Forgotten Gems
Forgotten, neglected or rarely watched movies that are gems worth rediscovering. These movies make us laugh or make us cry, but entertain at the highest level. These are the special movies that stay with you, but you'll never see on Netflix. For your viewing pleasure, enjoy!
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- DirectorRalph MurphyStarsFreddie BartholomewJimmy LydonEdward Everett HortonFeuding fathers deal with the shocking news that their sons were switched at birth, meaning that one of their daughters is about to marry her own brother.
- DirectorFrank R. StrayerStarsLois WilsonLloyd HughesHedda HopperA mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to dinner with her somewhat screwball family.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsJoe E. BrownJune TravisGuy KibbeeAlexander Botts is a self-described natural born salesman and master mechanic, who is trying to make a big sale of Earthworm tractors to grouchy lumberman Johnson. Since Botts doesn't really know anything about tractors, and since the old-fashioned Johnson is opposed to tractors of any kind, it isn't going to be an easy sell. But Botts perseveres, encouraged by Johnson's daughter.
- DirectorJeffrey DellStarsRichard BirdEdward RigbyEsma CannonThe castle ghost helps the lady and the lawyer beat off developers.
- DirectorWilhelm ThieleStarsFrank MorganFlorence RiceJohn BealA con man must pass himself off as the owner of a château on the French Riviera when he is expected to host his estranged daughter's wedding.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsSally EilersJames DunnMischa AuerTaking a cruise to Europe, a schoolteacher gets involved with a gang of crooks.
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsHenry FondaGene TierneyLaird CregarTwo con artists take a shopgirl under their wing, but she disrupts their marrying-for-money scheme by falling for a mathematician.
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsDon DeForeAnn HardingCharles RugglesTwo homeless men move into a mansion while its owners are wintering in the South.
- DirectorHarold D. SchusterStarsDon AmecheJoan BennettBillie BurkeA South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
- DirectorRichard BoleslawskiStarsIrene DunneMelvyn DouglasThomas MitchellThe author of a controversially racy best-selling book tries to hide her celebrity status from her provincial small-town neighbors, who would be scandalized if they knew.
- DirectorRené ClairStarsRobert DonatJean ParkerEugene PalletteA haunted Scottish castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, bringing the family ghost along with it.
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsCharles BoyerJean ArthurLeo CarrilloA wealthy divorcée falls for a charming Parisian, but her insanely jealous ex-husband will do anything to get her back.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsOnslow StevensKay LinakerNoel MadisonDan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean up a gang of fake-accident racketeers. He gets a job with an insurance company, and assures the company president he will get the goods on the gang or die in the attempt. At the company offices, he meets Carol Carter and she, believing he is a shyster (possibly redundant) lawyer in the employ of the racketeers gives him as little help as possible. Dan visits his brother Eddie, who is mixed up with the gang and tries to make him break away. Eddie is belligerent but finally, because of the pressure brought by Dan and his wife Tonia, agrees to go straight. The gang, led by "Duke" Trotti, fears he will squeal and they kill him, plus they make his death look like an accident and plan to collect on it. Dan is closing in on the gang when Carol, who is now his assistant, comes up with some conclusive evidence, but "Duke" has plans to get rid of her before she can give the information to Dan.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsNorman FosterEvalyn KnappEric LindenBored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
- DirectorHobart HenleyStarsWalter HustonClaudette ColbertCharles RugglesMuch to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsLucille BallWilliam GaxtonVirginia WeidlerLucille Ball accepts a cadet's invitation to a military academy's senior prom in order to boost her career.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsWarner BaxterJoan BennettHelen VinsonThe blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for high-fashion clothing designer George Curson, whom she soon falls for. But he's happily married (at least on his side) and going into debt financing a show to please wife Mary's desire for stardom. Vindictive Morgan, jealous of George, hopes to hasten his ruin. Can the House of Curson be saved?
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsDick PowellOlivia de HavillandCharles WinningerWhen spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards (Olivia de Havilland) tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis (Dick Powell), he makes her work out her bill by making beds. Resolving to get even, she pretends to have forgiven him, and sends him to her father (Charles Winninger) to get financing for a plan Bill has. What happens next was not part of her original revenge plan.
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsFrank McHughJane WymanCora WitherspoonAn office clerk is harassed by his girlfriend's mother.
- DirectorAnthony AsquithStarsLeslie BanksAlastair SimJeanne De CasalisAllied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
- DirectorAlexander HallStarsGeorge RaftDolores CostelloIda LupinoCasino operator Johnny Lamb hires down-on-her-luck socialite Lucille Sutton as his casino hostess, in order to help her and to improve casino income. But Lamb's pals fear that he could follow Lucille onto the straight-and-narrow path, which would not be good for business. So they hire Gert Malloy and Dictionary McKinney, a pair of con-artists, to manipulate Johnny back off the path of righteousness.
- DirectorTim WhelanStarsVictor MatureLucille BallHarold PearySoldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandfather -- a bequest that comes with a catch: before claiming the money, Johnny must marry a descendant of his great-grandfather's Civil War enemy, General Havelock-Allen. Not wanting to disrupt his planned marriage to Mapy, Johnny must figure out how to concoct a temporary marriage-of-convenience with the descendant -- who turns out to be the beautiful Terry Havelock-Allen.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsLenny von DohlenVirginia MadsenMaxwell CaulfieldAn artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.
- DirectorHenry CorneliusStarsStanley HollowayBetty WarrenBarbara MurrayResidents of a part of London declare independence after they discover an old treaty, which leads to the need for a "Passport to Pimlico".
- DirectorVictor SavilleStarsLeslie HensonHeather ThatcherAustin MelfordSome British citizens meet at the Venetian Lido where they go to play. Between them is naughty Mr. Corner, who under the false name of Mr. Pickles goes after Mimi so his friend's son can be free to marry his own daughter. Only, he does not know that the man is in fact already married to Mimi. Little does he suspect that back home they will all meet at his home, Braystead Castle, where fireworks are to be expected.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsStuart ErwinRochelle HudsonPert KeltonA well-meaning but bumbling clerk at the Marriage License Bureau winds up getting fired. He decides to open up his own "matchmaking" business and takes a personal interest in his clients, but things don't quite work out as smoothly as he had planned.