After the Thin Man, 1936, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy. Co-starring James Stewart. Directed by W.S. Van Dyke. B&W, 112 minutes. Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) Charles have returned to their San Francisco home, just in time …
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Madame Bovary (1949)
Madame Bovary, 1949, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Starring Jennifer Jones, James Mason, Van Heflin, Louis Jourdan. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. B&W, 115 minutes. Emma Rouault (Jennifer Jones) is a young woman living alone with her father in rural France. She is lost in …
It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You, 1954, Columbia Pictures. Starring Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford. Directed by George Cukor. B&W, 86 minutes. Young and broke, Gladys Glover (Judy Holliday) dreams of a better life, better than “marrying the first man …
Stella Dallas (1937)
Stella Dallas, 1937, United Artists. Starring Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley. Directed by King Vidor. B&W, 106 minutes. Stella Martin (Barbara Stanwyck) is brassy, brazen and audacious enough to step outside of class constraints and pull herself out of …
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 …
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 …
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