I Remember Mama, 1948, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes, Oskar Homolka, Ellen Corby, Philip Dorn. Directed by George Stevens. B&W, 134 minutes. With quiet dignity, wry humor and deep devotion, Marta Hanson (Irene Dunne), a Norwegian …
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Trouble in Paradise, 1932, Paramount Pictures. Starring Miriam Hopkins, Kay Francis, Herbert Marshall. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch. B&W, 83 minutes. Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall), a gentleman thief with an international reputation, has met and fallen in love with a sly, …
Suspicion
Suspicion, 1941, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. B&W, 99 minutes. Lina McLaidlaw (Joan Fontaine), crushed after hearing her parents describe her as “spinsterish,” allows herself to fall for the charms of roguish playboy …
My Favorite Year
My Favorite Year, 1982, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Joseph Bologna. Directed by Richard Benjamin. Color, 92 minutes. It’s 1954, and live television rules the airways, much in the same way Hollywood legends ruled the movie screens …
Sitting Pretty
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 …
Camille
Camille, 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Greta Garbo, Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 109 minutes. Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo) is a French courtesan living a sumptuous life in mid-19th century Paris. Her extravagant lifestyle is maintained by the …
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 …
Wife vs. Secretary
Wife vs. Secretary, 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow. Directed by Clarence Brown. B&W, 87 minutes. It’s the Stanhope’s third anniversary, and husband Jake (Clark Gable), known to his colleagues as Van, has given his loving wife …
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 …
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