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State of the UnionState of the Union (1948)
Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Angela Lansbury
An idealistic industrialist is urged to run for President, but finds uncomfortable compromises are required on both a political and marital level.…
Unfaithfully YoursUnfaithfully Yours (1948) Recommended
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Barbara Lawrence
Rex Harrison plays an irascible, paranoid orchestra conductor who comes to suspect his devoted wife's infidelity. Anchored around a memorable…
Adventures of Ma and Pa Kettle, TheAdventures of Ma and Pa Kettle, The (The Egg and I, Further Adventures, Go to Town, On the Farm) (1947-1951)
Dir. Chester Erskine, Charles Lamont, Edward Sedgwick
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main
The first four movies about the homespun, cornpoke hillbilly couple, drawn from Betty MacDonald's bestselling book 'The Egg and I'. Cheaply made, but…
Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer, TheBachelor and the Bobby Soxer, The (1947)
Dir. Irving Reis
Feat. Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple
Playboy bachelor Cary Grant is ordered by Judge Myrna Loy to escort her teenage sister (Shirley Temple), so that the ‘bobby–soxer’ might…
Down To EarthDown To Earth (1947)
Dir. Alexander Hall
Feat. Rita Hayworth, Larry Parks, James Gleason
Musical comedy sequel to HERE COMES MR. JORDAN starring Rita Hayworth as Greek Goddess Terpsichore who comes down to Earth to join a Broadway…
Egg and I, TheEgg and I, The (1947)
Dir. Chester Erskine
Feat. Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray
A comedy starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray as a married couple who move to the countryside to become chicken farmers. While husband Bob…
Farmer's Daughter, TheFarmer's Daughter, The (1947)
Dir. H.C. Potter
Feat. Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore
Congressman Joseph Cotton's maid, Loretta Young, decides to run against him in the next election. A perceptive comedy that won an Oscar for Young.
Ghost and Mrs. Muir, TheGhost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison
A whimsical tone pervades this mildly spooky tale of widow Gene Tierney being haunted by phantom sea–captain Rex Harrison. Music by Bernard…
Hue and CryHue and Cry (1947)
Dir. Charles Crichton
Feat. Alastair Sim, Valerie White, Jack Warner
The first Ealing comedy is an affable yarn about kids who detect criminal information encoded in comic books. Shot on the post–war streets of…
Jour De FeteJour De Fete (1947)
Dir. Jacques Tati
Feat. Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati established himself as a major new comic as a postman who attempts to modernise his mail service. Such precise visual humour had not…

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