Radio in the Movies
by joe_538 | created - 21 Sep 2013 | updated - 05 Mar 2014 | PublicGolden Age Radio in the Movies. Either a radio station featuring prominently or radio personalities in the movies.
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1. Radioland Murders (1994)
PG | 108 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Director: Mel Smith | Stars: Brian Benben, Mary Stuart Masterson, Ned Beatty, George Burns
Votes: 3,907 | Gross: $1.30M
2. Radio Days (1987)
PG | 88 min | Comedy
A nostalgic look at radio's golden age focusing on one ordinary family and the various performers in the medium.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Mike Starr, Paul Herman
Votes: 36,307 | Gross: $14.79M
3. The Night That Panicked America (1975 TV Movie)
92 min | Drama
On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles's radio play "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provokes mass panic.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Vic Morrow, Cliff De Young, Michael Constantine, Walter McGinn
Votes: 744
4. The Great American Broadcast (1941)
90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
After WWI two men go into radio. Failure leads the wife of one to borrow money from another; she goes on, after separation, to stardom. A coast-to-coast radio program is set up to bring everyone back together.
Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero
Votes: 292
5. Check and Double Check (1930)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy
Typical Amos 'n Andy storyline has the boys trying to make a go of their "open-air" taxi business while they get caught up in a society hassle, involving driving musicians to a fancy party.... See full summary »
Director: Melville W. Brown | Stars: Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll, Sue Carol, Irene Rich
Votes: 434
6. Way Back Home (1931)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Seth Parker takes in Robbie Turner and protects him from his cruel father Rufe. When the father disappears, Seth intends to raise Robbie as his own son. The vindictive father attacks Mary ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Phillips Lord, Effie Palmer, Frank Albertson, Bette Davis
Votes: 900
7. Are You Listening? (1932)
Passed | 73 min | Drama
A radio writer/producer accidentally kills his wife, then attempts to escape the on-air hunt for him.
Director: Harry Beaumont | Stars: William Haines, Madge Evans, Anita Page, Karen Morley
Votes: 521
8. The Big Broadcast (1932)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, Leila Hyams, George Burns
Votes: 285
9. Chandu the Magician (1932)
Passed | 71 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
When delusional madman Roxor kidnaps a scientist in hopes of using his death ray to achieve world dominance, he is opposed by Chandu, a powerful hypnotist and yogi.
Directors: William Cameron Menzies, Marcel Varnel | Stars: Edmund Lowe, Irene Ware, Bela Lugosi, Herbert Mundin
Votes: 1,138
10. Little Orphan Annie (1932)
70 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Daddy Warbucks has to go on a long trip, leaving Annie alone. While wandering the street, Sandy leads Annie to discover Mickey, who is crying. Mickey's grandmother recently died, and he is ... See full summary »
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Mitzi Green, Buster Phelps, May Robson, Matt Moore
Votes: 101
11. Meet the Baron (1933)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy, Romance
The famous Baron Munchausen dumps two dimwits in the African jungle. A rescue team mistakes one of them for the missing Baron, and returns them to the US, where they're greeted as heroes. ... See full summary »
Director: Walter Lang | Stars: Jack Pearl, Jimmy Durante, Zasu Pitts, Ted Healy
Votes: 330
12. Myrt and Marge (1933)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Myrt has a show chock-full of talented performers who deserve to be on Broadway, but can't raise the necessary money. Jackson, a lecherous "producer", provides the money in order to get his... See full summary »
Director: Al Boasberg | Stars: Myrtle Vail, Donna Damerel, Ray Hedge, Eddie Foy Jr.
