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. …
I Love You Again
I Love You Again, 1940, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. B&W, 99 minutes. Staid teetolar Larry Wilson (William Powell), known for his “usual” of ginger ale and grape juice, has taken a blow …
Casablanca
Casablanca, 1942, Warner Bros. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Heinreid, Claude Rains. Directed by Michael Curtiz. B&W, 102 minutes. In Casablanca, those displaced by the ravages of war find edgy refuge while waiting for the day they can leave …
I Remember Mama
I Remember Mama, 1948, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka, Ellen Corby, Philip Dorn. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 134 minutes. With quiet dignity, wry humor and deep devotion, Marta Hanson (Irene Dunne), a Norwegian …
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise, 1932, Paramount Pictures. Starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. B&W, 83 minutes. Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall), a gentleman thief with an international reputation, has met and fallen in love with a sly, …
Suspicion
Suspicion, 1941, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. B&W, 99 minutes. Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine), crushed after hearing her parents describe her as “spinterish,” allows herself to fall for the charms of roguish playboy …
My Favorite Year
My Favorite Year, 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna. Directed by Richard Benjamin. Color, 92 minutes. It’s 1954, and live television rules the airways, much in the same way Hollywood legends ruled the movie screens …
