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1. The Poor Fish (1933)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Leon's wife catches him with an actor dressed as a woman and misunderstands.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Leon Errol, Luella Gear, Lynne Overman, Harry Tyler
Votes: 8
2. Collegiate (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Joe Penner, Jack Oakie, Ned Sparks, Frances Langford
Votes: 41
3. Union Pacific (1939)
Passed | 135 min | Drama, Western
In 1862, Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads compete westward across the wilderness toward California.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff, Robert Preston
Votes: 3,387
4. Edison, the Man (1940)
Passed | 107 min | Biography, Drama
82-year-old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty-year career of scientific achievement.
Director: Clarence Brown | Stars: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn
Votes: 1,779
5. Roxie Hart (1942)
Passed | 75 min | Comedy
Roxie Hart signs a murder confession in order to attract publicity for her dancing career as dames don't swing in Cook County. Will everything go as planned?
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman
Votes: 1,916 | Gross: $2.40M
6. Little Miss Marker (1934)
Passed | 80 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Bookie Sorrowful Jones receives a little girl as an IOU.
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, Dorothy Dell, Charles Bickford, Shirley Temple
Votes: 1,395
7. Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama
The son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path and helping his father escape from prison.
Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Akim Tamiroff, Leif Erickson, Frances Farmer, Lynne Overman
Votes: 50
8. Broadway Bill (1934)
Approved | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A runaway heiress and her sister's husband join forces to race the latter's fast horse, Broadway Bill.
Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Walter Connolly, Helen Vinson
Votes: 1,164
9. Spawn of the North (1938)
Approved | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Friends since childhood, two men are on opposite sides in a salmon fishing conflict.
Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 589
10. The Forest Rangers (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Drama
Ranger Don Stuart, pursuing a forest arsonist, finds time to romance a socialite.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Paulette Goddard, Susan Hayward, Lynne Overman
Votes: 330
11. Poppy (1936)
Passed | 73 min | Comedy
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Catherine Doucet
Votes: 755
12. The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A young girl fresh out of reform school who is singing in a burlesque show is offered a scholarship to a famous music camp by the camp's owner. She must overcome the suspicions of the other students in order to prove herself.
Director: Andrew L. Stone | Stars: Allan Jones, Susanna Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Lynne Overman
Votes: 62
13. Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Passed | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Florida ship salvager Loxi falls for Jack, captain of a ship wrecked on the Key West shore. However, their romance is complicated by the arrival of another suitor.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Ray Milland, John Wayne, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey
Votes: 3,550
14. True Confession (1937)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Crime
A lawyer defends his wife, a pathological liar, in a murder trial.
Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Carole Lombard, Fred MacMurray, John Barrymore, Una Merkel
Votes: 1,780
15. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Music
A Paramount Studios security guard who was a major actor during the silent film era must carry out the illusion that he is still a big deal when his sailor son comes to visit.
Directors: George Marshall, A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Fred MacMurray, Franchot Tone
Votes: 672 | Gross: $0.60M
16. Sons of the Legion (1938)
60 min | Drama, Romance
A father who received a dishonourable Army discharge hesitates to get involved with the formation of a youth group.
