Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel has just had their baby, Cass kidnaps the infant to keep her from being adopted. Isabel's parents hunt for the child and discover that Cass and Isabel are still hopelessly in love.

The Cat and the Fiddle

1934

English

6.3

♡ 4

17%

Sam Wood Director

Sterling Holloway as Flower Messenger

Armand Kaliz as King in Show

E. Alyn Warren as Orchestra Leader

Frank Conroy as Theatre Owner

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

Kings Row

1942

English

7.5

♡ 3

100%

79%

based on novel or book

Sam Wood Director

Betty Field as Cassandra Tower

Frank Mayo as Conductor

Walter Baldwin as Deputy Constable

Scotty Beckett as Parris Mitchell -

Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

1939

English

7.9

♡ 9

81%

86%

boys' boarding school

Sam Wood Director

Nigel Stock as John Forrester

Robert Donat as Mr. Chips

Austin Trevor as Ralston

Patrick Ludlow as (uncredited)

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

English

7.6

♡ 7

90%

Sam Wood Director

Regis Toomey as 1st Policeman

Edmund Gwenn as Hooper

Amzie Strickland as Shopper at Neeley's

Edwin Maxwell as Withers

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

English

6.8

♡ 18

64%

spanish civil war (1936-39)

War

Sam Wood Director

Martin Garralaga as Captain Mora

Fortunio Bonanova as Fernando

Ingrid Bergman as María

Jean Del Val as The Sniper

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.

Heartbeat

1946

English

5.9

♡ 5

36%

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Sam Wood Director

Ginger Rogers as Arlette Lafron

George Ford as Ball Guest

Eduardo Ciannelli as Baron Ferdinand Dvorak

Melville Cooper as Roland Latour

A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.

A Day at the Races

1937

English

7.5

♡ 9

95%

Sam Wood Director

Douglass Dumbrille as Morgan

William A. Boardway as Party Guest

Harry Myers as Party Guest

Edward Earle as Race Judge

Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big race with her horse. There are a few problems. Hackenbush runs a high priced clinic for the wealthy who don't know he actually has a degree in veterinary medicine.

Ivy

1947

English

7.0

♡ 3

53%

Sam Wood Director

Leonardo Scavino as Dock Worker

Joan Fontaine as Ivy Lexton

Richard Ney as Jervis Hamilton Lexton

Norma Varden as Joan Rodney

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.