The Awful Truth, 1937, Columbia Pictures. Starring Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy. Directed by Leo McCarey. B&W, 90 minutes. Rapid-fire conversations, a sophisticated script and a cast to match make this one of the definitive screwball comedies of all …
Category: Classic Movies
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan, 1941, Columbia Pictures. Starring Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes. Directed by Alexander Hall. B&W, 93 minutes. Death has come about 50 years too soon for boxer Joe Pendleton (Robert Montgomery) when well-meaning but novice Angel …
Easy Living (1937)
Easy Living, 1937, Paramount Pictures. Starring Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland. Directed by Mitchell Leisen. B&W, 89 minutes. A series of misunderstandings almost lead to a stock crash that could rival that of October 29, 1929, and all because …
The Heiress
The Heiress, 1949, Paramount Pictures. Starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 116 minutes. Shy, naïve and devoted to the father who wants little to do with her, Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland) is easily taken …
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, 1936, Columbia Pictures. Starring Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur. Directed by Frank Capra. B&W, 116 minutes. Small-town poet Longfellow Deeds (Gary Cooper) has inherited an astonishing $20 million from a distant uncle, and the attorney who …
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, 1947, Twentieth Century Fox. Starring Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney, George Sanders. Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. B&W, 104 minutes. A headstrong, independent widow goes against her late husband’s family’s wishes and strikes out on her own, …
The Big Sleep (1946)
The Big Sleep, 1946, Warner Bros. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Directed by Howard Hawks. B&W, 113 minutes. Summoned to work on one case, then turned around for the real story, hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) finds more …
