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.
==#==
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
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 	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
Beware Spooks! 	Edward Sedgwick 	Joe E. Brown, Mary Carlisle, Clarence Kolb 	Comedy 	Columbia
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
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 Curs 	Jules White 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
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 	Action 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
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
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.
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 	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
A Ducking They Did Go 	Del Lord 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
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 	Gangster 	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 	Spy drama 	Warner Bros.
Eternally Yours 	Tay Garnett 	Loretta Young, David Niven 	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 	
Exile Express 	Otis Garrett 	Anna Sten, Alan Marshal 	Drama 	Grand National Films Inc.
Everybody's Hobby 	William McGann 	Irene Rich, Jackie Moran 	Comedy 	
Fast and Furious 	Busby Berkeley 	Ann Sothern, Franchot Tone 	Comedy Mystery	MGM
Fast and Loose 	Edwin L. Marin 	Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell 	Comedy Mystery	MGM
5th Ave 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 	Melodrama 	RKO
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
==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
The Great Commandment 	Irving Pichel 	Albert Dekker, John Beal 	Biblical 	20th Century Fox
Gone with the Wind 	Victor Fleming 	Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen	Epic 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 Hogan 	Gail Patrick, John Howard 	Comedy 	Paramount
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 	MGN
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: A Love Story 	Gregory Ratoff 	Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman 	Romantic Drama 	Bergman's U.S. film debut
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 	
I Stole a Million 	Frank Tuttle 	George Raft, Claire Trevor 	Crime 	
It Could Happen to You 	Alfred L. Werker 	Gloria Stuart, Stuart Erwin 	Comedy 	
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 	Western 	
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 	Crime 	Warner Bros.
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 	Drama 	
Laugh It Off 	Albert Rogell 	Johnny Downs, Constance Moore 	Musical comedy	
Law of the Pampas 	Nate Watt 	William Boyd, Steffi Duna 	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
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
The Mad Empress 	Miguel Torres 	Conrad Nagel, Medea de Novara 	Drama 	Warner Bros.
The Magnificent Fraud 	Robert Florey 	Akim Tamiroff, 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 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 	
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 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 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
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 	
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
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise 	Jules White 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
The Oklahoma Kid 	Lloyd Bacon 	James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Donald Crisp 	Western 	Warner Bros.
Oklahoma Terror 	Spencer 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.
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 	
The Outsider 	Paul Stein 	Mary Maguire, George Sanders 	Drama 	
Outside These Walls 	Ray McCarey 	Dolores Costello, Virginia Weidler 	Drama 	
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 	
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 	
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.
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 	Crime 	RKO
The Saint Strikes Back 	John Farrow 	George Sanders, Wendy Barrie 	Crime 	RKO
Saved by the Belle 	Charley Chase 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
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 Drama 	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 Morse 	Ronald Reagan, Margot Stevenson 	Crime 	Warner Bros.
Society Lawyer 	Edwin L. Marin 	Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli 	Crime Drama 	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 Drama 	
Stagecoach 	John Ford 	John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton Churchill, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, Tim Holt	Western 	Wanger Productions; 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 	
Susannah of the Mounties 	William A. Seiter 	Shirley Temple, Randolph Scott, Margaret Lockwood 	Family 	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 	Action 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
Those High Grey Walls 	Charles Vidor 	Walter Connolly, Onslow Stevens 	Drama 	
Three Little Sew and Sews 	Del Lord 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
The Three Musketeers 	Allan Dwan 	Don Ameche, Ritz Brothers, Gloria Stuart 	Musical Comedy 	20th Century Fox
Three Sappy People 	Jules White 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
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 Smith 	Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins 	Mystery 	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 	
Union Pacific 	Cecil B. DeMille	Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Akim Tamiroff 	Western 	Paramount
Unmarried 	Kurt Neumann 	Helen Twelvetrees, Donald O'Connor, Buck Jones 	Comedy 	
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 	
We Want Our Mummy 	Del Lord 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
What a Life 	Theodore Reed 	Jackie Cooper, Betty Field, Janice Logan 	Comedy 	Paramount
When Tomorrow Comes 	John Stahl 	Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer 	Drama 	
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 Drama 	MGM
The Wizard of Oz 	Victor Fleming 	Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Charley Grapewin, Margaret Hamilton	Musical Fantasy	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.
Yes, We Have No Bonanza 	Del Lord 	The Three Stooges 	Comedy Short 	Columbia
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 	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 	
Zorro's Fighting Legion 	William Witney 	Reed Hadley, Sheila Darcy 	Serial 	
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