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 …
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It’s a Wonderful Life
It’s a Wonderful Life, 1946, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore. Directed by Frank Capra. B&W, 130 minutes. Colorized version also available. Local boy George Bailey (James Stewart) is at a crossroads, and how he got …
Notorious
Notorious, 1946, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. B&W, 101 minutes. After her father is convicted of being a Nazi spy, Alicia Hubermann (Ingrid Bergman) is drinking and ignoring the mysterious guest …
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953, Twentieth Century Fox. Starring Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell. Co-starring Charles Coburn. Directed by Howard Hawks. Technicolor, 91 minutes. Sassy showgirls and best friends Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) are boarding the ship …
The Best Years of Our Lives
The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946. Samuel Goldwyn Productions, released by RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 172 minutes. A wonderfully crafted film that explores the plight of …
The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, 1947, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Myrna Loy, Cary Grant, Shirley Temple. Directed by Irving Reis. B&W, 95 minutes. A delightful movie with an all-star cast, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer charms from beginning to end. …
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
For the first time in fifty-eight years, the Brookfield school's opening assembly is lacking one important participant, former headmaster and beloved teacher Mr. Charles Chipping. While he's been ordered to rest in bed, Mr. Chipping manages to sneak out, but …
Auntie Mame
Auntie Mame, 1958, Warner Bros. Starring Rosalind Russell, Patric Knowles, Forrest Tucker. Directed by Morton DaCosta. Technicolor, 143 minutes. Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell) is a flamboyant, worldly woman living a full life in 1929 Manhattan. She suddenly finds herself guardian …
Double Wedding
Double Wedding, 1937, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Myrna Loy, William Powell. Directed by Richard Thorpe. B&W, 85 minutes. Margit Agnew (Myrna Loy) is an accomplished, take-charge woman with not only her professional life under control, but her sister Irene’s (Florence Bates) personal …
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorhead. Directed by Orson Welles. B&W, 88 minutes. In late-19th century Indiana, there is no family so revered as the Ambersons. Socially and financially …
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