The Stratton Story, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorhead. Directed by Sam Wood. B&W, 106 minutes. Texas farm boy Monty Stratton (James Stewart) will walk ten miles from his home to pitch in a local …
The Stratton Story
The Stratton Story, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring James Stewart, June Allyson, Frank Morgan, Agnes Moorhead. Directed by Sam Wood. B&W, 106 minutes. Texas farm boy Monty Stratton (James Stewart) will walk ten miles from his home to pitch in a local …
Blossoms in the Dust
Blossoms in the Dust, 1941, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Felix Bressart. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Technicolor, 99 minutes. Edna Kahly (Greer Garson) and her sister Charlotte (Marsha Hunt) are both to be married, hoping for a double wedding. …
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet, 1936, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Co-starring Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard. Directed by Mark Sandrich. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. B&W, 110 minutes. Navy seaman “Bake” Baker (Fred Astaire) is on shore leave …
Little Women (1949)
Little Women, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O’Brien, Mary Astor. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Technicolor, 121 minutes. As the Civil War rages, the March family– sisters Meg (Janet Leigh), Jo (June Allyson), Amy (Elizabeth Taylor), …
Love Affair
Love Affair, 1939, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne. Directed by Leo McCarey. B&W, 87 minutes. Playboy Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) is on an ocean liner headed for New York and his fiancée, Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn) when …
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Originally posted on Classic for a Reason: The Man Who Came to Dinner, 1942, Warner Bros. Starring Bette Davis, Monty Woolley, Ann Sheridan. Directed by William Keighley. B&W, 112 minutes. The story of a boorish house guest who wouldn’t—or couldn’t—leave,…
Evelyn Prentice
Evelyn Prentice, 1934, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy. Directed by William K. Howard. B&W, 79 minutes. Evelyn Prentice (Myrna Loy) loves her husband John (William Powell), but he puts career ahead of his family. Currently he’s involved in a …
