Happy 2020 New Year! Can you believe we have come this far — after all the hoopla of the “Y2K” idiocy exactly twenty years ago? Yep, those were the days!<\/p>\n
When I was compiling this list of mystery movies that will be shown on the Turner Classic Movies channel, a few things stood out: 1) TCM is featuring “futuristic” movies on the first day of the month (although I’m not sure they’re as “futuristic” as 2020) as well as some movies featuring mobsters. AND 2) Wednesday the eighth features mysterious mansions.<\/p>\n
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\nTHE LETTER (1940)<\/strong>
\nA woman claims to have killed in self-defense, until a blackmailer turns up with incriminating evidence.
\nDir: William Wyler Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson.
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSUSPICION (1941)<\/strong>
\nA wealthy wallflower suspects her penniless playboy husband of murder.
\nDir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Sir Cedric Hardwicke.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nADAM’S RIB (1949)<\/strong>
\nHusband-and-wife lawyers argue opposite sides in a sensational women’s rights case.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday.
\nBW- 101 mins, CC
\n(*****This is not a mystery movie, but it is quite good. Also, if stars one of my very favorite actresses: Judy Holliday.)<\/p>\nFriday – January 3rd<\/h3>\n
\nCOQUETTE (1929)<\/strong>
\nA Southern belle’s flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
\nDir: Sam Taylor Cast: Mary Pickford, John Mack Brown, Matt Moore.
\nBW- 76 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE BLACK BOOK (1949)<\/strong>
\nOpponents plot to bring down Robespierre during the French Revolution.
\nDir: Anthony Mann Cast: Robert Cummings, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart.
\nBW- 89 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nADDRESS UNKNOWN (1944)<\/strong>
\nA German-born art dealer finds himself falling for Nazi propaganda.
\nDir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Paul Lukas, Carl Esmond, Peter Van Eyck.
\nBW- 72 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE WHIP HAND (1951)<\/strong>
\nA small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
\nDir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Carla Balenda, Elliott Reid, Edgar Barrier.
\nBW- 82 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHINGS TO COME (1936)<\/strong>
\nTwo generations of philosophers try to bring an end to war.
\nDir: William Cameron Menzies Cast: Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson.
\nBW- 97 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday – January 4th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER (1940)<\/strong>
\nFeuding co-workers don’t realize they’re secret romantic pen pals.
\nDir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC
\n(*****This is not a mystery movie, but it is delightful.*****)<\/p>\n
\nGO DOWN DEATH (1944)<\/strong>
\nGangsters try to frame a minister out to clean up their Southern town.
\nDir: Spencer Williams Cast: Myra D. Hemmings, Samuel H. James, Eddye L. Houston.
\nBW- 54 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE BIG SLEEP (1946)<\/strong>
\nPrivate eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
\nDir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
\nBW- 114 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0 – January 5th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE KISS OF DEATH (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
\nDir: Henry Hathaway Cast: Victor Mature, Brian Donlevy, Coleen Gray.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTOUCH OF EVIL (1958)<\/strong>
\nA narcotics agent risks his wife’s life to investigate a crooked cop.
\nDir: Orson Welles Cast: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles.
\nBW- 111 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE BIG SLEEP (1946)<\/strong>
\nPrivate eye Philip Marlowe investigates a society girl’s involvement in the murder of a pornographer.
\nDir: Howard Hawks Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely.
\nBW- 114 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday – January 6th<\/h3>\n
\nHUNT THE MAN DOWN (1950)<\/strong>
\nLawyer uncovers secrets behind a decade-old murder case.
\nDir: George Archainbaud Cast: Gig Young, Lynne Roberts, Mary Anderson.
\nBW- 68 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nSCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF MARY ASTOR (2018)<\/strong>
\nDir: Alexa Foreman
\nBW- 62 mins, CC
\n(*****Apparently there really was a Mary Astor trial. I can’t wait to see this documentary…*****)<\/p>\n
\nTHE MALTESE FALCON (1941)<\/strong>
\nHard-boiled detective Sam Spade gets caught up in the murderous search for a priceless statue.
\nDir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – January 7th<\/h3>\n
\nSCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF MARY ASTOR (2018)<\/strong>
\nDir: Alexa Foreman
\nBW- 62 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nACT OF VIOLENCE (1949)<\/strong>
\nAn embittered veteran tracks down a POW camp informer.
\nDir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh.
\nBW- 82 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nOUTLAW BLUES (1977)<\/strong>
\nSuspected of murdering the country-western star who stole his song, an ex-convict takes it on the lam.
