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It Happened Tomorrow (1944) starring Dick Powell, Linda Parnell, Jackie Oakie

It Happened Tomorrow

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It Happened Tomorrow (1944) starring Dick Powell, Linda Parnell, Jack Oakie

In It Happened Tomorrow, a reporter supernaturally receives tomorrow’s newspaper. This gives him lots of hot scoops over his competitors, of course. Then, he sees his own obituary …

It Happened Tomorrow
Desk Set, starring Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn

Desk Set

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Desk Set (1957), starring Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn

In Desk Set, a TV-network researcher with an amazing memory humors an efficiency expert. He’s been sent to improve her department – and lay off her staff? This is progress?

Desk Set

That Darn Cat

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That Darn Cat is a truly entertaining Disney family film, from its heyday. A woman is kidnapped, a cat may be the vital clue, the FBI is unsure, so a young teenage girl will prod them …

That Darn Cat

The Admiral Was a Lady

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In The Admiral Was a Lady, a post-World War II comedy, Wanda Hendrix (Prince of Foxes) stars as Jean Madison, a former WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) ensign taken under the wings of a rowdy group of former airmen, who affectionately dub her the “Admiral.” Handily directed by veteran filmmaker Albert S. Rogell (Li’l Abner), the film is bolstered by the crackling chemistry between Hendrix and her co-star, Oscar winner Edmond O’Brien (The Barefoot Contessa).

The Admiral Was a Lady

Nothing Sacred

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In Nothing Sacred, gullible newspaper reporter Fredric March thinks Carole Lombard is terminally ill., She’s not, but wants to visit New York City, so when he offers her an all-expenses paid visit …

Nothing Sacred

His Girl Friday

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In His Gal Friday, an unscrupulous newspaper editor (Cary Grant) uses every dirty trick in the book to stop his ace reporter/ex-wife (Rosalind Russell) from remarrying and moving to Albany. Directed by Howard Hawks.

His Girl Friday

To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

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To Be Or Not To Be (1942) starring Jack Benny, Robert Stack, Carole Lombard, Sig Ruman, Stanley Ridges, directed by Ernst Lubitsch

To Be Or Not To Be. Set during World War II, the Nazis put a Polish theater group out business. Until they become involved in espionage. And then their skills face the ultimate test. Can they fool the Nazis?

To Be Or Not to Be (1942)

Holy Matrimony

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Holy Matrimony – when reclusive artist (Monty Woolley) returns to England to be knighted, his valet (Eric Blore) dies. So he decides to swap identities as a prank. But then …

Holy Matrimony

His Double Life

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In His Double Life, A celebrated painter with anxiety issues finds that his valet has suddenly passed away after an illness. Seeking to insulate himself from the public, he tells a visiting physician that he is the valet instead of himself. The doctor pronounces the artist dead, and in the eyes of he world, he is gone. He then takes on the identity of his former servant to begin a new life.

His Double Life
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