Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3631 Films to Buy & Rent
Lydia (Illusions) (1941)
- Dir. Julien Duvivier
Feat. Merle Oberon, Joseph Cotton, Alan Marshall…
- Dreamy, melancholic melodrama follows the life and numerous loves of a society gal (Oberron) in New England over thirty odd years. Dir. Duvivier…
Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
- Dir. John Huston
Feat. Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre…
- A remarkable debut from director Huston hires Bogart's detective Sam Spade to locate a priceless statuette. Prototype film noir based on Dashiell…
Man Hunt (1941)
- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders…
- A Fritz Lang–directed thriller set in Europe just prior to World War II – the first of the German exile's four anti–Nazi films, and…
Meet John Doe (1941)
- Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan…
- Always partial to a ripe political parable, dir. Capra has Barbara Stanwyck leading hickster Gary Cooper around by the nose on a national goodwill…
Moon Over Miami (1941)
- Dir. Walter Lang
Feat. Betty Grable, Don Ameche, Robert Cummings
- One of Betty Grable's better musical outings, it's a bright and breezy story of two sisters who attempt to ensnare a pair of Miami millionaires when…
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Gene Raymond…
- An interesting departure for Alfred Hitchcock, this airy screwball comedy follows a happily married couple in New York who are shocked to learn that…
Penny Serenade (1941)
- Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Cary Grant, Irene Dunne
- Cary Grant and Irene Dunne adopt a infant, then lose it, in a brilliantly crafted tear–jerker.
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
- Dir. Victor Schertzinger
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
- The second in the 'Road to...' series sees the classic trio (Hope, Crosby and Lamour) down Africa–way in darkest Zanzibar.
Sergeant York (1941)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Gary Cooper
- A wartime classic about a real–life pacifist turned WW1 hero. Gary Cooper won an Oscar for his vivid portrayal.
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
- Dir. W.S. Van Dyke
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Donna Reed…
- Yet another relaxing weekend for sweethearts Nick and Nora turns into a head–scratcher, as the crime–stopping couple divert from a day at…