 H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941) - Hedy Lamarr gives one of her best performances as the "other woman" in the life of Harry Moulton Pulham, played by Robert Young over the course of more than 20 years. King Vidor is responsible for the stylish direction, with good supporting performances by Van Heflin, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussy and Bonita Granville.
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 Hard to Handle (1933) - Jimmy Cagney carries this comedy as a Depression-era "entrepreneur" who goes from scheme to scheme, beginning with promoting a dance marathon and ending up with a grapefruit diet he comes up with after a stint in prison! Ruth Donnelly and Mary Brian play an unlikely but formidable mother-daughter combination (they were only 6 years apart in age), and a number of familiar character actors show up in uncredited roles for Cagney to play off at various times.
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 The Hard Way (1943) - Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and a 17-year-old Joan Leslie star in this melodrama about performers fighting their way to the top in vaudeville. Gladys George delivers a great supporting performance. One of director Vincent Sherman's earliest and best films.
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 Here Comes the Navy (1934) - Jimmy Cagney and Pat O'Brien are sailors fighting over a girl, played by Gloria Stuart - O'Brien's sister! This very first teaming of the two Irishmen was a Best Picture Oscar nominee.
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 Hide-Out (1934) - Farmers take in an injured racketeer, played by Robert Montgomery, and try to reform him. Also starring Maureen O'Sullivan and Mickey Rooney. Oscar nominated for the original story, with excellent direction by W. S. Van Dyke.
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 Hitler's Children (1943) - Anti-Nazi film made in 1943 and focusing on Hitler's rise to power in pre-war Germany is a bit dated in spots, but quite prophetic in many ways, and the black and white photography looks very nice. Stars Bonita Granville and Tim Holt are backed up by an excellent supporting cast, including Kent Smith, Otto Kruger and Hans Conreid. Directed by film noir pioneer Edward Dmytryk, who was one of the "Hollywood Ten" before he later returned as a friendly HUAC witness and was removed from the blacklist.
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 Hold Back the Dawn (1941) - The film gathered six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture as well as Best Actress for Olivia de Havilland (she lost to her sister that year), who stars with Charles Boyer and Paulette Goddard. Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett co-wrote the romantic drama about a European gigolo who uses de Havilland to get into the United States in spite of the tough quota system in the 1920s.
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 Hold Em' Yale (1935) - Caeser Romero, Patricia Ellis and Buster Crabbe star in this adaptation of a 1931 Damon Runyon short story about a spoiled heiress involved with Runyonesque hoodlums played by William Frawley, Andy Devine, Warren Hymer and George E. Stone. Copied from 16mm; never released on video or dvd.
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 Hollywood Canteen (1944) - Entertaining, star-studded film based on the famous Stage Door Canteen in New York, featuring dozens of stars, including Bette Davis, John Garfield, Joan Crawford, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, The Andrews Sisters, and more. The plot involves an unlikely romance between lovely starlet Joan Leslie and a serviceman played by Robert Hutton.
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 Hollywood Story (1951) - Ostensibly based on the real-life murder of director William Desmond Taylor, this little-seen mystery was directed by William Castle, and features strong performances by Richard Conte, Richard Eagan, Julie Adams, Jim Backus, Henry Hull, and Fred Clark, plus appearances (as themselves) by silent film stars Francis X. Bushman, Betty Blythe, William Farnum, and Helen Gibson. Not a great copy, but quite watchable.
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 Honeymoon For Three (1941) - George Brent shows unlikely comic flair, Charlie Ruggles steals every scene he's in, and Ann Sheridan is beautiful and funny, as always, in this would-be screwball comedy about an author trying to make up his mind between two women while on a book tour.
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 Honky Tonk (1941) - Gable is a wandering gambler and con artist who falls in love with Lana Turner and tries to settle down by opening up a saloon in a small western town. Gable is at the height of his career and Turner is just beginning hers in this first of their several pairings on screen. The great supporting cast includes Frank Morgan, Chill Wills, Marjorie Main, Henry O'Neill, Claire Trevor, and Albert Dekker.
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 The House of Rothschild (1934) - George Arliss plays two roles, the founder of the famed Rothschild banking dynasty, and the eldest son, responsible for the London branch of the family that overcame anti-Semitism of the most extreme form to become one of the richest families in Europe. Boris Karloff is chilling as the prime purveyor of that prejudice, while Robert Young and Loretta Young provide the romantic subplot. Look for a switch from black and white to color in the last few minutes of the film.
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 The Human Comedy (1943) - This isn't really a comedy, but rather the story of a small town family during WWII, based on the book by William Saroyan (Oscar winner for best story). Mickey Rooney plays Homer, a high school student working for Mr. Grogan (Frank Morgan) to support his widowed mother (Fay Bainter), his sister, Bess (Donna Reed), and brother, Ulysses (Jackie "Butch" Jenkins), while his older brother, Marcus (Van Johnson) is at war. Nominated for Best Picture, Director, Cinematraphy, and Actor (Rooney).
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