\nDir: Richard Heffron Cast: Susan Saint James, Curtis Harris, Jan Cobler.
\nC- 101 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – January 8th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE WOMAN IN WHITE (1948)<\/strong>
\nClassic mystery about the adventures of a young tutor sent to a ghostly country estate.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Alexis Smith, Eleanor Parker, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 109 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE TERROR (1963)<\/strong>
\nA lost soldier discovers a mysterious beauty haunting a half-deserted castle.
\nDir: Roger Corman Cast: Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight.
\nC- 79 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nTHE HAUNTING (1963)<\/strong>
\nA team of psychic investigators moves into a haunted house that destroys all who live there.
\nDir: Robert Wise Cast: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson.
\nBW- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nBEFORE DAWN (1933)<\/strong>
\nDetectives compete to solve the murders at a mysterious mansion.
\nDir: Irving Pichel Cast: Stuart Erwin, Dorothy Wilson, Warner Oland.
\nBW- 61 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nHOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1958)<\/strong>
\nA millionaire offers total strangers a fortune to spend the night in a haunted house.
\nDir: William Castle Cast: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long.
\nBW- 75 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday – January 9th<\/h3>\n
\nFIRST LADY (1937)<\/strong>
\nA U.S. president’s granddaughter fights a femme fatale to groom her husband for the White House.
\nDir: Stanley Logan Cast: Kay Francis, Preston Foster, Anita Louise.
\nBW- 83 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD (1933)<\/strong>
\nFive men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
\nDir: J. Walter Ruben Cast: Ricardo Cortez, Karen Morley, Anita Louise.
\nBW- 76 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMILLIE (1931)<\/strong>
\nA prostitute turns to murder to protect her teenage daughters honor.
\nDir: John Francis Dillon Cast: Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, Robert Ames.
\nBW- 84 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE FIREBIRD (1934)<\/strong>
\nA young girl’s secret romance is exposed when her lover is murdered.
\nDir: William Dieterle Cast: Verree Teasdale, Ricardo Cortez, Lionel Atwill.
\nBW- 74 mins<\/p>\n
\nPERSONAL MAID’S SECRET (1935)<\/strong>
\nA maid’s ability to pick stock market winners keeps her employer in the money.
\nDir: Arthur Greville Collins Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Anita Louise.
\nBW- 58 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBRIDES ARE LIKE THAT (1936)<\/strong>
\nA young man uses flattery to beat out a romantic rival.
\nDir: William McGann Cast: Ross Alexander, Anita Louise, Joseph Cawthorn.
\nBW- 67 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955)<\/strong>
\nA crusading lawyer takes on the corrupt machine running a Southern town.
\nDir: Phil Karlson Cast: John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant.
\nBW- 100 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nGASLIGHT (1944)<\/strong>
\nA newlywed fears she’s going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten.
\nBW- 114 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday – January 10th<\/h3>\n
\nARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950)<\/strong>
\nA police officer tries to find half a million dollars stolen by gangsters.
\nDir: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman.
\nBW- 68 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947)<\/strong>
\nWhen a Quaker girl nurses a notorious gunman back to health, he tries to adopt her peaceful ways.
\nDir: James Edward Grant Cast: John Wayne, Gail Russell, Harry Carey.
\nBW- 100 mins<\/p>\n
\nDANGER SIGNAL (1945)<\/strong>
\nA man suspected of murder charms a secretary into helping him.
\nDir: Robert Florey Cast: Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Dick Erdman.
\nBW- 78 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nFLAMINGO ROAD (1949)<\/strong>
\nA stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
\nDir: Michael Curtiz Cast: Joan Crawford, Zachary Scott, Sydney Greenstreet.
\nBW- 94 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nINDESTRUCTIBLE MAN (1956)<\/strong>
\nScientific experiments accidentally revive an executed criminal and make him impervious to harm, prompting him to seek revenge on his former partners.
\nDir: Jack Pollexfen Cast: Lon Chaney [Jr.], Casey Adams, Marian Carr.
\nBW- 71 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nMAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1954)<\/strong>
\nA playboy becomes a doctor to right the wrong he’s done to a sightless widow.
\nDir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead.
\nC- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSaturday – January 11th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE ADVENTURES OF JANE ARDEN (1939)<\/strong>
\nA reporter poses as a jewel smuggler to unmask a criminal gang.
\nDir: Terry Morse Cast: Rosella Towne, William Gargan, James Stephenson.
