The Hard Way, 1943, Warner Bros. Starring Ida Lupino, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson. Directed by Vincent Sherman. B&W, 109 minutes. In the industrial city of Green Hills, Katie Blaine (Joan Leslie) dreams of wearing an eight-dollar white dress …
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Mildred Pierce (1945)
Mildred Pierce, 1945, Warner Bros. Starring Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth. Directed by Michael Curtiz. B&W, 111 minutes. A sharp psychological drama that has had feminists debating the nature of its leading lady’s motivations and decisions from …
Love Crazy
Love Crazy, 1941, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy. Directed by Jack Conway. B&W, 99 minutes. It’s their fourth anniversary, and Steve and Susan Ireland (William Powell, Myrna Loy) have plans to celebrate a loving union. Their evening is interrupted …
Stage Door
Wealthy society girl Terry Randall yearns to make it on Broadway, and she's willing to live humbly if that's the road to getting her name in lights. She lands a plum role, but her success means failure for last year's …
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.
The Male Animal
The Male Animal, 1942, Warner Bros. Starring Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson. Directed by Elliott Nugent. B&W, 101 minutes. Earnest professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) and his wife, Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), are preparing to celebrate Homecoming (which …
Princess O’Rourke
Princess O’Rourke, 1943, Warner Bros. Starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Cummings, Charles Coburn. Directed by Norman Krasna. B&W, 94 minutes. Princess Maria (Olivia de Havilland), heir to the throne of an unnamed European country, has taken refuge in New York …
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 1941, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Robert Montgomery, Carole Lombard. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. B&W, 94 minutes. This charming romantic comedy is a departure for Alfred Hitchcock from his usual suspense dramas, but it is a delightful …
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