List of the best Arthur Lubin movies: Hold That Ghost(1941), The Big Guy(1939), Buck Privates(1941), Footsteps in the Fog(1955), Rhubarb(1951), Francis Joins the WACS(1954), Francis Covers the Big Town(1953), Ride 'em Cowboy(1942), It Grows on Trees(1952), Risky Business(1939), Keep 'Em Flying(1941), Queen for a Day(1951) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Joan Davis Richard Carlson Mischa Auer Evelyn Ankers Marc Lawrence Shemp Howard Ted Lewis The Andrews Sisters
After inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Director
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
Comedy
USA
1941
84 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello The Andrews Sisters Lee Bowman Alan Curtis Jane Frazee Nat Pendleton Samuel S. Hinds Harry Strang Nella Walker Leonard Elliott
salesman soldier drill instructor hostess playboy valet hilarious witty boot camp theater united states military redemption love triangle father/son relationship escape rivalry transformation love 1940s
Two sidewalk salesman enlist in the army in order to avoid jail, only to find that their drill instructor is the police officer who tried having them imprisoned.
Drama
UK
1955
90 Minutes
Director
Stewart Granger Jean Simmons Bill Travers Belinda Lee Ronald Squire Finlay Currie William Hartnell
employer maid businessman daughter barrister sister dark disturbing london household living room street courtroom bedroom duplicity murder blackmail greed investigation seduction
In early 1900s England, a maid tries to blackmail her master into romancing her when she discovers he murdered his wife.
Comedy
USA
1951
95 Minutes
Director
Ray Milland Jan Sterling Gene Lockhart William Frawley Elsie Holmes Taylor Holmes Willard Waterman Henry Slate James Griffith Jim Hayward Donald MacBride
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1954
94 Minutes
Director
Donald O'Connor Julie Adams Mamie Van Doren Chill Wills Lynn Bari ZaSu Pitts Joan Shawlee Allison Hayes Mara Corday Karen Kadler Elsie Holmes
Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
Comedy
USA
1953
86 Minutes
Director
Donald O'Connor Yvette Dugay Gene Lockhart Nancy Guild Larry Gates Silvio Minciotti Lowell Gilmore William Harrigan Gale Gordon Hanley Stafford Forrest Lewis
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1942
86 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Dick Foran Anne Gwynne Samuel S. Hinds Richard Lane Judd McMichael Ted McMichael Joe McMichael Mary Lou Cook Johnny Mack Brown
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train heading west. They get jobs as cowboys on a dude ranch, despite the fact that neither of ... See full summary »
Fantasy
USA
1952
84 Minutes
Director
Irene Dunne Dean Jagger Joan Evans Richard Crenna Edith Meiser Sandy Descher Dee Pollak Les Tremayne Malcolm Lee Beggs Forrest Lewis Frank Ferguson
What happens when an American family gets two trees that grow spendable money.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
67 Minutes
Director
George Murphy Dorothea Kent Edward Ciannelli Leon Ames El Brendel Richard Tucker Frances Robinson John Wray Arthur Loft Pierre Watkin Grant Richards
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
86 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye Carol Bruce William Gargan Dick Foran Truman Bradley Charles Lang William B. Davidson Frank Penny Loring Smith
When a barnstorming stunt pilot joins the Air Corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1951
107 Minutes
Director
Phyllis Avery Adam Williams Edith Meiser Helen Mowery Joan Winfield Tristram Coffin Tracey Roberts Ben Astar
child father mother nanny radio host teen boy melodramatic heartwarming studio california circus apartment chateau household illness imaginary friend college admission physical appearance class distinctions contest
A series of vignettes linked together with the popular radio show of the same name, where women publicly reveal why they deserve to be Queen for the Day.
Drama
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Sheila Bromley Charles Brokaw Billy Burrud Jane Johns Huntley Gordon Frank Otto Russell Hopton Hal Neiman Virginia Brissac George Lloyd
Johnny Hanson wants to make enough money to enlarge his chicken farm. He does this through hockey. Gangsters get involved in trying to get him to throw a championship game, even lining up a woman to help steer him their way.