\nBW- 58 mins<\/p>\n
\nGENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT (1947)<\/strong>
\nA reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on anti-Semitism.
\nDir: Elia Kazan Cast: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, John Garfield.
\nBW- 118 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE OUTRAGE (1964)<\/strong>
\nA Mexican bandit’s crimes receive wildly different interpretations from four witnesses.
\nDir: Martin Ritt Cast: Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\n
\nTHE BIG NIGHT (1951)<\/strong>
\nAn emotional teenager takes on the mob when gangsters beat up his father.
\nDir: Joseph Losey Cast: John Barrymore Jr., Preston Foster, Joan Lorring.
\nBW- 75 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0 – January 12th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE BIG NIGHT (1951)<\/strong>
\nAn emotional teenager takes on the mob when gangsters beat up his father.
\nDir: Joseph Losey Cast: John Barrymore Jr., Preston Foster, Joan Lorring.
\nBW- 75 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nA WOMAN’S FACE (1941)<\/strong>
\nPlastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt.
\nBW- 106 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE LATE SHOW (1977)<\/strong>
\nAn aging private eye hooks up with a Hollywood eccentric to investigate his partner’s murder.
\nDir: Robert Benton Cast: Art Carney, Lily Tomlin, Bill Macy.
\nC- 93 mins, CC<\/p>\nMonday – January 13th<\/h3>\n
\nMAKE ME A STAR (1932)<\/strong>
\nA grocery clerk goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
\nDir: William Beaudine Cast: Joan Blondell, Stuart Erwin, ZaSu Pitts.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nWHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD? (1932)<\/strong>
\nA drunken director whose career is fading helps a waitress become a Hollywood star.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Constance Bennett, Lowell Sherman, Neil Hamilton.
\nBW- 88 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE PERILS OF PAULINE (1947)<\/strong>
\nThe world’s worst actress rises to stardom as serial queen Pearl White.
\nDir: George Marshall Cast: Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe.
\nC- 92 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE JUGGLER (1953)<\/strong>
\nA Jewish refugee fights to overcome the psychological effects of his World War II experiences.
\nDir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Kirk Douglas, Milly Vitale, Paul Stewart.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE STRANGER (1946)<\/strong>
\nA small-town schoolteacher suspects her new husband may be an escaped Nazi war criminal.
\nDir: Orson Welles Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Orson Welles.
\nBW- 95 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – January 14th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (1948)<\/strong>
\nA philosophical drunk encourages his friends to live their dreams to the hilt.
\nDir: H. C. Potter Cast: James Cagney, William Bendix, Wayne Morris.
\nBW- 105 mins<\/p>\n
\nRACE STREET (1948)<\/strong>
\nA night-club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
\nDir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell.
\nBW- 79 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nGAMBLING HOUSE (1951)<\/strong>
\nA gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.
\nDir: Ted Tetzlaff Cast: Victor Mature, Terry Moore, William Bendix.
\nBW- 80 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE BIG STEAL (1949)<\/strong>
\nSeduction and murder follow the theft of an Army payroll.
\nDir: Don Siegel Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix.
\nBW- 71 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nWEEKEND WITH FATHER (1951)<\/strong>
\nLove blooms when two single parents send their children off to camp.
\nDir: Douglas Sirk Cast: Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Gigi Perreau.
\nBW- 83 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nWASHINGTON STORY (1952)<\/strong>
\nA reporter in search of government corruption falls for a congressman.
\nDir: Robert Pirosh Cast: Van Johnson, Patricia Neal, Louis Calhern.
\nBW- 82 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nIT’S A GREAT FEELING (1949)<\/strong>
\nWhen nobody at Warner Bros. will work with him, movie star Jack Carson decides to turn an unknown into his co-star.
\nDir: David Butler Cast: Dennis Morgan, Doris Day, Jack Carson.
\nC- 85 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – January 15th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII (1935)<\/strong>
\nA blacksmith’s rise to wealth and power is jeopardized by his son’s Christianity and the eruption of Vesuvius.
\nDir: Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Preston Foster, Alan Hale, Basil Rathbone.
\nBW- 96 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday – January 16th<\/h3>\n
\nAFFAIR WITH A STRANGER (1953)<\/strong>
\nA playwright and his wife search the past for the key to saving their troubled marriage.
\nDir: Roy Rowland Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Mary Jo Tarola.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nIS MY FACE RED? (1932)<\/strong>
\nA gossip columnist witnesses a gangland killing.
\nDir: William Seiter Cast: Helen Twelvetrees, Ricardo Cortez, Jill Esmond.
\nBW- 66 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTRUE CONFESSIONS (1981)<\/strong>
\nA police detective clashes with his brother, a monsignor, during a murder investigation.
\nDir: Ulu Grosbard Cast: Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning.
\nC- 108 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nFriday – January 17th<\/h3>\n
\nHI, NELLIE! (1934)<\/strong>
\nA crusading newspaper editor keeps digging into corruption, even when he’s forced to write advice to the lovelorn.
\nDir: Mervyn LeRoy Cast: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Ned Sparks.
\nBW- 75 mins, CC<\/p>\nSaturday – January 18th<\/h3>\n
\nNIGHT SPOT (1938)<\/strong>
\nAn undercover cop tries to catch a gang of jewel thieves at a high-society nightclub.
\nDir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Parkyakarkus, Allan Lane, Gordon Jones.
\nBW- 60 mins<\/p>\n
\nLAURA (1944)<\/strong>
\nA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he’s investigating.
\nDir: Otto Preminger Cast: Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb.
\nBW- 88 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF (1950)<\/strong>
\nDir: Felix E. Feist Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall.
\nBW- 82 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE CAPTIVE CITY (1952)<\/strong>
\nA small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
\nDir: Robert Wise Cast: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0 – January 19th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE SINGING MARINE (1937)<\/strong>
\nA young Marine develops an inflated ego after winning a talent contest.
\nDir: Ray Enright Cast: Dick Powell, Doris Weston, Lee Dixon.
\nBW- 105 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE CAPTIVE CITY (1952)<\/strong>
\nA small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
\nDir: Robert Wise Cast: John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nBORN TO KILL (1947)<\/strong>
\nA murderer marries a young innocent then goes after her more experienced sister.
\nDir: Robert Wise Cast: Claire Trevor, Lawrence Tierney, Walter Slezak.
\nBW- 92 mins, CC,<\/p>\n
\nTHE THIRD MAN (1949)<\/strong>
\nA man’s investigation of a friend’s death uncovers corruption in post-World War II Vienna.
\nDir: Carol Reed Cast: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles.
\nBW- 105 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE THIN MAN (1934)<\/strong>
\nA husband-and-wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
\nDir: W. S. Van Dyke Cast: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O’Sullivan.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947)<\/strong>
\nA woman slowly discovers that her artist husband is a deranged killer.
\nDir: Peter Godfrey Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith.
\nBW- 99 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – January 21st<\/h3>\n
\nTHE TALL TARGET (1951)<\/strong>
\nA detective tries to prevent the assassination of President Lincoln during a train ride.
\nDir: Anthony Mann Cast: Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou.
\nBW- 78 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nRATON PASS (1951)<\/strong>
\nA beautiful woman tries to seduce her way into ruling the West.
\nDir: Edwin L. Marin Cast: Dennis Morgan, Patricia Neal, Steve Cochran.
\nBW- 84 mins, CC<\/p>\nWednesday – January 22nd<\/h3>\n
\nA WOMAN’S FACE (1941)<\/strong>
\nPlastic surgery gives a scarred female criminal a new outlook on life.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Conrad Veidt.
\nBW- 106 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nABOVE SUSPICION (1943)<\/strong>
\nA honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe.
\nDir: Richard Thorpe Cast: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nWHISTLING IN THE DARK (1941)<\/strong>
\nA radio detective is kidnapped and forced to plan the perfect murder.
\nDir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford.
\nBW- 78 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nINCENDIARY BLONDE (1945)<\/strong>
\nIn this true story, Texas Guinan rises from Wild West shows to become New York’s ?Queen of the Nightclubs? during Prohibition.
\nDir: George Marshall Cast: Betty Hutton, Arturo de Cordoba, Charles Ruggles.
\nC- 113 mins<\/p>\nThursday – January 23rd<\/h3>\n
\nSPORTING BLOOD (1940)<\/strong>
\nA young man trying to rebuild the family racing stables falls for the daughter of a bitter rival.
\nDir: S. Sylvan Simon Cast: Robert Young, Maureen O’Sullivan, Lewis Stone.
\nBW- 82 mins<\/p>\n
\nTHE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (1952)<\/strong>
\nWhen her brother marries, a 12-year-old girl faces the awkward pains of adolescence.
\nDir: Fred Zinnemann Cast: Ethel Waters, Julie Harris, Brandon de Wilde.
