Romance Movies
Canadian Pacific (1949)
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion.
The Stratton Story (1949)
Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Josh and Dinah Barkley are a successful musical-comedy team, known for their stormy but passionate relationship. Dinah feels overshadowed by Josh and limited by the lighthearted musical roles he directs…
Flamingo Road (1949)
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl’s school who starts campaigning for women’s rights. Her minister father and her boyfriend Tom Wade do not approve.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949)
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious…
My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New York, he finds Martha Gibson,…
That Dangerous Age (1949)
The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to…
Bride of Vengeance (1949)
The tiny independent duchy of Ferrara is located between Casare Borgia’s Rome and Venice, and Borgia has plans to conquer Venice via Ferrara. He murders his sister’s husband and makes…
Little Women (1949)
Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord Mass in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the civil war, the sisters: Jo, Meg,…
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly…
The Small Back Room (1949)
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal officer Sammy Rice must overcome…
Caught (1949)
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her…
Slightly French (1949)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a “French” movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
The Passionate Friends (1949)
A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.
Shockproof (1949)
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for…
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
A letter is addressed to three wives from their “best friend” Addie Ross, announcing that she is running away with one of their husbands – but she does not say…
Helter Skelter (1949)
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can’t seem to stop hiccuping.
Warning to Wantons (1949)
Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the romantic adventures of a young woman who swaps her…
Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place….
Mexican Hayride (1948)
Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.
Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she’s found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him…
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
The third film version of James Hagan’s play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Malone despite his constant infatuation…
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Before he left for a brief European visit, symphony conductor Sir Alfred De Carter casually asked his staid brother-in-law August to look out for his young wife, Daphne, during his…
Another Shore (1948)
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
That Wonderful Urge (1948)
When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she’s met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they’re married.
Blood on the Moon (1948)
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not…
Luxury Liner (1948)
Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he’s charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de Janeiro. Anxious to become a…
Angel on the Amazon (1948)
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them–and apparently has found the secret of eternal youth.
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and…
June Bride (1948)
A magazine’s staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancĂ©e, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin…
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic adventure about the king’s musketeers and their mission to protect France.
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever…
Road House (1948)
A night club owner becomes infatuated with a torch singer and frames his best friend/manager for embezzlement when the chanteuse falls in love with him.
Rachel and the Stranger (1948)
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.
The Luck of the Irish (1948)
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman’s servant and conscience.