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A list of American films released in
1942.
Bob Hope hosted the
15th Academy Awards ceremony at the
Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. The winner of the
Outstanding Motion Picture (later: Best Picture) category was
MGM's
Mrs. Miniver.
The other nine nominated pictures were
49th Parallel;
Kings Row;
The Magnificent Ambersons;
The Pied Piper;
The Pride of the Yankees;
Random Harvest;
The Talk of the Town;
Wake Island; and
Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Casablanca was released in 1942, but won its three Oscars in 1944.
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Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
A-Haunting We Will Go |
Alfred L. Werker |
Stan Laurel,
Oliver Hardy,
Dante the Magician,
Sheila Ryan |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Across the Pacific |
John Huston |
Humphrey Bogart,
Mary Astor,
Sydney Greenstreet,
Charles Halton |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
The Adventures of Martin Eden |
Sidney Salkow |
Glenn Ford,
Claire Trevor,
Evelyn Keyes |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine |
Bernard Vorhaus |
Dennis O'Keefe,
Ruth Terry,
Gloria Dickson |
Mystery |
Republic
|
The Affairs of Martha |
Jules Dassin |
Marsha Hunt,
Richard Carlson,
Marjorie Main |
Romance |
MGM
|
Alias Boston Blackie |
Lew Landers |
Chester Morris,
Adele Mara,
George E. Stone |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
All Through the Night |
Vincent Sherman |
Humphrey Bogart,
Conrad Veidt,
Kaaren Verne |
Thriller |
Warner Bros.
|
Almost Married |
Charles Lamont |
Jane Frazee,
Robert Paige,
Eugene Pallette |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Along the Sundown Trail |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd,
Lee Powell,
Julie Duncan |
Western |
PRC
|
Always in My Heart |
Jo Graham |
Kay Francis,
Walter Huston,
Gloria Warren |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
American Empire |
William C. McGann |
Richard Dix,
Leo Carrillo,
Preston Foster,
Frances Gifford |
Western |
Paramount
|
Andy Hardy's Double Life |
George B. Seitz |
Lewis Stone,
Mickey Rooney,
Fay Holden |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Apache Trail |
Richard Thorpe |
Lloyd Nolan,
Donna Reed,
Ann Ayars |
Western |
MGM
|
Arabian Nights |
John Rawlins |
Maria Montez,
Jon Hall,
Sabu |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Are Husbands Necessary? |
Norman Taurog |
Ray Milland,
Betty Field,
Patricia Morison |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Arizona Roundup |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Tom Keene,
Frank Yaconelli |
Western |
Monogram
|
Arizona Stage Coach |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan,
Max Terhune,
Nell O'Day |
Western |
Monogram
|
Arizona Terrors |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry,
Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
Army Surgeon |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Jane Wyatt,
James Ellison,
Kent Taylor |
Drama |
RKO
|
Atlantic Convoy |
Lew Landers |
Bruce Bennett,
Virginia Field,
Larry Parks,
Lloyd Bridges |
War |
Columbia
|
Baby Face Morgan |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Mary Carlisle,
Richard Cromwell,
Robert Armstrong |
Comedy crime |
PRC
|
Bad Men of the Hills |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Russell Hayden,
Luana Walters |
Western |
Columbia
|
Bambi |
David Hand |
|
Animated |
RKO,
Disney
|
Bandit Ranger |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt,
Joan Barclay |
Western |
RKO
|
The Bashful Bachelor |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Lum and Abner,
ZaSu Pitts |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Behind the Eight Ball |
Edward F. Cline |
Carol Bruce,
Dick Foran |
Comedy |
Universal Pictures
|
Bells of Capistrano |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry,
Virginia Grey |
Western |
Republic
|
Below the Border |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones,
Tim McCoy,
Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
Berlin Correspondent |
Eugene Forde |
Virginia Gilmore,
Dana Andrews,
Mona Maris |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
Between Us Girls |
Henry Koster |
Diana Barrymore,
Robert Cummings,
Kay Francis |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Beyond the Blue Horizon |
Alfred Santell |
Dorothy Lamour,
Richard Denning,
Patricia Morison |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
The Big Shot |
Lewis Seiler |
Humphrey Bogart,
Irene Manning |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
The Big Street |
Irving Reis |
Henry Fonda,
Lucille Ball,
Barton MacLane |
Drama |
RKO
|
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe,
Al St. John,
Joan Barclay |
Western |
PRC
|
Billy the Kid Trapped |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe,
Anne Jeffreys |
Western |
PRC
|
Black Dragons |
William Nigh |
Bela Lugosi,
Joan Barclay,
Robert Frazer |
Thriller |
Monogram
|
The Black Swan |
Henry King |
Tyrone Power,
Maureen O'Hara,
Laird Cregar |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
Blondie's Blessed Event |
Frank R. Strayer |
Penny Singleton,
Arthur Lake,
Jonathan Hale |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Blondie Goes to College |
Frank R. Strayer |
Penny Singleton,
Arthur Lake,
Janet Blair |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Blondie for Victory |
Frank R. Strayer |
Penny Singleton,
Arthur Lake,
Stuart Erwin |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Blue, White and Perfect |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan,
Mary Beth Hughes,
Helene Reynolds |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
Bombay Clipper |
John Rawlins |
William Gargan,
Maria Montez,
Irene Hervey |
Thriller |
Universal
|
Bombs Over Burma |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Anna May Wong,
Noel Madison |
War |
PRC
|
The Boogie Man Will Get You |
Lew Landers |
Boris Karloff |
Comedy Horror |
Columbia
|
Boot Hill Bandits |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan,
Max Terhune,
Jean Brooks |
Western |
Monogram
|
Border Roundup |
Sam Newfield |
George F. Houston,
Dennis Moore |
Western |
PRC
|
Born to Sing |
Edward Ludwig |
Virginia Weidler,
Douglas McPhail |
Musical |
MGM
|
The Boss of Big Town |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Florence Rice,
John Litel,
H. B. Warner |
Crime |
PRC
|
Boss of Hangtown Mesa |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Johnny Mack Brown,
Fuzzy Knight,
William Farnum |
Western |
Universal
|
Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood |
Michael Gordon |
Chester Morris,
Constance Worth |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
Bowery at Midnight |
Wallace Fox |
Bela Lugosi,
John Archer,
Wanda McKay |
Horror |
Monogram
|
Broadway |
William A. Seiter |
George Raft,
Pat O'Brien,
Janet Blair |
Crime musical |
Universal
|
Broadway Big Shot |
William Beaudine |
Ralph Byrd,
Virginia Vale,
Herbert Rawlinson |
Drama |
PRC
|
Brooklyn Orchid |
Kurt Neumann |
William Bendix,
Grace Bradley |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
The Bugle Sounds |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Wallace Beery,
Marjorie Main,
Donna Reed |
War |
MGM
|
Bullet Scars |
D. Ross Lederman |
Regis Toomey,
Howard Da Silva,
Adele Longmire |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Bullets for Bandits |
Wallace Fox |
Tex Ritter,
Wild Bill Elliott |
Western |
Columbia
|
Busses Roar |
D. Ross Lederman |
Richard Travis,
Julie Bishop,
Eleanor Parker |
Crime drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Butch Minds the Baby |
Albert S. Rogell |
Virginia Bruce,
Broderick Crawford,
Dick Foran |
Comedy |
Universal
|
C-D
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Cadets on Parade |
Lew Landers |
Freddie Bartholomew,
Jimmy Lydon,
Raymond Hatton |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Cairo |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Jeanette MacDonald,
Robert Young,
Lionel Atwill |
Comedy thriller |
MGM
|
Call of the Canyon |
Joseph Santley |
Gene Autry,
Ruth Terry |
Western |
Republic
|
Call Out the Marines |
Frank Ryan |
Victor McLaglen,
Edmund Lowe,
Binnie Barnes |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Calling Dr. Gillespie |
Harold S. Bucquet |
Lionel Barrymore,
Donna Reed |
Drama |
MGM
|
Canal Zone |
Lew Landers |
Chester Morris,
Harriet Nelson,
Larry Parks |
Action |
Columbia
|
Captains of the Clouds |
Michael Curtiz |
James Cagney,
Dennis Morgan,
Brenda Marshall |
War |
Warner Bros.
