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1. Bombshell (1933)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Director: Victor Fleming | Stars: Jean Harlow, Lee Tracy, Frank Morgan, Franchot Tone
Votes: 3,142
2. San Francisco (1936)
Passed | 115 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A Barbary Coast saloonkeeper and a Nob Hill impresario are rivals for the affections of a beautiful singer, both personally and professionally, in 1906 San Francisco.
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy, Jack Holt
Votes: 6,102
3. Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Passed | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
Directors: W.S. Van Dyke, Jack Conway, George Cukor | Stars: Clark Gable, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Leo Carrillo
Votes: 4,805
4. The Merry Widow (1934)
Passed | 99 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
When a small kingdom's main taxpayer leaves for Paris, its king dispatches a dashing count to win back her allegiance.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch | Stars: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Marcel Vallée
Votes: 3,257
5. Dangerous to Know (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
A gangster tries to fix things so that he can marry a rich society woman.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan
Votes: 235
6. Hollywood Party (1934)
Approved | 68 min | Comedy, Musical
Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big ... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Boleslawski, Allan Dwan, Edmund Goulding, Russell Mack, Charles Reisner, Roy Rowland, George Stevens, Sam Wood | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Jack Pearl
Votes: 1,067
7. The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
Passed | 91 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
Directors: Mitchell Leisen, James P. Hogan | Stars: W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross
Votes: 1,088
8. Thanks for the Memory (II) (1938)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Bob Hope is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Hope's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Charles Butterworth, Otto Kruger
Votes: 377
9. The Girl from Missouri (1934)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chorus girl Eadie is determined to marry a millionaire without sacrificing her virtue.
Directors: Jack Conway, Sam Wood | Stars: Jean Harlow, Franchot Tone, Lionel Barrymore, Lewis Stone
Votes: 1,367
10. Some Like It Hot (1939)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Gene Krupa
Votes: 314
11. The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
Approved | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Burns
Votes: 389
12. Waikiki Wedding (1937)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A beauty contest winner of the "Miss Pineapple Princess" pageant takes part in a publicity scheme in Hawaii, and is pursued by an advertising executive for the agency doing the promotion.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, Shirley Ross
Votes: 401
13. Cafe Society (1939)
83 min | Comedy, Romance
A wealthy young lady marries a reporter on a bet, but things might not work out so well when he finds out the truth.
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross, Jessie Ralph
Votes: 114
14. La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music
Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador", engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by ... See full summary »
Director: Louis Lewyn | Stars: Eduardo Durant's Rhumba Band, The Spanish Troubadors, Warner Baxter, Ralph Forbes
Votes: 321
15. I Live My Life (1935)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Kay, a bored society girl from New York, takes a trip to Greece, where she meets Terry, an archaeologist. She flirts with him and he falls for her. She heads back to New York and he follows... See full summary »
Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, Frank Morgan, Aline MacMahon
Votes: 769
16. Prison Farm (1938)
Approved | 67 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A young woman falls in love with with an armed robber. She gets arrested while visiting him in prison, and winds up in prison herself.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Shirley Ross, Lloyd Nolan, John Howard, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 98
17. Paris Honeymoon (1939)
92 min | Comedy, Musical
A Texas millionaire travels to Europe to meet his girlfriend, a European countess. He stops in a rustic mountain village and meets a beautiful peasant girl. He falls in love with her, then must decide if he wants her or the rich countess.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Ross
Votes: 124
18. Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Passed | 78 min | Drama, Romance
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Ludwig | Stars: Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Vinson, May Robson
Votes: 161
19. Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935)
Passed | 15 min | Musical, Fantasy, Short
A department store employee who carries mannequins tends to overindulge in alcohol. One evening after work, he sees his "coworkers" come to life in the store's display window.
Stars: Jay Eaton, Frank Hayes, Sam McDaniel, Shirley Ross
Votes: 231
20. Kisses for Breakfast (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Romance
Rodney has just married the often engaged Juliette and they are both ready to leave on their honeymoon. However, Clara showed up and Rodney sneaks out to talk to her. Clara is blackmailing ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyatt, Shirley Ross, Lee Patrick
Votes: 253
21. It's in the Air (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Sport
Calvin Churchill, a confidence-man, and his sidekick/stooge, "Clip" McGurk, are being pursued by an Internal Revenue agent, Henry Potke, for their failure to file an income-tax on the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Jack Benny, Ted Healy, Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton
Votes: 99
22. A Song for Miss Julie (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Music, Romance
A Broadway writing team visits the granddaughter and great-great-granddaughters of a songwriter for his life story. An old diary holds interesting stories, but granny is protective of the family reputation. New romance complicates things.
