The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 1946, Paramount Pictures. Starring Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas. Co-starring Lizabeth Scott. Directed by Lewis Milestone. B&W, 116 minutes. Three childhood friends are linked forever by the truth and lies behind a crime …
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My Sister Eileen (1942)
My Sister Eileen, 1942, Columbia Pictures. Starring Rosalind Russell, Brian Aherne, Janet Blair. Directed by Alexander Hall. B&W, 96 minutes. Ruth Sherwood (Rosalind Russell), a reporter for a Columbus daily newspaper, has written one of her finest reviews. In it …
The Third Man
The Third Man, 1949, British Lion Films. Starring Joseph Cotten. Orson Welles, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard. Directed by Carol Reed. B&W, 105 minutes. Novelist Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) has arrived in post-war Vienna to take advantage of a job offer …
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 …
The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind, 1952, Columbia Pictures. Starring Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 92 minutes. Down on their luck and ready to go their separate ways, Florence “Florrie” (Judy Holliday) and Chet (Aldo Ray) Keefer stand before …
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends, 1950, 20th Century Fox. Starring Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney. Directed by Otto Preminger. B&W, 95 minutes. A good cop with a bad temper, Detective Mark Dixon’s (Dana Andrews) habit of roughing up the questionable characters he …
Vivacious Lady
After one night together, Peter and Francey are man and wife...but how does he explain his worldly wife to his stodgy parents? Not to mention the town that all but bears his name.
Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon, 1947, 20th Century Fox. Starring Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda. Directed by Otto Preminger. B&W, 99 minutes. Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford), a successful magazine illustrator, is having an affair with Dan O’Mara (Dana Andrews), a married attorney. …
I Love You Again
I Love You Again, 1940, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy. Directed by W. S. Van Dyke. B&W, 99 minutes. Staid teetolar Larry Wilson (William Powell), known for his “usual” of ginger ale and grape juice, has taken a blow …
Casablanca
Casablanca, 1942, Warner Bros. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Heinreid, Claude Rains. Directed by Michael Curtiz. B&W, 102 minutes. In Casablanca, those displaced by the ravages of war find edgy refuge while waiting for the day they can leave …
Classic for a Reason 