His Girl Friday (1940)

A former reporter, Hildy (Russell), returns to the paper to visit her former editor, Walter (Grant), who is also her former husband. Her goal is to inform him of her plans to marry her future husband, Bruce (Bellamy), however, she is instead caught up in Walter's self-serving and double-crossing plan to win her back. Adaptation

Ladri di Biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) (1948)

A desperate man finally finds work in post World War II Italy. He scrounges together everything he has in order to buy his bike back from a pawn shop, only to have it stolen by thieves. Post World War II Class Disparity Ladri di biciclette follows Antonio, played by Lamberto Maggiorani, a desperate father trying

Magnificent Ambersons, The (1942)

Orson Welles' second film, The Magnificent Ambersons, is an adaptation of Booth Tarkington's novel of the same name. The second industrial revolution and the advent of the automobile function as the catalyst that brings a well-to-do family from the pinnacle of status and wealth down to ruin. The woes of the silk shoe generation are

Cat People (1942)

With love and passion comes sin and strife, this is the theme throughout Jacques Tourneur's Cat People.  Is the curse of the cat people a figment of their imagination, are they alive and well, or is there a panther on the loose?  Cat People tells the story of Irene and Oliver as they fall in love