List of American films of 1939
A list of American films released in 1939 .
Gone with the Wind won the Academy Award for Best Picture .
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Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
$1,000 a Touchdown
James P. Hogan
Joe E. Brown , Martha Raye , Eric Blore , Susan Hayward
Comedy
Paramount
20,000 Men a Year
Alfred E. Green
Randolph Scott , Preston Foster , Margaret Lindsay
Drama
Cosmopolitan Productions
6,000 Enemies
George B. Seitz
Walter Pidgeon , Rita Johnson , Paul Kelly , Nat Pendleton
Crime drama
MGM
A–B
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Across the Plains
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Addison Randall , Frank Yaconelli
Western
Monogram
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Richard Thorpe
Mickey Rooney , Walter Connolly , William Frawley
Drama
MGM
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Terry O. Morse
Rosella Towne , William Gargan , James Stephenson
Crime
Warner Bros.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Alfred L. Werker
Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Ida Lupino
Mystery
20th Century Fox
Adventures of the Masked Phantom
Charles Abbott
Monte Rawlins , Betty Burgess
Western
B. F. Zeidman Productions [ 1]
All Women Have Secrets
Kurt Neumann
Virginia Dale , Joseph Allen , Jeanne Cagney
Comedy
Paramount
Allegheny Uprising
William A. Seiter
Claire Trevor , John Wayne , George Sanders , Brian Donlevy
Adventure, Western
RKO
Almost a Gentleman
Leslie Goodwins
James Ellison , June Clayworth
Comedy
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Alexander Hall
Melvyn Douglas , Joan Blondell , Clarence Kolb , Ruth Donnelly
Comedy
Columbia
Ambush
Kurt Neumann
Lloyd Nolan , Gladys Swarthout
Crime
Paramount
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
W. S. Van Dyke
Lewis Stone , Mickey Rooney , Cecilia Parker , Fay Holden
Comedy
MGM
The Angels Wash Their Faces
Ray Enright
Ann Sheridan , Ronald Reagan , Billy Halop , Bernard Punsly , Leo Gorcey
Drama
First National Pictures
Another Thin Man
W. S. Van Dyke
William Powell , Myrna Loy , Virginia Grey , Otto Kruger
Crime
MGM
The Arizona Kid
Joseph Kane
Roy Rogers , George "Gabby" Hayes , Sally March
Western
Republic
Arizona Legion
David Howard
George O'Brien , Laraine Day , Carlyle Moore Jr., Chill Wills
Western
RKO
The Arizona Wildcat
Herbert I. Leeds
Jane Withers , Leo Carrillo
Western
20th Century Fox
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
James P. Hogan
John Howard , Heather Angel , H. B. Warner , Reginald Denny
Adventure
Paramount
At the Circus
Edward Buzzell
Marx Brothers , Kenny Baker , Florence Rice , Eve Arden , Margaret Dumont
Comedy
MGM
Babes in Arms
Busby Berkeley
Mickey Rooney , Judy Garland , Charles Winninger , Guy Kibbee
Musical
MGM , Based on 1937 stage show
Bachelor Mother
Garson Kanin
Ginger Rogers , David Niven
Comedy
RKO
Back Door to Heaven
William K. Howard
Wallace Ford , Aline MacMahon
Crime
Vernon Steele Productions
Bad Boy
Herbert Meyer
Johnny Downs , Rosalind Keith
Crime
Gateway Productions Inc.
Bad Lands
Lew Landers
Robert Barrat , Douglas Walton
Western
RKO
Bad Little Angel
Wilhelm Thiele
Virginia Weidler , Gene Reynolds , Guy Kibbee
Drama
MGM
Balalaika
Reinhold Schünzel
Nelson Eddy , Ilona Massey , Charles Ruggles , Frank Morgan
Musical
MGM
Barricade
Gregory Ratoff
Alice Faye , Warner Baxter
Drama
20th Century Fox
Beau Geste
William A. Wellman
Gary Cooper , Ray Milland , Robert Preston , Brian Donlevy , Susan Hayward
Drama
Paramount
Beauty for the Asking
Glenn Tryon
Lucille Ball , Patric Knowles
Drama
RKO
Behind Prison Gates
Charles Barton
Brian Donlevy , Julie Bishop
Crime
Columbia [ 2]
Beware Spooks!
Edward Sedgwick
Joe E. Brown , Mary Carlisle , Clarence Kolb
Comedy
Columbia [ 3]
The Big Guy
Arthur Lubin
Victor McLaglen , Jackie Cooper , Ona Munson
Crime
Universal
Big Town Czar
Arthur Lubin
Barton MacLane , Tom Brown , Eve Arden
Mystery
Universal
Birthright
Oscar Micheaux
Carman Newsome
Drama
Blackmail
H. C. Potter
Edward G. Robinson , Ruth Hussey , Gene Lockhart
Crime drama
MGM
Blackwell's Island
William C. McGann
John Garfield , Rosemary Lane , Dick Purcell , Victor Jory
Crime
Warner Bros.
