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Second Chorus

1941

Second Chorus

1941
5.8
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
Shooting High

1940

Shooting High

1940
8
A movie company making a film about a famous sheriff hires his grandson as a stand-in for the lead.
Chasing Trouble

1940

Chasing Trouble

1940
5
A delivery boy for a flower shop, who thinks of himself as an amateur detective, finds out that his boss is mixed up with a foreign espionage ring.
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.
Eternally Yours

1939

Eternally Yours

1939
5.7
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
Irish Luck

1939

Irish Luck

1939
5.8
A spunky young bellhop investigates the murder of a hotel guest.
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.
Made for Each Other

1939

Made for Each Other

1939
6.1
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
Trade Winds

1938

Trade Winds

1938
6.3
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
Pygmalion

1938

Pygmalion

1938
7
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.
Too Much Johnson

1938

Too Much Johnson

1938
5.3
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy about a New York playboy who flees from the violent husband of his mistress and borrows the identity of a plantation owner in Cuba who is expecting the arrival of a mail order bride. The film component of the performance was ultimately never screened due to the absence of projection facilities at the venue. Long-believed to be lost, a workprint was discovered in 2008 and the film had its premiere in 2013.
Man from Music Mountain

1938

Man from Music Mountain

1938
5.7
Scanlon is pulling off a land swindle by selling lots in a ghost town claiming the power company is bringing in a line. As a bonus he throws in shares in a worthless gold mine. Gene is on to Scanlon and tries to get him to buy back the deeds by salting the mine with gold. But when a new vein is really discovered Gene has to stop the sales but is trapped in the mine by Scanlon's men.
The Duke Is Tops

1938

The Duke Is Tops

1938
6
A theatrical producer puts aside his own success to boost the career of a talented singer.
Holiday

1938

Holiday

1938
7.3
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
Merrily We Live

1938

Merrily We Live

1938
6.9
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of Geraldine.
The Divorce of Lady X

1938

The Divorce of Lady X

1938
5.9
A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.
Nothing Sacred

1937

Nothing Sacred

1937
6.3
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
The Awful Truth

1937

The Awful Truth

1937
7.2
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
Something to Sing About

1937

Something to Sing About

1937
6.1
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.