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My Favorite Wife (1940) Ellen Arden arrives 7 years after being given up for dead in a shipwreck, to find her husband Nick just remarried to Bianca. The overjoyed Nick awkwardly tries to break the news gently to Bianca. But before he can do that, an unpleasant surprise--news that Ellen has spent the

Thirteen Women (1932) Thirteen women who were schoolmates send to a swami for their horoscopes. Little do they realize that Ursula, a half-breed Asian, is using her hypnotic powers over the swami and them to lead them or their families to their deaths. It seems that she too went to their school, but

Love Affair 1939 A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship They arrange to reunite six months later, after he has had a chance to earn a decent living

Cimarron (1931) When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom tow

A Guy Named Joe (1943) Maj. Pete Sandidge is a very able pilot who seems to have a streak of luck as far as flying goes. World War II is raging and Pete has come out of it pretty so far. He even has a beautiful girlfriend Dorinda Durston, herself a qualified pilot who ferries aircraft to different b

Roberta (1935) Football player John Kent tags along as Huck Haines and the Wabash Indianians travel to an engagement in Paris, only to lose it immediately. John and company visit his aunt, owner of a posh fashion house run by her assistant, Stephanie. There they meet the singer Scharwenka (alias Huc

The Awful Truth (1937) Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other's plans for remarriage, Jerry to haughty socialite Barbara Vance, she to oil-rich bumpkin Daniel Leeson. Among their strategies: Jerry's court-decreed visitation rights with Mr. S

Penny Serenade (1941) As Julie prepares to leave her husband Roger, she begins to play through a stack of recordings, each of which reminds her of events in their lives together. One of them is the song that was playing when she and Roger first met in a music store. Other songs remind her of their c

Magnificent Obsession (1935) The life of spoiled rich Robert Merrick is saved through the use of a hospital's only resuscitator, but because the medical device cannot be in two places at once, it results in the death of Dr. Hudson, a selfless, brilliant surgeon and generous philanthropist. Merrick f

Show Boat (1936) Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. She is best friends with the show boat's star, Julie LaV

The Age of Innocence (1934) An engaged attorney and a divorcee fall for each other in 1870s Manhattan.

Life with Father (1947) In late nineteenth century New York a Wall Street broker likes to think his house runs his way, but finds himself constantly bemused at how much of what happens is down to his wife. His children are also stretching their wings, discovering girls and making money out of patent

Back Street (1932) A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Anna and the King of Siam 1946 In 1862, young English widow Anna Owens Irene Dunne accepts the job of teaching the royal children of Siam On her arrival in Bangkok, culture clash is immediate King Mongkut Sir Rex Harrison respects Anna for standing up to him, though this appalls his courtiers In due

Stingaree (1934) A young woman is seduced by a charismatic highwayman who offers her promises of fame as a singer in exchange for romance.

Over 21 (1945) Max Wharton, 39, is the editor of the New York Bulletin -- or he was, until he announces that he's quitting to join the army. Robert Gow, who owns the paper, is furious. But Wharton wants more than anything to be close to the war. And his wife, Polly, wants to be close to him. And so

When Tomorrow Comes 1939 Romance and heartbreak walk hand in hand when Philip Chagal accidentally meets Helen Lawrence in a restaurant where she is a waitress Unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness, he is attracted to her and they make a date to go sailing, arriving at Philips

High, Wide and Handsome 1937 The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they find themselves stranded Theyre taken in by Mrs Cortlandt and her grandson, Peter, who is tryi

Lady in a Jam 1942 Jane Palmer is suspected of insanity after squandering her inheritance, and a young psychiatrist, Dr Enright, is assigned to her case Posing as her chauffeur, he drives her out west to her rich grandmother, from whom Jane hopes to recoup her fortune The grandmother refuses her mon