Blind Alley
Charles Vidor
Chester Morris , Ralph Bellamy , Ann Dvorak
Crime
Columbia
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Frank R. Strayer
Penny Singleton , Arthur Lake
Comedy
Columbia
Blondie Meets the Boss
Frank R. Strayer
Penny Singleton , Arthur Lake
Comedy
Columbia
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Frank R. Strayer
Penny Singleton , Arthur Lake
Comedy
Columbia
Blue Montana Skies
B. Reeves Eason
Gene Autry , Smiley Burnette
Western
Republic
Boy Friend
James Tinling
Jane Withers , Arleen Whelan
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Boy Slaves
P. J. Wolfson
Anne Shirley , Roger Daniel
Drama
RKO
Boy Trouble
George Archainbaud
Charles Ruggles , Mary Boland , Donald O'Connor
Drama
Paramount
Boys' Reformatory
Howard Bretherton
Frankie Darro , Grant Withers
Crime
Monogram
Bridal Suite
Wilhelm Thiele
Annabella , Robert Young , Walter Connolly , Reginald Owen
Musical comedy
MGM
Broadway Serenade
Robert Z. Leonard
Jeanette MacDonald , Lew Ayres
Musical
MGM
The Bronze Buckaroo
Richard C. Kahn
Herb Jeffries , Lucius Brooks
Western
Hollywood Pictures
Buck Rogers
Ford Beebe , Saul A. Goodkind
Buster Crabbe , Constance Moore
Science fiction
Universal
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
James P. Hogan
John Howard , Heather Angel , H. B. Warner , Reginald Denny
Mystery
Paramount
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
James P. Hogan
John Howard , Heather Angel , H. B. Warner , Reginald Denny
Mystery
Paramount
Buried Alive
Victor Halperin
Beverly Roberts , Robert Wilcox
Crime
Producers Pictures [ 4]
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
Edward Sedgwick
Dennis O'Keefe , Cecilia Parker , Nat Pendleton
Drama
MGM
C–D
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Cafe Society
Edward H. Griffith
Madeleine Carroll , Fred MacMurray , Shirley Ross
Romantic comedy
Paramount
Call a Messenger
Arthur Lubin
Billy Halop , Huntz Hall , Robert Armstrong , Mary Carlisle
Crime drama
Universal
Calling All Marines
John H. Auer
Don "Red" Barry , Helen Mack
Action
Republic
Calling Dr. Kildare
Harold S. Bucquet
Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore , Laraine Day , Nat Pendleton , Lana Turner
Drama
MGM
Captain Fury
Hal Roach
Brian Aherne , Victor McLaglen , Paul Lukas , June Lang
Adventure
Hal Roach Studios Inc.
Career
Leigh Jason
Anne Shirley , Edward Ellis , Samuel S. Hinds
Drama
RKO
The Cat and the Canary
Elliott Nugent
Bob Hope , Paulette Goddard , John Beal , Douglass Montgomery , Gale Sondergaard
Comedy
Paramount
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Norman Foster
Sidney Toler , Victor Sen Yung , Cesar Romero
Crime
20th Century Fox
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
Herbert I. Leeds
Sidney Toler , Lynn Bari
Crime
20th Century Fox
Charlie Chan in Reno
Norman Foster
Sidney Toler , Ricardo Cortez , Phyllis Brooks , Slim Summerville
Crime
20th Century Fox
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Frank Tuttle
Edgar Bergen , Charlie McCarthy , Mortimer Snerd , Robert Cummings , Constance Moore
Comedy
Universal [ 5]
Chasing Danger
Ricardo Cortez
Preston Foster , Lynn Bari , Wally Vernon , Henry Wilcoxon
Adventure
20th Century Fox
Chicken Wagon Family
Herbert I. Leeds
Jane Withers , Leo Carrillo , Marjorie Weaver , Spring Byington
Comedy
20th Century Fox
A Child Is Born
Lloyd Bacon
Geraldine Fitzgerald , Jeffrey Lynn , Gladys George , Gale Page , Spring Byington
Drama
Warner Bros.
Chip of the Flying U
Ralph Staub
Johnny Mack Brown , Bob Baker , Fuzzy Knight , Doris Weston
Western
Universal
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Herbert I. Leeds
Cesar Romero , Marjorie Weaver
Western
20th Century Fox
Coast Guard
Edward Ludwig
Randolph Scott , Frances Dee , Ralph Bellamy
Drama
Columbia
Code of the Cactus
Sam Newfield
Tim McCoy , Ben Corbett , Dorothy Short
Western
Victory Pictures Corporation
Code of the Fearless
Raymond K. Johnson
Fred Scott , Claire Rochelle
Western
Atlas Productions [ 6]
Code of the Secret Service
Noel M. Smith
Ronald Reagan , Rosella Towne , Eddie Foy Jr. , Moroni Olsen
Crime
Warner Bros.
Code of the Streets
Harold Young
Harry Carey , Frankie Thomas
Crime
Universal
Colorado Sunset
George Sherman
Gene Autry , June Storey , Patsy Montana
Western
Republic
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Anatole Litvak
Edward G. Robinson , Francis Lederer , George Sanders , Paul Lukas
Drama
Warner Bros.
Conspiracy
Lew Landers
Allan Lane , Linda Hayes
Drama
Convict's Code
Lambert Hillyer
Sidney Blackmer , Anne Nagel
Crime
The Cowboy Quarterback
Noel M. Smith
Bert Wheeler , Marie Wilson
Comedy
Warner Bros.
