Du Barry Was a Lady
Theatrical Release Date: 08/13/1943
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Musical
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Roy Del Ruth
Actors: Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, Rags Ragland, Zero Mostel
Plot: A hatcheck man at a nightclub finds himself drawn to the star singer - who in turn is attracted to a poor dancer, but really wants to marry for money. When the hatcheck man finds himself the winner of the Irish lottery - suddenly the singer is attracted to him - or at least his money. An accident leaves him with a bump on his head - and suddenly he thinks he is King Louis XV, after the infamous Madame Du Barry.
I Can Hardly Wait
Theatrical Release Date: 08/13/1943
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules White
Actors: Curly Howard, Larry Fine, Moe Howard
Hostages
Theatrical Release Date: 08/12/1943
Overall Rating: 1.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Frank Tuttle
Actors: Luise Rainer, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix, Paul Lukas, Katina Paxinou, Oskar Homolka
Phantom of the Opera
Theatrical Release Date: 08/12/1943
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Arthur Lubin
Actors: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo, Hume Cronyn
Plot: A pit violinist, along with a fellow baritone and a police inspector -
are all smitten with soprano Christine Dubois. While secretly helping
her career, Claudin is finding it tougher to keep his own position -
ending in disfigurement and murder. Shortly after the Paris Opera house
is plagued by a mysterious Phantom who commits crimes before
disappearing into the catacombs. But the two rivals have a plan to
ferret him out once and for all.
Silver Spurs
Theatrical Release Date: 08/12/1943
Overall Rating: 1.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western/Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Joseph Kane
Actors: Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, John Carradine, Phyllis Brooks, Jerome Cowan, Trigger
The Good Fellows
Theatrical Release Date: 08/11/1943
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jo Graham
Actors: Cecil Kellaway, Helen Walker, Mabel Paige, James Brown, Patti Hale, Kathleen Lockhart
Heaven Can Wait
Theatrical Release Date: 08/11/1943
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Actors: Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Marjorie Main, Laird Cregar, Spring Byington
Plot: A man finds himself at the gates of hell - certain he deserves admittance
- but he will have to prove it to the gatekeeper and so recounts his life
- including what he suspects is his ticket inside - his 25-year
relationship with his wife, Martha.
Fighting Valley
Theatrical Release Date: 08/08/1943
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Western
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Oliver Drake
Actors: Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, John Merton, Robert Bice
