Golden Age Films Featuring Military Ladies
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- DirectorVictor FlemingStarsSpencer TracyIrene DunneVan JohnsonA dead World War II bomber pilot, Pete Sandidge becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsGeorge FormbyAnne FirthReginald PurdellNazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three times, finally joins up when, during an air raid, he is mistaken for a real sailor. He soon unwittingly stumbles into the secret hideout of the Nazi spies trying to destroy the Firefly. Complications ensue.
- DirectorEdward BuzzellStarsLana TurnerLaraine DaySusan PetersA disparate group of women try to adjust to their new lives after enlisting in the Women's Army Corps.
- DirectorMichael PowellEmeric PressburgerStarsDavid NivenKim HunterRobert CooteA British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsCary GrantAnn SheridanMarion MarshallAfter marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsWilliam HoldenNancy OlsonFrank LovejoyDuring World War II in Italy, an American sergeant and WAC lieutenant take time out for romance.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGary CooperJane GreerMillard MitchellWhen a new commander is assigned to a submarine chaser with an experimental engine, he finds the entire crew has as little experience as he does.
- DirectorHal WalkerStarsDean MartinJerry LewisCorinne CalvetAlthough allergic to kissing girls, Seaman Melvin Jones, through a fluke TV appearance, gets the undeserved reputation of a great kisser dubbed "Mr. Temptation" and is pursued by amorous young females.
- DirectorSidney LanfieldStarsEsther WilliamsJoan EvansVivian BlaineThree women in three different situations report for induction at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and end up roommates. What follows is a frothy and fun musical.
- DirectorNorman Z. McLeodStarsRosalind RussellPaul DouglasMarie WilsonA shallow society matron is urged by her senator father to join the Women's Army Corps.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsDonald O'ConnorJulie AdamsChill WillsPeter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsDonald O'ConnorMartha HyerRichard ErdmanA story following Lieutenant Peter Stirling (Donald O'Connor) and his dream of being in the Navy.
- CreatorNat HikenStarsPhil SilversHarvey LembeckPaul FordMaster Sergeant Bilko, regularly helped by the soldiers at Fort Baxter's motor pool, spends little time performing his duties by constantly trying to obtain money through various get-rich-quick scams and promotions.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsAndy GriffithMyron McCormickNick AdamsWill Stockdale is a country bumpkin drafted into the Air Force and too dumb to realize he's driving everyone around him crazy, no one more than Sergeant King.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsTony CurtisJanet LeighKeenan WynnAn Army psychologist oversees her creation: an arctic serviceman sent to Paris with a movie star.
- DirectorNorman TaurogStarsJerry LewisDina MerrillDiana SpencerDuring the 1950s, a military panel grills Junior Officer John Paul Steckler to find the whereabouts of a Navy destroyer that he temporarily commanded during WWII and is missing.