Comedy
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Director
Donald O'Connor Piper Laurie Cecil Kellaway Jesse White Barry Kelley Hayden Rorke Vaughn Taylor Larry Keating Peter Brocco Edwin Max Don Beddoe
The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
Comedy
USA
1953
99 Minutes
Director
Burt Lancaster Virginia Mayo Chuck Connors Arthur Shields Barry Kelley Leon Askin Veola Vonn Bob Sweeney Hayden Rorke
AWOL marine Sgt. Jim O'Hearn is court-martialed for a variety of offenses that carry 143 years in the stockade or the death penalty but refuses to aid in his own defense.
Romance, Fantasy, Adventure, Kids & Family
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Director
Maria Montez Jon Hall Turhan Bey Andy Devine Kurt Katch Frank Puglia Fortunio Bonanova Moroni Olsen Ramsay Ames Chris-Pin Martin Scotty Beckett
A boy prince, raised by forty thieves, takes revenge on the Mongol invaders who murdered his father and stole his kingdom.
Horror
USA
1940
70 Minutes
Director
Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Stanley Ridges Anne Nagel Anne Gwynne Virginia Brissac Edmund MacDonald Paul Fix Murray Alper Jack Mulhall Joe King
doctor professor mobster rival wife reporter tense creepy prison office street death row madness brain transplants organized crime murder death sentence mind control revenge pursuit
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
Adventure, Drama, Action
USA
1937
57 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Louise Latimer Robert McWade Tully Marshall Emerson Treacy Harry Allen Grace Goodall Olaf Hytten Monty Vandergrift Lorin Baker
Former school bus driver Biff Smith manages a trucking company which has its fleet pitted against a freight train in a race to deliver aviation parts to the Pacific coast.
Action
USA
1937
68 Minutes
Director
John Wayne Gwen Gaze Don Barclay Charles Brokaw James Bush Pat Somerset Richard Tucker Olaf Hytten Arthur Aylesworth Franklin Parker Sam Harris
Newsreel cameraman Bob Adams heads to North Africa to cover an Arab uprising against the British. When he refuses to help his younger brother become a cameraman, Don becomes the dupe of less savory types posing in the trade.
Musical, Romance
USA
1945
99 Minutes
Director
Jane Powell Ralph Bellamy Constance Moore Arthur Treacher Louise Beavers Ruth Tobey Ruth Robinson Andre Charlot Shirley Hunter Chris Drake
teen girl burlesque dancer theatrical producer classmate orchestra conductor butler uplifting lighthearted boarding school new york city music hall party stage singing ambition sister relationship secret identity running away romance discovery
Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage. When Sherry is distraught just before... See full summary »
Adventure
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Director
A shark hunter falls in love with the beautiful ruler of a tropical island.
Drama
USA
1935
65 Minutes
Director
Sidney Blackmer Martha Sleeper Regis Toomey Gloria Shea Edwin Maxwell Ralf Harolde Maria Alba John T. Murray
Greed, ambition and hunger-for-power drive John Hart, a New-York-City stock-market broker, into crooked dealings and deception, but he doesn't realize that those he ruined will seek ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1955
80 Minutes
Director
Donald O'Connor Martha Hyer Richard Erdman Jim Backus Clint Eastwood David Janssen Leigh Snowden Martin Milner Paul Burke Phil Garris Myrna Hansen
A story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.
Horror
USA
1946
59 Minutes
Director
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.
Drama
USA
1955
89 Minutes
Director
Maureen O'Hara George Nader Victor McLaglen Torin Thatcher Robert Warwick Eduard Franz Leslie Bradley Rex Reason Arthur E. Gould-Porter Grant Withers Sim Iness
An 11th-century noblewoman opens her Saxon husband's eyes by riding bareback through town.