Crashing Thru
Elmer Clifton
James Newill , Jean Carmen , Warren Hull
Western
Monogram
Dancing Co-Ed
S. Sylvan Simon
Lana Turner , Richard Carlson , Artie Shaw , Ann Rutherford
Romantic comedy
MGM
Danger Flight
Howard Bretherton
Marjorie Reynolds , Milburn Stone
Drama
Dark Victory
Edmund Goulding
Bette Davis , George Brent , Humphrey Bogart , Geraldine Fitzgerald , Ronald Reagan
Drama
Warner Bros. ; Academy Award nomination Best Picture
Daughter of the Tong
Bernard B. Ray
Evelyn Brent , Grant Withers
Drama
Metropolitan
Daughters Courageous
Michael Curtiz
John Garfield , Claude Rains , Fay Bainter
Drama
Warner Bros.
The Day the Bookies Wept
Leslie Goodwins
Betty Grable
Comedy
RKO
Day-Time Wife
Gregory Ratoff
Tyrone Power , Linda Darnell
Romantic comedy
Death of a Champion
Robert Florey
Virginia Dale , Donald O'Connor
Mystery
Death Rides the Range
Sam Newfield
Fay McKenzie , Ken Maynard
Western
Destry Rides Again
George Marshall
Marlene Dietrich , James Stewart
Western
Universal
Devil's Island
William Clemens
Boris Karloff , James Stephenson
Suspense
Dick Tracy's G-Men
William Witney
Ralph Byrd , Jennifer Jones
Serial
Republic
Disbarred
Robert Florey
Gail Patrick , Robert Preston
Drama
Disputed Passage
Frank Borzage
Dorothy Lamour , Akim Tamiroff
Drama
Paramount
Dodge City
Michael Curtiz
Errol Flynn , Olivia de Havilland , Ann Sheridan , Bruce Cabot , Frank McHugh
Western
Warner Bros.
Drums Along the Mohawk
John Ford
Claudette Colbert , Henry Fonda
Western
20th Century Fox
Dust Be My Destiny
Lewis Seiler
John Garfield , Priscilla Lane
Drama
E–F
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Each Dawn I Die
William Keighley
James Cagney , George Raft , Jane Bryan
Crime
Warner Bros.
The Escape
Ricardo Cortez
Amanda Duff , Kane Richmond , June Gale
Action
20th Century Fox
Escape to Paradise
Erle C. Kenton
Kent Taylor , Joyce Compton
Drama
Espionage Agent
Lloyd Bacon
Joel McCrea , Brenda Marshall , George Bancroft
Drama
Warner Bros.
Eternally Yours
Tay Garnett
Loretta Young , David Niven
Comedy
"Everybody's Baby "
Malcolm St. Clair (filmmaker)
Shirley Deane
Comedy
Everybody's Hobby
William C. McGann
Irene Rich , Jackie Moran
Comedy
Everything Happens at Night
Irving Cummings
Sonja Henie , Ray Milland , Robert Cummings
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Ex-Champ
Phil Rosen
Victor McLaglen , Tom Brown , Nan Grey
Sports drama
[ 7]
Exile Express
Otis Garrett
Anna Sten , Alan Marshal
Drama
Grand National Films Inc.
The Family Next Door
Joseph Santley
Hugh Herbert , Joy Hodges , Eddie Quillan , Ruth Donnelly
Comedy
Universal Pictures
Fast and Furious
Busby Berkeley
Ann Sothern , Franchot Tone
Comedy
MGM
Fast and Loose
Edwin L. Marin
Robert Montgomery , Rosalind Russell
Comedy
MGM
Fifth Avenue Girl
Gregory La Cava
Ginger Rogers , Walter Connolly , Verree Teasdale
Comedy
RKO
The Fighting Gringo
David Howard
George O'Brien , Lupita Tovar
Western
First Love
Henry Koster
Deanna Durbin , Robert Stack , Eugene Pallette
Musical
Universal
First Offenders
Frank McDonald
Beverly Roberts , Walter Abel
Drama
Columbia
Five Came Back
John Farrow
Chester Morris , Lucille Ball , Wendy Barrie
Drama
RKO
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Charles Barton
Edith Fellows , Charles Peck, Tommy Bond , Jimmy Leake, Dorothy Ann Sease
Family
Columbia Pictures
Fixer Dugan
Lew Landers
Lee Tracy , Peggy Shannon
Comedy
Flight at Midnight
Sidney Salkow
Phil Regan , Jean Parker
Drama
Republic
The Flying Deuces
A. Edward Sutherland
Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Jean Parker
Comedy
RKO
The Flying Irishman
Leigh Jason
Douglas Corrigan
Biographical
RKO
Four Wives
Michael Curtiz
Priscilla Lane , Rosemary Lane , Lola Lane
Drama
Warner Bros.
