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  • Mark Sandrich – Top Hat (1935)

    1931-1940ClassicsMark SandrichMusicalUSA

    Synopsis:
    Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace’s hotel, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.Read More »

  • Howard Hawks – Monkey Business (1952)

    1951-1960ClassicsComedyHoward HawksMarilyn MonroeScrewball ComedyUSA

    Description: Barnaby Fulton is a research chemist working on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. While trying a sample dose on himself, he accidentally gets a dose of a mixture added to the water cooler and believes his potion is what is working. The mixture temporarily causes him to feel and act like a teenager, including correcting his vision. When his wife gets a dose that is even larger, she regresses even further into her childhood. When an old boyfriend meets her in this state, he believes that her never wanting to see him again means a divorce and a chance for him.Read More »

  • William A. Seiter – Chance at Heaven (1933)

    1931-1940ClassicsDramaUSAWilliam A. Seiter

    Plot: Blackstone ‘Blacky’ Gorman, rising service station owner, is blessed with the devotion of supremely sweet and noble Marje Harris, but he meets coquettish and silly debutante Glory Franklyn and, between Glory’s charm and his social ambition, is snared into an upscale marriage that proves to have its downside. Written by Rod Crawford
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  • Garson Kanin – Bachelor Mother (1939)

    1931-1940ComedyGarson KaninRomanceScrewball ComedyUSA

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    Synopsis:
    Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin’s Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly’s unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and “her” baby together.Read More »

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