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    Red River Range 1938 POSTER

    Red River Range

    1938

    English

    5.6

    6

    33%

    33%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    three mesquiteers

    Western

    George Sherman George Sherman Director Fred 'Snowflake' Toones Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Dude Ranch Porter Theodore Lorch Theodore Lorch as Rancher Curley Dresden Curley Dresden as Rustler Ray Corrigan Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
    The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw. This gets Stony into the gang of rustlers and he alerts Tucson and Lullaby as to the next raid. But Hartley is on hand and unknown to anyone is the rustler's boss and he joins the posse with a plan that will do away with the Mesquiteers.
    Adventure in Sahara 1938 POSTER

    Adventure in Sahara

    1938

    English

    5.7

    2

    Action

    Adventure

    desert

    fort

    Romance

    D. Ross Lederman D. Ross Lederman Director Rolfe Sedan Rolfe Sedan as Airline Officer Dwight Frye Dwight Frye as Gravet - 'The Jackal' Marc Lawrence Marc Lawrence as Poule Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian as Sergeant
    Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt. To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim Wilson soon followed by his fiancée, Carla Preston, who has been tracing him from post to post. Legionnaires seize the fort and turn Savitt loose in the Arab-haunted desert with only a fraction of the water and food needed to get back to civilization. But Savitt gets through and returns to the fort at the head of an avenging troop of men. But Arabs surround Savitt and his men, and the mutineers, knowing that to leave the fort and aid them means their own death
    Mr. Wong, Detective 1938 POSTER

    Mr. Wong, Detective

    1938

    English

    5.9

    4

    40%

    40%

    Adventure

    Crime

    detective

    Drama

    investigation

    meditative

    murder

    mysterious

    Mystery

    poison

    Thriller

    William Nigh William Nigh Director Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Coroner George DeNormand George DeNormand as John Boris Karloff Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong Evelyn Brent Evelyn Brent as Olga
    A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
    Bringing Up Baby 1938 POSTER

    Bringing Up Baby

    1938

    English

    7.8

    30

    97%

    89%

    Action

    affectation

    Comedy

    donation

    Family

    museum

    paleontologist

    prison

    Romance

    zoo

    Howard Hawks Howard Hawks Director Jack Carson Jack Carson as Circus Roustabout Charles Ruggles Charles Ruggles as Major Applegate Ward Bond Ward Bond as Motorcycle Cop at Jail Barry Fitzgerald Barry Fitzgerald as Mr. Gogarty
    David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
    Port of Shadows 1938 POSTER

    Port of Shadows

    1938

    French

    7.7

    5

    97%

    91%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    france

    harbor

    Romance

    Thriller

    Marcel Carné Marcel Carné Director Martial Rèbe Martial Rèbe as Le client Michèle Morgan Michèle Morgan as Nelly Édouard Delmont Édouard Delmont as Panama Michel Simon Michel Simon as Zabel
    Down a foggy, desolate road to the port city of Le Havre travels Jean, an army deserter looking for another chance to make good on life. Fate, however, has a different plan for him, as acts of both revenge and kindness render him front-page news.
    The Human Beast 1938 POSTER

    The Human Beast

    1938

    French

    7.5

    6

    based on novel or book

    Crime

    Drama

    family secrets

    husband wife relationship

    le havre, france

    railwayman

    troubled marriage

    Jean Renoir Jean Renoir Director Jean Renoir Jean Renoir as Cabuche Jean Gabin Jean Gabin as Jacques Lantier Fernand Ledoux Fernand Ledoux as Roubaud Simone Simon Simone Simon as Séverine Roubaud
    Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.
    Pals of the Saddle 1938 POSTER

    Pals of the Saddle

    1938

    English

    5.7

    5

    38%

    38%

    Action

    Adventure

    Drama

    three mesquiteers

    Western

    George Sherman George Sherman Director Art Dillard Art Dillard as Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery George Montgomery George Montgomery as Rider John Wayne John Wayne as Stony Brooke Ray Corrigan Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
    The first of eight "Three Mesquiteers" Westerns to star John Wayne.
    George Takes the Air 1938 POSTER

    George Takes the Air

    1938

    English

    6.3

    3

    Comedy

    Musical

    War

    Anthony Kimmins Anthony Kimmins Director Jack Hobbs Jack Hobbs as Cpl. Craig Joe Cunningham Joe Cunningham as Flight Sergeant Bryan Herbert Bryan Herbert as RAF Corporal Organising Concert Julien Mitchell Julien Mitchell as Sergeant Major
    George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he realises that in fact his friend has left behind some very important papers, he dons a his Royal Air Force uniform and delivers the papers when he is mistaken for a dispatch driver from HQ. He soon becomes the butt of jokes from his sergeant which ends him staying indefinitely at the air base. George soon falls in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter and when he discovers his real identity he threatens to report him. On the day of an annual inspection George attempts to escape the base and ends up in a plane, while the inspecting officer watches on, George's plane display is mesmerizing and the inspecting officer insists he should be commended, in order to save their skins George manages to land the plane and is accepted as a flyer by the RAF.
    Sweethearts 1938 POSTER

    Sweethearts

    1938

    English

    6.2

    5

    54%

    54%

    Action

    Comedy

    divorce

    musical

    Musical

    Mystery

    Romance

    W.S. Van Dyke W.S. Van Dyke Director Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Assistant Director Gene Lockhart Gene Lockhart as Augustus Ethelreda Leopold Ethelreda Leopold as Chorus Girl Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey as Tailor's Assistant
    The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
    The Shining Hour 1938 POSTER