Votes: 118
13. The Return of Chandu (1934)
Approved | 208 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
The cult of Ubasti, headquartered on the isle of Lemuria, believes that Princess Nadji of Egypt is a reincarnation of their long-dead goddess, Ossana, and intend to sacrifice her so that Ossana may be resurrected.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Maria Alba, Clara Kimball Young, Lucien Prival
Votes: 435
14. Six of a Kind (1934)
Passed | 62 min | Comedy
When a respectable middle-class couple take a cross-country trip by auto, they share expenses with a decidedly oddball couple, none of whom know the car carries embezzled funds.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charles Ruggles, Mary Boland, W.C. Fields, George Burns
Votes: 733
15. Strictly Dynamite (1934)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Music
A struggling writer finds success writing scripts for a radio comic at the expense of his high-brow ambitions.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Norman Foster, William Gargan
Votes: 172
16. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
97 min | Comedy, Musical
Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 347
17. Here Comes Cookie (1935)
Approved | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Alarmed that his younger daughter is about to marry a gold-digger, a millionaire turns over the fortune to her ditsy older sister for safe-keeping to his ultimate regret, protection.
Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness
Votes: 177
18. 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
19. Artist and Models (1937)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical
Mac Brewster (Benny) is head of an advertising firm that is in debt. The million-dollar Townsend Silver contract could save the firm, but the wealthy playboy Alan Townsend (Arlen) wants an ... See full summary »
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Jack Benny, Ida Lupino, Richard Arlen, Gail Patrick
Votes: 373
20. Dick Tracy (1937)
Approved | 70 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A master criminal called The Spider puts the famous detective's brother under a hypnotic spell and turns him against Dick.
Directors: Alan James, Ray Taylor | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, Smiley Burnette, Lee Van Atta
Votes: 652
21. Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Western
Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to make a new plate, he inscribes a tiny ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: James Newill, Carol Hughes, William Royle, Herbert Corthell
Votes: 156
22. The Shadow Strikes (1937)
Approved | 61 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney.
Director: Lynn Shores | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Agnes Anderson, James Blakeley, Walter McGrail
Votes: 587
23. Stella Dallas (1937)
Approved | 106 min | Drama, Romance
A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.
Director: King Vidor | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley, Barbara O'Neil
Votes: 6,276 | Gross: $2.00M
24. This Way Please (1937)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A young woman is hired as a theater usherette and encounters her matinée idol, who helps her become a hit, and soon she finds herself engaged to another man, prompting a battle of romantic wits ensues.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Betty Grable, Ned Sparks, Jim Jordan
Votes: 70
25. Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's ... See full summary »
Director: Mitchell Leisen | Stars: Jack Benny, Joan Bennett, Mary Boland, Charley Grapewin
Votes: 141
26. 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
27. College Swing (1938)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Gracie Alden tries to graduate college to get an inheritance.
Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Martha Raye, Bob Hope
Votes: 575
28. Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
Approved | 260 min | Drama
Dick Tracy battles spies and saboteurs in his efforts to bring to justice the Stark gang, a criminal family led by the vicious Pa Stark.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Lynne Roberts, Charles Middleton, Jerry Tucker
Votes: 440
29. International Crime (1938)
Passed | 62 min | Drama
Lamont Cranston (Rod La Rocque), amateur criminologist and detective, with a daily radio program, sponsored by the Daily Classic newspaper, has developed a friendly feud that sometimes ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Rod La Rocque, Astrid Allwyn, Thomas E. Jackson, Oscar O'Shea
Votes: 522
30. Little Orphan Annie (1938)
Passed | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. ... See full summary »
Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Ann Gillis, Robert Kent, June Travis, J. Farrell MacDonald
Votes: 60
31. The Lone Ranger (1938)
Approved | 264 min | Western
Heroic's of Lone Ranger & Tonto, matter!
