All I Desire 1953  N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger, Marcia Henderson, Lori Nelson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Long, Billy Gray, Dayton Lummis, Guy Williams
Naomi Murdoch (Barbara Stanwyck) deserted her family, and now–years later–she returns and attempts to reconcile with her husband and children.
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Anna Karenina 1935  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Freddie Bartholomew, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Reginald Denny, Dennis O'Keefe, May Robson, Reginald Owen, Joan Marsh
Greta Garbo takes on the title role in this film, which tells Leo Tolstoy's story about a woman who gives up everything to be with Count Vronsky (Fredric March); but happiness is elusive.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street 1934  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Forbidden Alliance
Director: Sidney Franklin
Cast: Norma Shearer, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, Katharine Alexander, Ian Wolfe, Ralph Forbes, Una O'Connor, Ferdinand Munier, Leo G. Carroll
This film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Norma Shearer was also nominated for Best Actress. The story relates the love affair and marriage of Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March).
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The Big Clock 1948 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Ray Milland, Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Sullivan, George Macready, Rita Johnson, Elsa Lanchester, Harry Morgan, Harold Vermilyea, Luis Van Rooten, Philip Van Zandt
George Stroud (Ray Milland) is an editor for "Crimeways" magazine when he is assigned a story involving a murder (actually committed by his boss, Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton)). Despite Red Herring clues, Stroud outwits Janoth and solves the crime. This film was remade in 1987 as "No Way Out" with some added twists.
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The Crowd Roars 1938 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Robert Taylor, Edward Arnold, Frank Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Lionel Stander, Jane Wyman, William Gargan, Nat Pendleton, Don "Red" Barry, Isabel Jewell
Robert Taylor stars as a choirboy who grows up to become a light-heavyweight contender and finds that he cannot escape the influence of the mob.
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David Copperfield 1935 N/R, 133 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
Cast: W.C. Fields, Freddie Bartholomew, Frank Lawton, Elizabeth Allan, Basil Rathbone, Roland Young, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Madge Evans, Edna May Oliver
Mr. Mudstone (Basil Rathbone), Wikins Micawber (W.C. Fields), and Uriah Heap (Roland Young) are all there as David Copperfield starts out as a poor boy and grows up to be a wealthy man in London. The young David is played by Freddie Bartholomew, while Frank Lawton plays the older David.
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 A Day at the Races 1937 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Wood
Cast: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Allan Jones, Maureen O'Sullivan, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, Douglass Dumbrille, Leonard Ceeley, Esther Muir
Veterinarian Hugo Z. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx) poses as a medical doctor to convince the wealthy hypochondriac, Emily Upjohn (Margaret Dumont), to give financial assistance to Judy Standish (Maureen O'Sullivan), which will save Judy's sanitarium. Then a new plot is hatched: win a steeplechase race and use the winnings to pay off Judy's debts. This comedy features Groucho, Harpo, and Chico at their best.
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The Devil-Doll 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Tod Browning
Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frank Lawton, Henry B. Walthall, Robert Greig, Lucy Beaumont, Pedro de Cordoba, Rafaela Ottiano, Arthur Hohl
Lionel Barrymore plays a fugitive who, after escaping from prison, uses tiny "devil dolls" to avenge past actions against him.
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Hannah and Her Sisters 1986 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Carrie Fisher, Barbara Hershey, Maureen O'Sullivan, Dianne Wiest, Max von Sydow, Lloyd Nolan, Daniel Stern, Julie Kavnar, Joanna Gleason, J.T. Walsh, John Turturro, Richard Jenkins
Hannah (Mia Farrow) is the glue that holds her neurotic family together. She has had a successful career as an actress and is also an excellent wife and mother. But, when Hannah's husband Elliott (Michael Caine) falls in love with Hannah's sister Lee (Barbara Hershey) who, in turn, leaves her husband Frederick (Max von Sydow), the family hits a crisis point. Meanwhile, Hannah's other sister Holly (Dianne Wiest) has connected with Hannah's ex-husband Mickey (Woody Allen) who fears he has a brain tumor and is obsessed with death. And the trials and triumphs go on and on–from one Thanksgiving Day to another. Oscars were won by Allen (Best Screenplay), Caine (Best Supporting Actor), and Wiest (Best Supporting Actress). The film also received four other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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Let Us Live! 1939  N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges, Henry Kolker, Charles Trowbridge, Byron Foulger, George Douglas, Phillip Trent
Two innocent men are sentenced to death for a murder they did not commit, and the fiancee (Maureen O'Sullivan) of one of the prisoners (Henry Fonda) is determined to save her lover's life. Heavy soap.
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Maisie Was a Lady 1941 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Edwin L. Marin
Cast: Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O'Sullivan, C. Aubrey Smith, Joan Perry, Paul Cavanagh, Edward Ashley, Hans Conried, Edgar Dearing, Charles D. Brown
Brooklyn showgirl Maisie (Ann Sothern) goes to work as a maid for a wealthy–but troubled–family and gets their lives back in order.
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Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 PG-13, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Barbara Harris, John Carradine, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leon Ames
Peggy (Kathleen Turner) is a 43-year-old housewife and mother having serious difficulties with her husband (Nicholas Cage) because of his infidelity. She attends her 25th high-school reunion, faints, and wakes up in the past when she was a teenager. With the wisdom of 43 years, she experiences again her trials as a teenager. Kathleen was nominated for an Oscar.