|
Careful, Soft Shoulders |
Oliver H. P. Garrett |
Virginia Bruce,
James Ellison,
Sheila Ryan |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Casablanca |
Michael Curtiz |
Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman,
Claude Rains,
Paul Henreid,
Dooley Wilson,
Peter Lorre |
Drama, Romance |
Warner Bros.; Academy Award Best Picture in 1943
|
Castle in the Desert |
Harry Lachman |
Sidney Toler,
Arleen Whelan |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
Cat People |
Jacques Tourneur |
Simone Simon,
Kent Smith,
Jane Randolph |
Horror |
RKO;
|
China Girl |
Henry Hathaway |
Gene Tierney,
George Montgomery,
Lynn Bari |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
City of Silent Men |
William Nigh |
Frank Albertson,
June Lang,
Jan Wiley |
Crime |
PRC
|
A Close Call for Ellery Queen |
James P. Hogan |
William Gargan,
Margaret Lindsay,
Kay Linaker |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
Code of the Outlaw |
John English |
Bob Steele,
Tom Tyler |
Western |
Republic
|
Come on Danger |
Edward Killy |
Tim Holt,
Ray Whitley |
Western |
RKO
|
Commandos Strike at Dawn |
John Farrow |
Paul Muni,
Anna Lee,
Lillian Gish |
War |
Columbia
|
The Corpse Vanishes |
Wallace Fox |
Bela Lugosi,
Luana Walters |
Horror |
Monogram
|
Counter-Espionage |
Edward Dmytryk |
Warren William,
Forrest Tucker,
Hillary Brooke |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
The Courtship of Andy Hardy |
George B. Seitz |
Lewis Stone,
Mickey Rooney,
Cecilia Parker,
Donna Reed |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Cowboy Serenade |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry,
Fay McKenzie |
Western |
Republic
|
Criminal Investigator |
Jean Yarbrough |
Robert Lowery,
Edith Fellows,
John Miljan |
Mystery |
Monogram
|
Crossroads |
Jack Conway |
William Powell,
Hedy Lamarr,
Claire Trevor |
Mystery |
MGM
|
The Cyclone Kid |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry,
Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
Danger in the Pacific |
Lewis D. Collins |
Don Terry,
Louise Allbritton |
Spy |
Universal
|
Daring Young Man |
Frank R. Strayer |
Joe E. Brown,
Marguerite Chapman,
William Wright |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
A Date with the Falcon |
Irving Reis |
George Sanders,
Wendy Barrie,
Allen Jenkins |
Mystery |
RKO
|
The Dawn Express |
Albert Herman |
Michael Whalen,
Anne Nagel,
Constance Worth |
Thriller |
PRC
|
Dawn on the Great Divide |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones,
Mona Barrie,
Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
Deep in the Heart of Texas |
Elmer Clifton |
Johnny Mack Brown,
Tex Ritter,
Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen |
James P. Hogan |
William Gargan,
Margaret Lindsay,
John Litel |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
Desperate Journey |
Raoul Walsh |
Errol Flynn,
Ronald Reagan,
Raymond Massey |
War |
Warner Bros.
|
Destination Unknown |
Ray Taylor |
William Gargan,
Irene Hervey,
Turhan Bey |
Thriller |
Universal
|
The Devil's Trail |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott,
Tex Ritter,
Noah Beery |
Western |
Monogram
|
Don't Get Personal |
Charles Lamont |
Jane Frazee,
Anne Gwynne |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Down Rio Grande Way |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Russell Hayden |
Western |
Columbia
|
Down Texas Way |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones,
Tim McCoy,
Luana Walters |
Western |
Monogram
|
Dr. Broadway |
Anthony Mann |
Macdonald Carey,
Jean Phillips |
Mystery |
Paramount
|
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant |
Willis Goldbeck |
Lionel Barrymore,
Van Johnson,
Susan Peters |
Drama |
MGM
|
Dr. Kildare's Victory |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Lew Ayres,
Ann Ayars,
Lionel Barrymore |
Drama |
MGM
|
Dr. Renault's Secret |
Harry Lachman |
J. Carrol Naish,
George Zucco,
Lynne Roberts |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
Drums of the Congo |
Christy Cabanne |
Ona Munson,
Stuart Erwin,
Peggy Moran |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Duke of the Navy |
William Beaudine |
Ralph Byrd,
Stubby Kruger,
Veda Ann Borg |
Comedy |
PRC
|
E-F
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Eagle Squadron |
Arthur Lubin |
Robert Stack,
Diana Barrymore |
War |
Universal
|
Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen |
James P. Hogan |
William Gargan,
Gale Sondergaard,
Margaret Lindsay |
Mystery |
Columbia
|
Escape from Crime |
D. Ross Lederman |
Richard Travis,
Jackie Gleason,
Julie Bishop |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
Escape from Hong Kong |
William Nigh |
Marjorie Lord,
Leo Carrillo |
Mystery |
Universal
|
Eyes in the Night |
Fred Zinnemann |
Edward Arnold,
Ann Harding,
Donna Reed |
Mystery |
MGM
|
Eyes of the Underworld |
Roy William Neill |
Richard Dix,
Wendy Barrie,
Don Porter |
Drama |
Universal
|
The Falcon's Brother |
Stanley Logan |
George Sanders,
Tom Conway,
Jane Randolph |
Mystery |
RKO
|
The Falcon Takes Over |
Irving Reis |
George Sanders,
Lynn Bari,
Allen Jenkins |
Mystery |
RKO
|
Fall In |
Kurt Neumann |
William Tracy,
Jean Porter |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Fingers at the Window |
Charles Lederer |
Lew Ayres,
Laraine Day,
Basil Rathbone |
Mystery |
MGM
|
The Fleet's In |
Victor Schertzinger |
Dorothy Lamour,
William Holden,
Betty Hutton |
Musical |
Paramount
|
Flight Lieutenant |
Sidney Salkow |
Pat O'Brien,
Glenn Ford,
Evelyn Keyes |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Fly-by-Night |
Robert Siodmak |
Richard Carlson,
Nancy Kelly,
Albert Bassermann |
Thriller |
Paramount
|
Flying Tigers |
David Miller |
John Wayne,
John Carroll,
Anna Lee |
War |
Republic
|
Flying with Music |
George Archainbaud |
Marjorie Woodworth,
George Givot |
Musical |
United Artists
|
Footlight Serenade |
Gregory Ratoff |
Betty Grable,
John Payne,
Victor Mature |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Foreign Agent |
William Beaudine |
John Shelton,
Gale Storm,
Ivan Lebedeff |
Crime drama |
Monogram
|
The Forest Rangers |
George Marshall |
Fred MacMurray,
Susan Hayward,
Paulette Goddard |
Drama |
Paramount
|
For Me and My Gal |
Busby Berkeley |
Judy Garland,
Gene Kelly |
Musical |
MGM
|
Four Jacks and a Jill |
Jack Hively |
Ray Bolger,
Desi Arnaz,
June Havoc,
Anne Shirley |
Musical |
RKO
|
Freckles Comes Home |
Jean Yarbrough |
Gale Storm,
Johnny Downs,
Mantan Moreland |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Friendly Enemies |
Allan Dwan |
Charles Winninger,
Charles Ruggles,
Nancy Kelly |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Frisco Lil |
Erle C. Kenton |
Irene Hervey,
Kent Taylor,
Jerome Cowan |
Drama |
Universal
|
G-H
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Gallant Lady |
William Beaudine |
Rose Hobart,
Jane Novak
Sidney Blackmer |
Drama |
PRC
|
The Gay Sisters |
Irving Rapper |
Barbara Stanwyck,
George Brent,
Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
A Gentleman After Dark |
Edwin L. Marin |
Miriam Hopkins,
Brian Donlevy,
Preston Foster |
Crime |
United Artists
|
A Gentleman at Heart |
Ray McCarey |
Cesar Romero,
Carole Landis,
Milton Berle |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Gentleman Jim |
Raoul Walsh |
Errol Flynn,
Alexis Smith,
Alan Hale |
Bio-pic |
Warner Bros.
