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Subgenre Sampler
Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
- Dir. George Cukor
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, James Stewart - A second marriage for a stuffy heiress is threatened by scandal. A witty, sparkling romantic farce with golden trio – Katharine Hepburn, Cary…
Pride and Prejudice (1940)- Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Greer Garson - Jane Austen's splendid comedy of manners is brought to the screen for the first time, with wit and subtlety firmly in tact.
Rebecca (1940)- Dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders - A masterful gothic romance about a nobleman's second wife who becomes haunted by the image of his beloved first. Hitchcock's first American film was…
Remember the Night (1940)- Dir. Mitchell Leisen
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi… - Preston Sturges scripted this forgotten yuletide gem, about an assistant D.A. (MacMurray) who, feeling sorry for a glamorous jewel thief (Stanwyck),…
Return of Frank James (1940)- Dir. Fritz Lang
Feat. Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper - Worthy sequel to JESSE JAMES with Henry Fonda reprising his role of Frank, now out to avenge the death of his brother.
- Road to Singapore (1940)
- Dir. Victor Schertzinger
Feat. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour - The first of half a dozen 'Road to' films has Bing Crosby and Bob Hope as clowning, crooning rivals vying for the affections of Dorothy Lamour.
Santa Fe Trail, The (1940)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Olivia de Havilland… - Set in the leadup to the American Civil War, this professionally executed Western has future Confederate general Jeb Stuart (Flynn) lead the charge…
Sea Hawk, The (1940)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Errol Flynn - Adventure on the high seas with Errol Flynn at the height of his popularity. Magnificent swordplay and battle scenes.
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,…
Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
- Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Frank Morgan… - One for the pantheon of romantic–comedy this, directed by the illustrious Ernst Lubitsch (of the famed 'Lubitsch touch') and excelling in its…
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