Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

They Were Expendable

1945

English

7.2

♡ 16

92%

73%

Action

based on novel or book

John Ford Director

Cameron Mitchell as Ens. George Cross

John Roy as Man in Admiral's Office

Betty Blythe as Officer's Wife

Louis Jean Heydt as 'Ohio'

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

Yokel Boy

1942

English

5.6

♡ 2

Joseph Santley Director

Charlie Hall as Gaffer

Pierre Watkin as Johnson

Arthur O'Connell as Second Assistant Director

Betty Blythe as Woman Reporter

A film company hires a gangster to mock himself holding up a bank, but he succeeds too well and makes off with the money. But all ends well.

The Barkleys of Broadway

1949

English

7.0

♡ 1

55%

husband wife relationship

Charles Walters Director

Betty Blythe as Guest in Lobby

Amzie Strickland as Guest in Lobby

Margaret Bert as Mary

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs her in. So she decides to stretch her skills by taking a role in a serious drama, directed by another man.

Something in the Wind

1947

English

6.5

♡ 4

56%

Irving Pichel Director

Donald O'Connor as Charlie Read

Ethelreda Leopold as Fashion Show Model

Betty Blythe as Society Matron

Charles Winninger as Uncle Chester Read

A grandson of a recently deceased millionaire mistakes a beautiful female disc jockey for her aunt, who once dated the grandfather.

Puddin' Head

1941

English

6.1

♡ 2

Joseph Santley Director

George Morrell as Hillbilly

Alma Kruger as Matilda Montgomery

Betty Blythe as Mrs. Bowser

Francis Lederer as Prince Karl

On the day that United Broadcasting System's new building is dedicated, bumbling vice-president Harold L. Montgomery, Sr. discovers that he gave the wrong survey to the builders...

Pilgrimage

1933

English

7.2

♡ 4

83%

John Ford Director

Betty Blythe as Janet Prescot

Norman Foster as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop

Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron

Heather Angel as Suzanne

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946

English

7.4

♡ 21

90%

79%

Action

adultery

based on novel or book

Tay Garnett Director

Frank Mayo as Bailiff

Betty Blythe as Customer

Edward Earle as Doctor

Charles Williams as Doctor

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

Back Street

1932

English

7.0

♡ 2

55%

John M. Stahl Director

Betty Blythe as Gossip

Virginia Pearson as Minor Role

William Bakewell as Richard Saxel - Walter's Son

Gloria Stuart as Young Woman

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Lust for Life

1956

English

7.3

♡ 23

80%

George Cukor Director

Len Lesser as Cartoonist

Betty Blythe as Dowager

Everett Sloane as Dr. Gachet

Henry Corden as Waiter

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

English

7.8

♡ 5

100%

Max Ophüls Director

Ramsay Hill as Col. Steindorf

John Elliott as Flower Vendor

Betty Blythe as Frau Kohner

Joan Fontaine as Lisa Berndle

A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forced to reinterpret his own past.

The Scarlet Letter

1934

English

5.4

♡ 3

21%

Robert G. Vignola Director

Alan Hale as Bartholomew Hockings

Shirley Jean Rickert as Humility Crakstone

Betty Blythe as Innkeeper

Henry B. Walthall as Roger Chillingworth

In the seventeenth century, in Massachusetts, a young woman is forced to wear a scarlet "A" on her dress for bearing a child out of wedlock.

Anna Karenina

1935

English

7.0

♡ 10

86%

70%

based on novel or book

Drama

husband wife relationship

st. petersburg, russia

Clarence Brown Director

Fredric March as Count Vronsky

Sam Flint as Husband - Second Couple

Barbara Pepper as Party Girl

Betty Blythe as Spectator in Opera Box

In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.

Hollywood Story

1951

English

6.7

♡ 7

44%

William Castle Director

Betty Blythe as Betty Blythe

Peter Brocco as Charles Rodale

Elmo Lincoln as Elmo Lincoln

Richard Conte as Larry O'Brien

An independent producer unwisely opens a can of worms after he decides to make a movie about the unsolved murder of a famous silent film director.

Presenting Lily Mars

1943

English

6.8

♡ 2

78%

Norman Taurog Director

Betty Blythe as Dowager

Frank Coghlan Jr. as Elevator Boy

Van Heflin as John Thornway

Marilyn Maxwell as Prissy - Showgirl

Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.

The Women

1939

English

7.7

♡ 37

94%

parent child relationship

reno, nevada

George Cukor Director

Paulette Goddard as Miriam Aarons

Joan Fontaine as Mrs. John Day - Peggy

Betty Blythe as Mrs. South

Barbara Pepper as Tough Girl

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

English

6.9

♡ 10

75%

Norman Z. McLeod Director

Betty Blythe as Floor Manager

Robert Altman as Man Drinking

George Chandler as Mate

Paul Newlan as Truck Driver

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

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They Were Expendable

Yokel Boy

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Something in the Wind

Puddin' Head

Pilgrimage

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Back Street

Lust for Life

Letter from an Unknown Woman

The Scarlet Letter

Anna Karenina

Hollywood Story

Presenting Lily Mars

The Women

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty