I'm working on a list of American period pieces from around this time. In particular, ones done with a lot of detail set between 1890 and 1914, and would like to keep westerns to a minimum.
http://www.imdb.com/list/UwdUBUSQ7KI/
I'd be happy for suggestions.
Meet Me in St. Louis, set around 1904
San Francisco, leading up to the 1906 earthquake
I Remember Mama, c. 1916
Pollyanna (early 1900s)
Drama/comedy:
All the Way Home (1963)
Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
I Remember Mama (1948)
The Little Foxes (1941)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Musicals:
Two Weeks with Love (1950)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
The Belle of New York (1952)
The Music Man (1962)
"If this is music, what's that stuff Cole Porter writes?"
Cheaper By The Dozen- 1950
"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night"