Best Drama Films of 1941

Kings Row

A seemingly quiet Midwestern ... Where's the Rest of Me?, after the key line of his most memorable (and challenging) scene in the picture. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Dive Bomber

Lieutenant Commander Joe Blake ... whether he will be able to see the final test of Lee's high-altitude pressure suit through to the end. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

The Shanghai Gesture

Josef von Sternberg made ... convince her to leave town. But Poppy refuses to budge, having fallen in love with Doctor Omar (Victor Mature). [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Blues in the Night

The big-band mystique of ... with its melodramatic set pieces, including a gutsy climactic murder/suicide sequence involving Betty Field and escaped convict Lloyd Nolan. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

The Little Foxes

Playwright Lillian Hellman first ... success; several years later, Lillian Hellman wrote a "prequel" to The Little Foxes, titled Another Part of the Forest. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Something of a distaff ... tour de force for Scott, but also represented the screen debut of another young character actress, Rosemary De Camp. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

The Gang's All Here

The Monogram publicity machine ... by undercover insurance investigator George (Keye Luke), boss' daughter Patsy (Marcia Mae Jones) and longtime pal Jefferson (Mantan Moreland). [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Melody for Three

For some reason or ... King). One can only wish that Real Life were as simple and clear-cut as the adventures of Dr. Christian. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

City of Missing Girls

A girl reporter discovers ... a different trail, a trail that leads directly to her own father, a supposedly upstanding theatrical agent (Boyd Irwin). [ best drama films - 1941 ]

The Blonde Comet

PRC Pictures' final 1941 ... invention, and Jim and Betty's inevitable romance. Veteran racer Barney Oldfield appears as himself, delivering a appealingly amateurish performance. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Underground

Underground is an average ... solid piece of film craftsmanship, lacking only the big star names that would have made it a box-office hit. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Love on the Dole

Filmed in the North ... some humor interlaced to keep the bleakness under control. The beautiful, sepia-tinted photography enhances the portrayals, which are excellent. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Gangs, Inc.

Paper Bullets (aka Crime ... Carol (later Mrs. Ladd). When the film was reissued in 1943 as Gangs Inc, Ladd was awarded star billing. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Blood of Jesus

Spencer Williams, who had ... decade was over, and in the 1950s he gained fame as Andy on the Amos 'n' Andy TV series. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Riot Squad

This Monogram quickie stars ... cast is 8-year-old Mary Ruth, a modestly talented moppet whom Monogram was briefly grooming as the "next Shirley Temple." [ best drama films - 1941 ]

They Meet Again

This last entry in ... who pieces together a defense to get a bank teller-- who has been wrongly convicted of embezzlement--out of jail. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

I'll Sell My Life

When a young man ... in trouble, his sister puts herself in danger to save him. [ best drama films - 1941 ]

Peer Gynt

This adaptation of Henrik ... The story concerns an adventurous world traveler who embarks on a perilous journey, yet remains faithful to his beloved. [ best drama films - 1941 ]