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    The Strange Monsieur Victor 1938 POSTER

    The Strange Monsieur Victor

    1938

    French

    7.2

    3

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    fugitive

    toulon, france

    wrongful conviction

    wrongful imprisonment

    Jean Grémillon Jean Grémillon Director Viviane Romance Viviane Romance as Adrienne Robineau Marcelle Géniat Marcelle Géniat as La mère de Victor Armand Larcher Armand Larcher as L'inspecteur #2 Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont as Paroli
    Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...
    The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938 POSTER

    The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

    1938

    English

    7.0

    5

    62%

    62%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    gangster

    jewelry

    paranoia

    research

    robbery

    society

    Anatole Litvak Anatole Litvak Director Edward G. Robinson Edward G. Robinson as Dr. Clitterhouse Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Foreman of Jury Claire Trevor Claire Trevor as Jo Keller Amzie Strickland Amzie Strickland as Patient
    A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from its extremely resentful leader.
    That Certain Age 1938 POSTER

    That Certain Age

    1938

    English

    6.5

    4

    42%

    42%

    Action

    Comedy

    musical

    Musical

    puberty

    puppy love

    Edward Ludwig Edward Ludwig Director Lon McCallister Lon McCallister as Billy Mary Kornman Mary Kornman as Friend Addison Richards Addison Richards as Newspaper Man Melvyn Douglas Melvyn Douglas as Vincent Bullitt
    Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send him off to China. However, first Fullerton invites Bullit to the peace and quiet of his own home to write a series of European affair articles. When Fullerton's adolescent daughter Alice develops a crush on Bullit, her suitor, boyscout Ken Warren, doesn't seem to stand a chance. Mr. and Mrs. Fullerton, Ken Warren, and even Vincent Bullit himself do their best to sway young Alice's feelings away from the older man. It's a difficult task though, as she is at 'that certain age.'
    The Baker's Wife 1938 POSTER

    The Baker's Wife

    1938

    French

    7.5

    9

    100%

    88%

    Comedy

    Drama

    Marcel Pagnol Marcel Pagnol Director Charblay Charblay as Arsène, le boucher Adrien Legros Adrien Legros as Barthelemy Jean Castan Jean Castan as Esprit, un berger Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont as Maillefer dit Patience
    In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable produces his first breads. Aimable is so afflicted that he can not work anymore. Therefore, the villagers, who initially laughed at his cuckoldry, take the matter very seriously (they want the bread) and organize a plan to find Aurelie and to bring her back to the bakery.
    Suez 1938 POSTER

    Suez

    1938

    English

    6.6

    3

    56%

    56%

    Action

    Adventure

    Drama

    egypt

    false accusations

    History

    Music

    napoleon bonaparte

    power struggle

    Romance

    Allan Dwan Allan Dwan Director Leonard Mudie Leonard Mudie as Campaign Manager Sidney Blackmer Sidney Blackmer as Marquis Du Brey Nigel Bruce Nigel Bruce as Sir Malcolm Cameron Annabella Annabella as Toni Pellerin
    Ferdinand de Lesseps, disappointed in love, is sent as a junior diplomat to the Isthmus of Suez, and realizes it's just the place for a canal.
    Boys Town 1938 POSTER

    Boys Town

    1938

    English

    7.2

    4

    86%

    81%

    Action

    Biography

    boys' boarding school

    Drama

    Family

    juvenile delinquent

    lincoln nebraska

    Music

    nebraska

    priest

    reform

    Norman Taurog Norman Taurog Director Everett Brown Everett Brown as Darky Martin Spellman Martin Spellman as Skinny Addison Richards Addison Richards as The Judge Edward Hearn Edward Hearn as Train Guard
    Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.
    Les disparus de St. Agil 1938 POSTER

