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Olivia de Havilland Montgomery Clift in The Heiress

The Heiress

Belinda O August 9, 2016

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 …

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Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Belinda O August 4, 2016

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 …

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Rex Harrison, Gene Tierney in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Belinda O July 26, 2016

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, …

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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep (1946)

Belinda O July 19, 2016

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 …

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Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

Belinda O July 12, 2016

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 …

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Dennis Morgan, Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle

Kitty Foyle

Belinda O July 5, 2016

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 …

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Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night

It Happened One Night

Belinda O June 28, 2016

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 …

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James Stewart and Harvey

Harvey (1950)

Belinda O June 14, 2016

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 …

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Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern, Jeanne Crain in A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives

Belinda O June 7, 2016

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, …

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William Holden, Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard

Belinda O May 31, 2016

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 …

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