5F0130_Comedy & Romance (1930-1939)
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- DirectorHoward HawksStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantCharles RugglesWhile trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.Katharine Hepburn (black white)
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGreta GarboMelvyn DouglasIna ClaireA stern Soviet woman sent to Paris to supervise the sale of jewels seized from Russian nobles finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.Greta Garbo (black white)
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsClaudette ColbertDon AmecheJohn BarrymoreA chorus girl stranded in Paris is set up by a millionaire to break up his wife's affair with another man, while being romantically pursued by a cab driver.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorGarson KaninStarsGinger RogersDavid NivenCharles CoburnAn unemployed woman discovers an abandoned baby on the steps of an orphanage, and accepts an offer to take responsibility for the child in return for a job.Ginger Rogers (black white)
- DirectorHeinz HelbigStarsHans MoserCarola HöhnWolf Albach-RettyCarola Höhn (black white)
- DirectorGeorge CukorStarsKatharine HepburnCary GrantDoris NolanA young man in love with a girl from a rich family finds his unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long-suffering brother.Katharine Hepburn (black white)
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsClaudette ColbertGary CooperEdward Everett HortonAfter learning her multi-millionaire fiancé has already been married seven times, the daughter of a penniless marquis decides to tame him.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsConstance BennettRoland YoungBillie BurkeTo gain entry to Heaven, a ghost attempts to reunite a divorcing couple as a good deed.Billie Burke (black white)
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandRosalind RussellRobert will do anything to get the big account that has eluded him. His public relations business makes public angels of rich scoundrels. Jean needs someone to save the paper and she wants Robert.Olivia De Havilland (black white)
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsConstance BennettBrian AherneAlan MowbrayDizzy society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome "tramp" who shows up at her doorstep and soon ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catches the eye of her pretty Geraldine.Billie Burke (black white)
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsFrank MorganRobert YoungMary AstorA wealthy business man, out of touch with real folks, decides to mingle and see what it is really all about.Mary Astor (black white)
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsCary GrantConstance BennettRoland YoungA fun-loving couple, finding that they died and are now ghosts, decide to shake up the stuffy lifestyle of a friend of theirs.Billie Burke (black white)
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsIrene DunneCary GrantRalph BellamyA married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.Irene Dunne (black white)
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowWilliam PowellMyrna LoyWhen a socialite sues a big paper for libel, the editor responsible calls in the help of his ignored fiancée and a former employee to frame her and make the false story seem true.Jean Harlow (black white)
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJean ArthurEdward ArnoldRay MillandWhen a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.Jean Arthur (black white)
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsWilliam PowellMyrna LoyFlorence RiceTwo sisters of differing temperaments, the younger's milquetoast fiancé, and a free-spirited artist in an auto trailer are all experiencing romantic complications.Florence Rice (black white)
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsLeslie HowardHumphrey BogartJoan BlondellA New York bank plans to sell a Hollywood studio at a big loss. But the head accountant is suspicious and goes to investigate. He finds chicanery, romance, and help to save the studio.Joan Blondell (black white)
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsIrene DunneMelvyn DouglasThomas MitchellThe author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.Irene Dunne (black white)
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJoan CrawfordClark GableFranchot ToneA runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.Joan Crawford (black white)
- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsJean HarlowRobert TaylorReginald OwenRaymond Dabney returns to his family after trouble with the law. He convinces the sheriff to give him a job watching the house and furniture of widow Crystal Wetherby without knowing she is engaged to his brother.Jean Harlow (black white)
- DirectorIan DalrympleVictor SavilleStarsVivien LeighRex HarrisonCecil ParkerA local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.Vivien Leigh (black white)
- DirectorTay GarnettStarsTyrone PowerLoretta YoungDon AmecheA financier's daughter spars with a newspaper reporter: he by writing about her, she by announcing their engagement.Loretta Young (black white)
- DirectorCarl FroelichStarsHeinz RühmannLeny MarenbachElsa DalandsRespectable married couple in small town get compromised and struggle to extricate themselvesLeny Marenbach (black white)
- DirectorE.W. EmoStarsHeinz RühmannLiane HaidTheo LingenBeautiful movie star Edda Vivian has an eccentric idea. She puts one of her kisses up for auction at a charity ball. Among the interested parties is Wiesinger, the owner of a record company, who, without his wife's knowledge, hastens to withdraw a considerable sum from the family safe. As for the philologist Franz, who lives with Wiesinger, he is not at all interested. But mistaken for someone else, he - wins the auction.Susi Lanner (black white)
- DirectorWolfgang LiebeneinerStarsHeinz RühmannLeny MarenbachHans SöhnkerWhen a bland British banker fails to please his wife, he pretends to be interested in other women so she will become jealous and care more for him.Leny Marenbach (black white)
- DirectorVeit HarlanStarsThekla AhrensCarl EsmondHans MoserA young woman borrows an expensive piece of jewelry from the store she works in, to impress her boyfriend at a winter Alps resort.She won't get in trouble because her boss loves her as well.Hilde Hildebrand (black white)
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorWilliam DieterleMax ReinhardtStarsJames CagneyDick PowellIan HunterTwo couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.Olivia De Havilland (black white)
- DirectorJack ConwayStarsJean HarlowChester MorrisLewis StoneLillian (Jean Harlow) relentlessly attempts to seduce a married man (Chester Morris).Jean Harlow (black white)
- DirectorEdward H. GriffithGeorge CukorStarsJoan CrawfordRobert MontgomeryCharles RugglesA society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.Joan Crawford (black white)
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsJean HarlowLoretta YoungRobert WilliamsA young woman from a very rich family impulsively marries a reporter, but each assumes the other is the one whose lifestyle must change.Loretta Young (black white)
- DirectorFrank TuttleStarsCary GrantFrances DrakeEdward Everett HortonThe switchboard operator in an apartment building falls in love with a businessman who lives in the building, whom she has gotten to know only over the phone. When she discovers that the man's current girlfriend is actually part of a scheme to swindle him out of some mineral rights he owns, she devises a plot to save him and expose the con artists.Rosita Moreno (black white)
- DirectorStephen RobertsStarsFrancis LedererGinger RogersArthur HohlRejected as an immigrant because he doesn't have the required $200, a Czech immigrant jumps ship and is befriended by a chorus girl and becomes a taxi driver.Ginger Rogers (black white)
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsElissa LandiCary GrantLynne OvermanMan marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.Elissa Landi (black white)
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayRay MillandA stenographer becomes a famed entertainer and is courted by an English nobleman and an informal American reporter.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsDouglas FairbanksMerle OberonBruce WinstonWhat do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20-year absence. His wife Dolores, with whom he hasn't lived in five years, still loves him. He refuses to see her; he fears the life of a husband. She has bought his debts and will remand him to jail for two years if he won't come to her. Meanwhile, an impostor is climbing the balconies of Seville claiming to be Don Juan. When a jealous husband kills him, the real Don Juan sees a way to avoid jail and get some peace. He hides as Captain Mariano in a small town. After six months, he's ready to return to society. Can he measure up to the legend? Will women find him attractive? What about Dona Dolores?Douglas Fairbanks (black white)
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsBette DavisGeorge BrentRoscoe KarnsA woman reporter tries to prove she's just as good as any man, but runs into trouble along the way.Wini Shaw (black white)
- DirectorWesley RugglesStarsClaudette ColbertFred MacMurrayRobert YoungA penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine. Soon, however, they find themselves more interested in her than in their publishing venture.Claudette Colbert (black white)
- DirectorMax OphülsStarsLien DeyersHeinz RühmannIda WüstA young salesman may inherit a wine-estate on one condition: he can't drink a drop of alcohol for at least a month.Heinz Rühmann (black white)
- DirectorE.W. EmoStarsJohannes RiemannJenny JugoFritz SchulzJenny Jugo (black white)
- DirectorWalter JanssenStarsLizzi HolzschuhHeinz RühmannKarl GüntherLizzi Holzschuh (black white)