    Les disparus de St. Agil

    1938

    French

    7.3

    3

    Action

    Drama

    Mystery

    Christian-Jaque Christian-Jaque Director Michel Simon Michel Simon as Lemel - prof. de dessin Serge Reggiani Serge Reggiani as Un élève Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour as Un élève Erich von Stroheim Erich von Stroheim as Walter - prof d'anglais
    In a college, three friends form a secret society. Their objective - going to America. One night, after one of their secret meetings, one of them sees a man coming out from a wall. The next day, after he talks about it, he disappears. Then, the second one vanishes. Are they gone to their dreams? That's when the art teacher is murdered. Suspicions now are too high so the third one decides to investigate.
    Porky & Daffy 1938 POSTER

    Porky & Daffy

    1938

    English

    7.0

    7

    Action

    Animation

    boxer

    cartoon

    Comedy

    daffy duck

    duck

    Family

    Sport

    Robert Clampett Robert Clampett Director Mel Blanc Mel Blanc as Porky Pig / Daffy Duck / The Champ / Pelican Referee Lionel Stander Lionel Stander as The Champ
    Porky Pig is Daffy Duck's fight manager who gets Daffy a fight with "The Champion", but things get looney.
    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 POSTER

    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    1938

    English

    7.1

    11

    45%

    63%

    Action

    Comedy

    department store

    meet cute

    millionaire

    Romance

    screwball comedy

    unconsummated marriage

    wife

    Ernst Lubitsch Ernst Lubitsch Director Joseph Crehan Joseph Crehan as American Tourist Elizabeth Patterson Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Hedwige Lenore Aubert Lenore Aubert as Party Guest Amzie Strickland Amzie Strickland as Undetermined Role
    American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke French Marquis. But she doesn't want to be only a number in the line of his ex-wives and undertakes her own strategy to tame him.
    Mad About Music 1938 POSTER

    Mad About Music

    1938

    English

    7.0

    2

    72%

    72%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    musical

    Musical

    Norman Taurog Norman Taurog Director William Frawley William Frawley as Dusty Turner Mildred Kornman Mildred Kornman as Schoolgirl Ann Bupp Ann Bupp as Schoolgirl Betty Jane Graham Betty Jane Graham as (uncredited)
    A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters from an imaginary explorer-adventurer father; and is eventually put in a position where she has to produce him. Interesting things happen as she talks a visiting Englishman into helping her out.
    Hotel du Nord 1938 POSTER

    Hotel du Nord

    1938

    French

    7.5

    7

    Action

    Comedy

    cult film

    Drama

    france

    hotel

    prison visit

    prostitute

    Romance

    sexual freedom

    Marcel Carné Marcel Carné Director Bernard Blier Bernard Blier as Prosper Arletty Arletty as Raymonde Annabella Annabella as Renée Marcel Melrac Marcel Melrac as Un agent de police
    A young couple's suicide pact goes awry, leaving the woman to face her survival with a new admirer while pining for her lost love.
    Violent Is the Word for Curly 1938 POSTER

    Violent Is the Word for Curly

    1938

    English

    7.8

    7

    Action

    Comedy

    pre-code

    Charley Chase Charley Chase Director Larry Fine Larry Fine as Larry Moe Howard Moe Howard as Moe Gladys Gale Gladys Gale as Mrs. Sufferin Katsby Vesey O'Davoren Vesey O'Davoren as Professor Hicks
    The stooges are left in charge of a gas station and manage to blow up the car of their first customers, three famous European professors. The stooges steal some of the academics' clothes and wind up at "Mildew", a women's college where the three professors are expected. Mistaken as the real thing, the boys take their place on the faculty. When the real professors show up, the stooges try to convince a rich woman, the schools benefactor, that an athletics programs is more important. Their athletics demonstration comes to an explosive end when the real professors slip them a nitroglycerin basketball.
    La Marseillaise 1938 POSTER

    La Marseillaise

    1938

    French

    7.0

    3

    78%

    72%

    18th century

    Action

    Drama

    french revolution

    History

    la marseillaise

    marseille

    Music

    national anthem

    War

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Robert Rollis Robert Rollis as Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont as Anatole Roux dit 'Cabri' Jaque Catelain Jaque Catelain as Le capitaine Langlade Louis Jouvet Louis Jouvet as Roederer, le procureur du département
    A film about the early part of the French Revolution, shown from the eyes of the citizens of Marseille, counts in German exile and, of course, the king Louis XVI, each showing their own small problems.
    Queen of Destiny 1938 POSTER

