Meet John Doe (1941)

Summary: A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.

Release Date: June 04, 1941

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Richard Connell

, Robert Presnell Sr.

, Robert Riskin

Runtime: 2 h 15 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Frank Capra Productions

Distributor: Goodwill Pictures, Screen Gems, Hal Roach Video, Alpha Video Distributors, Reel Media International, Penteo Films S.L., LVA Film Classics, Stream Go Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Passed! - BechdelTest

The Women (1939)

Summary: A study of the lives and romantic entanglements of various interconnected women.

Release Date: October 20, 1939

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: George Cukor

Writers: Clare Boothe Luce

, Anita Loos

, Jane Murfin

Runtime: 2 h 13 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,688,000

No women talking - BechdelTest

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Summary: In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume.

Release Date: December 28, 1940

Genres: Adventure, Drama, Biography

Director: Michael Curtiz