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 Pride and Prejudice 1940 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier, Mary Boland, Edmund Gwenn, Melville Cooper, Edna May Oliver, Ann Rutherford, Maureen O'Sullivan, Frieda Inescort, Karen Morley, Heather Angel, Marsha Hunt, Bruce Lester, Marten Lamont, Edward Ashley
Set in 19th-century England, Jane Austen's comedy of manners tells the dilemma of five unmarried sisters. One of them, Elizabeth (Greer Garson), is enamored with Darcy (Laurence Olivier), and this spurs on the other sisters–Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan), Lydia (Ann Rutherford), Kitty (Heather Angel), and Mary (Marsha Hunt)–to find their own romances.
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Strange Interlude 1932 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Norma Shearer, Clark Gable, Alexander Kirkland, Ralph Morgan, Robert Young, May Robson, Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry B. Walthall, Mary Alden, Tad Alexander
Based on Eugene O'Neil's play, this story is about 70 years in the life of Nina Leeds (Norma Shearer) who marries Sam (Alexander Kirkland) but has a son fathered by Ned (Clark Gable).
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The Tall T 1957 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Budd Boetticher
Cast: Randolph Scott, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Sullivan, Arthur Hunnicutt, Skip Homeier, Henry Silva, John Hubbard, Robert Burton, Fred Sherman, Christopher Olsen, Robert Anderson
In this tension-filled Western, Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) is a rancher who loses his horse on a bet and now must get a ride on a stagecoach. Also on the stagecoach is a newly-wed couple, Willard and Doretta Mims (John Hubbard and Maureen O'Sullivan). When they reach an abandoned station, they fall into the hands of bandit Frank Usher (Richard Boone) and his henchmen Chink and Billy Jack (Henry Silva and Skip Homeier) who hold the passengers captive. Hoping to make a deal, cowardly Willard tells Usher that Doretta's father is wealthy. The ploy does not work for Frank, and Usher kills Frank but then holds Doretta for ransom. Tensions rise while Usher waits for the ransom, and, meanwhile, romance blooms between Pat and Doretta.
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Tarzan and His Mate 1934 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Cedric Gibbons, Jack Conway
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, Paul Cavanagh, Forrester Harvey, William Stack, Desmond Roberts, Paul Porcasi, Ray Corrigan, Nathan Curry
This is the best of the "Tarzan" films with Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan and Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane. The couple encounters danger from ivory hunters who search for an elephant graveyard.
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Tarzan Finds a Son! 1939 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Ian Hunter, Laraine Day, Henry Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Henry Wilcoxon, Morton Lowry, Gavin Muir
After Boy's (Johnny Sheffield) parents are killed in an airplane crash, Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) and Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) keep him out of the clutches of relatives who want to exploit him.
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 Tarzan, the Ape Man 1932 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Neil Hamilton, C. Aubrey Smith, Doris Lloyd, Forrester Harvey, Ivory Williams, Johnny Eck
This film is the first of the "Tarzan" entries. Champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller stars in the title role with Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, the daughter of a British safari-leader. Good film.
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Tarzan's New York Adventure 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Chill Wills, Cy Kendall, Russell Hicks, Elmo Lincoln
When Boy (Johnny Sheffield) is kidnapped by a circus owner, Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) and Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) follow Boy to New York City where Tarzan swings from flagpoles and the Brooklyn Bridge during the rescue attempts.
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Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Reginald Owen, Barry Fitzgerald, Tom Conway, Philip Dorn, Cordell Hickman, Johnny Eck, Martin Wilkins
Greedy members of a scientific expedition try to trick Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) as they have their eyes on gold in the jungle.
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 The Thin Man 1934 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O'Sullivan, Cesar Romero, Nat Pendleton, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, Henry Wadsworth, Harold Huber, William Henry
This is the first in a 10-year series of Thin Man movies starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles. In this film, they investigate the murder of a weird inventor. Myrna Loy: "Waiter, will you serve the nuts–I mean, would you serve the guests the nuts?" Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Director, and Writing.
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Tugboat Annie 1933 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young, Maureen O'Sullivan, Willard Robertson, Frankie Darro, Tammany Young, Jack Pennick, Paul Hurst, Oscar Apfel
Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery provide enjoyable fare as Tugboat Annie and her boozing husband in this lighthearted comedy.
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Where Danger Lives 1950 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Farrow
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Faith Domergue, Claude Rains, Maureen O'Sullivan, Charles Kemper, Ralph Dumke, Philip Van Zandt, Billy House, Harry Shannon
After heading to Mexico to escape a murder charge, Dr. Jeff Cameron (Robert Mitchum) realizes his companion, Margo (Faith Domergue), may have more than a few mental problems.
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A Yank at Oxford 1938 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jack Conway
Cast: Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Gillingwater, C.V. France, Griffith Jones, Tully Marshall, Edward Rigby
American track star Lee Sheridan (Robert Taylor) finds pitfalls when he adapts to life as an Oxford student.
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| 1. All I Desire (1953)
2. Anna Karenina (1935)
3. The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
aka: Forbidden Alliance
4. The Big Clock (1948)
5. A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
6. The Crowd Roars (1938)
7. David Copperfield (1935)
8. A Day at the Races (1937)
9. The Devil-Doll (1936)
10. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
11. Let Us Live! (1939)
12. Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
13. Payment Deferred (1932)
14. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
15. Pride and Prejudice (1940)
16. Strange Interlude (1932)
17. The Tall T (1957)
18. Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
19. Tarzan Escapes (1936)
20. Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939)
21. Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
22. Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
23. Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
24. The Thin Man (1934)
25. Tugboat Annie (1933)
26. Where Danger Lives (1950)
27. A Yank at Oxford (1938)
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