The More the Merrier, 1943, Columbia Pictures. Starring Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 104 minutes. An improbable housing situation combines with instant attraction in this tale of an exacting young woman whose future is securely in place…until she does her patriotic duty. Constance Milligan …
The Third Man
The Third Man, 1949, British Lion Films. Starring Joseph Cotten. Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard. Directed by Carol Reed. B&W, 105 minutes. Novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) has arrived in post-war Vienna to take advantage of a job offer from his long-time friend, Harry Lime (Orson Welles), only to …
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, 1963, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Ronny Howard. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Color, 118 minutes. Recently widowed Tom Corbett (Glenn Ford) and his precocious son, Eddie (Ronny Howard) are making their way through life with their new-found status as bachelors. Eddie is openly on …
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind, 1952, Columbia Pictures. Starring Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 92 minutes. Down on their luck and ready to go their separate ways, Florence “Florrie” (Judy Holliday) and Chet (Aldo Ray) Keefer stand before a judge (Madge Kennedy), asking for a decree of divorce. …
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends, 1950, 20th Century Fox. Starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney. Directed by Otto Preminger. B&W, 95 minutes. A good cop with a bad temper, Detective Mark Dixon’s (Dana Andrews) habit of roughing up the questionable characters he encounters on the streets of New York City is wearing …
Vivacious Lady
Vivacious Lady, 1938, RKO Studios. Starring James Stewart, Ginger Rogers. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 90 minutes. While on his way to retrieve his ne’er-do-well cousin from fast living, Peter Morgan Jr. (James Stewart) meets nightclub performer Francey (Ginger Rogers). After spending the night together exploring the city that never …
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon, 1947, 20th Century Fox. Starring Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda. Directed by Otto Preminger. B&W, 99 minutes. Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford), a successful magazine illustrator, is having an affair with Dan O’Mara (Dana Andrews), a married attorney. She’s torn about the relationship, and when she meets Peter …
