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Go West (1940)
"Go West" is a Western comedy film featuring the Marx Brothers headed to California during the Gold Rush to make their fortune panning for gold. Complications arise, leading to much comedy and hilarity. Director Edward Buzzell ("Honolulu" 1939) and screenwriter Irving Brecher did a good [..]
Christmas in July (1940)
"Christmas in July" is a screwball comedy about an office worker who thinks he won $25,000 a national contest due to a fake telegram placed on his desk by co-workers. The zany comedy proceeds from there well directed and written by Preston Sturges, the all-time expert [..]
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Errol Flynn does his usual swashbuckling routine in the action-adventure drama "The Sea Hawk." It has lavish production values from director Michael Curtiz ("The Adventures of Robin Hood" 1938) and a great screenplay by Howard Koch and Seton I. Miller. Flynn plays a captain of [..]
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
"The Philadelphia Story" is a screwball romantic comedy about a spoiled socialite whose wedding plans are thrown into jeopardy upon the arrival of her ex-husband and a nosy investigative reporter. She falls in love with all three! Talk about problems, well directed by George Cukor [..]
Strange Cargo (1940)
Clark Gable and Joan Crawford star in the outstanding melodrama "Strange Cargo." Gable and friends play escaped prisoners on a ship who team up with Crawford, a jaded cabaret singer. Director Frank Borzage ("7th Heaven" 1927) put together this film which is suspenseful from start [..]
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Bob Hope is at his wise-cracking best in the horror-comedy film "The Ghost Breakers." Director George Marshall ("The Goldwyn Follies" 1938) and screenwriter Walter DeLeon assembled this fast moving picture based on a 1909 play of the same name about a woman and her friend who [..]
The Odyssey (2026)
"The Odyssey" is an action film telling the story of Odysseus, an early Greek king, who embarks on a long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War, encountering all sorts of strange creatures. Director-screenwriter Christopher Nolan ("Oppenheimer" 2023) adapted the story from Homer's ancient [..]
Knute Rockne, All American (1940)
"Knute Rockne, All American" is a sports drama about the true story of the legendary Notre Dame football coach. Director Lloyd Bacon ("The Oklahoma Kid" 1939) put together an excellent film about how football teams are developed and what the game means for players and coaches. The [..]
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
"Foreign Correspondent" is an exciting spy thriller from the Master of Suspense himself, Alfred Hitchchock. It tells the story of an America reporter who uncovers an enemy conspiracy in Europe just before World War II. The sterling screenplay was penned by Charles Bennett and Joan [..]
Music in My Heart (1940)
A musical vehicle for Tony Martin. A showcase for cinematic beauty Rita Hayworth. A light and breezy Depression Era musical-comedy. All are accurate descriptions of "Music in My Heart," the story of a Broadway understudy who gets his first show biz break just as [..]