, 1h19 Directed byRussell "Lucky" Hayden OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films, Political films ActorsMarvin Miller, Jackie Coogan, Robert Lowery, James Ellison, Jeffrey Stone, Tommy Cook Roles Narrator (voice)(uncredited) Rating38% The film begins with shots of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City as a narrator quotes Genesis Chapter 11 about the Tower of Babel. The scene switches inside the UN with the delegate from the Republic of Hondo Rico being interrupted by Nikita Khrushchev recreating his shoe-banging incident. The Hondo Rican delegate revenges himself by stalking Khrushchev to an empty hallway and knocking him out with a shoe.
, 1h59 Directed byOtto Preminger OriginUSA GenresDrama, Noir, Crime, Romance ThemesMedical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films ActorsFrank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang, Robert Strauss, Darren McGavin Roles Drunky Rating72% Frankie Machine (Frank Sinatra) is released from prison with a set of drums and a new outlook on life, and returns to his run down neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago. A heroin addict, Frankie became clean in prison. On the outside, he greets friends and acquaintances. Sparrow (Arnold Stang), who runs a con selling homeless dogs, clings to him like a young brother, but Schwiefka (Robert Strauss), whom Frankie used to deal for in his illegal card game, has more sinister reasons for welcoming him back, as does Louis (Darren McGavin), Machine's former heroin dealer.
, 1h29 Directed byCharles Reisner GenresComedy ActorsBud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille, Lock Martin Roles Prince Ramo Rating62% When a traveling vaudeville show becomes stranded in the Middle East, their singer, Hazel Moon (Marilyn Maxwell), takes a job at a local cafe. Two of the show's prop men, Peter Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Harvey Garvey (Lou Costello), are hired as comedy relief, but their act unfortunately initiates a brawl. The two men, along with Hazel, wind up in jail (where Abbott and Costello perform the famous "Slowly I Turned" routine with a crazy derelict [Murray Leonard] with Pokomoko as the trigger word). They encounter Prince Ramo (John Conte), a sheik, who offers to help them escape if they agree to help him regain the throne that his Uncle Nimativ (Douglass Dumbrille) had usurped with the aid of two hypnotic rings.
, 2h5 Directed byGeorge Sidney OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance ThemesMilitary humor in film, Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsKathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, Mary Astor, John Boles, Ben Blue, Frances Rafferty Roles Dr. Conte in Frank Morgan Skit Rating61% The film is essentially a two-part program. The first half consists of a romantic comedy storyline involving an aerialist, played by Gene Kelly, who is drafted into the US Army but really wants to join the air force. During training, he falls in love with Kathryn (played by Kathryn Grayson), the daughter of his commanding officer, who has similarly put her singing career on hold in order to serve by providing entertainment for the troops. Unusually for this type of a film (and for this era of Hollywood), the character Kathryn has only recently met her father for the first time since she was a baby, her parents having divorced. A related subplot has Kathryn conniving to get her parents (played by John Boles and Mary Astor) to reconcile. During the first part of the film, Grayson sings several numbers and Kelly performs one of his most famous routines, dancing with a mop as a partner.
, 1h32 Directed byWilliam Keighley OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesPrison films ActorsJames Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft, Stanley Ridges, Victor Jory Roles Narrator (uncredited) Rating71% Frank Ross (Cagney) is a crusading reporter for a big city newspaper on the trail of a crooked district attorney, Jesse Hanley, who is running for election as governor of the state. At the Banton Construction Co., Ross sees Hanley and his accomplice Grayce (Jory) burning books and ledgers to thwart a possible investigation brought about by the paper that Ross works for. His editor Patterson backs Ross in getting Hanley but the D.A. decides to get rid of him, so frames him. Knocked out and covered in whiskey, he is put in a runaway car which collides with another, killing 3 young people and is thrown in prison for one to twenty years on a charge of automotive manslaughter.
, 1h25 Directed byHoward Hawks OriginUSA GenresDrama, Action, Adventure ThemesSports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies ActorsJames Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee, Frank McHugh Roles Third Announcer Rating61% Motor racing champion Joe Greer (James Cagney) returns home to compete in an exhibition race featuring his younger brother Eddie, who has aspirations of becoming a champion. Joe's misogynistic obsession with "protecting" Eddie from "women" causes Joe to interfere with Eddie's relationship with Anne (Joan Blondell), leading to estrangement between Joe and Eddie, and between Joe and his longtime girlfriend Lee (Ann Dvorak), who is made to feel "not good enough" to be around Eddie.