George E. Stone

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.

Dir. Billy Wilder · With Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon, Marilyn Monroe

In 1910s Paris, a sewer worker disillusioned with Christianity feels his prayers have been answered when he chances upon a street waif and they fall in love.

Dir. Frank Borzage · With Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Albert Gran

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak

A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

Dir. Mervyn LeRoy · With Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell

When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.

Dir. Wesley Ruggles · With Richard Dix, Irene Dunne, Estelle Taylor