    The Shining Hour

    1938

    English

    6.4

    8

    40%

    40%

    based on play or musical

    dancer

    Drama

    family relationships

    in-laws

    newlywed

    nightclub

    Romance

    Frank Borzage Frank Borzage Director Frank Albertson Frank Albertson as Benny Collins Francis X. Bushman Jr. Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Club Sirocco Doorman E. Alyn Warren E. Alyn Warren as Leonard - Hannah's Servant George Chandler George Chandler as Press Agent
    A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
    The Lady Vanishes 1938 POSTER

    The Lady Vanishes

    1938

    English

    7.7

    20

    98%

    88%

    Action

    concussion

    Crime

    Drama

    espionage

    flowerpot

    gay interest

    Mystery

    search for witnesses

    secret agent

    Thriller

    Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock Director Googie Withers Googie Withers as Blanche Basil Radford Basil Radford as Charters Alfred Hitchcock Alfred Hitchcock as Man at Victoria Station Cecil Parker Cecil Parker as Mr. Todhunter
    On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel in a fictional European country, young Iris befriends elderly Miss Froy. When the train resumes, Iris suffers a bout of unconsciousness and wakes to find the old woman has disappeared. The other passengers ominously deny Miss Froy ever existed, so Iris begins to investigate with another traveler and, as the pair sleuth, romantic sparks fly.
    Test Pilot 1938 POSTER

    Test Pilot

    1938

    English

    6.8

    4

    67%

    69%

    Action

    Drama

    pre-code

    Romance

    test pilot

    Victor Fleming Victor Fleming Director Myrna Loy Myrna Loy as Ann Thurston Barton Louis Jean Heydt Louis Jean Heydt as Greg Benson Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Pilot Forbes Murray Forbes Murray as Pilot in Cafe
    Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
    God's Step Children 1938 POSTER

    God's Step Children

    1938

    English

    5.2

    2

    33%

    33%

    Drama

    Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux Director Sam Patterson Sam Patterson as A Banker Charles Thompson Charles Thompson as Jimmie, Consuelo Harris Consuelo Harris as Muscle Dancer Gloria Press Gloria Press as Naomi,
    Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
    Swing! 1938 POSTER

    Swing!

    1938

    English

    5.6

    3

    Drama

    musical

    Musical

    Oscar Micheaux Oscar Micheaux Director Leon Gross & His Orchestra Leon Gross & His Orchestra as The Tyler Twins The Tyler Twins as Cora Green Cora Green as Amanda 'Mandy' Jenkins Larry Seymour Larry Seymour as Cornell Jenkins
    Ted Gregory is trying to be the first black producer to mount a show on Broadway, but he has trouble with his star singer.
    Three Comrades 1938 POSTER

    Three Comrades

    1938

    English

    7.1

    2

    100%

    67%

    Drama

    Romance

    world war i

    Frank Borzage Frank Borzage Director Robert Taylor Robert Taylor as Erich Lohkamp George Chandler George Chandler as First Comic with Singer Francis X. Bushman Jr. Francis X. Bushman Jr. as Second Comic William Haade William Haade as Younger Vogt Man at Wrecked Car Scene
    A love story centered on the lives of three young German soldiers in the years following World War I. Their close friendship is strengthened by their shared love for the same woman who is dying of tuberculosis.
    The Citadel 1938 POSTER

    The Citadel

    1938

    English

    7.0

    6

    90%

    72%

    doctor

    Drama

    mining town

    wales

    King Vidor King Vidor Director Robert Donat Robert Donat as Andrew Manson Cecil Parker Cecil Parker as Charles Every Rex Harrison Rex Harrison as Dr. Lawford Leslie Phillips Leslie Phillips as Undetermined Secondary Role
    Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
    The Saint in New York 1938 POSTER

    The Saint in New York

    1938

    English

    6.3

    3

    50%

    50%

    Crime

    Drama

    Mystery

    Romance

    the saint

    Ben Holmes Ben Holmes Director Ben Welden Ben Welden as Boots Papinoff Lester Dorr Lester Dorr as Jacob S. 'Jake' Anthony Warde Anthony Warde as Maury Yule Jack Carson Jack Carson as Red Jenks
    A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
    You and Me 1938 POSTER

    You and Me

    1938

    English

    6.8

    6

    86%

    57%

    Crime

    department store

    female prisoner

    Film-Noir

    musical

    parole

    prison

    second chance

    Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Director Paul Newlan Paul Newlan as Bouncer at Danceland Joyce Compton Joyce Compton as Curly Blonde Sylvia Sidney Sylvia Sidney as Helen Roberts Barton MacLane Barton MacLane as Mickey
    Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.
    You Can't Take It with You 1938 POSTER

    You Can't Take It with You

    1938

    English

    7.8

    18

    94%

    88%

    Action

    based on play or musical

    Comedy

    Drama

    harmonica

    house

    love

    monopoly

    Romance

    tycoon

    Frank Capra Frank Capra Director Irving Bacon Irving Bacon as Henry - the Head Waiter Ann Doran Ann Doran as Maggie O'Neill Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook as Trustee Rosemary Theby Rosemary Theby as Woman
    Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
    Le schpountz 1938 POSTER

    Le schpountz

    1938

    French

    7.4

    1

    Comedy

    Marcel Pagnol Marcel Pagnol Director Enrico Glori Enrico Glori as Bodigar Glazunoff Pierre Brasseur Pierre Brasseur as Cousine Jacques B. Brunius Jacques B. Brunius as L'accessoiriste Fernand Charpin Fernand Charpin as L'oncle Baptiste Fabre
    A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his new career.
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