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Silver Chief, Chief Thundercloud, Lynne Roberts, Stanley Andrews
Votes: 246
32. On the Great White Trail (1938)
Approved | 58 min | Western
Death stalked Garou's Landing, in the Canadian frozen north, but who was the killer who murdered two men and left them huddled in the snow. Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill, of the Royal ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: James Newill, Terry Walker, Robert Frazer, Richard Alexander
Votes: 55
33. Charlie McCarthy, Detective (1939)
Approved | 75 min | Comedy, Crime, Family
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter ... See full summary »
Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd, Robert Cummings
Votes: 102
34. Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Passed | 302 min | Mystery
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Irving Pichel, Ted Pearson, Jennifer Jones
Votes: 363
35. Man About Town (1939)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't take him seriously as a lover. To show her, he picks up stranger Lady Arlington, whose ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Dorothy Lamour, Edward Arnold, Binnie Barnes
Votes: 193
36. Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
Not Rated | 68 min | Drama
A pleasant down-home entry which casts Hersholt as the title doctor in the mythical town of River's End, Minnesota.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Enid Bennett
Votes: 113
37. That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)
Passed | 94 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Radio sensation Kay Kyser and his band are lured to Hollywood to make a movie, but the screenwriters assigned to the project have difficulty tailoring a script to Kyser's persona.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson, Lucille Ball
Votes: 373
38. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Approved | 79 min | Comedy, Family
The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.
Directors: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Votes: 1,887
39. Band Waggon (1940)
TV-G | 85 min | Comedy, Musical
A plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
Director: Marcel Varnel | Stars: Arthur Askey, Jack Hylton and His Band, Richard Murdoch, Pat Kirkwood
Votes: 223
40. Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
Passed | 84 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
Jack Benny (as himself) tries to make good his fictitious boasts about roughing it in Nevada, in a spoof of Western cliches.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Ellen Drew, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Andy Devine
Votes: 370
41. The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
Not Rated | 67 min | Drama
A doctor fights an epidemic that breaks out in the poor section of town and tries to get the rest of the town to help out.
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Tom Neal
Votes: 106
42. Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)
Passed | 63 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve relates to a W.P.A. employment advisor the story of how he lost the mayorship of the town of Monotony and became a forgotten man: Jed Blower returned to his ... See full summary »
Director: George Archainbaud | Stars: Bob Burns, Una Merkel, Jerry Colonna, Don Wilson
Votes: 63
43. Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
Approved | 68 min | Drama, Romance
A "professor" hits Dr. Christian's town, promising the local women dramatic weight loss in a very short time if they follow his regimen of strict diet and a particular type of diet pill.
Director: William C. McGann | Stars: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy, Rod La Rocque
Votes: 126
44. Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
81 min | Comedy
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
Director: Harold Young | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Frances Langford, Frank Craven
Votes: 129
45. The Green Hornet (1940)
Approved | 258 min | Adventure, Crime, Family
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Directors: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor | Stars: Gordon Jones, Wade Boteler, Keye Luke, Anne Nagel
Votes: 713
46. The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Approved | 293 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A wealthy publisher uses a disguise and calls himself the Green Hornet to fight crime in his city.
Directors: Ford Beebe, John Rawlins | Stars: Warren Hull, Wade Boteler, Anne Nagel, Keye Luke
Votes: 426
47. Hullabaloo (1940)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career - all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!).
Director: Edwin L. Marin | Stars: Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey, Billie Burke
Votes: 259
48. Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
82 min | Comedy, Musical
Jack Benny is preparing his New Year's Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Fred Allen and his sister ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Verree Teasdale
Votes: 165
49. Melody Ranch (1940)
Passed | 84 min | Western
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane
Votes: 256
50. Murder on the Yukon (1940)
Approved | 58 min | Adventure, Drama, Music
Two Mounties find the body of a man who has just been murdered. They follow the trail to a cabin, where they are attacked by the murderer's gang.
Director: Louis J. Gasnier | Stars: James Newill, Polly Ann Young, Dave O'Brien, Al St. John
Votes: 59
51. One Night in the Tropics (1940)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if ... See full summary »
Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Robert Cummings, Bud Abbott
Votes: 1,856
52. The Shadow (1940)
Passed | 285 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Victor Jory, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Moore, Robert Fiske
Votes: 376
53. Sky Bandits (1940)
Approved | 62 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from the Yukon Mine Company. Inventor Speavy has devised a power ray which disrupts ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: James Newill, Louise Stanley, Dewey Robinson, William Pawley
Votes: 89
54. Terry and the Pirates (1940)
Passed | 300 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dr. Herbert Lee (John Paul Jones), an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son, Terry (William Tracy), and Terry's pal, Pat Ryan (Jeff York), and ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: William Tracy, Jeff York, Joyce Bryant, Allen Jung
Votes: 167
55. You'll Find Out (1940)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
The manager of Kay Kyser's band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
Votes: 1,451
56. Yukon Flight (1940)
Approved | 57 min | Adventure
When the plane owned by the "Yukon and Columbia Mail Service" crashes, RCMP Sergeant Renfrew (James Newill) and Constable Kelly (Dave O'Brien) suspect murder. Their suspicions are confirmed... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Staub | Stars: James Newill, Louise Stanley, Warren Hull, William Pawley
Votes: 86
57. Buck Privates (1941)
Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Musical, War
Two sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lee Bowman, Jane Frazee
Votes: 4,730 | Gross: $4.00M
58. Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
Passed | 263 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Directors: John English, William Witney | Stars: Ralph Byrd, Michael Owen, Jan Wiley, John Davidson
Votes: 324
59. Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Passed | 79 min | Adventure, Comedy
Fibber McGee enlists the help of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy in enticing an aircraft manufacturer to build a factory in the small town of Wistful Vista. Based on the "Fibber McGee and Molly" radio series.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan
Votes: 463
60. Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Passed | 69 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Rookie Deputy DA P. Cadwallader Jones and hotshot reporter Terry Parker team up to track down an elusive criminal named Hyde.
Director: William Morgan | Stars: Dennis O'Keefe, Florence Rice, Peter Lorre, Stanley Ridges
Votes: 217
61. Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
Approved | 52 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Assistant District Attorney P. Cadwallader Jones (James Ellison) and his sweetheart Terry Parker (Virginia Gilmore), a newspaper reporter, are about to be married when news comes that ... See full summary »
Director: Bernard Vorhaus | Stars: James Ellison, Virginia Gilmore, Franklin Pangborn, Paul Harvey
Votes: 27
62. Playmates (1941)
Passed | 96 min | Comedy, Music
For the sake of a lucrative radio contract, John Barrymore agrees to turn bandleader Kay Kyser into a Shakespearian actor.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Kay Kyser, John Barrymore, Lupe Velez, Ginny Simms
Votes: 349
63. Pot o' Gold (1941)
Approved | 86 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Jimmy goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.
Director: George Marshall | Stars: James Stewart, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger
Votes: 2,086
64. Whistling in the Dark (1941)
Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey
Votes: 1,098
65. The Bashful Bachelor (1942)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy
Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Zasu Pitts, Grady Sutton
Votes: 170 | Gross: $0.68M
66. Captain Midnight (1942)
Passed | 270 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Secret Service Major Steel (Joseph W. Girard), is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright (Dave O'Brien) is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Dave O'Brien, Dorothy Short, James Craven, Sam Edwards
Votes: 152
67. Gang Busters (1942)
Approved | 251 min | Drama
Detective lieutenant Bill Bannister is assigned to run down an unknown gang of terrorists who have spread a net of crime over the city.
Directors: Noel M. Smith, Ray Taylor | Stars: Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Ralph Morgan, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 130
68. The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
Passed | 62 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Gildersleeve, a small town bachelor, has slapstick troubles with a husband-hunting woman and two helpful kids.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates, Charles Arnt
Votes: 413
69. Here We Go Again (1942)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy
It's Fibber and Molly's 20th anniversary and they want to throw a big party. But when everyone declines their invitation, they decide to go on a second honeymoon instead. After one night at... See full summary »
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy
Votes: 322
70. Mr. and Mrs. North (1942)
Passed | 67 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Jerry North (William Post Jr.) and his wife, Pam (Gracie Allen) return home after a night away in a holiday spirit. That soon vanishes when the body of a man falls out of the liquor closet.... See full summary »
Director: Robert B. Sinclair | Stars: Gracie Allen, William Post Jr., Paul Kelly, Rose Hobart
Votes: 338
71. My Favorite Spy (1942)
Passed | 86 min | Comedy, Musical
Complications arise for newlywed Kay Kyser and his bride when he gets involved in espionage at the request of the Army.
