Amazing Movie Posters

One of the sons of Frankenstein finds his father's monster in a coma and revives him, only to find out he is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge. Director: Rowland V. Lee Writers: Mary Shelley (suggested by the story written in 1816) (as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley), Wyllis Cooper (screenplay) (as Willis Cooper) Stars: Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi

Snow White, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the Dwarfs; the queen soon learns of this and prepares to feed her a poison apple. Directors: William Cottrell, David Hand Writers: Jacob Grimm (fairy tales) (as Grimm), Wilhelm Grimm (fairy tales) (as Grimm) Stars: Adriana Caselotti, Harry Stockwell, Lucille La Verne

The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract. Director: Henry Koster Writers: Bruce Manning (original screen play), Charles Kenyon (original screen play) Stars: Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady

A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants. Director: Robert F. Hill (as Bob Hill) Writers: Robert F. Hill (original story) (as Rock Hawkey), Isadore Bernstein (continuity) Stars: Bela Lugosi, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay

An army private and his new bride are trying to honeymoon on an island occupied by the military and a murderer. Director: John Farrow Writers: Crane Wilbur (screen play), Ralph Spencer Zink (from the play by) Stars: Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Eddie Craven

Dr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support. Director: Robert Stevenson Writers: L. du Garde Peach (screenplay) (as L. Du Garde Peach) , Sidney Gilliat (screenplay) Stars: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder

The men who captured the giant ape King Kong, return to his island and find his equally gigantic, but far more friendly, son. Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack Writer: Ruth Rose (story) Stars: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mack, Frank Reicher

An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money. Director: Henry Edwards Writers: Alice Campbell (novel), Cyril Campion (adapted for the screen by) Stars: Boris Karloff, Joan Wyndham, Arthur Margetson |

An executed man returns from the grave to seek revenge against the killers who framed him and sent him to the gallows. Initial release: 1939 Directors: Nick Grinde, Roy William Neill Running time: 1h 4m Cinematography: Benjamin H. Kline Editor: William Lyon

A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown. Director: Richard Thorpe Writers: Betty Burbridge (dialogue), Basil Dickey Stars: Lois Wilson, Grant Withers, Dorothy Revier

Epic Civil War drama focuses on the life of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh). Starting with her idyllic on a sprawling plantation, the film traces her survival through the tragic history of the South during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and her tangled love affairs with Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard) and Rhett Butler (Clark Gable). Release date: January 17, 1940 (USA) Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood Running time: 3h 58m MPAA rating: G