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Hotel for Women (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, James Ellison
A girl from Syracuse goes to New York to see her boyfriend, successful architect who no longer cares for her. Read More »
Sins of Man (1936) Otto Brower, Gregory Ratoff, Jean Hersholt, Don Ameche, Allen Jenkins
Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. Read More »
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) Gregory Ratoff, George Seaton, Fred MacMurray, Joan Leslie, June Haver
Bill wants to join the Army, but he’s 4F so he asks a wizard to help him, but the wizard has slight problems with his history knowlege Read More »
Moss Rose (1947) Gregory Ratoff, Peggy Cummins, Victor Mature, Ethel Barrymore
Set in turn-of-the-century London, a woman trying to solve the mystery of a friend’s murder finds that she may be the next victim. Read More »
Black Magic (1949) Gregory Ratoff, Orson Welles, Nancy Guild, Akim Tamiroff
Novelist Alexander Dumas tells his writer-son of Joseph Balsamo, a gypsy boy in southern France who was embittered because his parents were wrongfully hanged Read More »
Barricade (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Alice Faye, Warner Baxter, Charles Winninger, Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
In China, a singer and a journalist meet while traveling on a train attacked by bandits. Read More »
The Corsican Brothers (1941) Gregory Ratoff, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Ruth Warrick, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, Romance
Douglas Fairbanks jr plays Siamese twins, separated by a good doctor [scalpel hemostat sutures quickly!!] after their parents are killed by Vendetta Read More »
Adam Had Four Sons (1941) Gregory Ratoff, Ingrid Bergman, Warner Baxter, Susan Hayward, Drama, Romance
Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie even more. At the same time, Emilie falls in love with Adam. The boys grow up, but Adam insists that Emilie stay on as part of the family. Her relationships with both the boys and Adam become strained after one son marries a gold-digging viper named Hester.
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The Great Profile (1940) Walter Lang, John Barrymore, Mary Beth Hughes, Gregory Ratoff, Comedy
Barrymore lampoons himself. A famous actor, given to drink, nearly destroys the show, but his leading lady returns to save it. Meanwhile a young girl tries to reform him.
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Im No Angel (1933) Wesley Ruggles, Mae West, Cary Grant, Gregory Ratoff
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she’ll put her head into a lion’s muzzle! With this attraction the circus makes it to New York and Tira can persue her dearest occupation: flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents. Among the guys she searches the love of her life, from whom she only knows from a fortune-teller that he’ll be rich and have black hair. When she finally meets him, she becomes a victim of intrigue.
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