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Road Show

1941

Road Show

1941
5.8
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
Dreaming Out Loud

1940

Dreaming Out Loud

1940
5.7
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
Doomed to Die

1940

Doomed to Die

1940
5.8
Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street's side, is so convinced he's wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer.
His Girl Friday

1940

His Girl Friday

1940
7.4
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
The Flying Deuces

1939

The Flying Deuces

1939
6.4
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
Everybody's Hobby

1939

Everybody's Hobby

1939
5.7
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
Winter Carnival

1939

Winter Carnival

1939
6
A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.
The Little Princess

1939

The Little Princess

1939
6.7
A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.
Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939
6.2
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938
6.1
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

1938
9
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the school, must become a football hero. Comedy.
The Lady Vanishes

1938

The Lady Vanishes

1938
7.4
On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
The Duke Is Tops

1938

The Duke Is Tops

1938
6.7
A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
The Rage of Paris

1938

The Rage of Paris

1938
6.1
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
The Goldwyn Follies

1938

The Goldwyn Follies

1938
4.7
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person.
Tarzan's Revenge

1938

Tarzan's Revenge

1938
4.3
Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance.
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

1937

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

1937
6.5
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
Nothing Sacred

1937

Nothing Sacred

1937
6.2
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Something to Sing About

1937

Something to Sing About

1937
6.2
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss.
Woman Chases Man

1937

Woman Chases Man

1937
5.6
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.

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