Celia Travers

Mrs. Parkington

Tay Garnett

Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon

In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.

Movie Pests

Will Jason

Pete Smith, William Bailey

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

Whistling in Dixie

S. Sylvan Simon

Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford

Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a mystery involving a murdered man, old Fort Dixon, and buried treasure.

Hitler's Madman

Douglas Sirk

Patricia Morison, John Carradine

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow countrymen to sabotage the German war effort.

Bathing Beauty

George Sidney

Red Skelton, Esther Williams

After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.

Dancing Co-Ed

S. Sylvan Simon

Lana Turner, Richard Carlson

After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.

Undercover Maisie

Harry Beaumont

Ann Sothern, Barry Nelson

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.

Merton of the Movies

Robert Alton

Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien

In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.

Up Goes Maisie

Harry Beaumont

Ann Sothern, George Murphy

A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.

Swing Shift Maisie

Norman Z. McLeod

Ann Sothern, James Craig

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.

Maisie Goes to Reno

Harry Beaumont

Ann Sothern, John Hodiak

A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.

Easy to Wed

Edward Buzzell

Van Johnson, Esther Williams

When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a home-wrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head editor now must find a way to discredit her.

Sky Murder

George B. Seitz

Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek

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.

Swing Fever

Tim Whelan

Kay Kyser, Marilyn Maxwell

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Little Mister Jim

Fred Zinnemann

Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins, James Craig

After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.

Hollywood Scout

Pete Smith, Celia Travers

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.