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, 1h25
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Fredric March,
Loretta Young,
Robert Benchley,
Allyn Joslyn,
Eve Arden,
Helen WestleyRating66%




Jane Drake (Loretta Young) wants to retire from the stage to a Connecticut farm. Her husband Luke (Fredric March) feels differently and continues working on his latest play, which is being written for her. Fed up, Jane takes off for Reno to get a divorce. Reading an article in the newspaper that Luke is not well and has given up working, she rushes back to his side, only to find that it is not true. She sees through his charade and in a fit of anger, she leaves.
, 1h30
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
RomanceActors Charles Coburn,
Ronald Reagan,
Spring Byington,
Edmund Gwenn,
Ruth Hussey,
Piper LaurieRating66%




Grandma Louisa (Spring Byington) begins dating grocer Henry Hammond (Edmund Gwenn), much to the disgust of her son Hal (Ronald Reagan) and the rest of the family. To make matters worse, Hal’s boss, Mr. Burnside (Charles Coburn), also becomes a rival for Louisa’s affections.
, 1h35
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
MusicalThemes Musical films,
Films based on plays,
Films about marriageActors Jane Wyman,
Ray Milland,
Aldo Ray,
Leon Ames,
Valerie Bettis,
Tom HelmoreRating57%




Broadway philandering composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) discovers to his outrage that while he was taking a brief holiday from his marriage to Constance Stuart (Jane Wyman), she spent an evening in a "country inn" with rival composer Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). Connie points out the impropriety of Gary's own behavior with dancer Lilly Adair (Valerie Bettis), yet when he agrees with her suggestion to consult a lawyer, she is regretful, and the couple get a divorce.
, 1h14
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Mae West,
Paul Cavanagh,
Gilbert Emery,
Marjorie Gateson,
Ivan Lebedeff,
Fred KohlerRating64%




Suite à la mort de son riche fiancé, Cleo Borden, star du music-hall, hérite de sa fortune. Elle se met en tête de devenir une lady et tombe amoureuse du Britannique Edward Carrington. A Buenos Aires, Mae West se métamorphose en femme du monde.
, 1h41
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Fantasy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films based on mythology,
Musical films,
Films based on Greco-Roman mythologyActors Rita Hayworth,
Roland Culver,
Larry Parks,
James Gleason,
Marc Platt,
Edward Everett HortonRating60%




Hayworth stars as the Muse Terpsichore who is annoyed that popular Broadway producer Danny Miller (Parks) is putting on a play which portrays the Muses as man-crazy tarts fighting for the attention of a pair of Air Force pilots who crashed on Mount Parnassus (in mythology, the Muses lived on Mount Helicon). She asks permission from Mr. Jordan to go to Earth and fix the play. Jordan agrees and sends Messenger 7013 (Horton) to keep an eye on her.
, 1h49
Directed by Rowland V. Lee,
Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Comedy,
Historical,
RomanceActors Edward Arnold,
Cary Grant,
Frances Farmer,
Jack Oakie,
Donald Meek,
Thelma LeedsRating62%




In post-Civil War America, unscrupulous, ambitious partners Jim Fisk (Arnold) and Nick Boyd (Grant) talk tight-fisted businessman Daniel Drew (Donald Meek) into selling them his shipping company, paying with worthless Confederate bonds. Later, worried that his longtime rival, Cornelius Vanderbilt (Clarence Kolb), is trying to take control of his railroad, Drew seeks help from Fisk, only to have him turn the situation to his own advantage. Fisk and Boyd eventually become powers to be reckoned with on Wall Street.
, 1h25
Directed by Alexander HallOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceActors Joan Crawford,
Melvyn Douglas,
Roland Young,
Billie Burke,
Allen Jenkins,
Ivan F. SimpsonRating63%




Margaret Drew (Crawford) runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her side is writer Michael Holmes (Douglas) who is writing a book on some of her tough ways. With no time for men, the effect an attractive stranger has on her at her sister's wedding is unnerving. When it turns out this is the hated writer, she starts seriously to lose her bearings.