, 1h18 Directed byFrederick de Cordova OriginUSA GenresComedy ActorsRobert Hutton, Joyce Reynolds, Cecil Kellaway, Ernest Truex, Don McGuire, Douglas Kennedy Roles Jane Barker Rating57% A millionaire on his deathbed leaves a million dollars to Jane Barker, a film addict who believes life is like the movies. Jane gets married without telling her new husband about the inheritance. The millionaire gets better and wants his million dollars back. Throughout the film Jane dreams her experiences are taking place in movies with real movie stars.
, 2h10 Directed byIrving Rapper OriginUSA GenresDrama, Biography, Adventure ThemesFilms about writers ActorsFredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine Roles Clara Clemens Rating70% A group of people are watching Halley's Comet overhead when Judge Clemens is called away for the birth of his son, Samuel Clemens. The film proceeds to mix in elements of many of Clemens' best-known stories as if they actually occurred. Thus, as he grows up, Sam plays with his friends Huck, Tom, and the slave boy Jim on a raft on the Mississippi, providing a fictitious "real–life" basis for the novels Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
, 2h4 Directed byDavid Butler OriginUSA GenresComedy, Musical ThemesFilms about music and musicians, Musical films ActorsEddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Edward Everett Horton, S.Z. Sakall, Hattie McDaniel Roles Girl with Book in Ann Sheridan Number (uncredited) Rating67% Theater producers (Horton and Sakall) staging a wartime charity program, only to have the production taken over by their egotistical star (Eddie Cantor). Meanwhile, an aspiring singer (Dennis Morgan) and his songwriter girlfriend (Joan Leslie) conspire to get into the charity program by replacing Cantor with their look-alike friend, tour bus driver Joe Simpson (Eddie Cantor).
, 1h33 Directed byWilliam Keighley OriginUSA GenresComedy ThemesThéâtre, Films based on plays ActorsJack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Harvey Stephens, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel Roles Madge Rating68% Manhattanite Connie Fuller (Ann Sheridan) secretly acquires a dilapidated house in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, without her husband Bill's (Jack Benny) knowledge. The couple were forced out of their New York City apartment after their dog damaged the carpets. The house Connie buys is believed to have served as George Washington's temporary home during the Revolutionary War. Connie takes Bill on a tour of the countryside including the house, hoping that Bill will fall in love with it. Her plan to surprise him with the news that they own the house is frustrated when he announces that he hates it. Bill only sees the poor condition of the house, and its poor location for commuting into the city. Having nowhere else to live, they move into the house anyway. Connie's sister Madge (Joyce Reynolds) moves with them. They hire Mr. Kimber (Percy Kilbride) to help with the renovations. They uncover evidence that it was not Washington who had slept there, but Benedict Arnold. Connie's spoiled nephew Raymond (Douglas Croft) also moves in during the summer. Connie's wealthy uncle Stanley (Charles Coburn) plans to visit also.