Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Murder, My Sweet (1944) This adaptation of the Raymond Chandler novel 'Farewell, My Lovely', renamed for the American market to prevent filmgoers mistaking it for a musical (for which Powell was already famous) has private eye Philip Marlowe hired by Moose Malloy, a petty crook just out of prison af
Stella Dallas (1937)
Stella Dallas (1937) Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. But Stephen's incessant demands of Stella to become what she isn't leads to their eventual separation. Stephen later marries Helen Morrison (his prior fiancée), and Laurel be
Bombardier (1943)
Bombardier (1943) Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequ
Three on a Match (1932)
Three on a Match (1932) Three women who were childhood schoolmates take different paths in life. Vivian marries a very wealthy lawyer and has an adorable boy. Mary, on the other hand, takes the hard road through reform school. After a superstitious faux pas, Vivian's luck turns. She strays from her
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Anne of Green Gables 1934 Anne Shirley, an orphan, is adopted by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to help with their farm work However, they accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers
Saturdays Children (1940)
Saturdays Children 1940 After meeting each other as fellow employees at J B Martin Co , forthright twenty two year old Bobby Halevy and twenty five year old Rims Rosson, who has his head in the clouds in coming up with one useless invention after another, fall in love and get married The marriage is