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1. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family

The wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.

Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

Votes: 28,901

2. The Sea Hawk (1940)

Approved | 127 min | Action, Adventure, History

Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp

Votes: 10,730

3. The Lady Eve (1941)

Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

Director: Preston Sturges | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette

Votes: 23,370

4. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)

60 min | Comedy, Romance

This was a Colgate-sponsored comedy hour that featured many notable comedians and entertainers of the era as guest stars.

Stars: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Al Goodman, Eddie Cantor

Votes: 588

5. Whispering Smith (1948)

Passed | 88 min | Western

Legendary railroad detective Whispering Smith becomes convinced that old friend and colleague Murray Sinclair has joined a criminal band to loot the railroad.

Director: Leslie Fenton | Stars: Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp

Votes: 1,385

6. Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Approved | 114 min | Action, Drama, War

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF but are deemed too old to be fliers.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Dennis Morgan, Brenda Marshall, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,768

7. The Iroquois Trail (1950)

Approved | 86 min | Western

Hawkeye, an American scout, helps the British side in the French and Indian War, aided by his Indian blood brother Sagamore.

Director: Phil Karlson | Stars: George Montgomery, Brenda Marshall, Glenn Langan, Paul Cavanagh

Votes: 197

8. The Constant Nymph (1943)

Passed | 112 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

The daughter (Joan Fontaine) of a musical mentor (Montagu Love) is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband (Charles Boyer), a handsome composer.

Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith

Votes: 1,584

9. Background to Danger (1943)

Passed | 80 min | Drama, Thriller, War

A German spy ring plans to publicize a false rumor that Russia, who is fighting Germany, plans to invade neutral Turkey in order to ally them with the Nazis.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Raft, Brenda Marshall, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre

Votes: 1,581

10. The Smiling Ghost (1941)

Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Wayne Morris, Brenda Marshall, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale

Votes: 803

11. Footsteps in the Dark (1941)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A respected investment advisor has a double life as a mystery writer and becomes involved in the real murder of a shady client.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Hale

Votes: 1,423

12. Strange Impersonation (1946)

Approved | 68 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic finds herself being blackmailed by a woman she accidentally knocked down with her car; the woman wasn't hurt, but a scheming ... See full summary »

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: Brenda Marshall, William Gargan, Hillary Brooke, George Chandler

Votes: 815

13. Espionage Agent (1939)

Approved | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to root out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Joel McCrea, Brenda Marshall, Jeffrey Lynn, George Bancroft

Votes: 467

14. Blackwell's Island (1939)

Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In 1934, a New York reporter infiltrates a crime syndicate by befriending its boss who is serving time inside Blackwell Island prison.

Directors: William C. McGann, Michael Curtiz | Stars: John Garfield, Rosemary Lane, Dick Purcell, Victor Jory

Votes: 511

15. The 26th Annual Academy Awards (1954 TV Special)

News

The 26th Academy Awards held on March 25th, 1954. It is hosted simultaneously from the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood by Donald O'Connor and the NBC Center Theatre in New York City by Fredric March and honors the films of 1953.

Directors: Bill Bennington, Grey Lockwood | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Fredric March, Julie Adams, Buddy Adler

Votes: 133

16. Money and the Woman (1940)

Approved | 67 min | Crime, Drama

The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Charlie has greatly increased the amount of money in savings and is ... See full summary »

Director: William K. Howard | Stars: Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, John Litel, Lee Patrick

Votes: 96

17. South of Suez (1940)

Approved | 86 min | Mystery, Drama

Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: George Brent, Brenda Marshall, George Tobias, James Stephenson

Votes: 210

18. Paris After Dark (1943)

Approved | 85 min | Drama, War

Members of the French underground resistance, live their "normal" lives during the day, and fight the occupying Nazis in the war-torn Paris after dark. Some will end their lives fighting, and some will find purpose in life once again.

Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: George Sanders, Philip Dorn, Brenda Marshall, Madeleine Lebeau

Votes: 177

19. East of the River (1940)

Passed | 74 min | Crime, Drama

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college, but both are in love with the same girl.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: John Garfield, Brenda Marshall, Marjorie Rambeau, George Tobias

Votes: 473

20. You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

Passed | 77 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

When Laurie goes to the execution of Varney and faints, she does not know that Varney gets a full pardon minutes before he is to die. She calls in a story about his death and gets ... See full summary »

Director: Jo Graham | Stars: George Brent, Brenda Marshall, Gene Lockhart, Roscoe Karns

Votes: 256

21. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

Passed | 76 min | Drama

Assistant District Attorney Stephen Forbes, an impressive orator with a long list of convictions, resigns when an innocent boy is convicted and the real murderer confesses too late. He ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess

Votes: 293

22. Singapore Woman (1941)

Passed | 64 min | Drama, Romance

A switched-locale remake of "Dangerous (1935)" about a jinxed, hard-luck dame , Vicki Moore (Brenda Marshall), and the men who show her that life is worth living no matter how ponderous and complicated.

Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Brenda Marshall, David Bruce, Virginia Field, Jerome Cowan

Votes: 149

23. Highway West (1941)

Passed | 64 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Claire Foster (Brenda Marshall) discovers that her respectable-businessman husband George Foster (Arthur Kennedy) isn't respectable and isn't a businessman, but a gunman in this remake-version of "Heat Lightning".

Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Brenda Marshall, Arthur Kennedy, William Lundigan, Olympe Bradna

Votes: 156

24. Breakdowns of 1944 (1945)

6 min | Short

Some of Hollywood's greatest stars demonstrate an inability to deliver their lines.

Stars: Lauren Bacall, Jack Benny, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart

Votes: 26

25. Wings Up (1943)

20 min | Documentary, War, Short

The Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces is the subject of this documentary short film depicting the rigors of training cadets go through.

Stars: Clark Gable, William Holden, Brenda Marshall, E.R. Delano

Votes: 28

26. Screen Snapshots: Famous Hollywood Mothers (1947)

10 min | Documentary, Short

In this entry in Columbia's Screen Snapshots series (production number 8859), Ralph Staub visits the homes of actresses Judy Canova, Ginny Simms, Rosalind Russell, Brenda Marshall and Eleanor Powell, as they show off their offsprings.

Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: Judy Canova, Brenda Marshall, Eleanor Powell, Rosalind Russell

27. I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
Episode: The Fashion Show (1955)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family

Lucy models fashions with other celebrities' wives.

Director: William Asher | Stars: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley

Votes: 399

28. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1955)
Episode: host: Bob Hope; guests: William Holden, Hedda Hopper, Jerry Colonna, Anita Ekberg, Margaret Whiting, Brenda Marshall, Robert Strauss (1955)

Comedy, Romance

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Director: Jim Jordan | Stars: Bob Hope, Les Brown, Jerry Colonna, Charles Cooley