The Little Foxes, 1941, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall. Co-starring Teresa Wright, Patricia Collinge. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 116 minutes One evening in the Deep South of 1900, the Hubbard family anticipates dinner with a leading …
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The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris, 1938, Universal Pictures. Starring Danielle Darrieux, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Directed by Henry Koster. B&W, 77 minutes. Newly arrived from France, Nicole de Cortillon (Danielle Darrieux) seeks work as a model with one of New York’s finest …
Vertigo
Vertigo, 1958, Paramount Pictures. Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Technicolor, 128 minutes. After a rooftop chase in which his partner fell to his death while trying to save him, Scottie (James Stewart) retires from the police …
Funny Face
Funny Face, 1957, Paramount Pictures. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson. Directed by Stanley Donen. Music and Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. Technicolor, 103 minutes. Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson) is a fashion magazine editor surrounded by a bevy …
You’ll Never Get Rich
You’ll Never Get Rich, 1941, Columbia Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth, Robert Benchley. Directed by Sidney Lanfield. Music by Cole Porter. B&W, 88 minutes. Broadway dancer Sheila Winthrop (Rita Hayworth) finds herself attracted to theater manager Robert Curtis (Fred …
Summer Stock
Summer Stock, 1950, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly. Directed by Charles Walters. Technicolor, 109 minutes. Jane Falbury (Judy Garland) owns the family farm along with her sister Abigail (Gloria DeHaven), although Abigail is seeking a career in show business. …
Only Angels Have Wings
Only Angels Have Wings, 1939, Columbia Pictures. Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur. Directed by Howard Hawks. B&W, 121 minutes. Bonnie Lee (Jean Arthur) has just arrived in Barranca, a port town in South America, on a banana boat and plans …
Love Affair
Love Affair, 1939, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Charles Boyer, Irene Dunne. Directed by Leo McCarey. B&W, 87 minutes. Playboy Michel Marnet (Charles Boyer) is on an ocean liner headed for New York and his fiancée, Lois Clarke (Astrid Allwyn) when …
Singin’ in the Rain
Singin’ in the Rain, 1952, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O’Connor. Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. Technicolor. 103 minutes. In 1920s Hollywood, there is no greater onscreen couple than Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) and Lina Lamont (Jean …
The Gay Divorcee
The Gay Divorcee, 1934, RKO Radio Pictures. Starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers. Directed by Mark Sandrich. B&W, 107 minutes. Traveling from Paris to London, Guy Holden (Fred Astaire) meets Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers) in a most unfortunate manner. Mimi’s dress …
Classic for a Reason 