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Kay Kyser, Ellen Drew, Jane Wyman, Robert Armstrong
Votes: 337
72. Road to Happiness (1941)
Passed | 84 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Jeff Carter, a struggling singer, pursues radio acting to support his son Danny. Aided by his son and agent Charley Grady, Jeff finds success in radio and achieves his professional goals through this medium.
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: John Boles, Mona Barrie, Billy Lee, Roscoe Karns
Votes: 138
73. Secrets of the Underground (1942)
Approved | 70 min | Crime, Drama, War
With the help of a WAAC group, Mr. District Attorny smashes a Nazi spy-ring that is selling counterfeit War Stamps and Bonds.
Director: William Morgan | Stars: John Hubbard, Virginia Grey, Lloyd Corrigan, Robin Raymond
Votes: 42
74. Seven Days' Leave (1942)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a ... See full summary »
Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Victor Mature, Lucille Ball, Harold Peary, Mapy Cortés
Votes: 389
75. Whistling in Dixie (1942)
Passed | 74 min | Comedy, Mystery, Crime
Radio sleuth Wally "The Fox" Benton forgoes his honeymoon to help his wife's old friend solve a murder and hunt for Civil War gold inside a spooky mansion and fort.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, George Bancroft, Guy Kibbee
Votes: 707 | Gross: $0.22M
76. Who Done It? (1942)
Passed | 77 min | Comedy, Mystery
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder after the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Patric Knowles, William Gargan
Votes: 2,706
77. Around the World (1943)
Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Musical
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
Director: Allan Dwan | Stars: Kay Kyser, Mischa Auer, Joan Davis, Marcy McGuire
Votes: 243
78. Cosmo Jones in the Crime Smasher (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
An amateur detective and a janitor try to find a kidnapped heiress.
Director: James Tinling | Stars: Frank Graham, Edgar Kennedy, Gale Storm, Richard Cromwell
Votes: 196
79. Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)
Passed | 65 min | Comedy
On a mission to New York, two women pursue Gildersleeve...then his fiancée shows up.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Harold Peary, Billie Burke, Claire Carleton, Richard LeGrand
Votes: 320
80. Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Comedy
Gildersleeve gets himself into trouble while on jury duty.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Harold Peary, Jane Darwell, Nancy Gates, Charles Arnt
Votes: 319
81. So This Is Washington (1943)
Passed | 64 min | Comedy
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is a good substitute for rubber--Abner's homemade licorice.
Director: Ray McCarey | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Alan Mowbray, Mildred Coles
Votes: 238
82. Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
Passed | 127 min | Comedy, Musical
Two producers are putting together a wartime charity show with an all-star cast, but the egotism of radio personality Eddie Cantor disrupts their plans.
Director: David Butler | Stars: Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Votes: 2,135
83. Two Weeks to Live (1943)
Passed | 76 min | Action, Comedy
When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perform all kinds of dangerous stunts.