|
George Washington Slept Here |
William Keighley |
Jack Benny,
Ann Sheridan,
Charles Coburn |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Get Hep to Love |
Charles Lamont |
Gloria Jean,
Donald O'Connor,
Jane Frazee,
Peggy Ryan |
Musical comedy |
Universal
|
The Ghost of Frankenstein |
Erle C. Kenton |
Lon Chaney Jr.,
Cedric Hardwicke,
Ralph Bellamy |
Horror |
Universal
|
Ghost Town Law |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones,
Tim McCoy,
Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
The Girl from Alaska |
Nick Grinde |
Jean Parker,
Ray Middleton,
Jerome Cowan |
Western |
Republic
|
Girl Trouble |
Harold D. Schuster |
Don Ameche,
Joan Bennett |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Girls' Town |
Victor Halperin |
Edith Fellows,
June Storey,
Alice White,
Anna Q. Nilsson |
Drama |
PRC
|
Give Out, Sisters |
Edward F. Cline |
The Andrews Sisters,
Dan Dailey,
Donald O'Connor |
Musical |
Universal
|
The Glass Key |
Stuart Heisler |
Alan Ladd,
Veronica Lake,
Brian Donlevy,
William Bendix |
Film noir |
Paramount; remake of
1935 film
|
Grand Central Murder |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Van Heflin,
Cecilia Parker,
Virginia Grey |
Mystery |
MGM
|
The Great Gildersleeve |
Gordon Douglas |
Harold Peary,
Jane Darwell |
Comedy |
RKO
|
The Great Man's Lady |
William A. Wellman |
Barbara Stanwyck,
Joel McCrea,
Brian Donlevy |
Western |
Paramount
|
The Great Impersonation |
John Rawlins |
Ralph Bellamy,
Evelyn Ankers,
Kaaren Verne |
Drama |
Universal
|
Halfway to Shanghai |
John Rawlins |
Kent Taylor,
Irene Hervey,
Henry Stephenson |
Adventure |
Universal
|
Hay Foot |
Fred Guiol |
William Tracy,
Joe Sawyer,
Elyse Knox |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Heart of the Golden West |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Ruth Terry,
Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Republic
|
Heart of the Rio Grande |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry,
Fay McKenzie,
Edith Fellows |
Western |
Republic
|
Hello, Annapolis |
Lew Landers |
Tom Brown,
Jean Parker,
Larry Parks |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Henry Aldrich, Editor |
Hugh Bennett |
Jimmy Lydon,
Olive Blakeney,
Rita Quigley |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Henry and Dizzy |
Hugh Bennett |
Jimmy Lydon,
Mary Anderson,
John Litel |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Her Cardboard Lover |
George Cukor |
Norma Shearer,
Robert Taylor,
George Sanders |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Here We Go Again |
Allan Dwan |
Jim Jordan,
Marian Jordan,
Edgar Bergen |
Comedy |
RKO
|
The Hidden Hand |
Benjamin Stoloff |
Craig Stevens,
Elisabeth Fraser,
Julie Bishop |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Highways by Night |
Peter Godfrey |
Richard Carlson,
Jane Randolph,
Barton MacLane |
Drama |
RKO
|
Hi, Neighbor |
Charles Lamont |
Jean Parker
John Archer,
Janet Beecher |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg |
Roy Mack |
Bud Duncan,
Edgar Kennedy,
Cliff Nazarro |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Hitler – Dead or Alive |
Nick Grinde |
Ward Bond,
Dorothy Tree,
Warren Hymer |
Thriller |
Independent
|
Holiday Inn |
Mark Sandrich |
Bing Crosby,
Fred Astaire,
Marjorie Reynolds,
Virginia Dale |
Musical |
Paramount
|
Home in Wyomin' |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry,
Fay McKenzie |
Western |
Republic
|
House of Errors |
Bernard B. Ray |
Harry Langdon,
Marian Marsh,
Betty Blythe |
Comedy |
PRC
|
I-J
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
I Live on Danger |
Sam White |
Chester Morris,
Jean Parker |
Suspense |
Paramount
|
I Married a Witch |
René Clair |
Veronica Lake,
Fredric March,
Susan Hayward |
Romantic comedy |
United Artists
|
I Married an Angel |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Jeanette MacDonald,
Nelson Eddy |
Musical |
MGM
|
I Was Framed |
D. Ross Lederman |
Julie Bishop,
Tod Andrews |
Mystery |
Warner Bros.
|
Ice-Capades Revue |
Bernard Vorhaus |
Ellen Drew,
Richard Denning,
Jerry Colonna |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Iceland |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Sonja Henie,
John Payne,
Jack Oakie |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
In Old California |
William C. McGann |
John Wayne,
Binnie Barnes,
Albert Dekker |
Western |
Republic
|
In This Our Life |
John Huston |
Bette Davis,
Olivia de Havilland,
George Brent |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Invisible Agent |
Edwin L. Marin |
Ilona Massey,
Jon Hall,
Peter Lorre |
War |
Universal
|
Inside the Law |
Hamilton MacFadden |
Wallace Ford,
Luana Walters |
Crime comedy |
PRC
|
Isle of Missing Men |
Richard Oswald |
John Howard,
Helen Gilbert,
Gilbert Roland |
Drama |
Monogram
|
It Happened in Flatbush |
Ray McCarey |
Lloyd Nolan,
Carole Landis,
Sara Allgood |
Sports comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
It's All True |
Orson Welles,
Norman Foster |
|
Unfinished film |
shot in South America
|
Jackass Mail |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Wallace Beery,
Marjorie Main,
J. Carrol Naish |
Western |
MGM
|
Jail House Blues |
Albert S. Rogell |
Nat Pendleton,
Anne Gwynne,
Robert Paige |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Jesse James, Jr. |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry,
Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
Joan of Ozark |
Joseph Santley |
Judy Canova,
Joe E. Brown,
Jerome Cowan |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Joan of Paris |
Robert Stevenson |
Michèle Morgan,
Paul Henreid,
Laird Cregar |
War |
RKO
|
Joe Smith, American |
Richard Thorpe |
Robert Young,
Marsha Hunt |
Drama |
MGM
|
Johnny Doughboy |
John H. Auer |
Jane Withers,
Ruth Donnelly,
Henry Wilcoxon |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Johnny Eager |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Robert Taylor,
Lana Turner |
Film noir |
MGM
|
Journey for Margaret |
W. S. Van Dyke |
Robert Young,
Laraine Day,
Fay Bainter,
Nigel Bruce |
Drama |
MGM
|
Juke Box Jenny |
Harold Young |
Ken Murray,
Harriet Hilliard,
Iris Adrian |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Juke Girl |
Curtis Bernhardt |
Ann Sheridan,
Ronald Reagan,
Gene Lockhart |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Jungle Book |
Zoltan Korda |
Sabu,
Joseph Calleia |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
Jungle Siren |
Sam Newfield |
Ann Corio,
Buster Crabbe,
Arno Frey |
Adventure |
PRC
|
Junior Army |
Lew Landers |
Freddie Bartholomew,
Billy Halop,
Huntz Hall |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Just Off Broadway |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan,
Marjorie Weaver,
Phil Silvers |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
K-L
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Kid Glove Killer |
Fred Zinnemann |
Van Heflin,
Marsha Hunt |
Crime |
MGM
|
King of the Mounties |
William Witney |
Allan Lane,
Peggy Drake |
Action |
Republic
|
King of the Stallions |
Edward Finney |
Dave O'Brien,
Rick Vallin,
Chief Thundercloud |
Western |
Monogram
|
Kings Row |
Sam Wood |
Ann Sheridan,
Ronald Reagan,
Robert Cummings |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; nominated Academy Award for Best Picture
|
Klondike Fury |
William K. Howard |
Edmund Lowe,
Lucile Fairbanks,
Ralph Morgan |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
Lady for a Night |
Leigh Jason |
John Wayne,
Joan Blondell,
Ray Middleton |
Drama |
Republic
|
Lady from Chungking |
William Nigh |
Anna May Wong,
Harold Huber,
Mae Clarke |
War |
PRC
|
Lady Gangster |
Robert Florey |
Faye Emerson,