Frontier Marshal
Allan Dwan
Randolph Scott , Nancy Kelly , Cesar Romero
Western
20th Century Fox
Frontiers of '49
Joseph Levering
Wild Bill Elliott , Luana Alcañiz , Charles King
Western
Columbia
G–H
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Geronimo
Paul Sloane
Preston Foster , Ellen Drew , Andy Devine
Western
Paramount
The Girl and the Gambler
Lew Landers
Tim Holt , Steffi Duna
Western
RKO
The Girl from Mexico
Leslie Goodwins
Lupe Vélez , Leon Errol
Comedy
RKO
Golden Boy
Rouben Mamoulian
Barbara Stanwyck , Adolphe Menjou , William Holden
Drama
Columbia
Gone with the Wind
Victor Fleming
Clark Gable , Vivien Leigh , Leslie Howard , Olivia de Havilland , Hattie McDaniel , Butterfly McQueen
Drama
MGM , Academy Award Best Picture; 10 Oscars, 13 nominations
Good Girls Go to Paris
Alexander Hall
Melvyn Douglas , Joan Blondell
Comedy
The Gorilla
Allan Dwan
Ritz Brothers , Anita Louise , Patsy Kelly
Comedy
20th Century Fox
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Alfred E. Green
Gracie Allen , Warren William , Ellen Drew
Mystery
Paramount
Grand Jury Secrets
James P. Hogan
Gail Patrick , John Howard
Comedy
Paramount
The Great Commandment
Irving Pichel
Albert Dekker , John Beal
Biblical
20th Century Fox
The Great Man Votes
Garson Kanin
John Barrymore , Virginia Weidler
Drama
RKO
The Great Victor Herbert
Andrew L. Stone
Mary Martin , Allan Jones
Biographical
Paramount
Gulliver's Travels
Dave Fleischer
Pinto Colvig , Jack Mercer
Animated
Paramount
Gunga Din
George Stevens
Cary Grant , Victor McLaglen , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Sam Jaffe
Adventure
RKO
The Hardys Ride High
George B. Seitz
Mickey Rooney , Lewis Stone , Fay Holden
Comedy
MGM
Hawaiian Nights
Albert S. Rogell
Constance Moore , Johnny Downs
Romance
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Ricardo Cortez
Glenn Ford , Jean Rogers , Ward Bond
Drama
Columbia
Hell's Kitchen
Ewald André Dupont , Lewis Seiler
Dead End Kids , Billy Halop , Bobby Jordan , Leo Gorcey , Ronald Reagan
Drama
Warner Bros.
Here I Am a Stranger
Roy Del Ruth
Richard Dix , Richard Greene
Drama
20th Century Fox
Henry Goes Arizona
Edwin L. Marin
Frank Morgan , Virginia Weidler , Guy Kibbee
Western
MGM
Heroes in Blue
William Watson
Dick Purcell , Bernadene Hayes
Drama
Hollywood Cavalcade
Irving Cummings , Malcolm St. Clair
Alice Faye , Don Ameche
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Homicide Bureau
Charles C. Coleman
Bruce Cabot , Rita Hayworth , Marc Lawrence
Action
Columbia
Honeymoon in Bali
Edward H. Griffith
Madeleine Carroll , Fred MacMurray
Comedy
Paramount
The Honeymoon's Over
Eugene Forde
Stuart Erwin , Marjorie Weaver
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Honolulu
Edward Buzzell
Eleanor Powell , Burns and Allen
Musical
MGM
Hotel for Women
Gregory Ratoff
Ann Sothern , Linda Darnell , James Ellison
Drama
Cosmopolitan Productions /20th Century Fox
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sidney Lanfield
Basil Rathbone , Nigel Bruce , Richard Greene
Mystery
20th Century Fox
The House of Fear
Joe May
William Gargan , Irene Hervey
Horror
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Hal Roach
Joan Bennett , John Hubbard
Comedy
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
William Dieterle
Charles Laughton , Maureen O'Hara
Drama
RKO
I–J
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
The Ice Follies of 1939
Reinhold Schünzel
Joan Crawford , James Stewart , Lew Ayres , Lewis Stone
Musical
MGM
Idiot's Delight
Clarence Brown
Norma Shearer , Clark Gable , Edward Arnold
Comedy
MGM
I'm from Missouri
Theodore Reed
Bob Burns , Gladys George , Patricia Morison
Comedy
Paramount
In Name Only
John Cromwell
Carole Lombard , Cary Grant , Kay Francis
Drama
RKO
Indianapolis Speedway
Lloyd Bacon
Pat O'Brien , Ann Sheridan , John Payne
Drama
Warner Bros.
Intermezzo
Gregory Ratoff
Leslie Howard , Ingrid Bergman
Romantic drama
United Artists ; Bergman's American film debut
The Invisible Killer
Sam Newfield
Grace Bradley , Roland Drew , William Newell
Mystery
PRC
Invisible Stripes
Lloyd Bacon
George Raft , Jane Bryan , William Holden
Crime
Warner Bros.
Invitation to Happiness
Wesley Ruggles
Irene Dunne , Fred MacMurray , Charlie Ruggles
Drama
Paramount
I Stole a Million
Frank Tuttle
George Raft , Claire Trevor
Crime
Universal
It Could Happen to You
Alfred L. Werker
Gloria Stuart , Stuart Erwin
Comedy
20th Century Fox
It's a Wonderful World
W. S. Van Dyke
Claudette Colbert , James Stewart , Guy Kibbee , Nat Pendleton
Romantic comedy
MGM
I Was a Convict
Aubrey Scotto
Barton MacLane , Beverly Roberts
Crime
Republic
Jesse James
Henry King
Tyrone Power , Henry Fonda , Nancy Kelly , Randolph Scott
Western
20th Century Fox
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Robert B. Sinclair
Ann Sothern , Lewis Stone , Walter Brennan
Comedy
MGM
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Malcolm St. Clair
Spring Byington , June Carlson
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Juarez
William Dieterle
Paul Muni , Bette Davis , Brian Aherne , Claude Rains
Biopic
Warner Bros.
