The Silver Horde(1930) VHS One of Joel McCrea's first starring breakthroughs was this macho role as an Alaskan salmon fisherman fighting a dirty-dealing rival with both fists. Also in an early role is Jean Arthur, as a society girl bidding for Joel's affection against a dancehall floozy. 76 min. Bird Of Paradise (1932)/The Lady Refuses [DVD](1931) DVD Lavish Hawaiian location shots and great special effects highlight this early South Seas drama, with Joel McCrea as a Western playboy who falls for native beauty Dolores Del Rio. John Halliday, Lon Chaney, Jr. and an erupting volcano star; King Vidor directs. Then, a down-on-her-luck young woman is recruited by a wealthy socialite to try and woo his son away from a golddigging vamp. British melodrama stars Betty Compson, John Darrow. 154 min. total. Kept Husbands(1931) VHS When steelworker Joel McCrea saves two people in a factory accident, the boss's daughter falls for him, vowing to make a society husband of blue collar Joel within a month. 76 min. The Common Law(1931) VHS Fine social drama stars Constance Bennett as a woman whose meeting with a struggling Parisian artist leads her to abandon her life as a mistress of a wealthy man and seek the artist's hand in marriage. But his bohemian ways and her former lover's attempts of sabotage keep getting in the way. Joel McCrea and Hedda Hopper also star. 72 min. Bird Of Paradise(1932) VHS Lavish Hawaiian location shots and great special effects highlight this early South Seas drama, with Joel McCrea as a Western playboy who falls for native beauty Dolores Del Rio. John Halliday, Lon Chaney, Jr. and an erupting volcano star; King Vidor directs. 82 min. The Most Dangerous Game(1932) VHS Leslie Banks is a big game hunter who forces his "guests" to become the quarry in his latest hunt. Exciting jungle thriller made by the creator of "King Kong" features many of the same sets and "Kong" stars Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong. 63 min. The Most Dangerous Game (Criterion Collection) [DVD](1932) DVD Leslie Banks is a big game hunter who forces his "guests" to become the quarry in his latest hunt. Exciting jungle thriller made by the creator of "King Kong" features many of the same sets and "Kong" stars Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; scene access. The Most Dangerous Game [DVD](1932) DVD Leslie Banks is a big game hunter who forces his "guests" to become the quarry in his latest hunt. Exciting jungle thriller made by the creator of "King Kong" features many of the same sets and "Kong" stars Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong. 63 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; scene access. Barbary Coast(1935) VHS Howard Hawks' rousing story of the infamous San Francisco "red light district" during the California Gold Rush era stars Miriam Hopkins as a beautiful woman caught in a web of corruption, Edward G. Robinson as a ruthless, power-hungry gambling boss, and Joel McCrea as a naive prospector from the East. 90 min. Our Little Girl(1935) VHS When her doctor dad ignores his family for his career and her mother receives amorous attention from a neighbor, poor Shirley Temple runs away from home in an attempt to bring her parents back together in this early soaper. 64 min. Our Little Girl (Color Version)(1935) VHS When her doctor dad ignores his family for his career and her mother receives amorous attention from a neighbor, poor Shirley Temple runs away from home in an attempt to bring her parents back together in this early soaper. 64 min. Dead End(1937) VHS Landmark drama of life in the crime-ridden slums of Depression-era New York stars Humphrey Bogart as a hoodlum who returns to his old neighborhood and is idolized by the local youths (the Dead End Kids, in their film debut). William Wyler's classic crime tale, scripted by Lillian Hellman, also stars Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Wendy Barrie. 92 min. Internes Can't Take Money(1937) VHS The first film production to feature Dr. Kildare stars Joel McCrea as the dynamic young intern, who helps former convict Barbara Stanwyck find her missing 3-year-old daughter after she's kidnapped by a notorious gangster. Lloyd Nolan, Stanley Ridges also star. 79 min. Foreign Correspondent(1940) VHS Tense thriller of Europe at the edge of World War II from Alfred Hitchcock. Joel McCrea is the reporter caught in the middle of a spy ring, threatening a pacifist conference, with his fiancee's father the possible spy leader. Herbert Marshall, Laraine Day and George Sanders co-star. 120 min. Sullivan's Travels(1941) VHS Preston Sturges' gem of Hollywood self-satire stars Joel McCrea as a filmmaker who tires of comedies and light entertainment and wants to make "meaningful" tales of human suffering. To this end, he disguises himself as a bum and sets out across America to experience suffering first-hand. Veronica Lake co-stars. 