Why We Fight
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.
In Old California
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
Who Done It?
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten acquitted are apparently strangled by a serial killer.
Mystery of Marie Roget
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
A-Haunting We Will Go
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
The Corpse Vanishes
A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides.
Commandos Strike at Dawn
A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force against the oppressors.
I Married a Witch
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Captains of the Clouds
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and three friends enlist in the RCAF.
Superman: Destruction Inc.
Superman has to thwart wartime saboteurs tampering with things at the Metropolis Munitions Plant...who have captured Lois Lane and loaded her into a torpedo!
Roxie Hart
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
A fugitive doctor tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders.
The Spoilers
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
The Lady Is Willing
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep the baby but has to find a husband to make adoption viable. She offers her new obstetrician Dr. McBain help with his research on rabbits in exchange for marriage - and he accepts. The marriage of convenience turns into a marriage of real love until Dr. McBain's ex-wife comes looking for money.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.
Woman of the Year
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
Cat People
A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy with the man she loves will turn her into a feline predator.
Went the Day Well?
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
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Frank Capra
Director
Max Schmeling
as
German Paratrooper
Walter Huston
as
Narrator
Paul von Hindenburg
as
Self
Frank Hagney
as
Angry Citizen in Lynch Mob
Minerva Urecal
as
Mrs. Carson
Martin Garralaga
as
Señor Alvarez
Erle C. Kenton
Director
Thomas Gomez
as
Col. J.R. Andrews
William Bendix
as
Detective Brannigan
Norman Abbott
as
Organist
Frank Austin
as
Jury Foreman
Harry Harvey
as
Nightclub Manager
John Litel
as
Beauvais
Lloyd Corrigan
as
Gobelin
Maria Montez
as
Marie Roget
Lester Dorr
as
Subordinate to Prefect
Addison Richards
as
Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
Terry Moore
as
Dante's Young Admirer
George Lynn
as
Darby Mason
Frank Faylen
as
Train Detective
Wallace Fox
Director
Sam Katzman
as
Man in Newspaper Office
Angelo Rossitto
as
Toby
Rosemary DeCamp
as
Hilma Arnesen
Louis Jean Heydt
as
Karl Arnesen
Lillian Gish
as
Mrs. Bergesen
Amzie Strickland
as
Girl at Country Club
Fredric March
as
Jonathan Wooley / Nathaniel Wooley / Samuel Wooley / Wallace Wooley
Mary Field
as
Nancy Wooley
William Haade
as
Policeman at Ambulance
Orson Welles
Director
Joseph Cotten
as
Eugene Morgan
Agnes Moorehead
as
Fanny Minafer
Tim Holt
as
George Minafer
Michael Curtiz
Director
Alan Hale
as
Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy
Dennis Morgan
as
Johnny Dutton
William A. Wellman
Director
George Chandler
as
Amos Hart
George Montgomery
as
Homer Howard
William Frawley
as
O'Malley
Mary Treen
as
Secretary
Joseph H. Lewis
Director
Nat Pendleton
as
Red Hogan
Irving Bacon
as
Hotel Manager
Paul Newlan
as
Miner
Sterling Holloway
as
Arthur Miggle
Murray Alper
as
Joe Quig
Eddie Hall
as
Man Building a Rabbit Cage
Ray Walker
as
Reporter
Harry Cording
as
Jack Brady
Colin Kenny
as
Scotland Yard Detective
Reginald Owen
as
Clayton
Murdock MacQuarrie
as
Head Copy Reader
Cy Schindell
as
Pinkie's Listener in Bar
Tom Conway
as
Dr. Louis Judd
Kent Smith
as
Oliver Reed
Janette Scott
as
Child
Patricia Hayes
as
Daisy
David Farrar
as
Lieut. Jung
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