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One of the best American pre-war films to attempt to explain the crisis brewing in Europe, this 1940 MGM film documents the effects of the new Nazi regime on a small, peaceful Alpine village. James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan struggle to understand the unjust changes being forced upon their community by the growing Nazi influence. Helpless to avert the horror unfolding before them, Stewart ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan, Robert Stack
Directed By: Frank Borzage

Just as Roberto Benigni found himself on the receiving end of some finger-wagging for making a comedy set during the Holocaust, so the great Ernst Lubitsch caught some heat for this extraordinary 1942 satire set behind enemy lines during World War II. In his best performance on film, Jack Benny stars as Joseph Tura, the lead actor and head of a Polish theater troupe that is suddenly enlisted as a ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Carole Lombard, Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Felix Bressart, Lionel Atwill
Directed By: Ernst Lubitsch

The quintessential movie spoof that spawned an entire genre of parody films, the original Airplane! still holds up as one of the brightest comedic gems of the '80s, not to mention of cinema itself (it ranked in the top 5 of Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 funniest movies ever made). The humor may be low and obvious at times, but the jokes keep coming at a rapid-fire clip and ...

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Frank Ashmore, Jonathan Banks, Craig Berenson, Barbara Billingsley
Directed By: David Zucker, Jerry Zucker

Not even the minor distraction of an imminent world war could keep this pleasing Cinderella tale from making international headlines in 1939, thanks to its much-anticipated delivery of Deanna Durbin's first screen kiss. It's planted by lanky Robert Stack, making his movie debut; along with the tune "Amapola," the film is noteworthy for a typically gruff-charming performance from stocky Eugene ...

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Helen Parrish, Lewis Howard
Directed By: Henry Koster

Manufacturer: Turner Home Entertainment
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, Douglas Walton, John Carradine
Directed By: John Ford, Leslie Goodwins

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan, Robert Stack, Robert Benchley
Directed By: William A. Seiter

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Arliss Howard, Suzy Amis, George Wendt, Diane Ladd, Seymour Cassel
Directed By: Martha Coolidge

Manufacturer: Vci Video
Starring: Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, Henry Wilcoxon, Bruce Cabot, Heather Angel
Directed By: George B. Seitz

Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Robert Stack, Joy Page, Gilbert Roland, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard
Directed By: Budd Boetticher

Shot in soft-focus Technicolor by Oklahoma!'s Robert Surtees, A Date with Judy offers a candy-colored version of the high-school musical. In a cozy seaside town, 16-year-old Judy Foster (tiny soprano Jane Powell) and poor little rich girl Carol Pringle (a stunning Elizabeth Taylor, dubbed) prepare for the school dance. When Carol’s brother, Oogie (former child star Scotty Beckett), ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat
Directed By: Richard Thorpe