Arsenic and Old Lace, 1944, Warner Bros. Pictures. Starring Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Josephine Hull, Jean Adair. Directed by Frank Capra. B&W, 118 minutes. Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) has just eloped with the girl next door, Elaine Harper (Priscilla Lane). …
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon, 1941, Warner Bros. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre. Directed by John Huston. B&W, 100 minutes. In foggy San Francisco, world-weary private detective Sam Spade (Humphrey Bogart) has taken on a new case from …
Casablanca
Casablanca, 1942, Warner Bros. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Heinreid, Claude Rains. Directed by Michael Curtiz. B&W, 102 minutes. In Casablanca, those displaced by the ravages of war find edgy refuge while waiting for the day they can leave …
The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph, 1943, Warner Bros. Starring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith. Directed by Edmund Goulding. B&W, 112 minutes. Lewis Dodd (Charles Boyer), a concert pianist, is in a slump, and for inspiration he seeks out his friend Albert …