Comedy
USA
1934
62 Minutes
Director
journalist wife son daughter friend boss outlandish cheeky endearing lighthearted newsroom radio station family home rally new job radio greed family unexpected success secret identity
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1943
92 Minutes
Director
Claude Rains Nelson Eddy Susanna Foster Edgar Barrier Jane Farrar Barbara Everest Steven Geray Frank Puglia Hans Herbert Fritz Feld J. Edward Bromberg
disfigured person murderer opera singer suitor stalker violinist suspenseful eerie melodramatic opera house paris france stage catacombs obsessive love rise to stardom opera mysterious deaths dark secrets investigation
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
Comedy
USA
1956
92 Minutes
Director
Ginger Rogers Barry Nelson Carol Channing David Brian James Arness Clint Eastwood Robert F. Simon Frank Wilcox Dan White Harry Cheshire John Eldredge
saleswoman singer inventor businessman cattleman rough rider lighthearted cheeky new york city store theater trolly hotel texas suffrage saleswomen battle of sexes ranchers romantic dilemma proposal
In the late 1800s, 2 east coast sales ladies decide to stop selling corsets and head West to sell barbed wire to Texas cowboys but they face opposition from big ranchers who fear that steel wire would hurt cattle.
Drama
1938
62 Minutes
Director
Bonita Granville Dolores Costello Donald Crisp Donald Briggs Natalie Moorhead Lucile Gleason Emmett Vogan Lois Cheaney Mary Doyle Ellen Lowe Paul Everton
Roberta (Bonita Granville) is raised in a wealthy home, and she is ignored by her busy parents. As her behavior worsens, she is placed in a boarding school for troubled girls, and she is given responsibilities to teach her manners.
Musical, Comedy
1941
85 Minutes
Director
Two sailors (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) help a famous singer (Dick Powell) who joins the Navy to escape female fans. With the Andrews Sisters.
Comedy
1949
91 Minutes
Director
Donald O'Connor Patricia Medina ZaSu Pitts Ray Collins John McIntire Eduard Franz Howland Chamberlin James Todd Robert Warwick Frank Faylen Tony Curtis
An officer (Donald O'Connor) in Burma becomes a World War II hero with strategic tips from a talking mule.
Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
1961
90 Minutes
Director
Steve Reeves Giorgia Moll Arturo Dominici Edy Vessel Daniele Vargas Antonio Battistella Giancarlo Zarfati Gina Mascetti
An "Arabian Nights" thief (Steve Reeves) faces fire, flood and temptation to find a blue rose needed to save a princess (Giorgia Moll).
Crime, Drama
1949
111 Minutes
Director
Brian Donlevy Ella Raines Charles Coburn Helen Walker Anna May Wong Mae Marsh Tony Barrett William Wright Robert Warwick Philip Ahn Art Baker
A declared-dead man (Brian Donlevy) hides out with a widow (Ella Raines) after his wife and her lover botch his murder.
Comedy
1952
81 Minutes
Director
Donald O'Connor Lori Nelson Alice Kelley Palmer Lee William Reynolds Les Tremayne Otto Hulett David Janssen James Best Paul Burke Cliff Clark
The talking mule foils atomic-plant saboteurs and tutors his master (Donald O'Connor) at the U.S. Military Academy.
Adventure
1957
92 Minutes
Director
Teresa Wright Cameron Mitchell Jon Provost Roger Nakagawa Philip Ober Kuniko Miyake Susumu Fujita Katsuhiko Haida Tatsuo Saitô Hideko Koshikawa Ureo Egawa
Rescued from a plane, an American boy (Jon Provost) sets out with a Japanese boy to find his parents (Teresa Wright, Cameron Mitchell) in Tokyo.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1926
90 Minutes
King Louis XIII
John Gilbert Eleanor Boardman Roy D'Arcy Lionel Belmore Emily Fitzroy George K. Arthur Arthur Lubin Theodore von Eltz Karl Dane Edward Connelly Fred Malatesta
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardelys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.