211. The Fugitive
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Ford
Actors: Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo, Ward Bond
212. Little Women
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Family
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Actors: June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Leigh, Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor
Plot: Based on the autobiographical story by Louisa May Alcott - while their father is serving in the civil war, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth - raised by their outspoken mother - experience life, love and finding out where they belong in the world.
213. You'll Never Get Rich
Year of Release: 1941
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Actors: Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley, John Hubbard, Osa Massen, Frieda Inescort
214. The Palm Beach Story
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Preston Sturges
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea, Mary Astor, Rudy Vallee, Sig Arno, Robert Warwick
Plot: An inventor/architect thinks he has the next big design - but getting the idea off the ground has cost him most of his money and put a strain on his marriage. Facing eviction, his wife bumps into an older, wealthy businessman who offers her $700 to get out of their current debt. When she tells this to her husband, he doesn't believe her - leading her to leave for Palm Beach and a divorce. But her ultimate plan is to land her own multi-millionaire, in order to solve all their problems.
215. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Year of Release: 1947
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Director: Irving Reis
Actors: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Rudy Vallee, Ray Collins, Harry Davenport
Plot: Teenaged Susan Turner has a sever crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent and sneaks into his apartment in order to model for him. When Turner's sister discovers her actions, she threatens Nugent with jail and he agrees to play along with the relationship until her crush abates and the antics lead to slapstick results.
216. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Busby Berkeley
Actors: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Esther Williams, Betty Garrett, Edward Arnold, Jules Munshin
217. Yolanda and the Thief
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Vincente Minnelli
Actors: Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Frank Morgan, Mildred Natwick, Mary Nash, Leon Ames
Plot: A con man on the lam finds himself in Patria, a Latin-American country where he overhears convent-bred rich girl Yolanda praying for a guardian angel to appear and help her in her business affairs. Realizing this is a perfect opportunity, he poses as her "angel" all the while planning to help himself to her millions. Yet, just as the plan is about to go off without a hitch, he realizes he has fallen for the girl and nixes the plan while offering a confession - both to the crime and of his love - when he attempts to flee Patria, things are much for difficult than anticipated.
218. Tarzan's New York Adventure
Year of Release: 1942
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Richard Thorpe
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford, Chill Wills
Plot: When their son, Boy, is kidnapped for a circus, Tarzan and Jane travel to New York to rescue him.
219. A Letter to Three Wives
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Mystery
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Kirk Douglas, Paul Douglas, Barbara Lawrence
Plot: Addie Ross has just delivered a letter to her three married friends: she has run off with one of their husbands - but they won't find out who until later that night.
220. Christmas in Connecticut
Year of Release: 1945
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Peter Godfrey
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, Reginald Gardiner, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Shayne
Plot: A famous food writer who claims to be a hard-working woman on a family farm is actually a single, lonely New Yorker who gets all her recipes from her friend Felix. When her magazine editor decides a returning war hero will spend Christmas with her on the farm, she must scramble to save her career by crafting the perfect homecoming.
