5F0131_Comedy & Romance (1940-1949)
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- DirectorPeter GodfreyStarsRonald ReaganVirginia MayoEddie BrackenA pinup artist (Ronald Reagan) in search of the perfect woman poses as a Czech immigrant to win over a shapely schoolteacher (Virginia Mayo) who’s more into facts than figures.Virginia Mayo (black white)
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsGlynis JohnsGoogie WithersGriffith JonesA young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives in to her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue soon after.Glynis Johns (black white)
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsWilliam PowellAnn BlythIrene HerveyWhile on vacation in the Caribbean with his wife, a middle-aged man unexpectedly finds, and falls in love with, a mermaid.Ann Blyth (black white)
- DirectorH.C. PotterWalter LantzStarsJoan FontaineJames StewartEddie AlbertA spoiled heiress who has jilted multiple fiancés embroils a commercial pilot in a series of wacky misadventures.Joan Fontaine (black white)
- DirectorNorman FosterStarsRosalind RussellRobert CummingsGig YoungAttorney Marsha Meredith is nominated for a federal judgeship but her confirmation is opposed by a puritanical 'Good-Government' group who think her divorce makes her unfit for the job.Rosalind Russell (black white)
- DirectorRobert B. SinclairStarsTyrone PowerGene TierneyReginald GardinerWhen an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married.Gene Tierney (black white)
- DirectorHarold FrenchStarsStewart GrangerJean SimmonsHelen CherryWhen a friend dies, a gambler adopts his daughter. Complications ensue.Jean Simmons (black white)
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsJane WymanDennis MorganEve ArdenJennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.Jane Wyman (black white)
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsGoogie WithersGriffith JonesGuy MiddletonChaos ensues when a woman wakes up believing that a romantic dream about her new servant is reality.Googie Withers (black white)
- DirectorHenry LevinStarsRobert YoungBarbara HaleRobert HuttonA woman, who just divorced her husband is walking down the aisle to marry for a second time, faints. She discovers that she is pregnant by her husband. She must decide whether she wants to go back to him or marry her lover.Janis Carter (black white)
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsDanny KayeVirginia MayoBoris KarloffA clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.Virginia Mayo
- DirectorIrving ReisStarsCary GrantMyrna LoyShirley TempleA high school girl falls for a playboy artist, with screwball results.Shirley Temple (black white)
- DirectorChester ErskineStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayMarjorie MainOn their wedding night, Bob reveals to Betty that he has purchased an abandoned chicken farm. Betty struggles to adapt to their new rural lifestyle, especially when a glamorous neighbor seems to set her eyes on Bob.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorHarold S. BucquetStarsSpencer TracyKatharine HepburnLucille BallIn Washington, D.C. during World War II, Jamie Rowan enters into a loveless marriage with scientist Pat Jamieson and becomes his assistant. Struggles bring them closer together.Katharine Hepburn (black white)
- DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsJames StewartJane WymanKent SmithAn opinion pollster finds a town which is a perfect mirror of U.S. opinions.Jane Wyman (black white)
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsIrene DunneCharles BoyerCharles CoburnA prim and proper widow who has succeeded him as mayor of a provincial Vermont town hires a worldly New York sculptor for her husband's statue.Mona Freeman (black white)
- DirectorEdward BuzzellBuster KeatonEdward SedgwickStarsVan JohnsonEsther WilliamsLucille BallTo prevent a libel case against the paper, a reporter tries to compromise the reputation of a tycoon's slandered daughter.Esther Williams
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsPaulette GoddardFred MacMurrayMacdonald CareyAfter serving overseas for four years, "Captain Lonelyhearts" is ready to give marriage a second chance, but her estranged husband has a new girlfriend who is eager to see the divorce papers signed.Paulette Goddard (black white)
- DirectorSam WoodStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheDick ForanA newspaper correspondent who has convinced his publisher he is married implores his friend's wife to pose as his bride.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorClaude Autant-LaraStarsOdette JoyeuxFrançois PérierPierre LarqueySylvie's father sells her grandmother's lover's painting for cash. The ghost appears on Sylvie's 16th birthday. Two suitors dress as the ghost to impress her. The real ghost helps resolve the love triangle.Odette Joyeux (black white)
- DirectorHelmut WeissStarsGustav FröhlichMady RahlIngeborg von KusserowPeter's fiancee Maria is chronically lying and hides her little affairs. To change this, Peter bets that he is going to tell everyone the truth for 24 hours. The consequences are catastrophic.Sonja Ziemann (black white)
- DirectorGarson KaninStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRandolph ScottMissing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.Gail Patrick (black white)
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsGinger RogersRay MillandRita JohnsonA frustrated city girl disguises herself as a youngster in order to get a cheaper train ticket home. But little "Sue Sue" finds herself in a whole heap of grown-up trouble when she hides out in a compartment with a handsome Major.Ginger Rogers (black white)
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsBarbara StanwyckHenry FondaCharles CoburnA trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.Barbara Stanwyck (black white)
- DirectorRené ClairStarsFredric MarchVeronica LakeRobert BenchleyA beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.Susan Hayward (black white)