Felix Bressart

Set in Warsaw, Poland, during and after the German invasion of 1939, this comedy-drama mixed dedicated Nazis, ham actors, and earnest pilots and resistance fighters into a surprisingly (and, in 1942, uncomfortably) entertaining topical satire.

Ninotchka -- Greta Garbo bursts into a rare bit of onscreen laughter during her portrayal of a cold-hearted Soviet agent who is warmed up by a trip to Paris and a night of love.

Academy Award-winner Greer Garson ("Mrs. Miniver") received her second Oscar nomination for her moving portrayal of a Texas woman who overcomes the losses of her husband and child and founds a state orphanage. Co-starring Oscar-nominee Walter Pidgeon ("Mrs. Miniver," "Forbidden Planet"). Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, this film won for Best Art Direction. Directed by Oscar-winner director/producer Mervyn LeRoy ("The Wizard of Oz," "Little Caesar").

Director Frank Borzage's romantic melodrama stars Philip Dorn as imperious conductor Leopold Goronoff, who grooms promising young pianist Myra Hassman (Catherine McLeod) for greatness, then proceeds to sabotage her career before it even gets off the ground. The passion between maestro and protégé is masterfully conveyed through the classical music passages they play, compositions actually recorded by legendary pianist Artur Rubinstein.

During World War II, lonely widow Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) helps the war effort by marrying military research scientist Patrick Jamieson (Spencer Tracy), and having him set up his lab in her house.

During World War II, lonely widow Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) helps the war effort by marrying military research scientist Patrick Jamieson (Spencer Tracy), and having him set up his lab in her house.

During World War II, lonely widow Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) helps the war effort by marrying military research scientist Patrick Jamieson (Spencer Tracy), and having him set up his lab in her house. They both believe that a marriage could be a success without love, as it reduces chances of jealousy and bickering, but the inevitable happens and they begin to fall in love.

During World War II, lonely widow Jamie Rowan helps the war effort by marrying military research scientist Patrick Jamieson, and having him set up his lab in her house. They both believe that a marriage could be a success without love, as it reduces chances of jealousy and bickering, but the inevitable happens and they begin to fall in love.

Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford are American honeymooners in pre-war Europe who are asked by British intelligence to help track down a missing agent.

Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford are American honeymooners in pre-war Europe who are asked by British intelligence to help track down a missing agent.

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life, but not necessarily for the better. Three beautiful women soon discover this when they join the spectacle on Broadway. Susan (Academy Award and Emmy-nominee and Golden Globe-winner Judy Garland -- "The Wizard of Oz," "A Star is Born") plays a singer who must leave behind her aging vaudevillian father. Sheila (Academy Award-nominee Lana Turner -- "Peyton Place," "The Bad and the Beautiful") portrays a working girl who is pursued by both a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend, Gil (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Jimmy Stewart -- "It's Wonderful Life," "Vertigo," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"). The mysterious European beauty Sandra (Hedy Lamarr -- "Samson and Delilah," "Ecstasy) struggles with her concert violinist husband who cannot endure the thought of escaping poverty by his wife promenading her glamour in skimpy costumes.

Judy Garland plays a singer who must leave behind her aging vaudevillian father. Lana Turner portrays a working girl pursued by both a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend (Jimmy Stewart).