For Beauty's Sake is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Shepard Traube and written by Walter Bullock, Ethel Hill and Wanda Tuchock. The film stars Ned Sparks, Marjorie Weaver, Ted North, Joan Davis, Pierre Watkin and Lenita Lane. The film was released on June 6, 1941, by 20th Century Fox.
, 1h10 Réalisé parWalter Lang OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Comédie ActeursMarjorie Weaver, Warner Baxter, Peter Lorre, Jean Hersholt, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg Note64% Louie, a tramp (Peter Lorre) saved from suicide. A bet. And a million to be given to a tramp. So, a lot of tramps try to get the million, and under all of them there is the millionaire Tony Newlander (Warner Baxter), that wanted to give away the million. A woman is always involved. So Jean Hofmann (Marjorie Weaver) is finally asked to marry Newlander. And he puts it as a condition: if she marries him, he donates the Million to the poor of the city. During the ceremony, where rich and poor are sitting together, some of them are strangely scratching themselves.
, 1h26 Réalisé parAlexander Hall OrigineEtats-Unis GenresComédie, Policier ThèmesGangsters ActeursPaul Douglas, Jean Peters, Cesar Romero, Keenan Wynn, Joan Davis, Laurette Luez Note62% In 1928 Chicago, two gangsters kill a store owner. Mobster Big Ed (Paul Douglas) sends top henchman Bugsy Welch (Keenan Wynn) to place a white carnation -- his trademark -- on the corpses, to suggest that he is responsible. The police rush to arrest Big Ed, only to find out that he has an alibi. He has been in the park, where Big Ed encounters Ruth Manning (Jean Peters), a country girl who came to Chicago to be a singer, but is now a children's governess.
, 1h43 Réalisé parWilliam A. Wellman OrigineEtats-Unis GenresComédie, Comédie romantique, Romance ActeursJames Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith, Ned Sparks, Wallace Ford, Ann Doran Note64% Rip Smith dirige un institut de sondage, qui se retrouve au bord de la faillite. Il décide de sélectionner une ville dont l'opinion est en tout point conforme à celle du reste des États-Unis. Cet endroit, c'est Grandview, cité tranquille. Il y débarque avec son personnel dans le plus strict anonymat. Mais, très vite, il va se heurter au rédacteur en chef du journal local, Mary Peterman, qui veut changer l'image de sa ville.