Judge Hardy and Son
George B. Seitz
Mickey Rooney , Lewis Stone , Fay Holden
Comedy
MGM
K–L
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
The Kansas Terrors
George Sherman
Robert Livingston , Duncan Renaldo , Julie Bishop
Western
Republic
The Kid from Kokomo
Lewis Seiler
Pat O'Brien , Wayne Morris , Joan Blondell
Comedy
Warner Bros.
The Kid from Texas
S. Sylvan Simon
Dennis O'Keefe , Florence Rice , Jessie Ralph , Buddy Ebsen
Western
MGM
King of the Turf
Alfred E. Green
Adolphe Menjou , Dolores Costello , Roger Daniel
Drama
United Artists
King of the Underworld
Lewis Seiler
Humphrey Bogart , Kay Francis , James Stephenson
Crime
Warner Bros.
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Sam Nelson
Fred Stone , Rochelle Hudson , Richard Fiske
Western
Columbia
Lady of the Tropics
Jack Conway
Robert Taylor , Hedy Lamarr , Joseph Schildkraut
Romantic drama
MGM
The Lady's from Kentucky
Alexander Hall
George Raft , Ellen Drew , Hugh Herbert
Drama
Laugh It Off
Albert S. Rogell
Johnny Downs , Constance Moore
Musical, Comedy
Law of the Pampas
Nate Watt
William Boyd , Steffi Duna , Sidney Toler
Western
Paramount
Let Freedom Ring
Jack Conway
Nelson Eddy , Virginia Bruce , Victor McLaglen , Lionel Barrymore
Musical
MGM
Let Us Live
John Brahm
Maureen O'Sullivan , Henry Fonda , Ralph Bellamy
Crime thriller
Columbia
The Light That Failed
William A. Wellman
Ronald Colman , Walter Huston , Ida Lupino
Drama
based on novel by Rudyard Kipling
The Little Princess
Walter Lang
Shirley Temple , Richard Greene , Anita Louise
Drama
20th Century Fox
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Peter Godfrey
Warren William , Ida Lupino , Rita Hayworth
Mystery
Columbia
Love Affair
Leo McCarey
Irene Dunne , Charles Boyer
Drama
RKO ; Remade in 1994
Lucky Night
Norman Taurog
Myrna Loy , Robert Taylor
Drama
MGM
M–N
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Made for Each Other
John Cromwell
James Stewart , Carole Lombard , Charles Coburn
Romance
Selznick , United Artists
The Mad Empress
Miguel Contreras Torres
Conrad Nagel , Medea de Novara
Drama
Warner Bros.
The Magnificent Fraud
Robert Florey
Akim Tamiroff , Lloyd Nolan , Patricia Morison
Comedy
Paramount
Main Street Lawyer
Dudley Murphy
Anita Louise
Drama
Republic
Maisie
Edwin L. Marin
Robert Young , Ann Sothern , Ruth Hussey
Comedy
MGM , first of 10 "Maisie" films
Man About Town
Mark Sandrich
Jack Benny , Dorothy Lamour
Comedy
Paramount
The Man in the Iron Mask
James Whale
Louis Hayward , Joan Bennett , Warren William
Adventure
United Artists
Man of Conquest
George Nicholls Jr.
Richard Dix , Gail Patrick , Joan Fontaine
Biography
Republic
The Man They Could Not Hang
Nick Grinde (as Nick Grindé)
Boris Karloff
Horror
Columbia
The Man Who Dared
Crane Wilbur
Jane Bryan , Charley Grapewin
Crime
Warner Bros.
The Marshal of Mesa City
David Howard
George O'Brien , Virginia Vale
Western
RKO
Mexicali Rose
George Sherman
Gene Autry , Smiley Burnette
Western
Republic
Midnight
Mitchell Leisen
Claudette Colbert , Don Ameche , John Barrymore
Romantic comedy
Paramount
Million Dollar Legs
Nick Grinde
Betty Grable , Buster Crabbe , Donald O'Connor
Comedy
Paramount
Miracles for Sale
Tod Browning
Robert Young , Florence Rice
Mystery
MGM
Missing Daughters
Charles C. Coleman
Richard Arlen , Rochelle Hudson , Marian Marsh , Isabel Jewell
Crime drama
Columbia
Missing Evidence
Phil Rosen
Preston Foster , Irene Hervey , Inez Courtney
Drama
[ 8]
Moon Over Harlem
Edgar G. Ulmer
Bud Harris, Cora Green
Drama
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Herbert I. Leeds
Peter Lorre , Jean Hersholt
Mystery
20th Century Fox
Mr. Moto's Last Warning
Norman Foster
Peter Lorre , Ricardo Cortez , Virginia Field
Mystery
20th Century Fox
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Norman Foster
Peter Lorre , Joseph Schildkraut , Virginia Field
Mystery
20th Century Fox
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Frank Capra
James Stewart , Jean Arthur , Claude Rains
Drama
Columbia ; 11 Academy Award nominations
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
William Nigh
Boris Karloff , Marjorie Reynolds , Grant Withers
Mystery
Monogram
My Son Is a Criminal
Charles C. Coleman (as C.C. Coleman Jr.)
