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 …
Tag: 1940s
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 …
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, …
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 …
Double Indemnity
Double Indemnity, 1944, Paramount Pictures. Starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson. Directed by Billy Wilder. B&W, 107 minutes. Told in flashback by a man who knows he is doomed, Double Indemnity is a dark, sordid and altogether fascinating …
My Favorite Wife
Nick Arden has been grieving the loss of his wife, Ellen, believed dead in a plane crash, for seven years. He's ready to get married again to the lovely Bianca and has gone to court both to have Ellen declared …
The Major and the Minor
Susan Applegate is ready to leave New York on the next train and return home to Iowa, only to discover she doesn't have enough for the fare. To solve her problem, she poses as a 12-year-old--and fools even the handsome …
You Were Never Lovelier
Down in Buenos Aires, Maria Acuña is causing her two younger sisters some concern. Some big concern. Their father, Edwardo Acuña, wants his daughters married off in order of age, and Maria is next. Problem is, she has no interest …
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