Julie Bishop |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
The Lady Has Plans |
Sidney Lanfield |
Paulette Goddard,
Ray Milland,
Roland Young |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Lady in a Jam |
Gregory LaCava |
Irene Dunne,
Ralph Bellamy,
Patric Knowles |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Lady Is Willing |
Mitchell Leisen |
Marlene Dietrich,
Fred MacMurray |
Comedy |
Columbia; Remake of
1934 film
|
Land of the Open Range |
Edward Killy |
Tim Holt,
Janet Waldo |
Western |
RKO
|
Larceny, Inc. |
Lloyd Bacon |
Edward G. Robinson,
Jane Wyman,
Broderick Crawford |
Crime Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Laugh Your Blues Away |
Charles Barton |
Jinx Falkenburg,
Bert Gordon,
Isobel Elsom |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Law and Order |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe,
Al St. John,
Wanda McKay |
Western |
PRC
|
Law of the Jungle |
Jean Yarbrough |
Arline Judge,
John King, |
Drama |
Monogram
|
Lawless Plainsmen |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Russell Hayden,
Luana Walters |
Western |
Columbia
|
Let's Get Tough! |
Wallace Fox |
East Side Kids,
Florence Rice |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty |
Irving Pichel |
Ida Lupino,
Monty Woolley,
Cornel Wilde |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Little Joe, the Wrangler |
Lewis D. Collins |
Johnny Mack Brown,
Tex Ritter,
Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
Little Tokyo, U.S.A. |
Otto Brower |
Preston Foster,
Brenda Joyce,
June Duprez |
Thriller |
20th Century Fox
|
The Living Ghost |
William Beaudine |
James Dunn,
Joan Woodbury |
Suspense |
Monogram
|
The Lone Prairie |
William Berke |
Russell Hayden,
Dub Taylor |
Western |
Columbia
|
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne |
Sam Newfield |
George Houston,
Al St. John,
Dennis Moore |
Western |
PRC
|
Lone Star Ranger |
James Tinling |
John Kimbrough,
Sheila Ryan |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
The Lone Star Vigilantes |
Wallace Fox |
Wild Bill Elliott,
Tex Ritter,
Luana Walters |
Western |
Columbia
|
Lost Canyon |
Lesley Selander |
William Boyd,
Lola Lane |
Western |
United Artists |
|
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe |
Harry Lachman |
Linda Darnell,
Shepperd Strudwick,
Virginia Gilmore |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Lucky Ghost |
William Beaudine |
Mantan Moreland,
F. E. Miller |
Comedy |
Independent
|
Lucky Jordan |
Frank Tuttle |
Alan Ladd,
Helen Walker,
Sheldon Leonard |
Comedy thriller |
Paramount
|
Lucky Legs |
Charles Barton |
Jinx Falkenburg,
Leslie Brooks,
Russell Hayden |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Lure of the Islands |
Jean Yarbrough |
Margie Hart,
Robert Lowery,
Gale Storm |
Adventure |
Monogram
|
M-N
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
The Mad Doctor of Market Street |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Lionel Atwill,
Anne Nagel,
Claire Dodd,
Una Merkel |
Horror |
Universal
|
The Mad Martindales |
Alfred L. Werker |
Jane Withers,
Marjorie Weaver,
Alan Mowbray |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
The Mad Monster |
Sam Newfield |
George Zucco,
Anne Nagel,
Glenn Strange |
Horror |
PRC
|
Madame Spy |
Roy William Neill |
Constance Bennett,
Don Porter,
John Litel |
Spy |
Universal
|
The Magnificent Ambersons |
Orson Welles |
Joseph Cotten,
Anne Baxter,
Dolores Costello,
Agnes Moorehead,
Tim Holt |
Drama,
Romance |
RKO
|
The Magnificent Dope |
Walter Lang |
Henry Fonda,
Lynn Bari,
Don Ameche |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
The Major and the Minor |
Billy Wilder |
Ginger Rogers,
Ray Milland,
Rita Johnson |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
The Male Animal |
Elliott Nugent |
Henry Fonda,
Olivia de Havilland,
Joan Leslie |
Romantic comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
Man from Cheyenne |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Sally Payne |
Western |
Republic
|
Man from Headquarters |
Jean Yarbrough |
Frank Albertson,
Joan Woodbury,
Byron Foulger |
Comedy crime |
Monogram
|
The Man in the Trunk |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Lynne Roberts,
Raymond Walburn,
J. Carrol Naish |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
William Keighley |
Monty Woolley,
Bette Davis,
Ann Sheridan,
Billie Burke |
Comedy |
Warner Bros.
|
The Man Who Returned to Life |
Lew Landers |
Lucile Fairbanks,
John Howard |
Drama |
Columbia
|
The Man Who Wouldn't Die |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan,
Marjorie Weaver,
Henry Wilcoxon |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
Man with Two Lives |
Phil Rosen |
Edward Norris,
Marlo Dwyer |
Fantasy thriller |
Monogram
|
A Man's World |
Charles Barton |
William Wright,
Marguerite Chapman,
Larry Parks,
Wynne Gibson |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
Manila Calling |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan,
Carole Landis,
Cornel Wilde |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Maisie Gets Her Man |
Roy Del Ruth |
Ann Sothern,
Red Skelton,
Allen Jenkins |
Comedy |
MGM
|
The Mayor of 44th Street |
Alfred E. Green |
George Murphy,
Anne Shirley,
Richard Barthelmess |
Comedy |
RKO
|
The McGuerins from Brooklyn |
Kurt Neumann |
William Bendix,
Grace Bradley |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Meet the Stewarts |
Alfred E. Green |
William Holden,
Frances Dee |
Comedy |
Columbia
[1]
|
Men of San Quentin |
William Beaudine |
Eleanor Stewart,
Dick Curtis |
Crime drama |
PRC
|
Men of Texas |
Ray Enright |
Robert Stack,
Jackie Cooper,
Broderick Crawford |
Western |
Universal
|
Mexican Spitfire at Sea |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lupe Vélez,
Leon Errol,
Zasu Pitts |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lupe Vélez,
Buddy Rogers,
Elisabeth Risdon |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant |
Leslie Goodwins |
Lupe Vélez,
Walter Reed,
Elisabeth Risdon |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Miss Annie Rooney |
Edwin L. Marin |
Shirley Temple,
Dickie Moore,
Guy Kibbee |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Miss V from Moscow |
Albert Herman |
Lola Lane,
Noel Madison,
Paul Weigel |
Spy drama |
PRC
|
Mississippi Gambler |
John Rawlins |
Kent Taylor,
Frances Langford,
John Litel |
Crime |
Universal
|
Mokey |
Wells Root |
Donna Reed,
Dan Dailey |
Drama |
MGM
|
Moonlight in Havana |
Anthony Mann |
Allan Jones,
Jane Frazee,
Marjorie Lord |
Drama |
Universal
|
Moonlight Masquerade |
John H. Auer |
Dennis O'Keefe,
Jane Frazee |
Comedy |
Republic
|
The Moon and Sixpence |
Albert Lewin |
George Sanders,
Herbert Marshall,
Elena Verdugo |
Drama |
United Artists
|
Moontide |
Archie Mayo |
Jean Gabin,
Ida Lupino,
Claude Rains |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Mr. and Mrs. North |
Robert B. Sinclair |
Gracie Allen,
Paul Kelly,
Rose Hobart |
Mystery |
MGM
|
Mr. Wise Guy |
William Nigh |
East Side Kids,
Billy Gilbert,
Joan Barclay |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Mrs. Miniver |
William Wyler |
Greer Garson,
Walter Pidgeon,
Teresa Wright |
War drama |
MGM; won 6
Oscars including Garson, Wright and Best Picture
|
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch |
Norman Taurog |
Fay Bainter,
Hugh Herbert |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Mug Town |
Ray Taylor |
Billy Halop,
Huntz Hall,
Grace McDonald |
Comedy |
Universal
|
The Mummy's Tomb |
Harold Young |
Lon Chaney Jr.,
Dick Foran,
Elyse Knox |
Horror |
Universal
|
Murder in the Big House |
B. Reeves Eason |
Van Johnson,
Faye Emerson |
Crime |
Warner Bros.
