Lover Come Back, 1961, Universal Pictures. Starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall. Directed by Delbert Mann. Technicolor, 107 minutes. Hard-working advertising executive Carol Templeton (Doris Day) has met her nemesis in laid-back advertising executive Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson). Jerry …
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Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins, 1964, Walt Disney Productions. Starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke. Directed by Robert Stevenson. Technicolor, 139 minutes. The wind’s in the east and mist’s coming in, causing jack-of-all-trades Bert (Dick Van Dyke) to look to the sky. In …
The Apartment
The Apartment, United Artists, 1960. Starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray. Directed by Billy Wilder. B&W, 125 minutes. C. C. Baxter (Jack Lemmon), better known as Bud, spends his days as one of a sea of accountants for a …
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, 1963, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Glenn Ford, Shirley Jones, Ronny Howard. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. Color, 118 minutes. Recently widowed Tom Corbett (Glenn Ford) and his precocious son, Eddie (Ronny Howard) are making their way through life …
Classic for a Reason 