By Vlad Zakh · August 10, 2026
Vernon Downing brought polished British charm to Hollywood in the 1930s and 40s and frequently appeared in period dramas and literary adaptations. The Spider Woman has Sherlock Holmes investigating suicides linked to a deadly spider, A Guy Named Joe sends a dead pilot back as a guardian angel, The Time of Their Lives haunts a modern estate with Revolutionary War ghosts, and Pride and Prejudice navigates courtship and prejudice. Wuthering Heights and Les Miserables round out the list.
01 Marjorie Reynolds features in this Abbott and Costello comedy where two Revolutionary War-era ghosts haunt a modern estate, comically colliding with its unsuspecting occupants.
Directed by Charles Barton · 1h 22m · Rated NR
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02 Vernon Downing features in this fantasy about a deceased pilot sent back as a guardian angel to guide a younger airman.
Directed by Victor Fleming · 2h 00m · Rated NR
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03 Dennis Hoey features in this Sherlock Holmes mystery about a cunning femme fatale who orchestrates a series of mysterious deaths using a deadly spider.
Directed by Roy William Neill · 1h 03m · Rated NR
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04 A sharp-witted young woman navigates courtship and pride while confronting a wealthy, aloof suitor.
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · 1h 58m · Rated NR
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05 Aubrey Mather features in this adaptation of a foundling's intense, doomed love for his adoptive family's daughter that haunts them all.
Directed by William Wyler · 1h 44m · Rated NR
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06 A relentless police inspector spends decades pursuing a reformed convict who has built a new life.
Directed by Richard Boleslawski · 1h 48m · Rated NR
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