Director: James P. Hogan | Stars: Lynne Overman, Evelyn Keyes, Tim Holt, Elizabeth Patterson
Votes: 53
17. Death of a Champion (1939)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Oliver Quade is a pitchman who follows state fairs that feature dog shows---which limits his territory more than a little---at which he sells encyclopedias...and does it well as he ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Lynne Overman, Virginia Dale, Joseph Allen, Donald O'Connor
Votes: 35
18. Men Without Names (1935)
Approved | 66 min | Action, Crime, Drama
This story about the U.S. Department of Justice and its agents begins with a daring mail-truck robbery by a ruthless gang that flees to the western U.S. after the robbery. When money from ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Madge Evans, David Holt, Lynne Overman
Votes: 62
19. Wild Money (1937)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
Newspaper reporter Perry Brown is infatuated with fellow reporter Judy McGowan, but although she flirts with him, she is not romantically inclined toward him. The staff accountant, P. E. ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Louise Campbell, Lynne Overman, Lucien Littlefield
Votes: 31
20. The Jungle Princess (1936)
Approved | 85 min | Adventure
Christopher Powell is in Malaysia with his fiancée and her father, capturing wild animals. While out hunting, he is attacked by a tiger, and his native guides run away, leaving him for dead... See full summary »
Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Akim Tamiroff, Lynne Overman
Votes: 206
21. Caught in the Draft (1941)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy
A movie star who can't stand loud noises accidentally joins the Army.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Lynne Overman, Eddie Bracken
Votes: 892
22. Persons in Hiding (1939)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A beautiful but greedy woman teams up with a small-time hoodlum to become two of the most wanted criminals in the country.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, William Henry
Votes: 61
23. Yours for the Asking (1936)
Passed | 72 min | Comedy, Romance
Casino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear that he could ... See full summary »
Director: Alexander Hall | Stars: George Raft, Dolores Costello, Ida Lupino, Reginald Owen
Votes: 201
24. You Belong to Me (1934)
Passed | 67 min | Drama
When recently widowed vaudeville performer Florette Faxon marries acrobat Hap Stanley, her son Jimmy takes an instant dislike to his new stepfather, preferring the company of happy-go-lucky vaudeville comic Bud Hannigan.
Director: Alfred L. Werker | Stars: Lee Tracy, Helen Mack, Helen Morgan, David Holt
Votes: 58
25. Blonde Trouble (1937)
Approved | 67 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Fred Stevens, on his way to New York City with hopes of succeeding as a songwriter, meets and falls in love with Edna Baker, an employee in a dentist's office. In New York, Fred meets Paul ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Eleanore Whitney, Johnny Downs, Lynne Overman, Terry Walker
Votes: 22
26. North West Mounted Police (1940)
Passed | 126 min | Drama, Romance, Western
In 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
Director: Cecil B. DeMille | Stars: Gary Cooper, Madeleine Carroll, Paulette Goddard, Preston Foster
Votes: 1,830
27. Her Jungle Love (1938)
Passed | 81 min | Action, Adventure, Music
While searching the South Pacific for a missing aviator, Bob Mitchell and Jimmy Wallace are caught in a typhoon and crack up on an island, escaping unharmed with the aid of beautiful jungle... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Ray Milland, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 136
28. Hunted Men (1938)
Approved | 65 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own.
Director: Louis King | Stars: Lloyd Nolan, Mary Carlisle, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 59
29. Night Club Scandal (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Romance, Thriller
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: John Barrymore, Lynne Overman, Charles Bickford, Louise Campbell
Votes: 174
30. Safari (1940)
Approved | 80 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ... See full summary »
Director: Edward H. Griffith | Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll, Tullio Carminati, Lynne Overman
Votes: 85
31. New York Town (1941)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Romance
Victor Ballard is a poor but happy-go-lucky New York sidewalk photographer who shares a studio apartment with a painter from Poland, Stefan Janowski. After Victor shoots a photo of ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Mary Martin, Robert Preston, Akim Tamiroff
Votes: 88
32. Hotel Haywire (1937)
66 min | Comedy, Romance
A couple has an ideal marriage until she finds women's lingerie in his coat pocket. An astrologer advises her to make her husband unhappy. Meanwhile their daughter plans to elope in the same hotel her father has unknowingly moved into.
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Leo Carrillo, Mary Carlisle, Lynne Overman, George Barbier
Votes: 47
33. Men with Wings (1938)
105 min | Action, Drama, Romance
Plot #1 is the love triangle between two guys and one girl as they grow into adults and affiliate themselves in the new aircraft industry. Plot #2 is aircraft evolution from the days of Wilbur and Orville Wright to just prior to WWII.
Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland, Louise Campbell, Andy Devine
Votes: 198
34. Two for Tonight (1935)
Approved | 61 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Bing Crosby, Joan Bennett, Lynne Overman, Mary Boland
Votes: 83
35. 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: 1,090
36. Murder Goes to College (1937)
Approved | 77 min | Action, Comedy, Mystery
The policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and the underworld trying to "beat the numbers-racket" with applied mathematics. One of the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Reisner | Stars: Roscoe Karns, Marsha Hunt, Lynne Overman, Buster Crabbe
Votes: 37
37. Dixie (1943)
Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical
A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music publisher, but refuses to sell his most... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour, Billy De Wolfe, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 175
38. Partners in Crime (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Detective Hank Hyer and reporter Sim Perkins of The Star are nearly evicted from Twitchell Arms apartments. Hank then needles Silas Wagon, who is running for mayor, into hiring him to help ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Lynne Overman, Roscoe Karns, Muriel Hutchison, Anthony Quinn
Votes: 24
39. Don't Tell the Wife (1937)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
A seasoned con artist and his associates discover that their scheme to get rich by selling stock in a worthless gold mine is fraught with obstacles.
Director: Christy Cabanne | Stars: Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Lynne Overman, Thurston Hall
Votes: 284
40. She Loves Me Not (1934)
Passed | 85 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A cabaret dancer witnesses a murder and is forced to hide from gangsters by disguising herself as a male Princeton student.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bing Crosby, Miriam Hopkins, Kitty Carlisle, Edward J. Nugent
Votes: 217
41. Silver Queen (1942)
PG | 80 min | Western
A well-known and confident young woman from the Barbary Coast decides to give up her chance at love in order to succeed in card games.
Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: George Brent, Priscilla Lane, Bruce Cabot, Lynne Overman
Votes: 200
42. Rumba (1935)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.
Director: Marion Gering | Stars: George Raft, Carole Lombard, Lynne Overman, Margo
Votes: 192
43. The Desert Song (1943)
Approved | 95 min | Adventure, Musical, War
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Dennis Morgan, Irene Manning, Bruce Cabot, Lynne Overman
Votes: 344
44. Three Married Men (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Comedy, Romance
Two families arrive for their children's wedding and try to prove their superiority to each other.
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Lynne Overman, William Frawley, Roscoe Karns, Mary Brian
Votes: 23
45. Five Minutes from the Station (1930)
14 min | Drama, Short
When Bert Adams brings his boss, Mr. Mason, home for dinner, he and his wife Carrie hope Mason will take the opportunity to announce that Bert will be promoted to fill a new vacancy in the ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Hurley | Stars: Lynne Overman, Sylvia Sidney, Berton Churchill, Leila Lee
Votes: 109
46. Typhoon (1940)
Approved | 70 min | Adventure, Romance
Having been marooned on an isolated island as a child, Dea grows to adulthood without human contact, her only companion being the chimp "Koko." Years later, on a South Sea island, Skipper ... See full summary »
Director: Louis King | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman, J. Carrol Naish
Votes: 145
47. Nobody's Baby (1937)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After trying to break into show business, two mismatched friends become nurses. One of their patients is a new mother who has hidden her pregnancy from her husband, the nightclub dancing ... See full summary »
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Patsy Kelly, Lyda Roberti, Lynne Overman, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 169
48. The Great Flirtation (1934)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Director: Ralph Murphy | Stars: Elissa Landi, Adolphe Menjou, David Manners, Lynne Overman
Votes: 27
49. Midnight (1934)
Passed | 76 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
The foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him.
Director: Chester Erskine | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Sidney Fox, O.P. Heggie, Henry Hull
Votes: 1,242
50. Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
Approved | 78 min | Drama
A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education, but he returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.
Director: Alfred Santell | Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Lynne Overman, Phillip Reed
Votes: 167