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One Hundred Men and a Girl 1937 The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract

Hi Diddle Diddle 1943 When the brides mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the grooms father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife

Little Miss Marker 1934 Little Martha Jane, aka Little Miss Marker is left with the bookmaker Sorrowful Jones by her dad as part of a bet on a horse race Sorrowful and his group of fellow bookies take to her, reluctantly at first, but their cynical ways start to rub off on her Will a party set at Ca

The Front Page 1931 Hildy Johnson, newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job The court press room is full of lame reporters who invent stories as much as write them All are waiting to cover the hanging of Earl Williams When Wil

Friends and Lovers 1931 British Army Captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers When Roberts

Morning Glory 1933 Ada Love, who has renamed herself Eva Lovelace, is a would be actress trying to crash the New York stage A wildly optimistic chatterbox full of theatrical mannerisms, her looks, more than her talent, attract the interest of a paternal actor, a philandering producer, and an earnest

A Bill of Divorcement 1940 Margaret Fairfield, whose husband Hilary has been in an insane asylum for twenty years, divorces him so she can remarry But then Hilary, who was thought incurable, recovers and returns home His return spells disaster for all concerned

Sing, Baby, Sing 1936 Nightclub singer Joan Warrens agent Nicky puts her into situations designed to advance her career

Easy to Love 1934 Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman She sees the family physician, Dr Swope, first and then hires a private detective Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises

A Star Is Born (1937) Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of alcoholic star Norman Maine, is given a test, and is caught up in the Hollywood glamor machine (ruthlessly satirized). She and her idol

The Goldwyn Follies (1938) 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. Hit song: "Love Walked In."

You Were Never Lovelier (1942) The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, sister #2, because they have their husbands picked out already. But Maria hasn't

Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) In a luxury hotel stage director Nicoleff stages a show to get the money to pay his bills. Mrs. Prentiss, who is backing the show wants her daughter Ann to marry the millionaire T. Mosely Thorpe, but Ann falls in love with Dick Curtis, while Dick's girl friend marries Ann

Forbidden (1932) On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby, but doesn't tell Bob, who turns out to be a rising politician. She passes herself off as the baby's nanny. When Bob learns what is g

Step Lively (1944) Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen Russell, whose dramatic play he thinks Miller is producing, arrives. But it turns out Russell can

Syncopation (1942) Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the outbreak of WWII. A romance between singer Kit Latimer, from New Orleans, and Johnny Sch

A Farewell to Arms (1932) A tale of the love between ambulance driver Lt. Henry and Nurse Catherine Barkley during World War I. The action takes place in Italy and the two fall in love during the war and will stop at nothing to be together. The film also analyses Lt. Henry's feelings on war and the

Morocco (1930) The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. Both bruised by their past lives, the two ed

Stage Door (1937) A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.

The Sniper (1952) Apparently rejected by women all his life, a loner with a high-power rifle starts on a trail of murder. The police are baffled by the apparently random killings until their psychologist comes up with some ideas.

Paths of Glory (1957) The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.

Golden Boy (1939) Joe Bonaparte's father wants him to pursue his musical talent; but Joe wants to be a boxer. Persuading near-bankrupt manager Tom Moody to give him a chance, Joe quickly rises in his new profession. When he has second thoughts Moody's girl Lorna uses feminine wiles to keep him boxin