Charles Coburn

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Devil and Miss Jones, The (1941): Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Charles Coburn, Jean Arthur; Tycoon Charles Coburn goes undercover to investigate union activities, and instead falls for shopgirl Jean Arthur. Well–regarded social comedy.
Lady Eve, The (1941): Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn…; One of the greatest Hollywood screwball comedies ever, this begins with naïve zoologist Henry Fonda (“Snakes are my life”) falling in love with…
Kings Row (1942): Dir. Sam Wood
Feat. Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan, Ann Sheridan…; Celebrated and infamous melodrama of the titular smalltown, a seemingly placid American community, around which insanity, poverty and sadism hover…
Heaven Can Wait (1943): Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Don Ameche, Gene Tierney, Charles Coburn; Amusing comic fantasy in which playboy Don Ameche recalls his life of sin for the devil, to find he wasn't such a bad guy after all.
More the Merrier, The (1943): Dir. George Stevens
Feat. Jean Arthur, Joel McCrea, Charles Coburn; Winning romantic comedy with a peerless Jean Arthur allowing two men to share her apartment, one of whom she falls in love with.
Rhapsody in Blue (1945): Dir. Irving Rapper
Feat. Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith…; George Gershwin's life and work is given a good glossing over from Hollywood, but the magical music keeps things sprightly for over two hours.
Lured (Personal Column) (1947): Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn…; Earlier work in the oeuvre of cult director Douglas Sirk isn’t up there with his later masterworks but is more than just a footnote, with a first…
Monkey Business (1952): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Charles Coburn…; Scientist Cary Grant discovers a rejuvenation serum which has screwball side–effects. Stars include the director and writing team – Ben…
Has Anyone Seen My Gal? (1952): Dir. Douglas Sirk
Feat. Charles Coburn, Lynn Bari, Piper Laurie…; Sirk–for–hire musical comedy finds the iconic melodramatist at his most unidentifiable: Coburn stars as an elderly money bags with no…
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn; Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell are out to rustle a millionaire or two on a seacruise to France in this glistening confection based on the stage…

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