When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real prince intends to get Amina back by giving her a love potion. But his plan backfires and Amina becomes deathly ill. Karim must make it through 7 doors to retrieve the only thing that can save his love-a mystical blue rose. A timeless, enchanting story!

Ride 'Em Cowboy

1942

English

6.5

♡ 10

43%

Arthur Lubin Director

Eddie Hall as Cowhand Sitting on Train

Arthur Tovey as Dancer

Douglass Dumbrille as Jake Rainwater

Samuel S. Hinds as Sam Shaw

Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of them knows anything about cowboys, horses, or anything else.

Footsteps in the Fog

1955

English

7.0

♡ 9

71%

Arthur Lubin Director

Belinda Lee as Elizabeth Travers

Jean Simmons as Lily Watkins

Percy Marmont as Magistrate

Arthur Howard as Vicar

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

Black Friday

1940

English

6.3

♡ 9

100%

Arthur Lubin Director

Murray Alper as Bellhop

Edward Earle as Detective

Bela Lugosi as Eric Marnay

Wallace Reid Jr. as Student

University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.

Keep 'Em Flying

1941

English

6.5

♡ 4

60%

Arthur Lubin Director

Richard Crane as Cadet Stevens

William Forrest as Colonel

Martha Raye as Gloria Phelps / Barbara Phelps

Carleton Young as Orchestra Leader

When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.

Francis Joins the WACS

1954

English

6.3

♡ 3

40%

Arthur Lubin Director

Lynn Bari as Maj. Louise Simpson

Robert Bray as Military Police Sgt. Kreuger

Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling

Joan Shawlee as Sgt. Kipp

Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!

Francis Goes to West Point

1952

English

6.3

♡ 4

11%

animal character name in title

Comedy

Family

Fantasy

francis the mule character

Arthur Lubin Director

Edward Earle as Col. Denning

Chuck Hicks as Minor Role

Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling

Gregg Palmer as William Norton

Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.

Francis Covers the Big Town

1953

English

6.3

♡ 5

male female relationship

narrator

Romance

scene during opening credits

stable

usa

Arthur Lubin Director

Gale Gordon as Dist. Atty. Evans

Forrest Lewis as Judge Stanley

Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling

Gene Lockhart as Tom Henderson

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

Francis Goes to the Races

1951

English

6.3

♡ 4

78%

Action

animal character name in title

francis the mule character

horse actor

scene during opening credits

talking animal

Arthur Lubin Director

Peter Brocco as Dr. Marberry

Don Beddoe as Dr. Quimby

Donald O'Connor as Peter Stirling

Bill Walker as Sam

In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter get a job working on a horse-breeder's ranch. They end up saving it from financial ruin when Francis, who has the inside track with the racehorses, provides Peter with names of the winners before the races are run. Sure enough Peter finds himself with a fistful of cash and uses it to buy a racehorse for the farm. Unfortunately, the horse he chooses is suffering from a debilitating lack of confidence. When not dealing with the mare, Peter finds time to court the horse breeder's niece and trying to avoid the gangsters who want in on the winnings.

Francis

1950

English

6.4

♡ 4

66%

Action

animal character name in title

francis the mule character

horse actor

talking animal

War

Arthur Lubin Director

Donald O'Connor as 2nd Lt. Peter Stirling

Harry Harvey as Correspondent

Forbes Murray as Officer at Officer's Club

Frank Faylen as Sergeant Chillingbacker

During World War II, a junior American Army officer, Lt. Peter Stirling, gets sent to the psychiatric ward whenever he insists that an Army mule named Francis speaks to him.

White Savage

1943

English

5.8

♡ 5

Arthur Lubin Director

Anthony Warde as Clerk

Minerva Urecal as Native Woman

Maria Montez as Princess Tahia

Thomas Gomez as Sam Miller

A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

1943

English

6.3

♡ 14

58%

Arthur Lubin Director

Jon Hall as Ali Baba

Maria Montez as Amara

Ramsay Ames as Nalu

Fortunio Bonanova as Old Baba

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets out to avenge his father’s murder, reclaim the royal throne, and rescue his beloved Amara from the iron fist of his treacherous enemy.

Buck Privates

1941

English

7.0

♡ 9

76%

Arthur Lubin Director

Samuel S. Hinds as Major General Emerson

John Deering as Narrator

Harold Goodwin as Sergeant Leading Recruits Through Train Station

Carleton Young as Supply Sergeant

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.

In the Navy

1941

English

6.7

♡ 3

Arthur Lubin Director

Eddie Hall as Bare-Chested Sailor

Edward Fielding as Commander Giving Speech

Richard Crane as Office Boy

Bobby Barber as Sailor

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.

Francis in the Navy

1955

English

5.7

♡ 4

47%

Arthur Lubin Director

Martha Hyer as Betsy Donevan

Clint Eastwood as Jonesy

Donald O'Connor as Lt. Peter Stirling / Slicker Donevan

Richard Erdman as Murph

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

1946

English

5.7

♡ 2

95%

Arthur Lubin Director

Brenda Joyce as Jean Kingsley

Guy Wilkerson as Lem - Rancher

Milburn Stone as Mr. Moore

Norman Leavitt as Tom

A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.

Hold That Ghost

1941

English

7.2

♡ 7

100%

Arthur Lubin Director

Paul Newlan as Big Fink

Nestor Paiva as Glum

Frank Richards as Gunman

Amzie Strickland as Nightclub Patron

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.

Phantom of the Opera

1943

English

6.4

♡ 21

81%

Arthur Lubin Director

John Roy as Actor in Play

Susanna Foster as Christine DuBois

Edgar Barrier as Raoul Daubert

Richard Bartell as Reporter

Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak revenge on those who stole his music.

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The Thief of Baghdad

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Footsteps in the Fog

Black Friday

Keep 'Em Flying

Francis Joins the WACS

Francis Goes to West Point

Francis Covers the Big Town

Francis Goes to the Races

Francis

White Savage

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Buck Privates

In the Navy

Francis in the Navy

The Spider Woman Strikes Back

Hold That Ghost

Phantom of the Opera