acquaintance, Norma Lawry. She seeks his assistance in dealing with an ex-lover who is pursuing her teenage stepdaughter....

Direction Alfred Santell

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · Joel McCrea · Lloyd Nolan · Stanley Ridges

Synopsis Internes Can't Take Money (1937) unfolds in a lavishly designed art-deco hospital, where the talented young Dr. Kildare becomes deeply involved in the life of Janet Healy, a destitute widow of a bank robber who has recently been released from...

Direction Henry King

Cast Alexander Knox · Ruth Nelson · Charles Coburn · Geraldine Fitzgerald

Synopsis Wilson (1944) follows the political journey of Woodrow Wilson, starting with his choice to step down from his role at Princeton to pursue the governorship of New Jersey. The film then traces his rise to the presidency of the United...

Direction Ben Hecht · Charles MacArthur

Cast Claude Rains · Margo · Whitney Bourne · Stanley Ridges

Synopsis Crime Without Passion (1934) follows the gripping tale of a distinguished attorney who, in a moment of heated argument, fatally shoots his unfaithful partner. The narrative then delves into the lawyer's desperate attempts to construct a credible alibi to evade...