Originally posted on My World With Words: If I live to see 100, make that 101, let me live it like Olivia de Havilland, with class, humor…and in Paris. Just last week, days before her birthday, she was given a…
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938, Warner Bros. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains. Directed by Michael Curtiz, William Keighley. Color, 102 minutes. In the late 12th century, England’s beloved king, Richard the LionHearted, has been …
Captain Blood
Captain Blood, 1935, Warner Bros. Starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Directed by Michael Curtiz. B&W, 119 minutes. In 17th century Great Britain, young, brash doctor Peter Blood (Errol Flynn) is called upon to save a man injured …
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 …
In This Our Life
Stanley Timberlake s used to getting what she wants, often from her over-indulgent uncle, William Fitzroy. Although engaged to one man, attorney Craig Fleming, she has set her sights on her sister Roy's husband, Dr. Peter Kingsmill. The two run …
The Heiress
The Heiress, 1949, Paramount Pictures. Starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift. Directed by William Wyler. B&W, 116 minutes. Shy, naïve and devoted to the father who wants little to do with her, Catherine Sloper (Olivia de Havilland) is easily taken …
Classic for a Reason 