Perpetual-optimist “Dreamy” Smith aspires to quit his job as newspaper publicity drudge and sail the world. Read More »
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Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Irving Rapper, Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith
Composer George Gershwin is driven by his need to succeed. Unfortunately his drive destroys his romantic Read More »
Janie Gets Married (1946) Vincent Sherman, Joan Leslie, Robert Hutton, Edward Arnold
Married life isn’t as blissful as either Dick or Janie had hoped. Dick is hired to write filler for his father-in-law’s newspaper Read More »
This is the Army (1943) Michael Curtiz, George Murphy, Joan Leslie, George Tobias
In WWI dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Read More »
The Male Animal (1942) Elliott Nugent, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. 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 »
Repeat Performance (1947) Alfred L. Werker, Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don’t know how or why. Read More »
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) Michael Curtiz, James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Biography, Drama, Musical
A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family’s vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback Read More »
Thieves Fall Out (1941) Ray Enright, Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Jane Darwell, Comedy
Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother’s legacy and use the money to buy a business. Read More »
The Sky’s the Limit (1943) Edward H. Griffith, Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Flying Tiger Fred Atwell sneaks away from his famous squadron’s personal appearance tour and goes incognito for several days of leave. He quickly falls for photographer Joan Manion, pursuing her in the guise of a carefree drifter.
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