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Maisie (1939) - Originally written for Jean Harlow, who died before it was filmed, the part of "Maisie" was given to Ann Sothern, thus starting a franchise that went on until 1947, included ten films, and became the first movie series with a female star. But this was the original movie about the wisecracking and indepedent showgirl, who makes the most of being stranded in a Wyoming town after a promised job disappears. Robert Young is her co-star in a "hate at first sight" love story.
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Married Before Breakfast (1937) - Robert Young is delightfully goofy as a newly rich inventor spending a night wooing a woman who is engaged to somebody else (Florence Rice) and giving away his money to whoever will take it in this entertaining but nonsensical screwball B movie.
Maytime (1937) - The third MGM musical starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy tells the tragic story of a popular, and married, Parisian opera singer, her young lover, and her jealous husband and mentor. Spectacular even in black and white.
Mirage (1965) - Gregory Peck stars as an amnesiac somehow involved in a complex murder plot also involving Walter Matthau, Diane Baker, Jack Weston, George Kennedy, and Kevin McCarthy. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Considered ahead of its time, and later remade in color as Jigsaw.
Mister Cinderella (1936) - Jack Haley, who played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (among many other roles) stars in this funny slapstick comedy about a barber impersonating a millionaire in order to meet a movie star (Betty Furness). Includes one of Arthur Treacher's many butler roles, and a good one. 
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) - The second installment in the three-film "Mr. Belvedere" series (the first was Sitting Pretty starring Clifton Webb finds Mr. B at college, pretending to be an undergraduate and helping to solve everybody's problems, as usual, including a teenage Shirley Temple, Tom Drake, Jessie Royce Landis, and Alan Young. 
Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell (1951) - The third and final installment in the "Mr. Belvedere" trilogy features the inimitable Clifton Webb offering his many skills to the residents of a retirement home that's seen better days. Joanne Dru, Hugh Marlowe and Zero Mostel also star. Not quite as funny as the first two, but gentler and more heart-warming in its treatment of the elderly.
Mr. Lucky (1943) - Cary Grant plays a con artist, gambler, and draft dodger, but does it with typical CG style, making you - and co-star Larraine Day - love him in spite of everything. (Gene Barry starred in the TV show in 1959-60 based on this film.)
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935) - Edna Mae Oliver stars as schoolteacher/sleuth Hildegarde Withers, predating Miss Marple by a couple of decades, in the third and last of her appearances in this role. Much of the action takes place on an airplane, an oddity for 1935. James Gleason and Leo G. Carroll co-star.
Murder on the Blackboard (1934) - The second of the three Hildegarde Withers mysteries starring Edna Mae Oliver, with James Gleason as Oscar Piper, takes place in the New York City school where the lead character teaches. Though a formula mystery in the Miss Marple mold, Oliver is a great character and the mystery is entertaining, with some nice comic elements provided by Gleason and an able crew of character actors.
My Man Godfrey (1957) - In this remake of the 1936 Depression-era comedy, June Allyson and David Niven take the parts originally played by Carole Lombard and William Powell. Still entertaining, though, like most remakes, it suffers somewhat by comparison.
My Son, My Son! (1940) - Charles Vidor directed this melodrama about an overindulgent father and his spoiled son. Starring Madeline Carroll, Brian Aherne, Louis Hayward, Laraine Day, Henry Hull, and Josephine Hutchinson.
The Mysterious Island (1929) - Borrowing the title (and not much else) from Jules Verne's novel, this early silent fantasy film features a young Lionel Barrymore, underwater photography, giant monsters, and visual design by MGM's legendary Art Director Cedric Gibbons. Includes music accompaniment.
The Naked and the Dead (1958) - Based very loosely on the gritty anti-war novel by Norman Mailer, this film directed by Raoul Walsh was not well-received by critics, but judged on its own merit is a watchable movie about a group of American soldiers during World War II, led by three contrasting characters played by Aldo Ray as the lunatic Sergeant, Cliff Robertson as the conflicted Lieutenant, and Raymond Massey as the General who believes in being tough on his men. The music by the great Bernard Hermann often doesn't seem right for this film, and is often reminiscent of his Oscar-nominated Taxi Driver score!
Never a Dull Moment (1950) - In one of Irene Dunne's last big-screen appearances, she plays Fred MacMurray's wife in a goofy slapstick comedy about rural life, supported by William Demarest, Andy Devine, Chester Conklin and other character types, plus a 12-year-old Natalie Wood stuck in a twilight zone between adorable child and gorgeous leading lady.
The Next Voice You Hear (1950) - This is the one where the voice of God comes over the radio, with mixed results. Never released on DVD, it has become something of a cult favorite. Starring James Whitmore and Nancy Davis (widow of Ronald Reagan).
Nightmare (1956) - Kevin McCarthy has one of his greatest roles as a jazz musician who dreams he's committed a murder, which may turn out to be true. Homicide detective Edward G. Robinson at first believes he's innocent, then changes his mind, while McCarthy's character becomes increasingly panic-stricken and guilty. Based on the Cornell Woolrich story originally filmed in 1947 as Fear in the Night. 
Nora Prentiss (1947) - The lovely Ann Sheridan inspires a straight-laced physician (Kent Smith) to give up everything in order to be with her. Variously viewed as noir or melodrama, this long out-of-print film was directed by Vincent Sherman, director of Mr. Skeffington and All Through the Night, who turned 100 in July 2006.
Not as a Stranger (1955) - Stanley Kramer directed Robert Mitchum, Olivia de Havilland, Frank Sinatra and Gloria Grahame in this medical melodrama with lots of conflict, a little humor, and a great deal of medical misinformation that you might expect from a half-century-old movie about a science that has come a long way in the meantime. Worth watching if only to see doctors smoking on duty and medical classes with no women!Site Index