Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3631 Films to Buy & Rent
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
- Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson
- Batty and rambunctious comedy classic runs a gamut of slight gags and inspired slapstick lunacy, with wild pair Olsen and Johnson guiding the…
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
- Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Claude Rains
- Memorable romantic fantasy in which a none–too–bright boxer is killed in a plane crash before arch–angel Claude Rains sends him…
High Sierra (1941)
- Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino
- Crucial role that steered Humphrey Bogart towards more sympathetic anti–heroes, here playing a prison escapee/gangster facing the end with Ida…
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara
- Memories of childhood in a Welsh mining village are vividly portrayed in this highly emotive drama. Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture.
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
- Dir. Bruce Humberstone
Feat. Betty Grable
- Betty Grable tackles a dramatic role for this exciting whodunnit surrounding the murder of her sister. Quality film noir with a surprise twist in its…
Jean Grémillon: During the Occupation (Remorques, Lumière d'été, Le Ciel Est à Vous) (1941-1944)
- Dir. Jean Gremillon
Feat. Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud
- Three character–driven dramas from the heralded French film director who has been little represented outside of his home country:
Remorques…
Lady Eve, The (1941)
- Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn…
- One of the greatest Hollywood screwball comedies ever, this begins with naïve zoologist Henry Fonda (“Snakes are my life”) falling in love with…
Laurel and Hardy Collection, The (The Bullfighters; The Dancing Masters; Great Guns; A-Haunting We Will Go; The Big Noise; Jitterbugs) (1941-1945)
- Feat. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
- Six late–period comedy gems from Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, available to buy as a box–set or for rental as separate titles.
Great…
Little Foxes, The (1941)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall
- Masterful period drama adapted from a stageplay by one the great directors. Bette Davis is in brilliant form as Regina, the scheming matron…
Loyal 47 Ronin, The (47 Ronin) (1941)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Yoshizaburo Arashi
- Sombre rendition of a famous Japanese legend that's both quietly dignified and overtly nationalistic, tooled as propaganda during the height of…