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Classic Romance

This is where those great old "Romantic Classics" (pre 1965) can be found. Both Classic Comedy Classics and Drama Classics are merged in this section and can be accessed by scrolling below. Contempory Romance (post 1965) is best accessed by scrolling "Romantic Comedy" and "Romantic Drama". Right: Truman Capote's charming "Breakfast at Tiffany's" stars Audrey Hepburn.

James Stewart: The Shop Around the Corner / The Stratton Story / The FBI Story / The Spirit of St Louis (1940)

8.9/10
Director: Billy Wilder, Ernst Lubitsch, Mervyn LeRoy, Sam Wood
Starring: Agnes Moorehead, Frank Morgan, James Stewart, June Allyson, Margaret Sullavan, M...

James Stewart Box Set. 'The Shop Around the Corner' (1940) - Alfred Kralik (Stewart) and Klara Novak (Margaret Sullavan) are employees at Matuschek an... Read more

All This And Heaven Too (1940)

7.6/10
Director: Anatole Litvak
Starring: Bette Davis, Charles Boyer, Barbara O'Neil

Charles Boyer and Bette Davis in this story based upon Rachel Field's classic novel of a scandalous love affair between an aristocrat and servant, and... Read more

British Intelligence (1940)

6/10
Director: Terry Morse
Starring: Boris Karloff, Margaret Lindsay, Bruce Lester, Leonard Mudie, Holmes Herbert, Au...

Made during the early part of the Second World War (when England was enduring constant air assaults and other threats), and set during the First World... Read more

The Vivien Leigh Anniversary Collection ( Fire Over England / Dark Journey / Storm in a Teacup / Sidewalks of London ) (1937)

Director: William Howard, Victor Saville, Ian Dalrymple, Tim Whelan
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Rex Harrison

Four classic Vivien Leigh films made prior to her legendary performance as Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With the Wind'. In celebration of the 100th annive... Read more

Angel (1937)

7.4/10
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Starring: Edward Everett Horton, Herbert Marshall, Marlene Dietrich, Melvyn Douglas

A woman and her husband take separate vacations, and she falls in love with another man. The theme of a potential marital infidelity of a disaffected... Read more

The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)

7.6/10
Director: Rowland V Lee
Starring: Louis Calhern, Robert Donat, Sidney Blackmer, Raymond Walburn, Elissa Landi

Robert Donat stars in this classic swashbuckler based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas. It tells the story of Edmond Dantes, a common seaman false... Read more

Red Dust (1932)

7.4/10
Director: Victor Fleming
Starring: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Mary Astor

Clark Gable runs a rubber plantation in Indo-China and finds he is attracted to both of his female visitors. Will he stick with the brazen bad girl Je... Read more

Platinum Blonde (1931)

6.9/10
Director: Frank Capra
Starring: Jean Harlow, Loretta Young, Robert Williams

A fast-paced, clever romantic comedy about a poor reporter (Robert Williams) who marries a society girl (Jean Harlow) only to rebel against her lifest... Read more

Morocco (1930)

7.3/10
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich

As jaded cabaret Mademoiselle Amy Jolly, Marlene Dietrich falls for Tom Brown (Gary Cooper), a devil-may-care private in the French Foreign Legion. In... Read more