The Philadelphia Story, 1940, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 112 minutes. Fiery, feisty Philadelphia socialite Tracy Lord (Katharine Hepburn) is ready to marry again, two years after her divorce from C.K. Dexter …
Tag: Classic Film Reviews

Kitty Foyle
Kitty Foyle, 1940, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, James Craig. Directed by Sam Wood. B&W, 108 minutes. A surprisingly fine movie that takes a typical soap-opera drama and elevates it to a story of a young woman …

It Happened One Night
Spoiled heiress Ellie Andrews has eloped with dashing King Westley, much against the wishes of her father. Ellie jumps ship while in Florida and hops on a bus to New York in an effort to reunite with King, and it's …

Harvey (1950)
Harvey, 1950, Universal Pictures. Starring James Stewart; co-starring Josephine Hull. Directed by Henry Koster. B&W, 105 minutes. Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) is a naïve, yet oddly sage, man who would do anything for the family that wants nothing more …

A Letter to Three Wives
A Letter to Three Wives, 1949, Twentieth Century Fox Films. Starring Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain. Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz. B&W, 103 minutes. Addie Ross, leading town socialite, has never failed to make men happy and women miserable. Now, …

Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard, 1950, Paramount Pictures. Starring William Holden, Gloria Swanson. Directed by Billy Wilder. B&W, 110 minutes. Screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden) is deep in debt, short on work and on the verge of losing his car to repossession. Determined …

Roman Holiday
Roman Holiday, 1953, Paramount Pictures. Starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 118 minutes. Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn), bored with the constraints of her royal life, breaks away from her entourage one night while on tour in …

My Favorite Wife
Nick Arden has been grieving the loss of his wife, Ellen, believed dead in a plane crash, for seven years. He's ready to get married again to the lovely Bianca and has gone to court both to have Ellen declared …