Pocketful of Miracles (
1961) | IMDb:
7.1
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
It's a Wonderful Life (
1946) | IMDb:
8.6
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
Starring:
James Stewart
,
Donna Reed
,
Lionel Barrymore
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Henry Travers
,
Beulah Bondi
Produced by:
Frank Capra
The Keys of the Kingdom (
1944) | IMDb:
7.2
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
Starring:
Gregory Peck
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Vincent Price
,
Rose Stradner
,
Roddy McDowall
,
Edmund Gwenn
Wilson (
1944) | IMDb:
6.4
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2006.
Starring:
Alexander Knox
,
Geraldine Fitzgerald
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Ruth Nelson
,
Cedric Hardwicke
,
Charles Coburn
Directed by:
Henry King
The Outlaw (
1943) | IMDb:
5.4
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.
Gone with the Wind (
1939) | IMDb:
8.2
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
Starring:
Vivien Leigh
,
Clark Gable
,
Olivia de Havilland
,
Leslie Howard
,
Hattie McDaniel
,
Thomas Mitchell
The Hurricane (
1937) | IMDb:
7.2
A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.
Starring:
Dorothy Lamour
,
Jon Hall
,
Mary Astor
,
C. Aubrey Smith
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Raymond Massey
Lost Horizon (
1937) | IMDb:
7.6
British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-La provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Starring:
Ronald Colman
,
Jane Wyatt
,
Edward Everett Horton
,
John Howard
,
Thomas Mitchell
,
Margo
Directed by:
Frank Capra
Produced by:
Frank Capra