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My Favourite BrunetteMy Favourite Brunette (1947)
Dir. Elliott Nugent
Feat. Bob Hope, Peter Lorre, Lon Jr. Chaney
A spoof of Chandler–style detective novels with Bob Hope as a photographer who gets mixed up with mobsters. With Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney.
Perils of Pauline, ThePerils of Pauline, The (1947)
Dir. George Marshall
Feat. Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy DeWolfe
Showbiz melodrama in which Hutton plays true–life actress Pearl White, who graduated from being a lowly–paid seamstress to queen of the…
Sin of Harold Diddlebock, TheSin of Harold Diddlebock, The (Mad Wednesday) (1947)
Dir. Preston Sturges
Feat. Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd’s last film transplants his go–getting character from the silent film ‘The Freshman’ into the rather different comic…
Song of the Thin ManSong of the Thin Man (1947)
Dir. Edward Buzzell
Feat. William Powell, Myrna Loy, Keenan Wynn
The Thin Man legacy is stretched out to a sixth film, with Nick and Nora busting one last case involving a dispute over owed money to a two–bit…
Cluny BrownCluny Brown (1946)
Dir. Ernst Lubitsch
Feat. Jennifer Jones, Charles Boyer, Sir C. Aubrey Smith
Jennifer Jones is radiant (and a hoot, to boot) as the makeshift plumber to a leaky high society household. Ernst Lubitch’s splendid…
It's a Wonderful LifeIt's a Wonderful Life (1946) Aro Favourite
Dir. Frank Capra
Feat. James Stewart
A down–on–his–luck Jimmy Stewart is rescued from suicide by a Guardian Angel who shows him the virtues of his life gone by. This…
Night in Casablanca, A Night in Casablanca, A (1946)
Dir. Archie Mayo
Feat. The Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers bring their revered and anarchic energy to this "post–war spoof of wartime intrigue" set in the Hotel Casablanca. Though it…
Road to UtopiaRoad to Utopia (1946)
Dir. Hal Walker
Feat. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour
The final and perhaps wackiest of the "Road to...' series, this time in the Klondike goldrush. Many goofy gags and a few cliches too.
Abbott & Costello: The Naughty Nineties, The Time of Their LivesAbbott & Costello: The Naughty Nineties, The Time of Their Lives (1945-1946)
Dir. Jean Yarbrough, Charles Barton
Feat. Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Alan Curtis
A double feature of slapstick shenanigans "Naughty Nineties": A captain is swindled out of his riverboat by a trio of gamblers and stage show…
Blithe SpiritBlithe Spirit (1945) Recommended
Dir. David Lean
Feat. Rex Harrison
Novelist Rex Harrison jestingly arranges a seance, and inadvertently conjures up the ghost of his first wife, who then wittily haunts his new…

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