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Grease

(1978)

Comedy, Romance

Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?

Runtime:

110 min

Director:

Randal Kleiser

Cast:

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Didi Conn

7.2

76%

70

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The Public Enemy

(1931)

Crime, Drama

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain c...

Runtime:

83 min

Director:

William A. Wellman

Cast:

James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook

7.6

100%

N/A

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The Cincinnati Kid

(1965)

Drama

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Runtime:

102 min

Director:

Norman Jewison

Cast:

Steve McQueen, Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret, Karl Malden

7.3

86%

67

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Nightmare Alley

(1947)

Crime, Drama

Stanton Carlisle joins a seedy carnival, working with "Mademoiselle Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete.

Runtime:

111 min

Director:

Edmund Goulding

Cast:

Tyrone Power, Joan Blondell, Coleen Gray, Helen Walker, Taylor Holmes

7.8

87%

75

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Opening Night

(1977)

Drama

Actress Myrtle Gordon is a functioning alcoholic actress who is a few days from the opening night of her latest play, concerning a woman distraught about aging. One night a car kills one of Myrtle's fans who is chasing her limousine in an attempt to get the star's attention. Myrtle internalizes the accident and goes on a spiritual ques...

Runtime:

144 min

Director:

John Cassavetes

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart

8.1

92%

N/A

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Desk Set

(1957)

Comedy, Romance

A computer expert tries to prove his electronic brain can replace a television network's research staff.

Runtime:

103 min

Director:

Walter Lang

Cast:

Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Gig Young, Joan Blondell, Dina Merrill

7.3

100%

N/A

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

(1945)

Drama

In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better ...

Runtime:

128 min

Director:

Elia Kazan

Cast:

Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn, Lloyd Nolan, James Gleason

8.1

100%

N/A

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Gold Diggers of 1933

(1933)

Comedy, Drama

Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol a...

Runtime:

97 min

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Cast:

Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell

8.1

100%

N/A

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Support Your Local Gunfighter

(1971)

Action, Comedy, Western

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Cast:

James Garner, Suzanne Pleshette, Jack Elam, Harry Morgan, Joan Blondell

6.9

62%

N/A

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Footlight Parade

(1933)

Comedy, Music, Romance

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

Runtime:

104 min

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Cast:

James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Frank McHugh

7.8

100%

N/A

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Three on a Match

(1932)

Crime, Drama

Mary, Vivian and Ruth are former schoolmates who do some catching up after a chance meeting. Of the three women, Vivian, who married successful lawyer Robert, seems to have the most glamorous life. Vivian really isn't satisfied though, and soon deserts Robert and her son for Mike, a mobster. Before long, Vivian is hooked on drugs, and ...

Runtime:

63 min

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, Warren William, Lyle Talbot

7.3

N/A

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Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

(1957)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick. But she wants something too: he has to pretend to be her new lover.

Runtime:

93 min

Director:

Frank Tashlin

Cast:

Tony Randall, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Blondell, Betsy Drake, John Williams

7.2

90%

N/A

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Night Nurse

(1931)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.

Runtime:

72 min

Director:

William A. Wellman

Cast:

Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell, Clark Gable, Blanche Friderici

7.1

86%

N/A

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Bullets or Ballots

(1936)

Crime, Drama, Thriller

After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.

Runtime:

82 min

Director:

William Keighley

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson, Joan Blondell, Barton MacLane, Humphrey Bogart, Frank McHugh

7.1

N/A

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Topper Returns

(1941)

Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.

Runtime:

88 min

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Roland Young, Carole Landis, Billie Burke, Dennis O'Keefe

7.0

100%

N/A

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Dames

(1934)

Comedy, Music, Romance

A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show.

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Ray Enright, Busby Berkeley

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Zasu Pitts, Guy Kibbee

7.2

N/A

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Blonde Crazy

(1931)

Comedy, Crime, Drama

Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

Runtime:

79 min

Director:

Roy Del Ruth

Cast:

James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Louis Calhern, Noel Francis, Ray Milland

7.2

N/A

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Stand-In

(1937)

Comedy, Romance

An east coast efficiency expert who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.

Runtime:

91 min

Director:

Tay Garnett

Cast:

Leslie Howard, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Mowbray, Marla Shelton

6.9

N/A

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The Opposite Sex

(1956)

Comedy, Music, Romance

Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-...

Runtime:

117 min

Director:

David Miller

Cast:

June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Leslie Nielsen, Ann Sheridan

6.2

20%

N/A

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Other Men's Women

(1931)

Drama, Romance

The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.

