List of the best S. Sylvan Simon movies: Whistling in Dixie(1942), Whistling in the Dark(1941), Grand Central Murder(1942), Son of Lassie(1945), Dancing Co-ed(1939), These Glamour Girls(1939), Salute to the Marines(1943), Song of the Open Road(1944), Her Husband's Affairs(1947), Keeping Company(1940), The Fuller Brush Man(1948), Rio Rita(1942) ... ...
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1942
74 Minutes
Director
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Rags Ragland George Bancroft Guy Kibbee Diana Lewis Peter Whitney Celia Travers Lucien Littlefield Louis Mason Mark Daniels
detective fiancée friend villain twin playful lighthearted georgia fort murder investigation treasure deception romance mystery adventure 1940s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
77 Minutes
Director
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Virginia Grey Conrad Veidt Rags Ragland Eve Arden Don Douglas Don Costello Paul Stanton William Tannen
actor cult member thug fiancée friend amusing madcap lighthearted plane radio station race against time murder plot kidnapping cult inheritance radio rivalry escape 1840s
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect murder.
6.5/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
73 Minutes
Director
Van Heflin Patricia Dane Cecilia Parker Virginia Grey Samuel S. Hinds Sam Levene Connie Gilchrist Mark Daniels Stephen McNally Tom Conway Betty Wells
broadway star private investigator police detective ex-boyfriend father housekeeper suspenseful witty cheeky police station broadway theater grand central station train new york city murder investigation greed show business trains false accusations mystery
Classic whodunit mystery film about a gold-digging variety show actress who has many enemies and is found dead in her private railroad car at Grand Central Station in New York.
6.5/10
Adventure
USA
1945
102 Minutes
Director
Peter Lawford Donald Crisp June Lockhart Nigel Bruce William Severn Leon Ames Donald Curtis Nils Asther Robert Lewis Fay Helm
dog nazi soldier pet owner pet prisoner of war heartwarming touching thrilling positive norway airplane training camp england countryside world war ii behind enemy lines injury human-animal friendship survival
Laddie (Son of Lassie !) and his master are trapped in Norway during WW2 - has he inherited his mothers famous courage ?
6.4/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Director
Lana Turner Richard Carlson Roscoe Karns Ann Rutherford Lee Bowman Leon Errol Monty Woolley Thurston Hall Walter Kingsford Mary Field Chester Clute
dancer college student editor secretary producer publicist lighthearted cheery los angeles movie studio office college newsroom dance hall filmmaking contest impersonation father/daughter relationship journalism dancing
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
6.3/10
Comedy
USA
1939
78 Minutes
Director
Lew Ayres Lana Turner Tom Brown Richard Carlson Jane Bryan Anita Louise Marsha Hunt Ann Rutherford Mary Beth Hughes Owen Davis Jr. Ernest Truex
A drunken college boy invites a taxi dancer to spend the weekend at his snobbish school.
6.3/10
War
USA
1943
101 Minutes
Director
Wallace Beery Fay Bainter Reginald Owen Keye Luke Ray Collins Marilyn Maxwell William Lundigan Donald Curtis Noah Beery Dick Curtis Russell Gleason
Wallace Beery stars in this patriotic World War II drama about a tough retired Marine who is caught in the middle of the Philippines campaign, experiencing action, heroics, and tragedy. ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1944
93 Minutes
Director
Edgar Bergen W.C. Fields Jane Powell Bill Christy
Child film star Jane Powell, fed up with her every move being stage managed by her stage mother, runs away and joins the U.S. Crop Corps, a small army of young folks staying at youth ... See full summary »
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Director
Lucille Ball Franchot Tone Edward Everett Horton Mikhail Rasumny Gene Lockhart Nana Bryant
advertising executive wife mad scientist boss mayor hilarious melodramatic frenetic office travel agency family home baseball field work-life balance marriage battle of sexes technology honeymoon advertising transformation love
A scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.
5.9/10
Romance
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Director
Frank Morgan Ann Rutherford John Shelton Irene Rich Gene Lockhart Virginia Weidler Virginia Grey Dan Dailey Gloria DeHaven Sara Haden Henry O'Neill
A real estate agent and his wife try to advise their eldest daughter about marriage.
Comedy
1948
93 Minutes
Director
sanitation worker salesman girlfriend former boss government official business partner witty charming big city family home street office murder investigation employment chase mistaken identity false accusations marriage proposal mystery underdog
A door-to-door salesman (Red Skelton) and his girlfriend (Janet Blair) solve a murder and wind up trapped in a war-surplus warehouse.
Musical, Comedy
1942
91 Minutes
Director
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Kathryn Grayson John Carroll Patricia Dane Tom Conway Peter Whitney Arthur Space Joan Valerie Dick Rich Barry Nelson
Two ranch hands (Bud Abbott, Lou Costello) and a radio singer foil Nazi spies in a Texas border town.
Comedy
1943
87 Minutes
Director
Red Skelton Ann Rutherford Jean Rogers Rags Ragland Ray Collins Henry O'Neill William Frawley Sam Levene Arthur Space Robert E. O'Connor Steven Geray
radio personality fiancée inspector reporter murderer publicist spirited campy new york city police station crime scene radio station house baseball field crime radio impersonation gangsters publicity stunts serial murders
An amateur criminologist finds himself in hot water with the police, a murderer and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Comedy
1942
84 Minutes
Director
Marjorie Main ZaSu Pitts Aline MacMahon Susan Peters Lee Bowman Guy Kibbee Virginia Grey Richard Quine Ruby Dandridge Al Shean Gerald Oliver Smith
When a busybody (Marjorie Main) tries setting up her nephew with a friend's daughter, he instead falls for the daughter of his aunt's enemy.
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