111. The Bells of St. Mary's
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan, Joan Carroll, Rhys Williams
Plot: Father O'Malley, still the unintentional priest, is sent to St. Mary's - a parochial school that has seen much better days. He joins with Sister Benedict in trying to save the school even though their differing natures often lead to good-natured disagreements.
112. Twelve O'Clock High
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Henry King
Actors: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Edwards, Gary Merrill, Millard Mitchell, Dean Jagger
Plot: A bomber unit suffering from low morale due to heavy losses comes under the command of hard-nosed General Frank Savage who makes it his mission to turn his crew around and get them back into fighting shape.
113. Act of Violence
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter, Berry Kroeger
Plot: War veteran Frank Enley seems to be a happily married small-town citizen until he realises Joe Parkson is in town. It seems Parkson is out for revenge because of something that happened in a German POW camp, and when a frightened Enley suddenly leaves for a convention in L.A., Parkson is close behind.
114. Mrs. Miniver
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/War
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Greer Garson, Teresa Wright, Walter Pidgeon, Richard Ney, Dame May Whitty, Henry Wilcoxon
Plot: A middle class family experiences the beginning of World War II as they are invaded by the enemy.
115. Johnny Belinda
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean Negulesco
Actors: Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Stephen McNally, Jan Sterling
Plot: A small-town doctor helps a deaf mute farm girl learn to communicate.
116. Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Cromwell
Actors: Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon, Mary Howard, Minor Watson, Howard Da Silva
117. Hamlet
Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Laurence Olivier
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Peter Cushing, Eileen Herlie, John Laurie, Basil Sydney, Russell Thorndike
Plot: Based on the Shakespeare play of the same name about a prince who seeks to avenge his fathers death.
118. The Thief of Bagdad
Year of Release: 1940
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin, Rex Ingram, Miles Malleson
Plot: The evil Grand Vizier Jaffar has successfully ousted Prince Ahmad from his rightful throne of Bagdad and cast him in the dungeon. But the prince meets up with Abu, the greatest thief in the city, and the two make a daring escape, go on many adventures all leading up to the prince taking back his throne, and the princess he loves.
119. Song of the South
Year of Release: 1946
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson
Actors: Ruth Warrick, Bobby Driscoll, James Baskett, Hattie McDaniel, Luana Patten, Lucile Watson
Plot: During the southern reconstruction, A young boy’s father goes on a trip for a period of time leaving the boy and his mother on a large plantation. only the stories told by the kindly Uncle Remus and a pet dog are there to try and fill the hole were his father once was.
The stories that Uncle Remus tells are of a cast of characters including Br’er Rabbit, Br’er Bear and Br’er Fox. Br’er Bear and Br’er Fox are constantly trying to capture Br’er Rabbit, but Br’er Rabbit always gets away and learns a lesson along the way.
Soon the boy’s mother who is also trying to cope with her husbands leaving try’s to take both the dog and the stories away from him. It’s up to the boy and Uncle Remus that the stories can helpful rather then harmful.
120. The Farmer's Daughter
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: H.C. Potter
Actors: Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore, Charles Bickford, Rose Hobart, Rhys Williams
