War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

1940

English

7.3

♡ 2

86%

John Cromwell Director

Ian Wolfe as Horace Greeley

Trevor Bardette as John Hanks

Louis Jean Heydt as Mentor Graham

George Chandler as Minor Role

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

English

7.0

♡ 5

89%

John Cromwell Director

Addison Richards as Capt. Orton

Lee J. Cobb as Kralahome

John Abbott as Phya Phrom

Ben Welden as Third Judge

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

The Prisoner of Zenda

1937

English

7.6

♡ 8

91%

80%

Action

Adventure

based on novel or book

John Cromwell Director

Mary Astor as Antoinette de Mauban

Ben Webster as Lord Topham

D'Arcy Corrigan as Traveler

Darryl Hickman as (uncredited)

A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.

Made for Each Other

1939

English

6.2

♡ 9

55%

John Cromwell Director

Mary Field as Johns Hopkins technician

Edwin Maxwell as Messerschmidt

Irving Bacon as Newark Radio Operator

Alma Kruger as Sister Madeline

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Since You Went Away

1944

English

7.5

♡ 10

77%

79%

Action

based on novel or book

John Cromwell Director

Irving Bacon as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge

Lloyd Corrigan as Mr. Mahoney

Terry Moore as Refugee Child on Train

Walter Baldwin as Train Station Gateman

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1936

English

7.3

♡ 4

86%

75%

Action

based on novel or book

brooklyn, new york city

Drama

england

Family

grandparent grandchild relationship

grocer

lord

John Cromwell Director

Dolores Costello as 'Dearest'

Constance Collier as Lady Lorridaile

Walter Kingsford as Mr. Snade

Robert Bolder as Party Guest

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.