Director: Malcolm St. Clair | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Franklin Pangborn, Kay Linaker
Votes: 221
84. Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
Passed | 87 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon | Stars: Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, Jean Rogers, Rags Ragland
Votes: 724
85. Carolina Blues (1944)
Approved | 81 min | Comedy, Musical
Band Leader Kay Kyser wants to take a holiday, but his publicist Charlotte has promised that he'll give a concert for defense plant workers. Due to the fact that his vocalist has quit to ... See full summary »
Director: Leigh Jason | Stars: Kay Kyser, Ann Miller, Victor Moore, Jeff Donnell
Votes: 212
86. Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)
Passed | 63 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Gildersleeve, running for office, is aided by two ghosts and hindered by a mad scientist and an invisible woman.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Harold Peary, Marion Martin, Richard LeGrand, Amelita Ward
Votes: 445
87. Goin' to Town (1944)
Passed | 68 min | Comedy
While stranded in the small town of Pine Ridge, M. A. Parker, who purports to be an oil tycoon, visits the general store owned by Lum Edwards and Abner Peabody, and offers them $20,000 in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Barbara Hale, Florence Lake
Votes: 28
88. Heavenly Days (1944)
Approved | 71 min | Comedy, Romance
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
Director: Howard Estabrook | Stars: Jim Jordan, Marian Jordan, Eugene Pallette, Gordon Oliver
Votes: 123
89. The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account by impersonating someone else with the same name. Soon he finds himself the target of a man who turns out to be the son of the old partner ... See full summary »
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall, Paul Guilfoyle
Votes: 358
90. Take It or Leave It (1944)
Passed | 70 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Young sailors Eddie Collins and Herb Gordon eagerly begin their shore leave in New York City, where they are greeted at the dock by Eddie's wife Kate. Kate, who is pregnant for the first ... See full synopsis »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Phil Baker, Edward Ryan, Madge Meredith, Stanley Prager
Votes: 16
91. The Whistler (1944)
Passed | 59 min | Film-Noir, Mystery
A depressed man hires an assassin to kill him when he least expects it, but when his life takes an upward turn, he finds he now wishes to live.
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Gloria Stuart, J. Carrol Naish, Alan Dinehart
Votes: 1,120
92. Dick Tracy (1945)
Passed | 61 min | Action, Crime, Family
Police detective Dick Tracy must identify and apprehend a serial killer known as Splitface.
Director: William Berke | Stars: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki, Jane Greer
Votes: 1,634
93. Duffy's Tavern (1945)
Approved | 97 min | Comedy, Musical
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Ed Gardner, Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton, Paulette Goddard
Votes: 252
94. I Love a Bandleader (1945)
Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
As house painters Newton H. Newton and Phil Burton remodel the Club Monterey on Broadway, owner Gibley auditions acts for his club's reopening. Theatrical agent B. Templeton Jones brings ... See full synopsis »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Phil Harris, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Leslie Brooks, Walter Catlett
Votes: 44
95. It's in the Bag! (1945)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
Director: Richard Wallace | Stars: Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Don Ameche, William Bendix
Votes: 633
Fred Allen Movie
96. The Power of the Whistler (1945)
Passed | 66 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Romance
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Loren Tindall
Votes: 673
97. Radio Stars on Parade (1945)
Approved | 69 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A Hollywood talent agency tries to avoid finacial ruin by getting its best clients on the air.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards
Votes: 82
98. Voice of the Whistler (1945)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Film-Noir
The 4th film of the Columbia series based on the CBS radio program, "The Whistler", finds wealthy John Sinclair, with no health or friends, being advised by his doctor to take a long ... See full summary »
Director: William Castle | Stars: Richard Dix, Lynn Merrick, Rhys Williams, James Cardwell
Votes: 581
99. Behind the Mask (1946)
Passed | 68 min | Mystery
Lamont Cranston, aka the Shadow, has his hands full as the murder of blackmailing reporter Jeff Mann is blamed on him. Not only does the real murderer seem one step ahead of him as Lamont ... See full summary »
Directors: Phil Karlson, William Beaudine | Stars: Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler, Dorothea Kent
Votes: 228
100. Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Music, Musical
Based on a current (1946) radio series with a live audience. It is the story of some of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.
Director: Harold D. Schuster | Stars: Tom Breneman, Bonita Granville, Beulah Bondi, Edward Ryan
Votes: 330
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