Runtime:

71 min

Director:

William A. Wellman

Cast:

Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney, Fred Kohler

6.6

N/A

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The Crowd Roars

(1932)

Action, Drama

Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion.

Runtime:

85 min

Director:

Howard Hawks

Cast:

James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Guy Kibbee

6.4

N/A

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Gold Diggers of 1937

(1936)

Comedy, Music, Romance

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.

Runtime:

101 min

Director:

Lloyd Bacon, Busby Berkeley

Cast:

Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Victor Moore

6.5

N/A

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Union Depot

(1932)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken travel...

Runtime:

67 min

Director:

Alfred E. Green

Cast:

Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Alan Hale, David Landau

7.1

N/A

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Blondie Johnson

(1933)

Crime, Drama

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

Runtime:

68 min

Director:

Ray Enright, Lucien Hubbard

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins

6.6

N/A

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Cry 'Havoc'

(1943)

Drama, War

The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.

Runtime:

97 min

7.0

N/A

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Illicit

(1931)

Drama, Romance

Ann, a young woman with outrageously advanced ideas, has been living in sin with Dick, her lover, because of her conviction that marriage would destroy their love; but social pressure ends up paying off, so Ann and Dick get married.

Runtime:

77 min

Director:

Archie Mayo

Cast:

Barbara Stanwyck, James Rennie, Ricardo Cortez, Natalie Moorhead, Charles Butterworth

6.2

N/A

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Adventure

(1945)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Runtime:

135 min

Director:

Victor Fleming

Cast:

Clark Gable, Greer Garson, Joan Blondell, Thomas Mitchell, Tom Tully

6.1

N/A

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Lawyer Man

(1932)

Drama, Romance

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by Gilmurr...

Runtime:

72 min

Director:

William Dieterle

Cast:

William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau, Helen Vinson, Claire Dodd

6.7

N/A

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This Could Be the Night

(1957)

Comedy

To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.

Runtime:

103 min

6.8

N/A

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There's Always a Woman

(1938)

Comedy, Mystery

An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give it up and go back to his old job. As his wife is at his office closing up, a wealthy society matron walks in with a case: she wants to know if her husband is having an affair with his ex...

Runtime:

81 min

Director:

Alexander Hall

Cast:

Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Mary Astor, Frances Drake, Jerome Cowan

6.9

N/A

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The Blue Veil

(1951)

Drama

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Runtime:

113 min

Director:

Curtis Bernhardt

Cast:

Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, Joan Blondell, Richard Carlson, Agnes Moorehead

7.6

N/A

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Big City Blues

(1932)

Comedy, Drama

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.

Runtime:

63 min

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Eric Linden, Jobyna Howland, Ned Sparks, Guy Kibbee

6.3

N/A

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Sinners' Holiday

(1930)

Crime, Romance

Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story involves rum-running, accidental murder and a frame-up.

Runtime:

60 min

Director:

John G. Adolfi

Cast:

Grant Withers, Lucille La Verne, Warren Hymer, James Cagney, Joan Blondell

6.4

N/A

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Millie

(1931)

Drama, Romance

Millie Blake is very careful about picking her husband, but that is no guarantee that a marriage will turn out well, nor that she will.

Runtime:

85 min

Director:

John Francis Dillon

Cast:

Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames, James Hall, John Halliday

6.4

N/A

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Just Around the Corner

(1933)

Promotional short produced by General Electric for release through Warner Bros. to advertise GE's home appliances.

Runtime:

18 min

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Bette Davis, Dick Powell, Warren William, Ruth Donnelly

8.2

N/A

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

(1939)

Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Wh...

Runtime:

80 min

Director:

Alexander Hall

Cast:

Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell, Clarence Kolb, Ruth Donnelly

6.6

N/A

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Make Me a Star

(1932)

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

Runtime:

86 min

Director:

William Beaudine

Cast:

Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, Zasu Pitts, Ben Turpin, Gary Cooper

6.7

N/A

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He Was Her Man

(1934)

Drama, Romance

A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".

Runtime:

70 min

6.2

N/A

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Christmas Eve

(1947)

Comedy, Drama

The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administer her wealth, but she will be saved if her three long-lost adopted sons appear for a Christmas Eve reunion. Separate stories reveal Michael as a bankrupt playboy loved by loyal Ann; Mario as a seemingly shady character tangling with a Na...

Runtime:

93 min

Director:

Edwin L. Marin

Cast:

George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field

6.0

N/A

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Three Men on a Horse

(1936)

Comedy

A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.

Runtime:

86 min

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Cast:

Frank McHugh, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee, Carol Hughes, Allen Jenkins

6.8

N/A

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