An unassuming postwar holiday romance set in New York City, the first clue that?Holiday Affair?broke the Jell-O mold of its genre comes via its leads, wholesome but definitely sexy?Janet Leigh?and sexy but definitely unwholesome?Robert Mitchum. Maureen O?Hara is of...
There?s Always Tomorrow?starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, and Joan Bennett. Generally I?m down with Jeanine Basinger?s definition of a woman?s picture as one that centers on a woman and her experience, and this excellent film asks the question, Is it still a...
The dependably great Jack Carson in a fine performance as a sweet, not-very-talented vaudevillian with a pure heart and the misfortune to fall in love with Joan Leslie, who for the purposes of the story is supposed to have an abundance of ?it? or ?oomph? (a Pepsodent...
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