91 min. Sullivan's Travels [DVD](1941) DVD Preston Sturges' gem of Hollywood self-satire stars Joel McCrea as a filmmaker who tires of comedies and light entertainment and wants to make "meaningful" tales of human suffering. To this end, he disguises himself as a bum and sets out across America to experience suffering first-hand. Veronica Lake co-stars. 90 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English mono; audio commentary by Christopher Guest and Michael McKean; documentary on Sturges; interviews; publicity materials; theatrical trailer; audio recording of Sturges; scene access. The Great Man's Lady(1942) VHS Barbara Stanwyck is an elderly woman who reminisces about her life to reporters at the funeral of a beloved senator. She tells of her love affair with the politician, their adventures in the old West, their struggles concerning the arrival of the railroad and the other man in her life. Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy and Katherine Stevens co-star. 91 min. The Palm Beach Story(1942) VHS Preston Sturges displays his magic touch for the screwball comedy once again with this hilarious and frantic delight. Claudette Colbert encounters an entourage of zany characters, including "The Ale and Quail Club," after leaving hubby Joel McCrea. Rudy Vallee and Mary Astor co-star. 88 min. The More The Merrier(1943) VHS Comic look at Washington's wartime housing shortage has Charles Coburn (who won an Oscar for his role) playing matchmaker for his "roommates," Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. George Stevens directs this romantic farce, later remade as "Walk, Don't Run." 104 min. Buffalo Bill(1944) VHS Joel McCrea stars as the legendary frontier scout, Indian fighter and bison killer in William Wellman's sweeping Western epic, one of the first made in color. Follow Bill Cody's career from his role as mediator in the settling of the west to his showman days in his ``Wild West Show.'' Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Anthony Quinn, Linda Darnell and Chief Thundercloud also star. 90 min. The Great Moment(1944) VHS A change of pace for writer-director Preston Sturges, this historical drama laced with humor stars Joel McCrea as Boston dentist William Morton, who invented anesthesia in order to relieve the pain of dental surgery. Betty Field, Harry Carey and William Demarest also star. 83 min. The Virginian(1946) VHS Joel McCrea stars as the wandering man of few words (among them, "When you call me that, smile") who must go against old friend Sonny Tufts, a member of Brian Donlevy's gang of rustlers, in this colorful remake of the classic Owen Wister frontier drama. With Barbara Britton, William Frawley. 87 min. Ramrod(1947) VHS Explosive, superbly photographed drama starring Joel McCrea as an upright ranch hand who comes between a scornful shepherdess (Veronica Lake) and her cattleman pa (Charles Ruggles) in a bloody range war. Co-stars Don DeFore and Donald Crisp. 94 min. Four Faces West(1948) VHS Western drama of a man forced to rob a bank in order to save his father's ranch, only to be pursued by a relentless sheriff. Joel McCrea, Charles Bickford and Frances Dee star. 89 min. South Of St. Louis(1949) VHS Wonderful, wild Western drama that follows three cattle-ranching friends (Joel McCrea, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy) when the eruption of the Civil War forces them to choose sides. Alexis Smith, Dorothy Malone, Alan Hale, Victor Jory co-star. 88 min. Stars In My Crown(1950) VHS Superb Western drama stars Joel McCrea as a gun-toting preacher who takes residence in a trouble-torn town and quickly goes to work solving such problems as a typhoid epidemic and Ku Klux Klan attacks. Co-stars Ellen Drew, Dean Stockwell, and a pre-"Gunsmoke" James Arness and Amanda Blake. 89 min. Ride The High Country(1962) VHS Western legends Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea made their sagebrush swan songs in this Sam Peckinpah tale. Two veteran gunslingers are hired to protect a gold shipment, only to find plenty of obstacles along the way. Sprawling, colorful thriller also stars Edgar Buchanan, Warren Oates and Mariette Hartley (her film debut). 93 min. Cry Blood, Apache(1970) VHS Unusual western drama about an Apache warrior seeking a brutal vengeance on the prospectors who killed his people and took his sister hostage on their search for gold. Jody McCrea and, in a cameo, dad Joel star; with Marie Gahva, Dan Kemp. 82 min.