Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3634 Films to Buy & Rent
Desperate Journey (1942)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan
- Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan are stranded Allied pilots who flee the clutches of the Nazis in Boy's Own WW2 propaganda film.
Dr Seuss (TV Series) (1942-1994)
- Dir. Various
- The classic children's books in their animated television versions.
On tape and disc: "Best of..." containing three Dr Seuss tales – ‘Horton…
Eternel Retour, L' (1942)
- Dir. Jean Delannoy
Feat. Jean Marais, Madeleine Sologney, Yvonne de Bray…
- (Love Eternal) A contemporary take on the legend of Tristan and Isolde, lovers united after death. Jean Cocteau's script is realised with the…
First of the Few (Spitfire) (1942)
- Dir. Leslie Howard
Feat. Leslie Howard, David Niven, Rosamund John…
- Rousing true life tale of aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell and his streamlined monoplane that led to the devolpment of the spitfire.
Released with…
For Me and My Gal (1942)
- Dir. Busby Berkeley
Feat. Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy
- A Busby Berkeley–directed musical that provided the first real "adult" role for a nineteen–year–old Judy Garland. Gene Kelly…
Glass Key, The (1942)
- Dir. Stuart Heisler
Feat. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Brian Donlevy
- Alan Ladd re–teams with blonde siren Veronica Lake in this almighty film noir of divided loyalties, crooked politicians, and underworld snares.…
Goose Steps Out, The (1942)
- Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Frank Pettingell, Charles Hawtrey…
- British war comedy with Hay as a bumbling teacher conveniently turns out to be the double of a German general. In the true spirit of wartime…
Hitchcock Collection Volume 1 (Saboteur, Shadow of a Doubt, Rope, Rear Window, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1955), Psycho) (1942-1960)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Excellently–presented box–set with eight of Hitch's best early suspensers.
Holiday Inn (1942)
- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby
- Love–triangle musical scored by Irving Berlin has Astaire dancing without Rogers and Bing Crosby unleashing 'White Christmas'.
I Married A Witch (1942)
- Dir. Rene Clair
Feat. Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Robert Benchley…
- Charming screwball comedy sees a smoldering Veronica Lake play a reincarnated witch, who torments Fredric March's uptight politician for being a…