Best Drama Films of 1942

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Orchestra Wives

In his last screen ... an uncredited Jackie Gleason as a bass player and Dale Evans as Ann Rutherford's friend in the soda-fountain scene. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Reunion in France

Better known as Reunion ... who has been marked for death by the Gestapo? Ava Gardner has a tiny role as a Parisian shopgirl. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My ... no longer just a "juvenile"), For Me and My Gal was based on a story by Howard Emmett Rogers. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Random Harvest

At the close of ... veteran?) The film was one of MGM's biggest hits in 1942--indeed, one of the biggest in the studio's history. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Wildcat

One of the most ... charm an old woman into leasing her land to them by pretending to enjoy the lady's indigestable apple pies. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Captains of the Clouds

James Cagney made his ... his vivid color photography, though aerial photographers Elmer Dyer, Charles Marshall and Winston Hoch were certainly just as deserving. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Gentleman Jim

Maybe Errol Flynn was ... first professional fights, you'll notice that it's a leftover set from the 1940 Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Sea Hawk. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Unpublished Story

Bob Randall (Richard Greene) ... other while helping their long-suffering editor (Brefni O'Rourke) save the newspaper and the British secret service save the country. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

X Marks the Spot

X Marks the Spot ... Though the script covers familiar ground, X Marks the Spot is exhilarating entertainment in the true Republic Pictures tradition. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Lady Gangster

The direction of Warner ... a rotund henchman. Lady Gangter bears some traces of the 1932 Warner Bros. drama The Life of Vergie Winters. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

They Raid by Night

Directed by serial specialist ... Raid by Night is enacted in front of a grainy back-projection screen, rendering the story line even more unbelievable. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Man from Headquarters

This Monogram "special" stars ... enlisted as an actor, authored the script in 1935; it was produced in 1942, four years after his death. [ best drama films - 1942 ]

Men of San Quentin

Director William "One Take" ... former newspaperman who'd actually "done time" behind bars; its opening theme music was performed by the San Quentin orchestra! [ best drama films - 1942 ]

La Virgen Morena

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Del Rancho a la Capital