Search results for "1937"
Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
IMDb: 4.6
21

A series of vignettes with a loose plot. Featured are Frank Morgan, Groucho Marx, Frank McHugh, Robert Benchley and The Brian Sisters. Not bad, more interesting for the historical significance…

Genre: Comedy, Music
The Penny Pool

The Penny Pool

The Penny Pool
IMDb: 4.5
85

‘The Penny Pool’ (1937) features Duggie Wakefield and his Crazy Gang who come to the assistance of young lovers Tommy Bancroft and Renee Harland, who have been sacked from their…

Marthe Richard

Marthe Richard

Marthe Richard
IMDb: 5.5
95

Fictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War.

Genre: History
Désiré

Désiré

Désiré
IMDb: 6.9
92

Sacha Guitry exchanges his usual top hat for a uniform in Désiré, playing a cavalier valet embroiled in an awkward flirtation with his new employer (played by the actor-director’s real-life…

Genre: Comedy
She’s Got Everything

She’s Got Everything

She’s Got Everything
IMDb: 6.1
72

The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father’s creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but…

Genre: Comedy
Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel

Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
IMDb: 5.6
88

Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It’s clearly a trap, but nothing will keep…

Genre: Uncategorized
Mannequin

Mannequin

Mannequin
IMDb: 6.6
95

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only to find out that he is no better than what she left behind.

Genre: Uncategorized
The Bad Man of Brimstone

The Bad Man of Brimstone

The Bad Man of Brimstone
IMDb: 6.3
89

A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.

Genre: Western
You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once
IMDb: 7.2
86

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder,…

Genre: Crime
Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent
IMDb: 6.8
83

Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is…

Genre: Mystery
To New Shores

To New Shores

To New Shores
IMDb: 6.7
106

A 19th-century London cabaret singer is deported to prison in Australia. Her crime? Taking the blame when her lover bounces checks.

Genre: Uncategorized
Woman Chases Man

Woman Chases Man

Woman Chases Man
IMDb: 6.4
71

A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.

Genre: Comedy
You Can’t Have Everything

You Can’t Have Everything

You Can’t Have Everything
IMDb: 6.3
100

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play “North Winds” just…

Genre: Comedy
Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses

Wine, Women and Horses
IMDb: 5.5
64

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.

Genre: Uncategorized
Wings of the Morning

Wings of the Morning

Wings of the Morning
IMDb: 5.7
89

A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.

Genre: Uncategorized
Way Out West

Way Out West

Way Out West
IMDb: 7.6
64

Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter’s evil guardian is determined to have the…

Genre: Comedy, Western
Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie

Wee Willie Winkie
IMDb: 6.9
100

In 1897, little Priscilla Williams, along with her widowed mother, goes to live with her army colonel paternal grandfather on the British outpost he commands in northern India.

Genre: Adventure, Family
When You’re in Love

When You’re in Love

When You’re in Love
IMDb: 6.2
110

An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings “Minnie the Moocher” in one scene.

Genre: Comedy
Vogues of 1938

Vogues of 1938

Vogues of 1938
IMDb: 5.9
109

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the…

Genre: Comedy, Music
Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding

Waikiki Wedding
IMDb: 5.9
89

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a…

Genre: Comedy
Life Dances On

Life Dances On

Life Dances On
IMDb: 7.4
130

After the death of her husband, Christine realizes she has possibly wasted her life by marrying him instead of the man towards whom, in her youth, she had a stronger…

Genre: Uncategorized
The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray

The Vicar of Bray
IMDb: 5.5
68

The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in…

Genre: History
Victoria the Great

Victoria the Great

Victoria the Great
IMDb: 6.3
112

The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert’s death in 1861.

Genre: History
Topper

Topper

Topper
IMDb: 7.2
97

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president,…

Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Trade Tattoo

Trade Tattoo

Trade Tattoo
IMDb: 6.3
5

Trade Tattoo went even further than Rainbow Dance in its manipulation of the Gasparcolor process. The original black and white footage consisted of outtakes from GPO Film Unit documentaries such…

Genre: Uncategorized
True Confession

True Confession

True Confession
IMDb: 6.6
85

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn’t bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can’t seem to…

Genre: Comedy, Crime
The Ticket of Leave Man

The Ticket of Leave Man

The Ticket of Leave Man
IMDb: 5.5
71

A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called “The Tiger.” He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.

Genre: Horror
The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York

The Toast of New York
IMDb: 6.3
109

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his…

Genre: Comedy, History
Thin Ice

Thin Ice

Thin Ice
IMDb: 6.3
79

A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.

Genre: Comedy, Music
Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry

Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry

Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry
IMDb: 6.3
80

Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a plan and a pair of vocal chords that bring down the house. Along with her eccentric aunt, she plays host to the…

Genre: Comedy
Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City

Thunder in the City
IMDb: 6.1
87

A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen.

Genre: Comedy
That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman

That Certain Woman
IMDb: 6.4
93

A gangster’s widow fights for love despite society’s disapproval.

Genre: Uncategorized
They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun
IMDb: 6.3
94

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

Genre: Crime, War
They Won’t Forget

They Won’t Forget

They Won’t Forget
IMDb: 7.2
95

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with political ambitions, sees the crime as his…

Genre: Mystery
Talking Feet

Talking Feet

Talking Feet
IMDb: 6.1
N/A

An east London fishmonger’s young daughter (Hazel Ascot) is so grateful to Dr Hood (John Stuart) for saving her dog Patch after a road accident that she persuades her dad…

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Thank You, Mr. Moto

Thank You, Mr. Moto
IMDb: 6.9
67

Mr. Moto Heads to China on a quest for seven ancient scrolls that reveal the location of Genghis Khan’s tomb—a crypt filled with fabulous treasure! But Moto isn’t the only…

Genre: Crime, Mystery
Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth

Super-Sleuth
IMDb: 5.7
70

A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.

Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Swing High, Swing Low

Swing High, Swing Low

Swing High, Swing Low
IMDb: 6.1
92

In Panama, Maggie King meets soldier Skid Johnson on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub…

Genre: Comedy
Submarine D-1

Submarine D-1

Submarine D-1
IMDb: 5.7
94

Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes…

Genre: Uncategorized
Storm in a Teacup

Storm in a Teacup

Storm in a Teacup
IMDb: 6.5
87

A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

Genre: Comedy