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Rental > Classics: 3559 Films to Rent
Woody Woodpecker and Friends (1941)
- Classic cartoons from the Walter Lantz archive, featuring the iconic woodpecker and stablemates Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, Swing Symphonies and Oswald…
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
- Dir. Sidney Lanfield
Feat. Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, John Hubbard…
- Generally amusing showbiz comedy has Fred Astaire play a star Broadway dancer who helps his boss (Benchley) out of trouble with his wife over a…
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
- Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr…
- A star–sudded MGM musical melodrama featuring musical numbers staged by Busby Berkeley, highlighted by "You Stepped Out of a Dream". Set in the…
Angels Over Broadway (1940)
- Dir. Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes
Feat. Douglas Jr. Fairbanks, Rita Hayworth
- Off–beat melodrama about three of life's failures who redeem themselves in one night's gambling in a New York cafe.
Arizona (1940)
- Dir. Wesley Ruggles
Feat. Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William
- Epic frontier Western set in Tuscon, Arizona in early 1860's, where an independent, tough–as–nails pioneer woman aspires to be a cattle…
Bank Dick, The (1940)
- Dir. Edward Cline
Feat. W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, Cora Witherspoon
- W.C. Fields last great outburst of lunatic humour, playing a not–particularly–interested–in–the–job bank–guard,…
Best of Abbott and Costello, The - Volume 1 (One Night in the Tropics, Buck Privates, In the Navy, Hold that Ghost, Keep 'Em Flying, Ride 'Em Cowboy, Who Done It?, Pardon My Sarong) (1940-1942)
- Dir. A. Edward Sutherland, Arthur Lubin, Erle C. Kenton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello
- The first eight movie comedies with duo Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in their patented roles. After careers in variety, silent films and radio, they…
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy…
- The final of the loosely connected BROADWAY MELODY quartet is unusually plot–heavy, but still features glittery dance numbers and a lovely Cole…
Brother Orchid (1940)
- Dir. Lloyd Bacon
Feat. Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern…
- Low–key but interesting star vehicle for Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart with the big guy playing a has–been gangster who joins a…
Christmas in July (1940)
- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn…
- Dir. Sturges second film is a short, sweet and sharp satire on 'success', in which a gullible office clerk (Powell) is fooled by his colleagues into…