Drama Movies
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the same time by hiring them to help out. Unfortunately, the local gang…
Flying Tigers (1942)
Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America’s entry into World War II. Gordon must send…
Street of Chance (1942)
In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man’s memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a…
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
Tish (1942)
In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a matchmaker.
In Which We Serve (1942)
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain…
The First of the Few (1942)
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history – visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey…
Orchestra Wives (1942)
Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison’s band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the band’s…
Across the Pacific (1942)
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for…
Somewhere I’ll Find You (1942)
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
The Talk of the Town (1942)
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
Cairo (1942)
Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.
Berlin Correspondent (1942)
Dana Andrews plays Bill Roberts, an American radio commentator station in Berlin in the months before Pearl Harbor. Having witnessed Nazi brutalities first hand, Roberts hopes to alert his listeners…
Bambi (1942)
Bambi’s tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.
The Big Street (1942)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
Wake Island (1942)
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley (1942)
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are…
Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields…
The Gay Sisters (1942)
The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
Crossroads (1942)
A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember.
Wings for the Eagle (1942)
Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented…
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.
They Raid by Night (1942)
The British Commandos send Bob Owen to Norway to prepare for a raid. His mission also includes freeing General Heden who is being held by the Nazis. His aides include…
The Next of Kin (1942)
Lots of slogans such as “Be like Dad, Keep Mum” and “Keep it under your Hat” are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this…
The Big Shot (1942)
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunted by his past and goaded…
The Spoilers (1942)
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander…
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German…
Suspected Person (1942)
After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the…
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton’s lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will…
Juke Girl (1942)
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules…
Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
A poor girl falls for a wealthy young man. He invites her to his gala birthday party, but she doesn’t have the right kind of dress to wear, so her…
Moontide (1942)
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Tortilla Flat (1942)
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
Strangers in the House (1942)
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism…