Charles Lawton Jr.

A woman brings her son and husband to a tropical vacation spot for a little rest and relaxation. The only problem is that the husband has been dead for quite some time, and his wife had him stuffed and carries him everywhere with her. Complications ensue.

Grace Caldwell, a young Pennsylvania newspaper heiress living with her widowed mother, has trouble restraining herself when it comes to the amorous attentions of young men. As word starts to spread about her behavior, Grace becomes a major source of heartache for her mother and a big source of concern to her brother.

An unknown Kentucky writer (James Franciscus) comes to New York and pursues fame and women (Suzanne Pleshette, Genevieve Page).

1945, on an old cargo ship somewhere deep in the Pacific ocean: Captain Morton strives to become commander, so he demands the maximum quality of work from his crew, without granting them any freedom or favors - ignoring that they're thousand of miles away from the front. In one word: he drives his crew crazy. They are near mutiny, but no-one dares to do the first step. Until Ensign Pulver plays a prank on the captain that triggers fatal consequences...

Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he and Clay get into a bit of trouble. If he has one dream in life it's to build his wife Olivia a beautiful house on a piece of land he inherited on Spender's mountain. When his eldest son, Clayboy, graduates at the top of his high school class and has the opportunity to go to college, Clay has only one option left to him.

Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, and meets Don, who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Prudence and Don tour Italy together, and romance naturally follows.

텍사스 어느 작은 마을의 보안관인 거스리는 그랜트 요새의 사령관인 프레이져 소령의 초청을 받는다. 소령은 그에게 코만치 족에게 납치된 백인들의 구출작전을 의뢰한다. 처음에는 별로 내키지 않아 했던 거스리는 한 명을 구출할 때마다 5백 달러를 주겠다는 제안에 이를 수락한다. 이후로 서부의 신화에 대해 점점 회의적인 시선을 보여준 존 포드의 시각이 잘 드러난 작품으로 제임스 스튜어트와 리차드 위드마크 두 양대 스타의 연기도 볼만하다. 1880년대. 오래 전 인디언에게 가족을 납치당한 주민들이 인디언지역과 가장 가까운 부대를 찾아가 가족을 찾아달라고 부탁한다. 기병 중위 개리는 인디언에 정통한 보안관 맥케이브와 함께 인디언캠프에 들어가 총 몇 정을 주고 10대 소년 한 명과 인디언의 아내로 있던 엘레나를 데려온다. 그러나, 소년은 야만적이고 반항적인데 ...

월터 리는 남의 집 부엌일을 도와주는 어머니 레나 영거와 아내 루스, 의대에 가려는 여동생 베니타, 그리고 어린 아들 트라비스와 함께 궁색한 아파트에서 어렵게 살고 있다. 그런데 월터 리의 아버지가 죽고 난 뒤, 어머니 레나가 보험회사로부터 10,000달러 수표를 받게 된다.늘 자신이 직접 사업을 해서 목돈을 벌고 싶었던 월터는 그 돈을 술집에 투자하고 싶어하지만 어머니는 월터의 말은 들으려고도 하지않고 위험한 슬럼 가에서 벗어나 백인들이 이웃한 곳에 있는 좋은 집을 사는데 3,500달러를 쓰고 나머지는 딸 베니타의 의대 학비 등에 쓰려한다.이에 화가 난 월터는 며칠 동안 집에도 들어오지 않고 직장에도 나가지 않고 술집에서 술만 마신다. 결국 어머니는 술집으로 월터를 찾아가 집을 사고 남은 돈 6,500달러를 주며 반드시 베니타의 학비에 일부를 쓸 것과 나머지도 현명하게 잘 쓸 것을 약속하고 모든 돈을 맡기는데...

Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the "Wackiest Ship in the Navy" – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don't know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece.

U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen (Ernest Borgnine) helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.

코디는 인디언들에게 납치당한 낸시를 구출해낸다. ‘코만치 스테이션'에 잠시 머무르기로 한 두 사람은 우연히 만난 한 무리의 총잡이들에게 놀라운 소식을 듣는다. 낸시의 남편이 아내를 찾는 자에게 5,000달러의 보상금을 주기로 했다는 것이다. 코디와 낸시, 그리고 총잡이들은 서로를 향한 의심 속에 위험한 여행을 시작한다.

The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents would not approve of- they want him to be a priest. When Gene's father dies he promises to enter the priesthood. He soon realizes that he doesn't belong there and leaves to join his friend, Eddie's band. Ethel, Eddie's girlfriend, convinces Gene to go to New York and make it big. The 3 of them head to New York. Here Ethel and Gene soon fall in love and Gene makes a name for himself. Gene starts to live in the fast lane, with drugs, alcohol, women and parties. Ethel, unhappy with Gene's lifestyle, leaves him. Gene soon "hits rock bottom" where he has to face reality and choose where to take his life.

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone, director of the line and the "meanest man in the world".

현상금 사냥꾼인 벤은 비겁한 살인자인 빌리를 체포한다. 그러나 빌리는 잡히기 직전 자신의 형 프랭크에게 구조를 요청하고, 벤은 빌리를 보안관에 넘겨주기 위한 위험한 여행을 시작한다. 그런데 엎친 데 덮친 격으로 아름다운 여인과 다른 총잡이들, 그리고 호전적인 인디언까지 가세하며 벤의 여행은 큰 위기에 처한다. (한국시네마테크)

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

버터필드(Butterfield: 로버트 엠하드트 분)는 승객들과 함께 마차를 타고 가다가 웨이드(Ben Wade: 글렌 포드 분) 일당을 만나 갖고 있던 금을 빼앗기고 마부는 살해당하고 만다. 아들 매튜(Mathew: 배리 커티스 분), 마크(Mark: 제리 하틀레벤 분)와 함께 소몰이를 나섰던 댄(Dan Evans: 밴 헤플린 분)은 멀리서 이 광경을 목격하지만 돕지 않고 바라보기만 한다. 자신의 말까지 빼앗긴 댄은 아들과 함께 집으로 돌아오고 이 사실을 알게 된 부인 앨리스(Alice Evans: 레오나 다나 분)는 남편이 강도 짓을 하는 걸 보고만 있었다는 사실에 실망한다. 3년째 가뭄이 들어 남아있던 소들의 생명마저 위태로운 상태에서 댄은 마을로 돈을 구하러 떠난다. 한편 웨이드 일당은 마을 보안관을 찾아와 강도 짓을 하는 일당을 목격했다고 말한다. 보안관 일행이 웨이드의 말을 믿고 떠난 뒤, 웨이드는 술집 웨이트레스와 사랑을 나눈다. 웨이드 일당에게 속았다는 사실을 깨달은 보안관 일행은 술집으로 찾아와 웨이드를 체포한다. 보안관은 웨이드를 유마행 3시 10분 기차에 태우기로 결정하고 두 무리로 나누어 웨이드 일행을 유인하기로 한다. 댄은 처음엔 망설였지만 2백달러를 주겠다는 버터필드의 말에 웨이드의 후송을 맡는다. 댄이 돈 때문에 자신의 후송을 맡았다는 사실을 눈치챈 웨이드는 계속해서 돈으로 그를 유혹한다. 댄은 7천 달러를 주겠다는 웨이드의 말에 망설인다. 기차역 호텔에 진을 치고 기차를 기다리는 댄 일행. 한편 웨이드의 부하들은 웨이드의 거처를 파악하고 호텔로 몰려오는데...

도박에서 말을 잃은 팻 브레넌은 신혼 부부 윌러드와 도레타 밈스가 탄 역마차를 얻어 탄다. 다음 역에서 마차 승객들은 어셔가 이끄는 무법자 3인조의 손에 떨어진다. 어셔는 도레타가 부유한 구리 광산주의 딸임을 알아내고, 몸값을 받아내기로 한다. 어셔가 자신의 요구에 대한 응답을 기다리는 24시간 동안 긴장이 고조되고, 브레넌과 도레타 사이에는 로맨틱한 관계가 키워져 가는데...

In this wacky military spoof, Lemmon plays a terminally bored Army private waging a war of wits as he tries to throw a party under the nose of his obnoxious commanding officer.

A father-in-law's visit makes life even more complicated for a struggling writer and his pregnant wife. Director Richard Quine's 1956 film stars Judy Holliday, Richard Conte and Salvatore Baccaloni.

A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.

1956년 델머 데이비스 감독이 연출한 이 영화는 통쾌한 액션보다는 멜로드라마의 틀을 내세워 카우보이들의 사랑과 애증과 질투, 탐욕을 그려낸 할리우드 서부영화의 고전이다. 사생아로 태어나 험난한 인생을 살아온 이름없는 카우보이 쥬벨 트로프(글렌 포드)는 어느날, 자신을 구해준 목장주 웹 호건(어네스트 보그나인)에게 고용되어 실력도 인정받아 목장 관리책임자로 승진한다. 하지만 첫눈에 쥬발에게 빠진 목장주의 젊은 아내 메이(발레리 프렌치)가 쥬발을 향한 노골적인 애정 공세가 일꾼 핑키(로드 스타이거)를 자극하게 되면서 드라마가 후반에 접어들면 핑키의 농간에 말려든 목장주 웹과 쥬발의 대결 구도로 직면한다. 여기서 주인공 쥬발역을 맡은 당대의 톱스타 글렌 포드와 목장주 쉘 역을 연기한 어네스트 보그나인의 중후한 연기력에 힘입어 쥬발을 괴롭히는 핑키 역의 로드 스타이거의 탐욕스런 악역 연기가 그 빛을 발하고 젊은날의 찰스 브론슨이 글렌포드를 옆에서 도와주는 정의로운 카우보이 레브 하이슬립으로 등장한다.

Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). When Nancy and Martin fall in love but quarrel over her old flame, David Parker (William Leslie), Nancy returns to her teaching job. Jerry reunites Nancy and Martin and, in turn, succumbs to the charms of his new secretary Marge Stevenson (Lucy Marlow).

70대가 된 주인공 마티가 미국 아이젠하워 대통령에게 자신의 지난 웨스트 포인트(미국 육군사관학됴)에서의 삶을 설명하는 장면으로 영화는 시작된다. 과거 웨스트 포인트에 취직하러 온 아일랜드 촌뜨기 마티. 웨이터로 취직한 마티는 서툰 솜씨로 접시를 자주 깨뜨리고, 결국 웨이터가 아닌 근무 병사로 입대하게 되는데...... 유명배우 타이론 파워가 주연한 웨스트 포인트를 무대로 한 영화라면 아마도 그가 훌륭한 사관생도가 되는 내용일거라고 예상하기 쉬운데 그건 아닙니다. 리처드 기어의 '사관과 신사' 같은 영화가 사관생도의 관점에서 전개되는 이야기라면 이 영화에서 타이론 파워가 연기한 마티 마허는 웨스트 포인트에 근무하는 근무병사 입니다. 원래 마티는 웨스트 포인트의 식당 웨이터로 취업을 한 아일랜드계 청년이었습니다. 그런데 접시를 많이 깨뜨리는 사고를 치고 결국 군인 신분으로 복무하게 되면서 교관역할도 하고 그랬는데 복무만기를 채우고 제대하려고 하는 상황이 될 때마다 뭔가 계속 머물러야 하는 사건들이 발생하고 그래서 계속 재복무를 이어가다가 결국 평생 '말뚝'을 박게 된 것입니다. 실제로는 어느 순간에 군인의 신분은 벗어난 상태에서 웨스트 포인트에서 계속 근무한 것이라고 알려졌는데 영화에서는 그런 부분은 슬쩍 넘어가고 있습니다.

Dr. Allen Seward is assigned to a western cavalry post where his predecessors had been drunks and slackers. The post doesn't take kindly to him either, especially after he disregards regulations and tends to sick Indians on the malaria-infested reservation. The Indians break away from the reservation to move to a healthier higher ground, and when they join with the Comanches to besiege the fort, Seward is branded as a "woodhawk", the bird that turns against its own. Donna Reed is present as the niece of the post commander; Phil Carey is a cavalry captain that believes the only good Indian is a dead Indian, and May Wynn is the white girl raised by the Indians and married to the chief's son.

A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend.

금발의 아름다운 새디(리타 헤이워드)가 미군기지가 있는 남태평양의 작은 섬에 도착한다. 그녀의 등장으로 해군들 사이 소동이 벌어지자 이 섬에 크나큰 영향력을 미치고 있는 선교사(호세 페러)는 그녀를 못마땅하게 생각하기 시작한다. 그녀가 하와이의 바에서 몸을 팔았던 여인임을 알게 된 그는 새디를 섬에서 몰아내는 계략을 세운다. (2014 한국영상자료원 - 40주년 기념 영화제_ 발굴, 복원 그리고 재창조전) 서머셋 모옴의 단편을 수정하여 커티스 번하트 감독이 입체영화로 만들었다. 1950년대 초반 호러, 스릴러 장르의 3D영화와는 달리 대스타였던 리타 헤이워드를 주인공으로 신중하게 준비된 이 영화는 하와이 카우아이 섬을 무대로 테크니컬러, 와이드 스크린, 다채널 음향으로 촬영되었다. 영화는 물체가 화면 밖으로 튀어나오는 일반적인 3D 효과보다 분위기와 리타 헤이워드라는 배우의 몸과 얼굴을 세심하게 이용하고 있다. 핀업 걸(pin-up girl)로 화려한 미인이었던 리타 헤이워드의 약간은 나이든 얼굴의 클로즈업과 ‘The heat is on'을 노래하며 춤추는 장면은 이 영화의 절정의 순간이라 할 수 있겠다. 개봉 당시 이 댄스 장면으로 인해 미국의 몇 개 주에서는 검열로 인해 상영이 금지되기도 했다. (2014 한국영상자료원 - 40주년 기념 영화제_ 발굴, 복원 그리고 재창조전)

Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin Booth) and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). However, they start to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other. The Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.

It's 1876 and all the Indians are at peace except the Comanches lead by Black Cloud. When Black Cloud wipes out a town, only six soldiers are left and they head for the nearest fort. In the desert they are reinforced by members of a stagecoach and find some water at a deserted mission. Pinned down by Black Cloud they send an Indian boy who was Black Cloud's prisoner on to the fort while they try to bargain with Black Cloud whom they learn is without water.

In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry and the soldiers are killed. The only wounded survivor tells that the war ended one month ago, and the group decides to take the gold and meet their liaison that knew that the war ended but did not inform the troop. The harsh Rolph Bainter kills the greedy man and the soldiers flee in his wagon driven by Major Stewart. When they meet a posse chasing them, Stewart gives wrong information to misguide the group; however, they have an accident with the wagon and lose the horses. They decide to stop a stagecoach and force the driver to transport them, but the posse returns and they are trapped in the station with the passenger. They realize that the men are not deputies and have no intention to bring them to justice but take the stolen gold.

A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.

A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she seeks out the child in the hospital and attempts to help him regain his speech, even though, if successful, it might mean he will implicate her for the crime.

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even hires gunmen to intimidate him he has to defend himself and his property by means of violence.

Costume swashbuckler with heroic John Derek battling evil Anthony Quinn.

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

A group of outlaws posing as Southern sympathizers and led secretly by freight-line owner Jim Maroon are raiding stagecoaches, and this is a threat to the Union communications. Grif Holbrook, a trouble-shooter for the Butterfield Stage Line, and Union man Barney Broderick team up to try and put a stop to the activity, when they aren't fighting over the charms of Kate Crocker.

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

A sailor and his captain fight over a beautiful girl.

A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.

제 2차 세계대전이 끝난후 자신이 경영하던 동경의 재즈 바로 돌아온 조종사 조 베렛은 죽은 줄로만 알았던 그의 아내 트리나가 임시정부의 변호사인 랜디스의 아내가 되어 조와의 사이에서 태어난 7살짜리 딸 앤야를 키우고 있는 것을 본다. 한편 일본 정보국 비밀요원 기무라는 조의 딸 앤야를 납치하며 조에게 전범들을 일본을 잠입시키는 위험천만한 일의 수행을 강요한다. 조는 가족을 지키기 위해 힘든 싸움을 시작한다.

A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.

When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.

A study in greed in which treasure hunters seek a shipment of gold buried in Death Valley.

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

제니 마쉬는 살인 혐의로 5년간을 복역한 후에 집행 유예로 풀러난다. 보호감찰관인 그리프 마라트는 그녀에게 자신의 눈먼 어머니를 돌보는 일자리를 준다. 그녀는 법원의 접근 금지명령에도 불구하고 옛 애인 헨리 웨슨과 계속해서 은밀히 만나고 있다. 하지만 그녀는 헌신적인 그리프와 사랑에 빠져 결혼에 이르게 된다. 사뮤엘 풀러의 통속적이지만 힘 있는 각본과 서크의 경제적인 연출이 잘 어우러진 숨겨진 걸작. 영화의 결말은 제작사인 콜럼비아의 강요로 인해 애초의 의도와는 달리 해피엔딩으로 끝낼 수밖에 없었다고 한다.

A cowboy sets out to capture an escaped Brahma bull that is terrorizing local ranchers. Based on a story by Eli Colter that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post.

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.

A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

1940년대 뉴욕. 매력적이고, 냉소적인 언어의 소유자인 선원 마이클 오하라는 우연히 미국 최고의 변호사이자 부호인 아서 베니스터의 부인 엘사를 만난다. 강도로부터 엘사를 구한 마이클은 첫눈에 엘사에게 반하고, 엘사 또한 돈 때문에 결혼한 남편과는 달리 젊은 선원 마이클을 사랑하게 된다. 베니스터가 부인을 구해준 고마움으로 자신의 지중해 항해에 마이클을 선원으로 채용하면서 세 사람의 오묘한 관계는 시작된다. 시종일관 마이클로부터 눈을 떼지 못하는 엘사와 엘사를 거부하지 못하는 마 이클앞에 두 사람의 관계를 눈치챈 베니스터의 동료 조지 그리스비가 접근한다. 그는 현재의 삶에서 도망치고 싶으니, 마이클에게 자신을 죽여달라는 부탁을 하고, 그 대신 5천 달러를 주겠다는 거래를 한다. 그리고 자신은 소리 소문 없이 사라져 주겠다는 것. 평소 이성적이던 마이클도 엘사와의 사랑에 눈이 멀어 그의 거래를 받아들 이기로 하는데... 그러나 사라지기로 한 그리스비가 시체로 발견되고, 마이클은 살인혐의로 기소된다. 베니스터는 자청하여 마이클의 변론을 맡게 되는데...

Louis Hayward, star of 1940's Son of Monte Cristo, returns to Alexandre Dumas territory in Columbia's Return of Monte Cristo. This time, Hayward plays the grandson of his namesake Edmond Dantes, who, it will be recalled, was cheated out of his fortune and falsely imprisoned, only to escape and wreak vengeance on his betrayers by assuming the guise of the Count of Monte Cristo. Just like grandpa, the younger Dantes is framed by a trio of connivers and shipped off to Devil's Island. Escaping with a fellow convict, political radical Bombelles (Steven Geray), Dantes adopts the bearded guise of an elderly man in order to destroy his enemies and reclaim his birthright. One of his principal antagonists - at least during the first half of the film - is haughty aristocrat Angele Picard (Barbara Britton), who because she wasn't a part of the original conspiracy genuinely believes that Dantes is a criminal.

Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) poses as his boss Mr. Dithers (Jonathan Hale) so that a big business deal can be consummated while Dithers avoids nearsighted process server Jim Gray (Shemp Howard). The upshot of all this is that Dagwood ends up in a lunatic asylum, forcing Blondie (Penny Singleton) to come to the rescue. Number 18 in the long running Blondie series. Blondie Knows Best was writer/director Edward Bernds' first entry in the long-running "Blondie" series, and arguably his funniest. Bernds was a big fan of comedian Shemp Howard (whom he'd directed in several Columbia 2-reelers) and accordingly he gives Shemp free reign in his scenes, resulting in some hystericially funny moments. Blondie Knows Best represented Jonathan Hale's farewell to the series; in the next entry, Blondie's Big Moment, he would be replaced by Jerome Cowan as Mr. Radcliffe

Steve, revue producer in Rio de Janeiro, is still in love with his ex-wife Vicki, his star Linda is in love with Steve and Tito is in love with Linda. Because of this they all get small problems.

A PI investigates a priest's murder.

Dennis O'Keefe, newly married to lovely Sheila Ryan, is in a jam. O'Keefe's former girl friend, exotic dancer Marie McDonald, has in her possession an expensive, jeweled garter given to her by O'Keefe in his bachelor days. McDonald intends to show the garter to O'Keefe's suspicious wife, so Our Hero must retrieve the embarrassing accouterment without tipping off the missus.

Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly suspected of being pregnant.

Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million from a distant relative. But there's a catch: he must spend $1 million of that money in less than two months before his 30th birthday in order to inherit the rest.

Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.

Newly-married Gary Ainsworth (Dennis O'Keefe) once gave his former sweetheart Mabel (Gail Patrick) a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room before his wife Geraldine (Marjorie Reynolds) gets wise.

Biff and Jeff, two American G.I.'s on furlough in Australia during The Second World War, are enjoying their time the way most soldiers on leave do. When they meet the beautiful Joyce, however, they both fall head over heels for her, and start competing for her attentions. As their R&R time begins to run out, the schemes they each come up with to win her affection and foil the other's plans to do the same become more and more outrageous.

Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic training at Fort Bragg with the self-serving help of a couple of buddies intent on cutting themselves in on that extra income.

A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.

This Passing Parade series entry looks at three instances of people who either caused or were the victims of errors.

Blind detective Duncan Maclain gets mixed up with enemy agents and murder when he tries to help an old friend with a rebellious stepdaughter.

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.

This short film applies the prophecies of Nostradamus to events of World War II.

In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.

A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family's new maid. Maisie soon finds herself trying to mend the family's many problems.

A dizzy young woman aranges to turn her inventor-boyfriend's vacation into a chance meeting with a possible investor who happens to be her brother's future father-in-law. And Wacky stuff happens.

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.

Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in resettling tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons resulting from World War I. He continued this work in 1922 after the war between Greece and Turkey. The film ends by reminding moviegoers to think of the plight of contemporary refugees caused by the fighting in Europe.

To stop Pinkie's widowed, struggling mother Dottie from marrying a well-off older man they know she doesn't love, teenager Pinkie and her best friend Buzz kidnap her in the family travel trailer to live a carefree life on the open road. They then get the idea to find Dottie a financially secure husband whom both she and Pinkie would like.

This short film looks at the life of Michel Ney, who fought at Napoleon's side and was made a Marshall of France.

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.

This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America.

A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.