Frank Morgan

Eager to make a name in radio, ex-vaudevillian Frank Merriweather (Frank Morgan) hits the airwaves by playing all the roles in a skit about Martian invaders. He plays the parts too well, raising panic in the streets and causing station brass to fire him. Hullabaloo's spoof of the Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds radio event is an antic highlight of this movie musical centered on merrily befogged Merriweather's attempt to restore his career – all while reuniting with his three children (from his three alimony-seeking ex-wives!). Joining Morgan for the fun is a mix of screen veterans (Billie Burke, Donald Meek), rising talents (Virginia Grey, Dan Dailey, Jr.) and specialty performers that include deadpan song stylist Virginia O'Brien and 31-year-old tenor Charles Holland as a singing bellhop. Holland would find operatic success in Europe and make his long-overdue debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 73.

A small-town, telegraph messenger boy comes of age during World War II, delivering ordinary notes and heartbreaking death notices.

Ever cheerful, little dimples sings for money in the bowery while her thieving grandfather pickpockets the crowd she attracts. When a society lady adopts her, Dimples is discovered by the woman's nephew who needs someone to play Little Eva in his up.

This snappy comedy based on the book by P.G. Wodehouse follows successful American cartoonist Jim (Robert Montgomery), who lives and works in London.

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.

Academy Award winners Clark Gable and Loretta Young star as two mayors from opposite sides of the United States who meet and fall in love at a mayoral convention in San Francisco.

Jeanette MacDonald's MGM debut is a witty and colorful film based on the Kern-Harbaugh stage musical comedy.

Biography of Benevento Cellini, devil May Care prince of goldsmiths, lover and liars, set against the lush richness of the renaissance. Adult comedy.

When bookie Duke Bradley reluctantly accepts the deed to his friend Frank Clayton's horse farm out of fondness for him, he takes on far more than he ever expected! At the height of an important race -- just after his daughter Carol (Jean Harlow--Dinner at Eight) returns from a long stay in Europe -- Frank Clayton dies of a heart attack. Duke (Clark Gable--Gone with the Wind) offers to forgive the debt. Carol's fiancé, millionaire Hartley Madison (Walter Pidgeon), offers to cover the debt, but Carol vows to repay the loan to Duke herself before she marries, through her own talent as a race handicapper. Although frequently at odds, Duke and Carol fall in love as they travel from track to track on the "racing special" train. Starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, in her last screen role.

A poor young man inherits two houses, but his dream of a better life is jeopardized by the vagabond friends who quickly move in and take over.

Jeanette MacDonald, having just been named "Queen of the Movies" by 22 million filmgoers in a 1939 New York Daily News opinion survey, stars in this elegant and alluring, fun-filled musical. Costarring leading man Lew Ayres, it's a rich and fitting tribute to the Broadway stage. Mary and Jimmy are a show biz couple, working the small joints in the Big Apple, hoping for a shot at the spotlights. Coincidentally, they both get a break at the same time; Jimmy earns a chance to pursue his music abroad, while Mary is cast in the road company of a big producer's new show. By the time Mary returns to New York she's already a star, and Jimmy's jealousy over her supposed romance with the producer gets the better of him. This love story, set against a terrific musical score and packed with one hit song after another, makes Broadway Serenade a powerful, triumphant success.

Farm girl Dorothy Gale and her dog are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfil the others' wishes.