The Animal Kingdom is a pre-code comedy about the complexities of life in New York City. It revolves around a publisher, his wife, and his artist friend who all become entangled in a web of infidelity, materialism, and idealism. As the story unfolds, their relationships are tested by the temptations and pressures of the city.
During World War II, a photographer assumes the identity of a pilot to join a flying squadron. While posing as a pilot, he falls in love with a dancer and faces various comedic situations. The film explores themes of love, war, and identity.
Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.
Holiday is a romantic comedy set in the 1930s, which portrays the story of a man who decides to take a break from his wealthy family's expectations and lifestyle. He falls in love with a spirited woman who encourages him to question his priorities and find true happiness. The film explores themes of societal expectations, courtship, and the need for self-discovery.
In the year 1937, a nightclub owner named Yuri is in desperate need of money. He comes up with a plan to pretend to be a Russian prince and woo a wealthy American heiress named Diana. Along the way, he gets caught up in a series of comedic situations involving a fake accent, false identities, and a web of lies. Will Yuri be able to maintain his charade and win Diana's heart?
Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. One of Marion's old beaus, now running for U.S. Senator from their home state, also comes calling.
A playboy faces moral reformations and jealousy after a prank marriage proposal. He falls in love with a young woman, but is pursued by his ex-girlfriend. The playboy's grandmother hires a prizefighter to teach him a lesson. The story takes place in New York City and Florida, with various comedic misunderstandings and romantic complications.
Next Time We Love is a melodramatic movie set in the 1930s, revolving around the love triangle of a young married couple and a foreign correspondent. The couple faces challenges in their marriage, including grief, marital problems, and a marriage proposal from a third person. The story unfolds against the backdrop of trains and train stations, adding to the romantic atmosphere.
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
On her journey to the United States, Marya Nisko falls in love with another immigrant, Sascha Rabinoff. Arriving and discovering her sister's poverty, she fails as a lady's maid and then arranges an introduction to a theatrical manager, though Sascha is opposed to her becoming a professional dancer.
Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers. Mary Lee gets the facts, while Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful and syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France.
Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
A woman struggles to rekindle the affection of her husband.
For those, if any, who have wondered why so many Paramount contractees appeared in United Artists' films during the war years, this is another one of the Paramount productions that was sold to United Artists in the early-40's when U.A. was having trouble meeting their exhibitor contracts because of lack of product, mainly due to their loss of production in England. A group of starving, but young and willing, actors band together to share finances and an apartment. Norman Reese (William Holden) orders no love nonsense between the boys and girls till they are set on broadway, but Marge Benson (Barbara Britton) and Tony Dennison (James Beown) are already secretly married. A friend drops in to see Dottie Coburn (Martha O'Driscoll) and is shocked to find the boys and girls sharing the same apartment and insists it is her duty to inform Dottie's father (Jay Fassett.)
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the Bahamas owned by Adrian Ainsworth, descendant of many ancestors who have handled it over the years to the satisfaction of its 250 native residents. He is married to a woman who stays away from the island because she is lonely when there. Adrian doesn't want Carol or her father there, and they don't want to be there. Romance can't be lurking far behind the beautiful sunset.
Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ultimately forsaking her future with the Baron for the joys of true love.