|
My Favorite Blonde |
Sidney Lanfield |
Bob Hope,
Madeleine Carroll,
Gale Sondergaard,
George Zucco |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
My Favorite Spy |
Tay Garnett |
Kay Kyser,
Ellen Drew,
Jane Wyman |
Comedy |
RKO
|
My Gal Sal |
Irving Cummings |
Rita Hayworth,
Victor Mature,
Carole Landis,
Phil Silvers |
Musical
biopic |
20th Century Fox
|
My Heart Belongs to Daddy |
Robert Siodmak |
Richard Carlson,
Martha O'Driscoll,
Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
My Sister Eileen |
Alexander Hall |
Rosalind Russell,
Brian Aherne
Janet Blair |
Comedy, Musical |
Columbia; Remade as
1955 film
|
The Mysterious Rider |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe,
Caroline Burke |
Western |
PRC
|
The Mystery of Marie Roget |
Phil Rosen |
Maria Montez,
Patric Knowles,
John Litel |
Suspense |
Universal
|
The Navy Comes Through |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Pat O'Brien,
George Murphy,
Jane Wyatt |
Drama |
RKO
|
Nazi Agent |
Jules Dassin |
Conrad Veidt,
Ann Ayars,
Frank Reicher |
Spy thriller |
MGM
|
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge |
Wallace Fox |
East Side Kids,
Ann Gillis |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
The Night Before the Divorce |
Robert Siodmak |
Lynn Bari,
Mary Beth Hughes,
Nils Asther |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Night in New Orleans |
William Clemens |
Patricia Morison,
Preston Foster,
Albert Dekker |
Mystery |
Paramount
|
Night Monster |
Ford Beebe |
Bela Lugosi
Lionel Atwill,
Irene Hervey |
Mystery horror |
Universal
|
Night Plane from Chungking |
Ralph Murphy |
Robert Preston |
War drama |
Paramount
|
A Night to Remember |
Richard Wallace |
Loretta Young,
Brian Aherne |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Nightmare |
Tim Whelan |
Diana Barrymore,
Brian Donlevy,
Henry Daniell |
Crime |
Universal Pictures
|
North of the Rockies |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott,
Shirley Patterson,
Larry Parks |
Western |
Columbia
|
North to the Klondike |
Erle C. Kenton |
Broderick Crawford,
Evelyn Ankers |
Western |
Universal
|
Northwest Rangers |
Joseph M. Newman |
William Lundigan,
Patricia Dane |
Drama |
MGM
|
Not a Ladies' Man |
Lew Landers |
Paul Kelly,
Fay Wray,
Douglas Croft |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Now, Voyager |
Irving Rapper |
Bette Davis,
Paul Henreid,
Claude Rains,
Gladys Cooper |
Drama |
Warner Bros.; won
Oscar for Music Score
|
O-P
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Obliging Young Lady |
Richard Wallace |
Joan Carroll,
Ruth Warrick,
Eve Arden |
Comedy |
RKO
|
The Old Chisholm Trail |
Elmer Clifton |
Johnny Mack Brown,
Tex Ritter,
Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
The Old Homestead |
Frank McDonald |
Anne Jeffreys,
Maris Wrixon |
Comedy |
Republic
|
The Omaha Trail |
Edward Buzzell |
James Craig,
Pamela Blake |
Western |
MGM
|
Once Upon a Honeymoon |
Leo McCarey |
Cary Grant,
Ginger Rogers,
Walter Slezak |
Romantic Comedy |
RKO
|
One Thrilling Night |
William Beaudine |
Wanda McKay,
John Beal |
Romantic Comedy |
Monogram
|
On the Sunny Side |
Harold D. Schuster |
Roddy McDowall,
Jane Darwell,
Katharine Alexander |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Orchestra Wives |
Archie Mayo |
Ann Rutherford,
George Montgomery,
Glenn Miller |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
Outlaws of Boulder Pass |
Sam Newfield |
George Houston,
Al St. John,
Dennis Moore |
Western |
PRC
|
Outlaws of Pine Ridge |
William Witney |
Don "Red" Barry,
Lynn Merrick,
Noah Beery |
Western |
Republic
|
Over My Dead Body |
Malcolm St. Clair |
Milton Berle,
Mary Beth Hughes,
Reginald Denny |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Overland to Deadwood |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Russell Hayden,
Leslie Brooks |
Western |
Columbia
|
Overland Stagecoach |
Sam Newfield |
Robert Livingston,
Al St. John,
Julie Duncan |
Western |
PRC
|
Pacific Rendezvous |
George Sidney |
Lee Bowman,
Jean Rogers,
Mona Maris |
Drama |
MGM
|
The Palm Beach Story |
Preston Sturges |
Claudette Colbert,
Joel McCrea,
Mary Astor,
Rudy Vallée |
Screwball Comedy |
Paramount
|
Panama Hattie |
Norman Z. McLeod |
Red Skelton,
Ann Sothern,
Marsha Hunt |
Musical |
MGM
|
The Panther's Claw |
William Beaudine |
Sidney Blackmer,
Rick Vallin,
Herbert Rawlinson |
Mystery |
PRC
|
Parachute Nurse |
Charles Barton |
Marguerite Chapman,
William Wright,
Louise Allbritton |
Drama |
Columbia
|
Pardon My Gun |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Alma Carroll |
Western |
Columbia; Remake of
1930 film
|
Pardon My Sarong |
Erle C. Kenton |
Abbott and Costello,
Virginia Bruce,
Lionel Atwill |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Pardon My Stripes |
John H. Auer |
Sheila Ryan,
William Henry,
Edgar Kennedy |
Comedy |
Republic
|
The Pay Off |
Arthur Dreifuss |
Lee Tracy,
Tom Brown,
Evelyn Brent |
Crime Drama |
PRC
[2]
|
Perils of Nyoka |
William Witney |
Kay Aldridge |
Action, Adventure |
Republic
|
Phantom Killer |
William Beaudine |
Dick Purcell,
Joan Woodbury |
Romance, Mystery |
Monogram
|
The Phantom Plainsmen |
John English |
Bob Steele,
Tom Tyler,
Lois Collier |
Western |
Republic
|
The Pied Piper |
Irving Pichel |
Monty Woolley,
Roddy McDowall,
Anne Baxter |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
Pierre of the Plains |
George B. Seitz |
Ruth Hussey,
Bruce Cabot,
Reginald Owen,
Evelyn Ankers |
Adventure |
MGM
|
Pirates of the Prairie |
Howard Bretherton |
Tim Holt,
Cliff Edwards,
Nell O'Day |
Western |
RKO
|
Pittsburgh |
Lewis Seiler |
John Wayne,
Marlene Dietrich,
Randolph Scott |
Drama |
Universal
|
Police Bullets |
Jean Yarbrough |
Joan Marsh,
John Archer |
Crime |
Monogram
|
The Postman Didn't Ring |
Harold D. Schuster |
Brenda Joyce,
Richard Travis,
Spencer Charters |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Powder Town |
Rowland V. Lee |
Edmond O'Brien,
Victor McLaglen,
June Havoc |
Drama |
RKO
|
Prairie Gunsmoke |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott,
Tex Ritter,
Virginia Carroll |
Western |
Columbia
|
Prairie Pals |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd,
Lee Powell |
Western |
PRC
|
The Pride of the Yankees |
Sam Wood |
Gary Cooper,
Teresa Wright,
Walter Brennan,
Babe Ruth |
Biopic,
Sports |
RKO;
|
Priorities on Parade |
Albert S. Rogell |
Ann Miller,
Johnnie Johnston,
Betty Jane Rhodes |
Musical |
Paramount
|
Prisoner of Japan |
Arthur Ripley |
Alan Baxter,
Gertrude Michael,
Corinna Mura |
Thriller |
PRC
|
Private Buckaroo |
Edward F. Cline |
The Andrews Sisters,
Harry James,