Alan Baxter , Julie Bishop , Gordon Oliver , Willard Robertson
Crime
Columbia
My Son Is Guilty
Charles Barton
Bruce Cabot , Glenn Ford
Drama
Columbia
The Mysterious Miss X
Gus Meins
Mary Hart
Suspense
Republic
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
William Nigh
Boris Karloff , Grant Withers , Dorothy Tree
Mystery
Monogram
Mystery of the White Room
Otis Garrett
Bruce Cabot , Helen Mack , Joan Woodbury
Mystery
Universal
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
William Clemens
Bonita Granville , John Litel
Mystery
Warner Bros.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
William Clemens
Bonita Granville , John Litel , Frankie Thomas
Mystery
Warner Bros.
Nancy Drew… Trouble Shooter
William Clemens
Bonita Granville , Frankie Thomas , John Litel
Mystery
Naughty but Nice
Ray Enright
Dick Powell , Ann Sheridan , Gale Page
Comedy
Never Say Die
Elliott Nugent
Martha Raye , Bob Hope
Romantic comedy
Preston Sturges , Paramount
New Frontier
George Sherman
John Wayne , Jennifer Jones
Western
News Is Made at Night
Alfred L. Werker
Preston Foster , Lynn Bari
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Jacques Tourneur
Walter Pidgeon , Rita Johnson , Henry Hull
Crime
MGM
The Night of Nights
Lewis Milestone
Pat O'Brien , Olympe Bradna , Roland Young
Drama
The Night Riders
George Sherman
John Wayne , Ray Corrigan
Western
Night Work
George Archainbaud
Mary Boland , Donald O'Connor
Comedy
Ninotchka
Ernst Lubitsch
Greta Garbo , Melvyn Douglas , Ina Claire , Bela Lugosi
Romantic comedy
MGM ; 4 Academy Award nominations
No Place to Go
Terry O. Morse
Dennis Morgan , Gloria Dickson
Comedy
North of the Yukon
Sam Nelson
Charles Starrett
Western
Columbia
Nurse Edith Cavell
Herbert Wilcox
Anna Neagle , Edna May Oliver
Biographical
RKO
O–R
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Off the Record
James Flood
Pat O'Brien , Joan Blondell , Bobby Jordan
Drama
Warner Bros.
Of Mice and Men
Lewis Milestone
Burgess Meredith , Betty Field , Lon Chaney Jr.
Drama
Hal Roach Studios , United Artists
The Oklahoma Kid
Lloyd Bacon
James Cagney , Humphrey Bogart , Rosemary Lane , Donald Crisp
Western
Warner Bros.
Oklahoma Terror
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Virginia Carroll , Addison Randall
Western
The Old Maid
Edmund Goulding
Bette Davis , Miriam Hopkins , George Brent
Drama
Warner Bros.
On Borrowed Time
Harold S. Bucquet
Lionel Barrymore , Cedric Hardwicke , Beulah Bondi , Una Merkel
Comedy
MGM
On Dress Parade
William Clemens
The Dead End Kids
Drama
Warner Bros.
On Your Toes
Ray Enright
Eddie Albert , Vera Zorina , Queenie Smith
Musical
Warner Bros.
Only Angels Have Wings
Howard Hawks
Cary Grant , Jean Arthur , Richard Barthelmess , Rita Hayworth
Drama
Columbia
On Trial
Terry O. Morse
John Litel , Margaret Lindsay
Drama
Warner Bros.
...One Third of a Nation...
Dudley Murphy
Sylvia Sidney , Leif Erickson , Myron McCormick , Hiram Sherman
Drama
Paramount
The Oregon Trail
Ford Beebe
Johnny Mack Brown , Louise Stanley
Serial
Universal
Our Neighbors – The Carters
Ralph Murphy
Fay Bainter
Comedy
Outlaws' Paradise
Sam Newfield
Tim McCoy , Joan Barclay
Western
Outpost of the Mounties
Charles C. Coleman
Charles Starrett
Western
Columbia
Outside These Walls
Ray McCarey
Dolores Costello , Virginia Weidler
Drama
Overland Mail
Robert F. Hill
Jack Randall , Vince Barnett , Dennis Moore
Western
Monogram
Pacific Liner
Lew Landers
Victor McLaglen , Wendy Barrie
Drama
RKO
Panama Lady
Jack Hively
Lucille Ball , Allan Lane
Comedy
Paris Honeymoon
Frank Tuttle
Bing Crosby , Shirley Ross
Musical
Persons in Hiding
Louis King
Patricia Morison , Lynne Overman
Drama
Paramount
Pirates of the Skies
Joseph A. McDonough
Kent Taylor , Rochelle Hudson , Regis Toomey
Drama
Universal
Private Detective
Noel M. Smith
Jane Wyman , Dick Foran
Mystery
Warner Bros.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Michael Curtiz
Bette Davis , Errol Flynn , Olivia de Havilland , Donald Crisp
Romantic drama
Warner Bros.
Quick Millions
Malcolm St. Clair
Jed Prouty , Spring Byington
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Racketeers of the Range
D. Ross Lederman
Marjorie Reynolds , Chill Wills
Western
Raffles
Sam Wood
David Niven , Olivia de Havilland
Crime comedy
The Rains Came
Clarence Brown
Tyrone Power , Myrna Loy , George Brent , Nigel Bruce , Brenda Joyce
Romantic drama
20th Century Fox
Range War
Lesley Selander
William Boyd
Western
Sherman Productions
The Real Glory
Henry Hathaway
Gary Cooper , David Niven , Andrea Leeds
Adventure drama
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
Remember?