Director: William Rowland | Stars: Shirley Ross, Barton Hepburn, Jane Farrar, Roger Clark
Votes: 55
23. Unexpected Father (1939)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Drama
Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy, so he takes the baby to live with him and his roommate Boris Bebenko. Theatre manager Allen ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Baby Sandy, Shirley Ross, Dennis O'Keefe, Mischa Auer
Votes: 15
24. Calm Yourself (1935)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Advertising executive Preston 'Pat' Patton is fired from his job by Col. Allenby when he discovers him wooing his daughter Mary Elizabeth. Pat tries to remain calm and starts the agency '... See full summary »
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Robert Young, Madge Evans, Betty Furness, Ralph Morgan
Votes: 169
25. Sailors on Leave (1941)
Approved | 71 min | Musical, Comedy
Chuck Stevens(William Lundigan), a sailor who is allergic to women, receives a letter notifying him that he will inherit a large sum of money if he marries before his next birthday, Not ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: William Lundigan, Shirley Ross, Chick Chandler, Ruth Donnelly
Votes: 15
26. Blossoms on Broadway (1937)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music
The wealthy "Death Valley" Cora (Kitty Kelly) is coming to New York but is kidnapped by con-man Ira Collins (Edward Arnold) who has showgirl Sally Shea (Shirley Ross)impersonating her to ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Edward Arnold, Shirley Ross, John Trent, Rufe Davis
Votes: 27
27. Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941)
9 min | Documentary, Short
A "Kid Fashion Show" offers stars' offspring modeling moppet clothes, while proud parents look on; "Between Scenes at Republic Studio, " "Louella Parsons' Ranch" and "Redbook Award at Ciro's" round out the reel.
Director: Harriet Parsons | Stars: Harriet Parsons, Gracie Allen, Edward Arnold, Mary Astor
Votes: 24
28. Devil's Squadron (1936)
Passed | 80 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Martha Dawson (Karen Morley), the daughter of an aircraft manufacturer building airplanes for the U.S. Army Air Corps, takes over the running of the plant when her father dies. She has ... See full summary »
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Richard Dix, Karen Morley, Lloyd Nolan, Shirley Ross
Votes: 48
29. Buried Loot (1935)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Crime, Drama
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
Director: George B. Seitz | Stars: Brooks Benedict, James Ellison, Chuck Hamilton, Irene Hervey
Votes: 238
30. Hideaway Girl (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Crime
As a woman in a wedding gown flees town in a stolen car, Detective Dixon learns that Count de Montaigne's gift to his bride, a valuable necklace, was stolen from his wedding reception. ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Shirley Ross, Robert Cummings, Martha Raye, Monroe Owsley
Votes: 29
31. Jailbirds of Paradise (1934)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Prison inmates stage a musical.
Director: Al Boasberg | Stars: Dorothy Appleby, Moe Howard, Shirley Ross, Muriel Evans
Votes: 29
32. Morocco Nights (1934)
Approved | 18 min | Short
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: Fuzzy Knight, Shirley Ross, Francis McDonald, George Blackwood
33. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2 (1941)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the dedication of the Motion Picture Relief Fund's country home and goes to the Mocambo. ... See full summary »
Director: Herbert Moulton | Stars: Hedda Hopper, Desi Arnaz, Joe E. Brown, Gloria Dickson
Votes: 15
34. Gentlemen of Polish (1934)
Approved | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Al Shaw and Sam Lee are salesmen for "Super Glosso Polish." When their product burns a hole in a Policeman's car, the two leg it, eventually finding themselves in a night club, sampling the various acts.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Al Shaw, Sam Lee, Muriel Evans, Claudell Kaye
Votes: 15
35. Picture People No. 4: Stars Day Off (1941)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Family, Short
Jack Hamory is the skating instructor!
Director: M. Clay Adams | Stars: Joan Carroll, Jon Hall, Jack Hamory, Frances Langford
Votes: 9
36. What Price Jazz (1934)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Musical
In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Society for the Prevention of Jazz. Armed with an ax and a buckshot-shooting pistol, the two of... See full summary »
Director: Sam Baerwitz | Stars: Ted Fio Rito Orchestra, George Irving, Shirley Ross, Thelma White
Votes: 57
37. Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 3: Fashions and Rodeo (1945)
Approved | 9 min | Documentary, Short
A Hollywood fashion show, the singing of Robert Mitchell's Boy Choir and shots from Leo Carrillo's annual rodeo are blended together in this edition of Screen Snapshots (production number 7853.)
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Ralph Staub, Dusty Anderson, Judy Canova, Leo Carrillo
38. Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations (1940)
10 min | Documentary, Short
Hollywood stars are glimpsed at a Hollywood Stars baseball team game, on the golf course, at a swimming exhibition, at Monkey Island and an amusement park.
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Joe E. Brown, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Dixie Dunbar
Votes: 60