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Pride and Prejudice (1940) Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice, and misunderstandings

Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944) Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Since her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, Theo is unsure of commitment. Without much thought, she finally accepts ...

Beautiful But Dangerous (1955) Rome, 1905. Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques". Sergei finds

Naughty Marietta (1935) Princess Marie de Namours de la Bonfain is a beautiful, young, sophisticated French princess of 23, who finds more worth in true love than a title. On the eve of her arranged marriage, to a Spanish-grandee, whom she doesn't love, her maid, Marietta comes to her to say farewel

In the Good Old Summertime (1949) It's turn of the century America when Andrew and Veronica first meet - by crashing into each other. They develop an instant and mutual dislike which intensifies when, later on, Andrew is forced to hire Veronica as a saleslady at Oberkugen's music store. What the two

Ziegfeld Girl 1941 Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girls life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by

New Moon (1940) Marianne de Beaumaniour is on her way to New Orleans from Paris to inspect the plantation she inherited from her uncle. On the ship with her are bondsmen, that are to be sold for slavery. Charles, Duc de Villiers, a political enemy of the king, is also aboard posing as a bondsman. Ch

A Tale of Two Cities (1935) An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay fro

When Ladies Meet (1933) Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.

B.F.s Daughter (1948) Polly Fulton is the only daughter of rich industrialist B.F. Fulton. She is about to marry the man of her dreams, attorney Robert Tasmin, when she meets the intellectual Thomas Brett. They fall in love and soon they marry. Brett has always been opposed to the lavish lifestyle o

Nancy Goes to Rio (1950) A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.

The Divorcee (1930) Jerry and Ted are young, in love, and part of the New York 'in-crowd'. Jerry's decision to marry Ted crushes a yearning Paul. Distraught Paul gets drunk and wrecks his car, disfiguring young Dorothy's face in the process. Out of pity, Paul marries Dorothy. Years later, the appare

Broadway Serenade (1939) Mary Hale (a singer) and Jimmy Seymour (pianist/composer), are a show biz couple working in The Big Apple in small night clubs hoping to hit it big. One night, Larry Bryant (a Broadway producer) spots Mary and is taken with her beauty and golden voice. Larry Bryant asks her

Grounds for Marriage (1951) Opera singer Ina Massine tries to win back former husband Dr. Lincoln I. Bartlett.

Everything I Have Is Yours (1952) Pregnancy forces one half of a married song- and- dance team to find a new Broadway partner.

Five and Ten (1931) John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart due to his constant working. Wife and mother Jenny is lonely. Son Avery hates his job. Daughter Jennifer is snub

The Great Ziegfeld 1936 At the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more s

Maytime (1937) An elderly Miss Morrison recounts her life as the once young and beautiful opera singer Marcia Morney-then the toast of Napoleon III's Paris. One evening, she encounters an American voice student, Paul Allison, and the two unexpectedly fall in love. Unfortunately for her, she has alre

The Delicious Little Devil 1919 A poor hat check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman The boys father, believing her to be after the familys money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she rea