Norman Z. McLeod
Robert Taylor , Greer Garson , Lew Ayres , Billie Burke
Romantic comedy
MGM
Reno
John Farrow
Gail Patrick , Anita Louise
Drama
The Return of Doctor X
Vincent Sherman
Wayne Morris , Rosemary Lane , Humphrey Bogart
Science fiction
Warner Bros.
Rio
John Brahm
Basil Rathbone , Robert Cummings , Sigrid Gurie
Drama
Universal
The Roaring Twenties
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney , Priscilla Lane , Humphrey Bogart
Crime thriller
Warner Bros.
Romance of the Redwoods
Charles Vidor
Charles Bickford , Jean Parker
Adventure
Columbia
Rose of Washington Square
Gregory Ratoff
Alice Faye , Tyrone Power
Romantic comedy
Rulers of the Sea
Frank Lloyd
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Margaret Lockwood , Will Fyffe
Historical drama
Paramount
S–T
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
The Saint in London
John Paddy Carstairs
George Sanders , Sally Gray , Gordon McLeod
Mystery
RKO
The Saint Strikes Back
John Farrow
George Sanders , Wendy Barrie
Crime
RKO
Second Fiddle
Sidney Lanfield
Sonja Henie , Tyrone Power , Rudy Vallée
Musical romance
20th Century Fox
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Harold S. Bucquet
Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore , Lionel Atwill
Drama
MGM
Secret Service of the Air
Noel M. Smith
Ronald Reagan , John Litel , Ila Rhodes
Crime
Warner Bros.
Sergeant Madden
Josef von Sternberg
Wallace Beery , Tom Brown , Alan Curtis , Laraine Day
Crime
MGM
She Married a Cop
Sidney Salkow
Jean Parker , Phil Regan
Comedy
Silver on the Sage
Lesley Selander
William Boyd , George "Gabby" Hayes , Russell Hayden
Western
Smashing the Money Ring
Terry O. Morse
Ronald Reagan , Margot Stevenson
Crime
Warner Bros.
Society Lawyer
Edwin L. Marin
Walter Pidgeon , Virginia Bruce , Leo Carrillo , Eduardo Ciannelli
Crime
MGM
Some Like It Hot
George Archainbaud
Bob Hope , Shirley Ross , Gene Krupa
Musical, Comedy
Paramount
The Son of Frankenstein
Rowland V. Lee
Bela Lugosi , Boris Karloff
Horror
Universal
Sorority House
John Farrow
Anne Shirley , James Ellison
Drama
RKO
S.O.S. Tidal Wave
John H. Auer
Ralph Byrd
Crime
Stagecoach
John Ford
John Wayne , Claire Trevor , Berton Churchill , Thomas Mitchell , John Carradine , Tim Holt
Western
Wanger Productions , United Artists ; 7 Oscar nominations
Stand Up and Fight
W. S. Van Dyke
Wallace Beery , Robert Taylor
Drama
Stanley and Livingstone
Henry King , Otto Brower
Spencer Tracy , Nancy Kelly , Richard Greene
Historical drama
20th Century Fox
The Star Maker
Roy Del Ruth
Bing Crosby , Louise Campbell
Musical
Paramount
St. Louis Blues
Raoul Walsh
Dorothy Lamour , Lloyd Nolan
Musical
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
H. C. Potter
Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edna May Oliver , Walter Brennan
Musical
RKO
The Stranger from Texas
Sam Nelson
Charles Starrett , Lorna Gray
Western
Columbia Pictures
Stronger Than Desire
Leslie Fenton
Virginia Bruce , Walter Pidgeon , Lee Bowman , Rita Johnson , Ann Dvorak
Drama
MGM
Sudden Money
Nick Grinde
Charles Ruggles , Marjorie Rambeau
Comedy
Warner Bros.
The Sun Never Sets
Rowland V. Lee
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , Basil Rathbone
Drama
Sunset Trail
Lesley Selander
William Boyd , George "Gabby" Hayes , Charlotte Wynters
Western
Paramount
Susannah of the Mounties
William A. Seiter
Shirley Temple , Randolph Scott , Margaret Lockwood
Western
20th Century Fox
Swanee River
Sidney Lanfield
Don Ameche , Andrea Leeds
Biopic
20th Century Fox
Sweepstakes Winner
William C. McGann
Marie Wilson , Johnnie Davis , Allen Jenkins
Comedy
Warner Bros.
Tail Spin
Roy Del Ruth
Alice Faye , Constance Bennett , Nancy Kelly
Adventure
20th Century Fox
Tarzan Finds a Son!
Richard Thorpe
Johnny Weissmuller , Maureen O'Sullivan , Johnny Sheffield
Adventure
MGM
Television Spy
Edward Dmytryk
Judith Barrett , William Henry
Drama
Tell No Tales
Leslie Fenton
Melvyn Douglas , Louise Platt , Gene Lockhart
Crime
MGM
That's Right – You're Wrong
David Butler
Kay Kyser , Adolphe Menjou , Lucille Ball
Musical comedy
RKO
These Glamour Girls
S. Sylvan Simon
Lew Ayres , Lana Turner , Tom Brown
Comedy
MGM
They All Come Out
Jacques Tourneur
Rita Johnson , Tom Neal
Drama
MGM
They Made Me a Criminal
Busby Berkeley
John Garfield , Dead End Kids , Claude Rains , Ann Sheridan , May Robson , Gloria Dickson
Crime
Warner Bros.
