41. A Christmas Carol
Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Actors: Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Terry Kilburn, Leo G. Carroll, Ronald Sinclair
Plot: The timeworn Dickens' story about the old merchant Scrooge and how his own disappointments shape his view that neither life or men are worthy of his notice or concern. He displays no charity to anyone, and is especially harsh to his employee Bob Cratchett. But the dessicated gent is about to get his comeuppance when he imagines he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future.
42. Wuthering Heights
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: William Wyler
Actors: Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp
Plot: A young stable boy falls in love with the wealthy daughter but she must not fall for him because of his status. He eventually marries her sister out of jealousy, but the power of love is too much.
43. Destry Rides Again
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: George Marshall
Actors: Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins
Plot: A crooked cattle boss partners with a likewise crooked mayor to take down the town sheriff and put a stranglehold on the locals. Appointing the town drunk as the new sheriff, they don't realize he has a connection to legendary lawman Tom Destry - and he invites Tom Destry, Jr. to town to clean up the mess.
44. Only Angels Have Wings
Year of Release: 1939
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Richard Barthelmess, Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn
Plot: Geoff Carter is an American who runs an air freight company in an airport in South America.where he has to make life and death decisions on a daily basis.
45. The Awful Truth
Year of Release: 1937
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Leo McCarey
Actors: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy, Molly Lamont, Cecil Cunningham
Plot: A couple begin divorce proceedings, but even before things are finalized, they begin seeing other people. Yet at every turn they attempt to undermine each others relationships.
46. Tarzan and His Mate
Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Cedric Gibbons
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, Nathan Curry
Plot: The perfect life of Tarzan and Jane is challenged when men on safari, seeking ivory, seek Jane out as well.
47. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Year of Release: 1936
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn
Plot: Longfellow Deeds is a humble small-town man, and tuba player, who finds himself the owner of a small fortune. Moving to the big city, he finds himself the target of every scheming person around, but it's not until hot-shot reporter Babe Bennett plays the damsel in distress card that he gets hooked.
48. Imitation of Life
Year of Release: 1934
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John M. Stahl
Actors: Claudette Colbert, Warren William, Rochelle Hudson, Ned Sparks, Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington
Plot: A woman and her daughter struggle when the husband passes away. But the arrival of new housekeeper Delilah Johnson, and her own daughter, changes things - especially when her pancake recipe is marketed and turns into a windfall. The two women become fast friends but share strained relationships with the two daughters.
49. Grand Hotel
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Edmund Goulding
Actors: John Barrymore, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Purnell Pratt
Plot: The lives of several guests collide at the Grand Hotel, where "nothing ever happens."
50. Mutiny on the Bounty
Year of Release: 1935
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Frank Lloyd
Actors: Clark Gable, Franchot Tone, Charles Laughton, Dudley Digges, Eddie Quillan, Herbert Mundin
Plot: The Bounty sets sail for Tahiti while along the way they face the hardship of mutiny, storms, and other sea mishaps.
