Released Date:
1939-08-25
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
8.1 (262132 Reviews)
Noel Langley (screenplay)
Florence Ryerson (screenplay)
Edgar Allan Woolf (screenplay)
Noel Langley (adaptation)
L. Frank Baum (from the book by)
In this charming film based on the popular L. Frank Baum stories, Dorothy and her dog Toto are caught in a tornado's path and somehow end up in the land of Oz. Here she meets some memorable friends and foes in her journey to meet the Wizard of Oz who everyone says can help her return home and possibly grant her new friends their goals of a brain, heart and courage.
Released Date:
1940-09-27
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
(889 Reviews)
Director:
Busby BerkeleyJohn Monks Jr. (screen play)
Fred F. Finklehoffe (screen play)
Jimmy Connors and his girl-friend want to take part in Paul Whiteman's highschool's band contest, but they cannot afford the fare. But per chance the meet Paul Whiteman in person and are able to convince him, that their band is good enought, so he lents sem the money. But then one of their friends becomes seriously ill and had to be carried in a hospital per plane, they had to use Whiteman's money for this.
Released Date:
1945-01-01
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
113 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.7 (13926 Reviews)
Director:
Vincente MinnelliIrving Brecher (screen play)
Fred F. Finklehoffe (screen play)
Sally Benson (based on the book by)
St. Louis 1903. The well-off Smith family has four beautiful daughters, including Esther and little Tootie. 17-year old Esther has fallen in love with the boy next door who has just moved in, John. He however barely notices her at first. The family is shocked when Mr. Smith reveals that he has been transfered to a nice position in New York, which means that the family has to leave St. Louis and the St. Louis Fair.
Released Date:
1945-05-25
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
90 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2091 Reviews)
Robert Nathan (screenplay)
Joseph Schrank (screenplay)
Paul Gallico (story)
Pauline Gallico (story)
Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp.
Released Date:
1946-01-18
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (2311 Reviews)
Director:
George SidneyEdmund Beloin (screenplay)
Nathaniel Curtis (screenplay)
Harry Crane (screenplay)
James O'Hanlon (screenplay)
Samson Raphaelson (screenplay)
Kay Van Riper (additional dialogue)
Samuel Hopkins Adams (novel)
Eleanore Griffin (original story)
William Rankin (original story)
On a train trip West to become a mail order bride Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a " Harvey House " restaurant at a remote whistle stop to provide good cooking and wholesome company for railway travellers. When Susan and her bashful suitor find romance daunting, Susan joins the Harvey Girls instead. The saloon across the street with its alluring worldly-wise women offers them tough competition, fair and foul, and Susan catches the eye of the Ned Trent, the distant but intense proprietor of the bar.
Released Date:
1948-07-08
Languages:
English, French, Italian
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
107 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (6091 Reviews)
Director:
Charles WaltersSidney Sheldon (screenplay)
Frances Goodrich (screenplay)
Albert Hackett (screenplay)
Frances Goodrich (original story)
Albert Hackett (original story)
Don Hewes and Nadine Hale are a dancing team, but she decides to start a career on her own. So he takes the next dancer he meets, Hannah Brown, as a new partner. After a while this new team is so successful, that Florenz Ziegfeld is interested in them, but due to the fact, that Nadine Hale dances also in the Ziegfeld Follies Don says no. In spite of the fact, that he is in love with Hannah, he keeps the relation to her strictly business. So Hannah is of the opinion, that he is still in love with Nadine, and her suspicion grows, when he dances with Nadine in a Night Club Floor Show.
Released Date:
1948-06-11
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (3005 Reviews)
Director:
Vincente MinnelliAlbert Hackett (screenplay)
Frances Goodrich (screenplay)
S.N. Behrman (play)
A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.
Released Date:
1949-07-29
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
102 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (2338 Reviews)
Director:
Robert Z. LeonardAlbert Hackett (written for the screen by)
Frances Goodrich (written for the screen by)
Ivan Tors (written for the screen by)
Samson Raphaelson (screenplay)
Miklès Lèszlè (play)
It's turn of the century America when Andrew and Veronica first meet - by crashing into each other. They develop an instant and mutual dislike which intensifies when, later on, Andrew is forced to hire Veronica as a saleslady at Oberkugen's music store. What the two don't know is that while they may argue and fight constantly throughout the day, they are actually engaged in an innocent, romantic and completely anonymous relationship by night, through the post office.
Released Date:
1951-01-22
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
108 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (2498 Reviews)
Director:
Charles WaltersGeorge Wells (screenplay)
Sy Gomberg (screenplay)
Sy Gomberg (story)
As a favor to her actress sister Abigail, New England farmer Jane Falbury allows a group of actors use her barn as a theater for their play. In return, the cast and crew have to help her with the farm chores. During rehearsals, Jane finds herself falling for the show's director, Joe Ross, who also happens to be engaged to the show's leading lady-- Abigail.
Released Date:
1954-10-16
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
154 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (10141 Reviews)
Director:
George CukorMoss Hart (screenplay)
Dorothy Parker
Alan Campbell
Robert Carson
William A. Wellman
Robert Carson
Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett when he drunkenly stumbles into her act one night. A friendship develops, then blossoms into romance before tensions increase as Esther's career takes off while Norman's continues to plummet.
Released Date:
1976-05-17
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
133 min
Rated:
G
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (1507 Reviews)
Director:
Gene KellyLeonard Gershe (narration written by)
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.
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