List of the best H. C. Potter movies: The Cowboy and the Lady(1938), Victory Through Air Power(1943), Top Secret Affair(1957), Mr. Lucky(1943), Congo Maisie(1940), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House(1948), The Shopworn Angel(1938), You Gotta Stay Happy(1948), The Time of Your Life(1948), The Miniver Story(1950), Second Chorus(1940), Beloved Enemy(1936) ... ...
Romance
USA
1938
91 Minutes
Director
Gary Cooper Merle Oberon Walter Brennan Patsy Kelly Fuzzy Knight Mabel Todd Henry Kolker Harry Davenport Emma Dunn Walter Walker Berton Churchill
wealthy girl father maid cowboy best friend lighthearted tender charming city household bar palm beach, fla. montana wealth father/daughter relationship impersonation deception elopement romance love
A lonely socialite masquerades as a maid and meets an unpretentious, plain-spoken cowboy who is unaware of her true identity.
Documentary
USA
1943
70 Minutes
An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II.
Comedy
1957
100 Minutes
Director
Susan Hayward Kirk Douglas Paul Stewart Jim Backus John Cromwell Michael Fox Frank Gerstle Roland Winters Arthur E. Gould-Porter Charles Lane Edna Holland
A publisher (Susan Hayward) uses her magazine and charm to derail a general (Kirk Douglas) on the Washington fast track.
Comedy, Drama
1943
100 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Laraine Day Charles Bickford Gladys Cooper Alan Carney Henry Stephenson Paul Stewart Kay Johnson Florence Bates
shiite con artist impostor volunteer love interest suspenseful engaging ship pier scam world war ii love gambling draft transformation temptation adventure 1940s
A floating-casino operator (Cary Grant) cons an heiress (Laraine Day) into having games of chance at a ball for the war effort.
Comedy
1940
70 Minutes
Director
Ann Sothern John Carroll Rita Johnson Shepperd Strudwick J.M. Kerrigan E.E. Clive Everett Brown Tom Fadden Lionel Pape Nathan Curry Leonard Mudie
Chorus girl Maisie (Ann Sothern), stranded in West Africa, stows away on a steamer heading for the jungle.
Comedy, Drama
1948
94 Minutes
Director
Cary Grant Myrna Loy Melvyn Douglas Reginald Denny Sharyn Moffett Connie Marshall Louise Beavers Ian Wolfe Lurene Tuttle Lex Barker
advertising executive wife real estate agent lawyer architect witty amusing connecticut suburbia new york city apartment household moving house building adventure rivalry 1940s
A New York adman (Cary Grant) and his calm wife (Myrna Loy) buy a big old fixer-upper in rural Connecticut.
Romance
1938
85 Minutes
Director
Margaret Sullavan James Stewart Walter Pidgeon Hattie McDaniel Sam Levene Nat Pendleton Alan Curtis Eleanor Lynn Charles D. Brown
A worldly Broadway actress (Margaret Sullavan) lets a folksy doughboy (James Stewart) court her and marries him before he ships out.
Romance
1948
100 Minutes
Director
James Stewart Joan Fontaine Eddie Albert Roland Young Willard Parker Percy Kilbride Porter Hall Marcy McGuire Arthur Walsh William Bakewell Paul Cavanagh
Experiencing a change of heart on her wedding night, a socialite (Joan Fontaine) decides to find a companion more interesting than her husband.
Comedy, Drama
1948
109 Minutes
Director
James Cagney William Bendix Wayne Morris Jeanne Cagney Broderick Crawford Ward Bond James Barton Paul Draper Jimmy Lydon Gale Page Richard Erdman
bartender cowboy errand boy armchair philosopher dancer prostitute amusing touching san francisco saloon dreams drinking underdog 1930s
A man in a chair (James Cagney) comments as, one by one, characters enter Nick's (William Bendix) San Francisco bar.
Drama
1950
104 Minutes
Director
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon John Hodiak Leo Genn Cathy O'Donnell Reginald Owen Anthony Bushell Richard Gale Peter Finch
mother army officer architect husband daughter doctor melodramatic inspiring tender england postwar britain mother/child relationship family marriage terminal illness love sacrifice discovery 1940s
A dying woman (Greer Garson) hides her fate from her husband (Walter Pidgeon) and family in postwar London.
Musical, Comedy
1940
83 Minutes
Director
Fred Astaire Paulette Goddard Burgess Meredith Artie Shaw Charles Butterworth Frank Melton Jimmy Conlin Adia Kuznetzoff Michael Visaroff Joseph Mari Don Brodie
student musician manager friend amusing charming madcap new york city college concert hall dance studio music failure romance abandonment rivalry love 1940s
College trumpet players (Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith) flirt with a girl (Paulette Goddard) who tries to get them into Artie Shaw's band.
Drama
1936
90 Minutes
Director
Merle Oberon Brian Aherne David Niven Karen Morley Theodore von Eltz Jerome Cowan John Burton Leland Hodgson David Torrence Henry Stephenson Donald Crisp
lord daughter rebel rival mother brash fiery patriotic dublin police station house england street irish life politics father/daughter relationship peace treaty assassination plot quest rivalry
British soldiers follow an aristocrat (Merle Oberon) to her lover, a rebel leader (Brian Aherne) in 1921 Dublin.
Musical, Comedy
1955
93 Minutes
Director
Betty Grable Gower Champion Jack Lemmon Marge Champion Myron McCormick Paul Harvey Robert Bice Hal K. Dawson Charlotte Lawrence Willard Waterman Aileen Carlyle
wife husband dancer best friend colonel producer amusing lighthearted stage reno, nev. new york city love triangle missing persons misunderstanding friendship marriage performance love rivalry 1950s
A Broadway star (Betty Grable) marries her husband's (Jack Lemmon) partner; then her husband returns from World War II.
Comedy
1947
89 Minutes
Director
Barbara Hale Bill Williams Lanny Rees Sam Levene Dan Tobin Nestor Paiva Max Willenz Henry Kulky Robin Raymond Mary Young Nancy Saunders
A veteran (Bill Williams) tries a life-insurance scam with gangsters for an artist girlfriend's (Barbara Hale) benefit.