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Subgenre Sampler
Algiers (1938)- Dir. John Cromwell
Feat. Hedy Lamarr, Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie… - Remake of a PEPE LE MOKO, in which a dashing jewel thief who has been hiding out for two years in the mysterious, murky Casbah, falls madly in love…
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)- Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. Pat O'Brien, James Cagney - Childhood pals Pat O'Brien and James Cagney end up as adult enemies, in the priesthood and underworld respectively. Pleasing mix of comedy and…
Bank Holiday (Three on a Weekend) (1938)- Dir. Carol Reed
Feat. Margaret Lockwood, John Lodge, Hugh Williams… - Minor drama with nurse Lockwood heading to the seaside for an illicit weekend only to have her enjoyment tempered by her job.
Beachcomber, The (Vessel of Wrath) (1938)- Dir. Erich Pommer
Feat. Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester - Drama based on the short story by Somerset Maughamet, set in a remote tropical Dutch colony, where the sister of a missionary attempts to reform a…
Bete Humaine, La (1938)
- Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux… - Adaptation of Zola's romantic tragedy brims with tension and exults the presense of French icon Jean Gabin as a hot–headed train driver coaxed…
Boys Town (1938)- Dir. Norman Taurog
Feat. Spencer Tracy, Mickey Rooney - Bittersweet weepie in which Spencer Tracy won an Oscar as a priest who develops a school for delinquents with a knee–high Mickey Rooney as his…
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
- Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn - Definitive screwball comedy, has paleatologist Cary Grant and tiger–owning Katharine Hepburn striking sparks.
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1938)- Dir. Roy Del Ruth
Feat. Judy Garland, Robert Taylor, Eleanor Powell - Splendidly lavish "Show Musical", where a flimsy storyline is but an excuse to launch the brilliant dancing talents of Eleanor Powell. Also included…
Carefree (1938)- Dir. Mark Sandrich
Feat. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy - The eighth of the ten films that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did together, this screwball comedy features only four musical numbers, and is…
Dawn Patrol, The (1938)- Dir. Edmund Goulding
Feat. Errol Flynn, David Niven - Errol Flynn and David Niven play ace fighter–pilots in a tense action/drama set during WWI.
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