Joe E. Lewis |
Musical |
Universal
|
Private Snuffy Smith |
Edward F. Cline |
Bud Duncan,
Edgar Kennedy |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Q-R
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Queen of Broadway |
Sam Newfield |
Rochelle Hudson,
Buster Crabbe,
Paul Bryar |
Drama |
PRC
|
Quiet Please, Murder |
John Larkin |
George Sanders,
Gail Patrick,
Lynne Roberts |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Raiders of the Range |
John English |
Bob Steele,
Tom Tyler,
Lois Collier |
Western |
Republic
|
Raiders of the West |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd,
Lee Powell,
Virginia Carroll |
Western |
PRC
|
Random Harvest |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Ronald Colman,
Greer Garson |
Drama |
MGM; 7
Oscar nominations
|
The Rangers Take Over |
Albert Herman |
Dave O'Brien,
Guy Wilkerson,
Iris Meredith |
Western |
PRC
|
Reap the Wild Wind |
Cecil B. DeMille |
John Wayne,
Paulette Goddard,
Ray Milland |
Adventure |
Paramount
|
Red River Robin Hood |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt,
Cliff Edwards |
Western |
RKO
|
The Remarkable Andrew |
Stuart Heisler |
William Holden,
Brian Donlevy,
Ellen Drew |
Fantasy |
Paramount
|
Remember Pearl Harbor |
Joseph Santley |
Don "Red" Barry,
Fay McKenzie,
Sig Ruman |
War |
Republic
|
Reunion in France |
Jules Dassin |
Joan Crawford,
John Wayne,
Philip Dorn |
War Drama |
MGM
|
Rhythm Parade |
Howard Bretherton |
Nils Granlund,
Gale Storm,
Robert Lowery |
Musical |
Monogram
|
Ride 'Em Cowboy |
Arthur Lubin |
Abbott and Costello,
Anne Gwynne,
Dick Foran |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Riders of the Northland |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Russell Hayden,
Shirley Patterson |
Western |
Columbia
|
Riders of the West |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones,
Tim McCoy,
Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
Ridin' Down the Canyon |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Linda Hayes |
Western |
Republic
|
Riding the Wind |
Edward Killy |
Tim Holt,
Joan Barclay |
Western |
RKO
|
Riding Through Nevada |
William Berke |
Charles Starrett,
Shirley Patterson,
Arthur Hunnicutt |
Western |
Columbia
|
Right to the Heart |
Eugene Forde |
Brenda Joyce,
Stanley Clements,
Cobina Wright |
Sports comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Rings on Her Fingers |
Rouben Mamoulian |
Henry Fonda,
Gene Tierney,
Laird Cregar |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Rio Rita |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Abbott and Costello,
Kathryn Grayson |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Road to Happiness |
Phil Rosen |
John Boles,
Mona Barrie |
Drama |
|
Road to Morocco |
David Butler |
Bing Crosby,
Bob Hope,
Dorothy Lamour |
Musical comedy |
Paramount; third in Road series
|
Rock River Renegades |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan,
Christine McIntyre |
Western |
Monogram
|
Rolling Down the Great Divide |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd,
Wanda McKay |
Western |
PRC
|
Romance on the Range |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Sally Payne |
Western |
Republic
|
Roxie Hart |
William A. Wellman |
Ginger Rogers,
Adolphe Menjou,
George Montgomery,
Nigel Bruce |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Rubber Racketeers |
Harold Young |
Rochelle Hudson,
Ricardo Cortez,
Barbara Read |
Crime |
Monogram
|
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book |
Zoltan Korda |
Sabu,
Joseph Calleia,
John Qualen |
Adventure |
United Artists
|
S
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Sabotage Squad |
Lew Landers |
Bruce Bennett,
Edward Norris |
Action |
Columbia
|
Saboteur |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Robert Cummings,
Priscilla Lane,
Norman Lloyd |
Film noir |
Universal
|
Scattergood Rides High |
Christy Cabanne |
Guy Kibbee,
Jed Prouty |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Scattergood Survives a Murder |
Christy Cabanne |
Guy Kibbee,
Margaret Hayes,
John Archer |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Sealed Lips |
George Waggner |
William Gargan,
June Clyde |
Drama |
Universal
|
Secret Agent of Japan |
Irving Pichel |
Preston Foster,
Lynn Bari |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
Secret Enemies |
Benjamin Stoloff |
Craig Stevens,
Faye Emerson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Secrets of a Co-Ed |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Otto Kruger,
Rick Vallin,
Marcia Mae Jones |
Drama |
PRC
|
Secrets of the Underground |
William Morgan |
John Hubbard,
Virginia Grey,
Lloyd Corrigan |
Thriller |
Republic
|
Seven Days' Leave |
Tim Whelan |
Lucille Ball,
Victor Mature |
Comedy |
RKO
|
Seven Miles from Alcatraz |
Edward Dmytryk |
James Craig,
Bonita Granville |
Crime |
RKO
|
Seven Sweethearts |
Frank Borzage |
Kathryn Grayson,
Marsha Hunt,
Cecilia Parker |
Musical |
MGM
|
Shadows on the Sage |
Lester Orlebeck |
Bob Steele,
Tom Tyler,
Cheryl Walker |
Western |
Republic
|
She's in the Army |
Jean Yarbrough |
Lucile Gleason,
Veda Ann Borg,
Marie Wilson |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Shepherd of the Ozarks |
Frank McDonald |
Frank Albertson,
Thurston Hall |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Sheriff of Sage Valley |
Sam Newfield |
Buster Crabbe,
Al St. John |
Western |
PRC
|
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon |
Roy William Neill |
Basil Rathbone,
Nigel Bruce,
Lionel Atwill |
Mystery |
Universal
|
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror |
John Rawlins |
Basil Rathbone,
Nigel Bruce,
Reginald Denny |
Mystery |
Univeresal
|
Ship Ahoy |
Edward Buzzell |
Eleanor Powell,
Red Skelton,
Virginia O'Brien |
Musical comedy |
MGM
|
Shut My Big Mouth |
Charles Barton |
Joe E. Brown,
Adele Mara,
Joan Woodbury |
Comedy Western |
Columbia
|
The Silver Bullet |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Johnny Mack Brown,
William Farnum,
Jennifer Holt |
Western |
Universal
|
Silver Queen |
Lloyd Bacon |
George Brent,
Priscilla Lane |
Western |
United Artists
|
Sin Town |
Ray Enright |
Constance Bennett,
Broderick Crawford,
Ward Bond |
Western |
Universal
|
Sing Your Worries Away |
A. Edward Sutherland |
Buddy Ebsen,
Patsy Kelly,
Bert Lahr |
Musical |
RKO
|
Sleepytime Gal |
Albert S. Rogell |
Judy Canova,
Billy Gilbert,
Ruth Terry |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Small Town Deb |
Harold Schuster |
Jane Withers,
Jane Darwell,
Cecil Kellaway |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Smart Alecks |