\nBW- 89 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday – January 24th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE YAKUZA (1974)<\/strong>
\nTrying to help a kidnapped girl puts a private eye on the wrong side of the Yakuza.
\nDir: Sydney Pollack Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith.
\nC- 112 mins, CC, Letterbox Format<\/p>\nSaturday – January 25th<\/h3>\n
\nNIGHT WAITRESS (1936)<\/strong>
\nA girl just out of prison gets mixed up in murder at the restaurant where she works.
\nDir: Lew Landers Cast: Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones, Vinton Haworth.
\nBW- 57 mins<\/p>\n
\nTRY AND GET ME! (1950)<\/strong>
\nDir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson.
\nBW- 92 mins, CC<\/p>\nSunday\u00a0 – January 26th<\/h3>\n
\nTHE UNDERWORLD STORY (1950)<\/strong>
\nA corrupt newspaperman, blacklisted from his big-city paper, becomes involved with a murder case for a small town paper.
\nDir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Dan Duryea, Herbert Marshall, Gale Storm.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTRY AND GET ME! (1950)<\/strong>
\nDir: Cyril Endfield Cast: Frank Lovejoy, Kathleen Ryan, Richard Carlson.
\nBW- 92 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAN INNOCENT AFFAIR (1948)<\/strong>
\nDoing business with an ex-flame drives an ad man’s wife mad with jealousy.
\nDir: Lloyd Bacon Cast: Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll, Chas. “Buddy” Rogers.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHREE SMART GIRLS (1937)<\/strong>
\nThe daughters of a divorced couple try to keep their father from remarrying.
\nDir: Henry Koster Cast: Binnie Barnes, Charles Winninger, Alice Brady.
\nBW- 84 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nIT’S A DATE (1940)<\/strong>
\nMother-and-daughter singers vie for the same man and the same stage part.
\nDir: William A. Seiter Cast: Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, Walter Pidgeon.
\nBW- 103 mins, CC<\/p>\nTuesday – January 28th<\/h3>\n
\nPAT NEAL IS BACK (1968)<\/strong>
\nThis promotional short focuses on Patricia Neal’s return to motion pictures with “The Subject Was Roses” (1968) after her near-fatal stroke.
\nDir: Edward Beyer
\nC- 8 mins<\/p>\nWednesday – January 29th<\/h3>\n
\nDR. CRIPPEN (1963)<\/strong>
\nThe real-life story of a doctor who was hanged in London in 1910 for poisoning his wife.
\nDir: Robert Lynn Cast: Donald Pleasence, Coral Browne, Samantha Eggar.
\nBW- 98 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nOUR DANCING DAUGHTERS (1928)<\/strong>
\nA flapper sets her hat for a man with a hard-drinking wife.
\nDir: Harry Beaumont Cast: Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, Nils Asther.
\nBW- 84 mins, CC<\/p>\nThursday – January 30th<\/h3>\n
\nIT (1927)<\/strong>
\nA shop girl turns party girl to land her boss.
\nDir: Clarence Badger Cast: Clara Bow, Antonio Moreno, William Austin.
\nBW- 77 mins<\/p>\n
\nANOTHER FACE (1935)<\/strong>
\nPlastic surgery turns a gangster into a movie star.
\nDir: Christy Cabanne Cast: Wallace Ford, Brian Donlevy, Phyllis Brooks.
\nBW- 69 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nDARK PASSAGE (1947)<\/strong>
\nA man falsely accused of his wife’s murder escapes to search for the real killer.
\nDir: Delmer Daves Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW- 106 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nNORA PRENTISS (1947)<\/strong>
\nAn ambitious singer ruins a doctor’s life.
\nDir: Vincent Sherman Cast: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett.
\nBW- 111 mins, CC<\/p>\nFriday – January 31st<\/h3>\n
\nSO LONG AT THE FAIR (1950)<\/strong>
\nA woman searches for her missing brother in Paris despite the fact that nobody believes he exists.
\nDir: Terence Fisher Cast: Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde, Honor Blackman.
\nBW- 86 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nTHE ACTRESS (1953)<\/strong>
\nTrue story of Ruth Gordon’s early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
\nDir: George Cukor Cast: Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright.
\nBW- 91 mins, CC<\/p>\n
\nAFFAIR WITH A STRANGER (1953)<\/strong>
\nA playwright and his wife search the past for the key to saving their troubled marriage.
\nDir: Roy Rowland Cast: Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Mary Jo Tarola.
\nBW- 87 mins, CC<\/p>\n