To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Starring:

• Gregory Peck
• John Megna
• Mary Badham
• Phillip Alford
• Robert Duvall
• Frank Overton
• Rosemary Murphy
• Ruth White
• Brock Peters
• Estelle Evans
• Paul Fix
• Collin Wilcox Paxton
• James Anderson
• Alice Ghostley

Storyline

Scout Finch (Mary Badham), 6, and her older brother, Jem (Phillip Alford), live in sleepy Maycomb, Ala., spending much of their time with their friend Dill (John Megna) and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall). When Atticus (Gregory Peck), their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

Syncopation (1942)

Starring:

• Adolphe Menjou
• Jackie Cooper
• Bonita Granville
• George Bancroft
• Robert Benchley
• Walter Catlett
• Ted North
• Todd Duncan
• Jessica Grayson
• Connee Boswell
• Frank Jenks
• Hall Johnson Choir

Storyline

In New Orleans, young Kit Latimer (Bonita Granville), who loves and plays the African-American music of the city, moves to Chicago with her architect father, George (Adolphe Menjou). Over the next several years Kit discovers that the ragtime of her childhood has developed into jazz and continues performing. Struggling coronet player Johnny Schumacher (Jackie Cooper) befriends Kit, who is then arrested after her music incites a riot at a club. Upon her release, Kit forms a band with Johnny.