Wallace Fox |
Leo Gorcey,
Huntz Hall,
Gale Storm |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
Smith of Minnesota |
Lew Landers |
Bruce Smith,
Arline Judge,
Don Beddoe |
Sports |
Columbia
|
The Sombrero Kid |
George Sherman |
Don 'Red' Barry,
Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
Somewhere I'll Find You |
Wesley Ruggles |
Clark Gable,
Lana Turner |
Romance |
MGM
|
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake |
John Cromwell |
Tyrone Power,
Gene Tierney,
George Sanders |
Adventure |
20th Century Fox
|
Song of the Islands |
Walter Lang |
Betty Grable,
Victor Mature,
Jack Oakie |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
Sons of the Pioneers |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
George "Gabby" Hayes,
Maris Wrixon |
Western |
Republic
|
So's Your Aunt Emma |
Jean Yarbrough |
ZaSu Pitts,
Roger Pryor,
Douglas Fowley |
Comedy |
Monogram
|
South of Santa Fe |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Linda Hayes |
Western |
Republic
|
The Spirit of Stanford |
Charles Barton |
Frankie Albert,
Marguerite Chapman,
Shirley Patterson |
Sports |
Columbia
|
The Spoilers |
Ray Enright |
John Wayne,
Marlene Dietrich,
Randolph Scott |
Western |
Universal
|
Springtime in the Rockies |
Irving Cummings |
Betty Grable,
John Payne,
Cesar Romero |
Musical |
20th Century Fox
|
Spy Ship |
B. Reeves Eason |
Craig Stevens,
Irene Manning |
Spy drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Stagecoach Buckaroo |
Ray Taylor |
Johnny Mack Brown,
Nell O'Day,
Anne Nagel |
Western |
Universal
|
Stagecoach Express |
George Sherman |
Don "Red" Barry,
Lynn Merrick |
Western |
Republic
|
Stand By All Networks |
Lew Landers |
Florence Rice,
John Beal,
Margaret Hayes |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
Stand By for Action |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Robert Taylor,
Walter Brennan,
Charles Laughton |
War |
MGM
|
Star Spangled Rhythm |
George Marshall |
Betty Hutton,
Eddie Bracken,
Victor Moore |
Musical |
Paramount
|
Stardust on the Sage |
William Morgan |
Gene Autry,
Edith Fellows,
Smiley Burnette |
Western |
Republic
|
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx |
William Nigh |
Patric Knowles,
Lionel Atwill,
Anne Gwynne |
Drama |
Universal
|
Street of Chance |
Jack Hively |
Burgess Meredith,
Claire Trevor |
Crime |
Paramount
|
Strictly in the Groove |
Vernon Keays |
Mary Healy,
Leon Errol,
Franklin Pangborn |
Musical |
Universal
|
Submarine Raider |
Lew Landers |
John Howard,
Marguerite Chapman |
War |
Columbia
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|
Sunday Punch |
David Miller |
William Lundigan,
Jean Rogers,
Dan Dailey |
Comedy |
MGM
|
The Sundown Kid |
Elmer Clifton |
Don "Red" Barry,
Ian Keith |
Western |
Republic
|
Sundown Jim |
James Tinling |
John Kimbrough,
Arleen Whelan,
Virginia Gilmore |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Sunset on the Desert |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Lynne Carver,
Beryl Wallace |
Western |
Republic
|
Sunset Serenade |
Joseph Kane |
Roy Rogers,
Helen Parrish |
Western |
Republic
|
Sweater Girl |
William Clemens |
Eddie Bracken,
June Preisser,
Nils Asther |
Musical |
Paramount
|
Sweetheart of the Fleet |
Charles Barton |
Joan Davis,
Jinx Falkenburg,
Joan Woodbury |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Syncopation |
William Dieterle |
Adolphe Menjou,
Jackie Cooper,
Bonita Granville |
Musical |
RKO
|
T
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Take a Letter, Darling |
Mitchell Leisen |
Rosalind Russell,
Fred MacMurray,
Constance Moore |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Tales of Manhattan |
Julien Duvivier |
Charles Boyer,
Rita Hayworth,
Ginger Rogers,
Henry Fonda,
Charles Laughton,
Edward G. Robinson,
Paul Robeson |
Drama, comedy; 6 separate stories |
20th Century Fox
|
The Talk of the Town |
George Stevens |
Cary Grant,
Jean Arthur,
Ronald Colman |
Screwball comedy |
Columbia
|
Tarzan's New York Adventure |
Richard Thorpe |
Johnny Weissmuller,
Maureen O'Sullivan |
Adventure |
MGM
|
Ten Gentlemen from West Point |
Henry Hathaway |
George Montgomery,
Maureen O'Hara,
John Sutton |
Western |
20th Century Fox
|
Tennessee Johnson |
William Dieterle |
Van Heflin,
Lionel Barrymore,
Ruth Hussey |
Historical |
MGM
|
Texas Justice |
Sam Newfield |
George Houston,
Dennis Moore,
Wanda McKay |
Western |
PRC
|
Texas Man Hunt |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd,
Lee Powell,
Julie Duncan |
Western |
PRC
|
Texas to Bataan |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
John 'Dusty' King,
Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
Texas Trouble Shooters |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan,
John 'Dusty' King,
Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
That Other Woman |
Ray McCarey |
Virginia Gilmore,
Janis Carter,
James Ellison |
Comedy |
RKO
|
There's One Born Every Minute |
Harold Young |
Hugh Herbert,
Peggy Moran,
Guy Kibbee |
Comedy |
Universal
|
They All Kissed the Bride |
Alexander Hall |
Joan Crawford,
Melvyn Douglas |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
They Raid by Night |
Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Lyle Talbot,
June Duprez,
Victor Varconi |
War |
PRC
|
This Above All |
Anatole Litvak |
Tyrone Power,
Joan Fontaine |
Romance |
20th Century Fox
|
This Gun for Hire |
Frank Tuttle |
Alan Ladd,
Veronica Lake,
Laird Cregar |
Thriller |
Paramount
|
This Time for Keeps |
Charles Reisner |
Ann Rutherford,
Robert Sterling,
Irene Rich |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Thru Different Eyes |
Thomas Z. Loring |
Frank Craven,
June Walker,
Vivian Blaine |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Thunder Birds |
William A. Wellman |
Gene Tierney,
Preston Foster,
John Sutton |
War |
20th Century Fox
|
Thunder River Feud |
S. Roy Luby |
Ray Corrigan,
John 'Dusty' King,
Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
Thundering Hoofs |
Lesley Selander |
Tim Holt,
Luana Walters |
Western |
RKO
|
Timber |
Christy Cabanne |
Marjorie Lord,
Dan Dailey |
Drama |
Universal
|
Time to Kill |
Herbert I. Leeds |
Lloyd Nolan,
Heather Angel,
Ralph Byrd |
Crime drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Tish |
S. Sylvan Simon |
ZaSu Pitts,
Marjorie Main,
Aline MacMahon |
Comedy |
MGM
|
To Be or Not to Be |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Carole Lombard,
Jack Benny,
Robert Stack |
Screwball comedy |
United Artists
|
Today I Hang |
Oliver Drake |
Walter Woolf King,
Mona Barrie,
William Farnum |
Drama |
Producers Releasing Corporation
