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 …
The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story, 1940, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 112 minutes. Fiery, feisty Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is ready to marry again, two years after her divorce from C.K. Dexter …
Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle, 1940, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig. Directed by Sam Wood. B&W, 108 minutes. A surprisingly fine movie that takes a typical soap-opera drama and elevates it to a story of a young woman …
It Happened One Night
Spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews has eloped with dashing King Westley, much against the wishes of her father. Ellie jumps ship while in Florida and hops on a bus to New York in an effort to reunite with King, and it's …
Harvey (1950)
Harvey, 1950, Universal Pictures. Starring James Stewart; co-starring Josephine Hull. Directed by Henry Koster. B&W, 105 minutes. Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) is a naïve, yet oddly sage, man who would do anything for the family that wants nothing more …
A Letter to Three Wives
A Letter to Three Wives, 1949, Twentieth Century Fox Films. Starring Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain. Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. B&W, 103 minutes. Addie Ross, leading town socialite, has never failed to make men happy and women miserable. Now, …
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard, 1950, Paramount Pictures. Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson. Directed by Billy Wilder. B&W, 110 minutes. Screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) is deep in debt, short on work and on the verge of losing his car to repossession. Determined …
Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday, 1953, Paramount Pictures. Starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 118 minutes. Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn), bored with the constraints of her royal life, breaks away from her entourage one night while on tour in …
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 1941, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Robert Montgomery, Carole Lombard. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. B&W, 94 minutes. This charming romantic comedy is a departure for Alfred Hitchcock from his usual suspense dramas, but it is a delightful …
