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  • Charles S. Dubin – Cinderella (1965)

    USA1961-1970Charles S. DubinMusicalTV

    Rodgers & Hammerstein’s musical retelling of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella is a teenage girl forced to do all of the menial tasks in the home she shares with her coldhearted stepmother and homely stepsisters. One day when home alone, Cinderella shares a cup of water with a thirsty and handsome traveler, not realizing until he continues on his journey that he is the crown prince of the kingdom. Shortly thereafter, the king and queen invite every young maiden in the kingdom to a royal ball so that the crown prince can find a girl to marry. Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters go to the ball, leaving Cinderella behind to wish about how her life could be. While she is daydreaming, she is visited by her fairy godmother, who makes it possible for her wishes to come true.Read More »

  • George Stevens – Vivacious Lady (1938)

    George Stevens1931-1940ComedyScrewball ComedyUSA

    College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.Read More »

  • Howard Hawks – Monkey Business (1952)

    Howard Hawks1951-1960ClassicsComedyUSA

    A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth.Read More »

  • Julien Duvivier – Tales of Manhattan (1942)

    Julien Duvivier1941-1950ComedyDramaUSA

    Brief Synopsis:
    An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. As the 4 succeeding wearers of the coat discover, misfortune can often lead to truth.Read More »

  • Lewis Milestone – Lucky Partners (1940)

    1931-1940ComedyLewis MilestoneRomanceScrewball ComedyUSA

    Two strangers share a sweepstakes ticket and then embark on an “imaginary” honeymoon with their “winnings”.Read More »

  • Billy Wilder – The Major and the Minor (1942)

    1941-1950Billy WilderClassicsComedyScrewball ComedyUSA

    Synopsis:
    Susan Applegate, tired of New York after one year and 25 jobs, decides to return to Iowa. Trouble is, when she saved money for the train fare home, she didn’t allow for inflation. So the audacious Susan disguises herself as a 12-year-old (!) and travels for half fare. Found out by the conductors, she hides out in the compartment of Major Philip Kirby, a military school instructor. The growing attraction between Susan and Kirby is complicated by his conniving fiancee…and by the myopic Kirby continuing to think “Su-Su” is only 12!Read More »

  • Leo McCarey – Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)

    USA1941-1950ComedyLeo McCareyScrewball Comedy

    At the start of WWII, Katie O’Hara, an American burlesque girl intent on social climbing, marries Austrian Baron Von Luber. Pat O’Toole, an American radio reporter, sees this as a chance to investigate Von Luber, who is suspected of having Nazi ties. As country after country falls to the Nazis, O’Tool follows O’Hara across Europe. At first he is after a story, but he gradually falls in love with her. When she learns that her husband is indeed a Nazi, O’Hara fakes her death and runs off with O’Toole. In Paris, she is recruited to spy for the allies; he uses a radio broadcast to make Von Luber and the Nazis look like fools.Read More »

  • Mark Sandrich – Carefree (1938)

    1931-1940ComedyMark SandrichMusicalUSA

    Synopsis:
    Stephen Arden (Ralph Bellamy) benefits so much from his psychiatrist pal Tony Flagg’s drinking cure that he sends his fiancée Amanda Cooper to see Tony in hopes that she can be ‘cured’ of her reluctance to get married. Tony falls fast in love with Amanda but has a tough pursuit when she overhears him on a voice recording calling all females idiots. Tony’s hypnosis treatments gets out of hand when Amanda repeatedly leaves the sessions in an unconscious Ego-at-the-wheel state. The first time out she enjoys a destructive rampage on the city streets. Read More »

  • Stuart Heisler – Storm Warning (1951)

    1951-1960DramaFilm NoirStuart HeislerUSA

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    Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha sees the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney Burt Rainey in bringing the criminals to justice.Read More »

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