|
To the Shores of Tripoli |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Maureen O'Hara,
John Payne,
Randolph Scott |
Romantic drama |
20th Century Fox
|
Tombstone |
William McGann |
Richard Dix,
Frances Gifford,
Kent Taylor |
Western |
Paramount
|
Tomorrow We Live |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Ricardo Cortez,
Jean Parker,
Emmett Lynn |
Action |
PRC
|
Too Many Women |
Bernard B. Ray |
Neil Hamilton,
June Lang,
Joyce Compton |
Comedy |
PRC
|
Top Sergeant |
Christy Cabanne |
Leo Carrillo,
Don Terry,
Elyse Knox |
War |
Universal
|
A Tornado in the Saddle |
William Berke |
Russell Hayden,
Dub Taylor,
Alma Carroll |
Western |
Columbia
|
Torpedo Boat |
John Rawlins |
Richard Arlen,
Jean Parker,
Mary Carlisle |
War |
Paramount
|
Tortilla Flat |
Victor Fleming |
Spencer Tracy,
Hedy Lamarr,
John Garfield |
Comedy, drama |
MGM; based on
John Steinbeck book
|
Tough as They Come |
William Nigh |
Billy Halop,
Helen Parrish,
Ann Gillis |
Crime |
Universal
|
A Tragedy at Midnight |
Joseph Santley |
John Howard,
Margaret Lindsay,
Mona Barrie |
Comedy |
Republic
|
Trail Riders |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
John Dusty King,
Evelyn Finley,
Max Terhune |
Western |
Monogram
|
The Traitor Within |
Frank McDonald |
Don "Red" Barry,
Jean Parker,
Ralph Morgan |
Action |
Republic
|
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp |
Charles Barton |
Jackie Gleason,
Florence Rice,
Bruce Bennett,
Mabel Todd |
Comedy |
Columbia
|
Treat 'Em Rough |
Ray Taylor |
Eddie Albert,
Peggy Moran |
Drama |
Universal
|
True to the Army |
Albert S. Rogell |
Judy Canova,
Ann Miller,
Allan Jones |
Comedy |
Paramount
|
Tumbleweed Trail |
Sam Newfield |
Bill Boyd,
Lee Powell |
Western |
PRC
|
The Tuttles of Tahiti |
Charles Vidor |
Charles Laughton,
Jon Hall,
Peggy Drake |
Adventure |
RKO
|
Twin Beds |
Tim Whelan |
Joan Bennett,
George Brent,
Mischa Auer |
Comedy |
United Artists
|
Two Yanks in Trinidad |
Gregory Ratoff |
Pat O'Brien,
Brian Donlevy,
Janet Blair |
Spy comedy |
Columbia
|
U-V
Title
|
Director
|
Cast
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Undercover Man |
Lesley Selander |
William Boyd,
Antonio Moreno,
Nora Lane |
Western |
United Artists
|
Underground Agent |
Michael Gordon |
Bruce Bennett,
Leslie Brooks,
Frank Albertson |
Thriller |
Columbia
|
The Undying Monster |
John Brahm |
James Ellison,
Heather Angel,
Bramwell Fletcher |
Horror |
20th Century Fox
|
Unseen Enemy |
John Rawlins |
Don Terry,
Irene Hervey |
War |
Universal
|
Valley of Hunted Men |
John English |
Bob Steele,
Tom Tyler |
Western |
Republic
|
Valley of the Sun |
George Marshall |
Lucille Ball,
James Craig,
Cedric Hardwicke |
Western |
RKO
|
The Vanishing Virginian |
Frank Borzage |
Kathryn Grayson,
Frank Morgan |
Musical |
MGM
|
Vengeance of the West |
Lambert Hillyer |
Wild Bill Elliott,
Tex Ritter,
Adele Mara |
Western |
Universal
|
W-Z
Title
|
Director
|
hahaha
|
Genre
|
Notes
|
Wake Island |
John Farrow |
Brian Donlevy,
Robert Preston |
War drama |
Paramount
|
The War Against Mrs. Hadley |
Harold Bucquet |
Fay Bainter,
Edward Arnold,
Jean Rogers |
Drama |
MGM
|
War Dogs |
S. Roy Luby |
Billy Lee,
Addison Richards,
Kay Linaker |
Drama |
Monogram
|
We Were Dancing |
Robert Z. Leonard |
Norma Shearer,
Melvyn Douglas,
Gail Patrick |
Comedy |
MGM
|
Western Mail |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Tom Keene,
LeRoy Mason |
Western |
Monogram
|
West of the Law |
Howard Bretherton |
Buck Jones,
Tim McCoy,
Raymond Hatton |
Western |
Monogram
|
West of Tombstone |
Howard Bretherton |
Charles Starrett,
Marcella Martin |
Western |
Columbia
|
Westward Ho |
John English |
Bob Steele,
Tom Tyler,
Evelyn Brent |
Western |
Republic
|
What's Cookin'? |
Edward F. Cline |
The Andrews Sisters,
Jane Frazee,
Gloria Jean |
Musical |
Universal
|
When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
Charles Lamont |
Allan Jones,
Jane Frazee,
Gloria Jean |
Musical |
Universal
|
Where Trails End |
Robert Emmett Tansey |
Tom Keene,
Wilhelm von Brincken |
Western |
Monogram
|
Whispering Ghosts |
Alfred L. Werker |
Milton Berle,
Brenda Joyce |
Comedy |
20th Century Fox
|
Whistling in Dixie |
S. Sylvan Simon |
Red Skelton,
Ann Rutherford,
Diana Lewis |
Comedy crime |
MGM
|
White Cargo |
Richard Thorpe |
Hedy Lamarr,
Walter Pidgeon,
Richard Carlson |
Drama |
MGM
|
Who Done It? |
Erle C. Kenton |
Abbott and Costello,
Patric Knowles,
Louise Allbritton |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Who Is Hope Schuyler? |
Thomas Z. Loring |
Sheila Ryan,
Joan Valerie,
Ricardo Cortez |
Mystery |
20th Century Fox
|
The Wife Takes a Flyer |
Richard Wallace |
Joan Bennett,
Franchot Tone,
Allyn Joslyn |
Romantic comedy |
Columbia
|
Wild Bill Hickok Rides |
Ray Enright |
Constance Bennett,
Bruce Cabot,
Warren William |
Western |
Warner Bros.
|
Wildcat |
Frank McDonald |
Richard Arlen,
Arline Judge,
William Frawley |
Drama |
Paramount
|
Wings for the Eagle |
Lloyd Bacon |
Ann Sheridan,
Dennis Morgan,
Jack Carson |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
Woman of the Year |
George Stevens |
Spencer Tracy,
Katharine Hepburn,
Reginald Owen |
Romantic comedy |
MGM
|
Wrecking Crew |
Frank McDonald |
Jean Parker,
Richard Arlen,
Evelyn Brent |
Drama |
Paramount
|
X Marks the Spot |
George Sherman |
Dick Purcell,
Anne Jeffreys |
Drama |
Republic
|
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Michael Curtiz |
James Cagney,
Joan Leslie,
Walter Huston |
Biography |
Warner Bros.; 9
Academy Award nominations, Oscar for Cagney
|
A Yank at Eton |
Norman Taurog |
Mickey Rooney,
Edmund Gwenn,
Ian Hunter |
Drama |
MGM
|
A Yank in Libya |
Albert Herman |
Joan Woodbury,
H. B. Warner,
Duncan Renaldo |
Spy |
PRC
|
A Yank on the Burma Road |
George B. Seitz |
Laraine Day,
Barry Nelson,
Keye Luke |
Adventure |
MGM
|
The Yanks Are Coming |
Alexis Thurn-Taxis |
Mary Healy,
Henry King |
Musical |
PRC
|
Yokel Boy |
Joseph Santley |
Joan Davis,
Albert Dekker,
Alan Mowbray |
Comedy |
Republic
|
You Can't Escape Forever |
Jo Graham |
George Brent,
Brenda Marshall,
Gene Lockhart |
Drama |
Warner Bros.
|
You Were Never Lovelier |
William A. Seiter |
Fred Astaire,
Rita Hayworth,
Adolphe Menjou |
Musical comedy |
Columbia
|
Young America |
Louis King |
Jane Withers,
Jane Darwell,
Lynne Roberts |
Drama |
20th Century Fox
|
You're Telling Me |
Charles Lamont |
Hugh Herbert,
Anne Gwynne,
Robert Paige |
Comedy |
Universal
|
Youth on Parade |
Albert S. Rogell |
John Hubbard,
Ruth Terry,
Martha O'Driscoll |
Musical comedy |
Republic
|
Documentaries
Serials
Shorts
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