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Subgenre Sampler
Seven Sinners (1940)- Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker… - Tropical romance ensues for Marlene Dietrich's quick–witted, sultry saloon singer whose bad behaviour washes her up at the Seven Sinners Cafe,…
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor - Vivien Leigh's follow–up performance to GONE WITH THE WIND is cited as her favourite. It's a sumptuous romantic tragedy about war–torn…
Eternally Yours (1939)- Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Loretta Young, David Niven, Broderick Crawford… - A woman leaves stability and a wealthy fiancée behind to travel the globe as a magician's assistant after she is swept off her feet. However 'The…
Gone with the Wind (1939)
- Dir. Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Feat. Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland… - One of the greatest examples of story–telling on film, this maintains one's firm interest for nearly four hours with its romantic story, strong…
Jour Se Leve, Le (Daybreak) (1939)- Dir. Marcel Carne
Feat. Jean Gabin, Arletty - A renowned example of 'poetic realism', Jean Gabin gives another consummate performance as a doomed anti–hero. His tragic story is told in…
Midnight (1939)- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore… - Vintage romantic comedy, with a glamorous Claudette Colbert stranded in Paris and chased by two potential suitors: a modest taxi driver who's really…
Ninotchka (1939)- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas, Ina Claire… - “Garbo laughs!” proclaimed the ads for this sparkling romantic comedy, a first for its legendary star, Greta Garbo. She plays a Soviet agent who…
Wuthering Heights (1939)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon - Emily Bronte's passionate romantic classic is immortalised in celluloid with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon unforgettable as doomed lovers Kathy…
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)- Dir. Henry King
Feat. Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche… - Irving Berlin contributes over two dozen songs as well as the screenplay for this rousing story of the history of (white) jazz music from ragtime to…
Algiers (1938)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie… - Remake of a PEPE LE MOKO, in which a dashing jewel thief who has been hiding out for two years in the mysterious, murky Casbah, falls madly in love…
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