41. Bachelor Mother
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Garson Kanin
Actors: Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Charles Coburn, Frank Albertson, E.E. Clive, Elbert Coplen Jr.
Plot: When Polly Parish goes looking for a new job she sees an woman leave a baby on the steps of a foundling home. Worried that the baby may roll off she picks it up, only to have the home think she is the mother. Despite her emphatic denial, the home contacts Merlin Jr. of Merlin and Son department store, where Polly was seasonally employed. Merlin rehires her so she can be reunited with her baby, but Polly refuses to be assigned a family and tries to return the baby to Merlin, causing another employee the mistaken idea that Merlin is the father. He then uses this information to blackmail his way to a promotion. Merlin Sr. then decides to take the baby away from Polly, but she has become quite attached. More mix-ups lead to a happy ending.
42. Queen Christina
Year of Release: 1933
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Actors: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith
Plot: The 17th Century Swedish monarch Queen Christina is beloved by the people and a loyal leader. Yet the one thing missing in her life is love. When she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, it will lead her to a decision whether to keep her throne or follow her heart.
43. A Christmas Carol
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Leo G. Carroll, Ronald Sinclair
Plot: The timeworn Dickens' story about the old merchant Scrooge and how his own disappointments shape his view that neither life or men are worthy of his notice or concern. He displays no charity to anyone, and is especially harsh to his employee Bob Cratchett. But the dessicated gent is about to get his comeuppance when he imagines he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
44. Destry Rides Again
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Marshall
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins
Plot: A crooked cattle boss partners with a likewise crooked mayor to take down
the town sheriff and put a stranglehold on the locals. Appointing the town
drunk as the new sheriff, they don't realize he has a connection to
legendary lawman Tom Destry - and he invites Tom Destry, Jr. to town to
clean up the mess.
45. Wuthering Heights
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp
Plot: A young stable boy falls in love with the wealthy daughter but she must
not fall for him because of his status. He eventually marries her sister
out of jealousy, but the power of love is too much.
46. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn
Plot: Longfellow Deeds is a humble small-town man, and tuba player, who finds himself the owner of a small fortune. Moving to the big city, he finds himself the target of every scheming person around, but it's not until hot-shot reporter Babe Bennett plays the damsel in distress card that he gets hooked.
47. Imitation of Life
Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John M. Stahl
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington
Plot: A woman and her daughter struggle when the husband passes away. But the arrival of new housekeeper Delilah Johnson, and her own daughter, changes things - especially when her pancake recipe is marketed and turns into a windfall. The two women become fast friends but share strained relationships with the two daughters.
48. The Awful Truth
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Molly Lamont, Cecil Cunningham
Plot: A couple begin divorce proceedings, but even before things are finalized, they begin seeing other people. Yet at every turn they attempt to undermine each others relationships.
49. Mutiny on the Bounty
Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Lloyd
Actors: Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Charles Laughton, Dudley Digges, Eddie Quillan, Herbert Mundin
Plot: The Bounty sets sail for Tahiti while along the way they face the hardship of mutiny, storms, and other sea mishaps.
50. Union Pacific
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cecil B. DeMille
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Brian Donlevy, Anthony Quinn, Joel McCrea, Robert Preston, Lynne Overman
Plot: One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
