Sitting Pretty, 1948, 20th Century Fox. Starring Clifton Webb, Robert Young, Maureen O’Hara. Directed by Walter Lang. B&W, 84 minutes. Harry (Robert Young) and Tacey (Maureen O’Hara) King have a day-to-day challenge in keeping a nanny for their three rambunctious …
Tag: 1940s
I Was a Male War Bride
I Was a Male War Bride, 1949, 20th Century Fox. Starring Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan. Directed by Howard Hawks. B&W, 105 minutes. In post-WWII Germany, French Army Captain Henri Rochard (Cary Grant) is given a travel assignment—and a travel partner, …
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn. Directed by Tay Garnett. B&W, 113 minutes. Frank Chambers (John Garfield) is a drifter who chances on a rural diner, owned by Nick Smith …
The Letter (1940)
The Letter, 1940, Warner Bros. Starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 95 minutes. On a Singapore rubber plantation, shots ring out on a languid moonlit night. Leslie Crosbie (Bette Davis) has coolly shot a …
The Feminine Touch (1941)
The Feminine Touch, 1941, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Don Ameche, Rosalind Russell, Kay Francis, Van Heflin. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, B&W, 97 minutes. Professor John Hathaway (Don Ameche) is exasperated by his students, in particular the star football player, who …
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not, 1944, Warner Bros. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Directed by Howard Hawks. B&W, 100 minutes. Harry Morgan (Humphrey Bogart) is an American expatriate making a humble living in Martinique, not long after the fall of …
Out of the Past
Out of the Past, 1947, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. B&W, 97 minutes. Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) has chosen a simple life in a small town, making his living from his …
The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph, 1943, Warner Bros. Starring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith. Directed by Edmund Goulding. B&W, 112 minutes. Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer), a concert pianist, is in a slump, and for inspiration he seeks out his friend Albert …
The Male Animal
The Male Animal, 1942, Warner Bros. Starring Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson. Directed by Elliott Nugent. B&W, 101 minutes. Earnest professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) and his wife, Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), are preparing to celebrate Homecoming (which …
The Lady Eve
The Lady Eve, 1941, Paramount Pictures. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda. Directed by Preston Sturges. B&W, 94 minutes. Charles “Hopsie” Pike (Henry Fonda) is fresh on the boat after a year-long expedition up the Amazon studying snakes and other assorted reptiles. …
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