The Little Foxes, 1941, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall. Co-starring Teresa Wright, Patricia Collinge. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 116 minutes One evening in the Deep South of 1900, the Hubbard family anticipates dinner with a leading …
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The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris, 1938, Universal Pictures. Starring Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Directed by Henry Koster. B&W, 77 minutes. Newly arrived from France, Nicole de Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) seeks work as a model with one of New York’s finest …
Funny Face
Funny Face, 1957, Paramount Pictures. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson. Directed by Stanley Donen. Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. Technicolor, 103 minutes. Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) is a fashion magazine editor surrounded by a bevy …
The Good Fairy
The Good Fairy, 1935, Universal Pictures. Starring Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 98 minutes. Luisa Ginglebusher (Margaret Sullavan) has grown up in the Municipal Orphanage, where now, as one of the oldest …
You’ll Never Get Rich
You’ll Never Get Rich, 1941, Columbia Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Music by Cole Porter. B&W, 88 minutes. Broadway dancer Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth) finds herself attracted to theater manager Robert Curtis (Fred …
Summer Stock
Summer Stock, 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly. Directed by Charles Walters. Technicolor, 109 minutes. Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) owns the family farm along with her sister Abigail (Gloria DeHaven), although Abigail is seeking a career in show business. …
For Me and My Gal
For Me and My Gal, 1942, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, George Murphy. Directed by Busby Berkeley. B&W, 104 minutes. It’s 1916, and vaudeville holds a prime spot in the world of entertainment. One of its top performers in …
On the Town
On the Town, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett, Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. Technicolor, 98 minutes. Three sailors (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Jules Munshin) face their 24-hour shore leave in …
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch, 1942, Paramount Pictures. Starring Veronica Lake, Fredric March. Directed by René Clair. B&W, 77 minutes. In 17th century Salem, two witches, Jennifer (Veronica Lake) and her father Daniel (Cecil Kellaway), are burned at the stake, and …
Annie Get Your Gun
Annie Get Your Gun, 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Betty Hutton, Howard Keel. Directed by George Sidney. Technicolor, 107 minutes. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show has come to town, and as part of its promotion to local folks they hold their standard …
Classic for a Reason 