The Blue Bird (
1940) | IMDb:
6.2
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness by the fairy Berylune. On their journey, they're accompanied by the anthropomorphized presences of a Dog, a Cat, Light, Fire, and Bread, among other entities.
Starring:
Shirley Temple
,
Spring Byington
,
Nigel Bruce
,
Gale Sondergaard
,
Eddie Collins
,
Sybil Jason
Directed by:
Walter Lang
Produced by:
Darryl F. Zanuck
Hollywood Cavalcade (
1939) | IMDb:
6.5
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Produced by:
Darryl F. Zanuck
Alexander's Ragtime Band (
1938) | IMDb:
6.8
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
Directed by:
Henry King
Produced by:
Frances C. Richardson
In Old Chicago (
1938) | IMDb:
6.7
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.