    Queen of Destiny

    1938

    English

    6.0

    4

    19th century

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    british monarchy

    Drama

    History

    Music

    queen victoria

    sequel

    victorian england

    Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Director Edward Lexy Edward Lexy as Dorset Soldier in Crimea Robert Eddison Robert Eddison as Lanternist Professor Ian Fleming Ian Fleming as Member of Parliament Jack Watling Jack Watling as Minor Role
    Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
    Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 POSTER

    Charlie Chan in Honolulu

    1938

    English

    6.7

    3

    50%

    50%

    Action

    charlie chan

    Crime

    Drama

    hawaii

    honolulu, hawaii

    Mystery

    pre-code

    H. Bruce Humberstone H. Bruce Humberstone Director Eddie Collins Eddie Collins as Al Hogan Richard Alexander Richard Alexander as Crewman Victor Sen Yung Victor Sen Yung as James Chan Philip Ahn Philip Ahn as Wing Foo
    While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.
    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1938 POSTER

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    1938

    English

    7.1

    14

    82%

    82%

    Action

    Adventure

    aunt nephew relationship

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    Family

    mischief

    mississippi river

    Music

    Romance

    young boy

    Norman Taurog Norman Taurog Director Victor Jory Victor Jory as Injun Joe Harry Myers Harry Myers as Irate Churchgoer Margaret Hamilton Margaret Hamilton as Mrs. Harper Lon McCallister Lon McCallister as Schoolboy
    Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
    The Dawn Patrol 1938 POSTER

    The Dawn Patrol

    1938

    English

    7.5

    8

    82%

    82%

    Action

    bomber

    Drama

    england

    germany

    raf (royal air force)

    War

    world war i

    world war ii

    Edmund Goulding Edmund Goulding Director Barry Fitzgerald Barry Fitzgerald as Bott Errol Flynn Errol Flynn as Courtney Donald Crisp Donald Crisp as Phipps Melville Cooper Melville Cooper as Sgt. Watkins
    In 1915 France, Major Brand commands the 39th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. The young airmen go up in bullet-riddled "crates" and the casualty rate is appalling, but Brand can't make the "brass hats" at headquarters see reason. Insubordinate air ace Captain Courtney is another thorn in Brand's side...but finds the smile wiped from his face when he rises to command the squadron himself. Everyone keeps a stiff upper lip.
    A Christmas Carol 1938 POSTER

    A Christmas Carol

    1938

    English

    7.5

    22

    100%

    74%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    charles dickens

    clerk

    Drama

    Family

    Fantasy

    holiday

    little boy

    redemption

    Edwin L. Marin Edwin L. Marin Director June Lockhart June Lockhart as Belinda Cratchit Gene Lockhart Gene Lockhart as Bob Cratchit Kathleen Lockhart Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Cratchit Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey as Old Fezziwig
    Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
    If I Were King 1938 POSTER

    If I Were King

    1938

    English

    7.1

    4

    76%

    76%

    Action

    Adventure

    based on novel or book

    cowardice

    History

    imprisonment

    paris, france

    poet

    romance

    Frank Lloyd Frank Lloyd Director Paul Newlan Paul Newlan as Beggar Darryl Hickman Darryl Hickman as Child William Haade William Haade as Guy Tabarie John Roy John Roy as Restraining Guard
    King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
    Of Human Hearts 1938 POSTER

    Of Human Hearts

    1938

    English

    6.8

    3

    52%

    52%

    abusive father

    civil war

    doctor

    Drama

    minister

    spanking

    violent father

    Western

    Clarence Brown Clarence Brown Director Francis X. Bushman Jr. Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Churchgoer Ward Bond Ward Bond as Lout Laughing in Church Anne O'Neal Anne O'Neal as Mrs. Hawks Gene Lockhart Gene Lockhart as Quid
    This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.
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