They Shall Have Music
Archie Mayo
Jascha Heifetz , Joel McCrea , Andrea Leeds
Musical
Samuel Goldwyn , United Artists
Those High Grey Walls
Charles Vidor
Walter Connolly , Onslow Stevens
Drama
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The Three Musketeers
Allan Dwan
Don Ameche , Ritz Brothers , Gloria Stuart
Musical comedy
20th Century Fox
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Henry Koster
Deanna Durbin , Nan Grey , Helen Parrish
Musical comedy
Universal
Three Sons
Jack Hively
Edward Ellis , Katharine Alexander
Drama
RKO
Three Texas Steers
George Sherman
John Wayne , Ray Corrigan , Max Terhune , Carole Landis
Western
Republic
Thunder Afloat
George B. Seitz
Wallace Beery , Chester Morris , Virginia Grey , Douglass Dumbrille
War
MGM
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
William Beaudine
Glenda Farrell , Barton MacLane
Mystery
Warner Bros.
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
Noel M. Smith
Jane Wyman , Allen Jenkins
Mystery
Warner Bros. ; 9th and last of series
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Ray McCarey
Glenda Farrell , Barton MacLane
Mystery
Warner Bros.
Tower of London
Rowland V. Lee
Basil Rathbone , Boris Karloff , Barbara O'Neil
Historical
Universal
Tropic Fury
Christy Cabanne
Beverly Roberts , Richard Arlen
Drama
Universal
Trouble in Sundown
David Howard
George O'Brien , Rosalind Keith
Western
RKO
U–Z
Title
Director
Cast
Genre
Notes
Undercover Doctor
Louis King
Lloyd Nolan , Janice Logan
Drama
Paramount
Unexpected Father
Charles Lamont
Shirley Ross , Dennis O'Keefe
Comedy
Universal
Union Pacific
Cecil B. DeMille
Barbara Stanwyck , Joel McCrea , Akim Tamiroff
Western
Paramount
Unmarried
Kurt Neumann
Helen Twelvetrees , Donald O'Connor , Buck Jones
Comedy
Paramount
Waterfront
Terry O. Morse
Gloria Dickson , Dennis Morgan , Marie Wilson , Sheila Bromley
Drama
Warner Bros.
Way Down South
Leslie Goodwins
Bobby Breen , Alan Mowbray , Steffi Duna
Musical
RKO
We Are Not Alone
Edmund Goulding
Jane Bryan , Paul Muni
Drama
Warner Bros.
What a Life
Theodore Reed
Jackie Cooper , Betty Field , Janice Logan
Comedy
Paramount
When Tomorrow Comes
John M. Stahl
Irene Dunne , Charles Boyer
Drama
Universal
Wife, Husband and Friend
Gregory Ratoff
Loretta Young , Warner Baxter , Binnie Barnes
Comedy
20th Century Fox
Wings of the Navy
Lloyd Bacon
George Brent , Olivia de Havilland , John Payne
Drama
Warner Bros.
Winner Take All
Otto Brower
Tony Martin , Gloria Stuart
Drama
20th Century Fox
Within the Law
Gustav Machatý
Ruth Hussey , Tom Neal
Crime
MGM
The Wizard of Oz
Victor Fleming
Judy Garland , Frank Morgan , Ray Bolger , Jack Haley , Bert Lahr , Billie Burke , Charley Grapewin , Margaret Hamilton
Musical
MGM ; 6 Academy Award nominations
The Women
George Cukor
Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell , Paulette Goddard , Joan Fontaine , Mary Boland , Ruth Hussey
Comedy
MGM ; all-female cast
Women in the Wind
John Farrow
Kay Francis , William Gargan , Victor Jory
Drama
Warner Bros.
Wuthering Heights
William Wyler
Merle Oberon , Laurence Olivier , David Niven , Flora Robson
Romantic drama
Goldwyn Company ; 8 Oscar nominations
Wyoming Outlaw
George Sherman
John Wayne , Ray Corrigan , Raymond Hatton , Don 'Red' Barry
Western
Republic
Yes, My Darling Daughter
William Keighley
Priscilla Lane , Jeffrey Lynn , Roland Young , Fay Bainter
Comedy
Warner Bros.
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
George Marshall
W. C. Fields , Edgar Bergen , Charlie McCarthy
Comedy
Universal
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Lewis Seiler
Humphrey Bogart , Gale Page , Billy Halop , John Litel
Crime
Warner Bros.
Young Mr. Lincoln
John Ford
Henry Fonda , Alice Brady
Biopic , Drama, History, Western
Cosmopolitan , 20th Century Fox
Zaza
George Cukor
Claudette Colbert , Herbert Marshall
Comedy
Paramount
Zenobia
Gordon Douglas
Oliver Hardy , Harry Langdon , Billie Burke
Comedy
United Artists
The Zero Hour
Sidney Salkow
Frieda Inescort , Otto Kruger
Drama
Republic
Zorro's Fighting Legion
William Witney
Reed Hadley , Sheila Darcy
Serial
Republic
See also
References
External links
American films of the 1930s