Subgenre Sampler
Classics: 3626 Films to Buy & Rent
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
- Dir. David Butler
Feat. Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan, Doris Day…
- Soft–edged Hollywood satire with Jack Carson, Denny Morgan and Doris Day on the path to success. Notable for its great array of show–biz…
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
- Dir. Robert Hamer
Feat. Alec Guinness
- Distinguished Ealing black comedy about a disaffected cast–off of an aristocratic family who murders his way through a series of dotty…
Ladies of the Chorus (1949)
- Dir. Phil Karlson
Feat. Marilyn Monroe
- Modest musical burlesque has the distinction of giving Marilyn Monroe her first sizeable role.
Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
- Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Feat. Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, Ann Sothern…
- Three women each hear from a friend that she is about to run off with one of their husbands. Replete with characteristically sharp dialogue from the…
Little Women (1949)
- Dir. Mervyn LeRoy
Feat. June Allyson, Peter Lawford, Elizabeth Taylor…
- Technicolour adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel about four sisters growing up during the American Civil War. The fourth of seven film…
Love Happy (1949)
- Dir. David Miller
Feat. Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Marilyn Monroe
- Final Marx Bros. comedy, is a downbeat entry, with a brief scene with Marilyn Monroe.
Man from Colorado, The (1949)
- Dir. Henry Levin
Feat. Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew
- Gritty technicolor psycho–drama set during the American Civil War starring Glenn Ford as a Union officer who becomes addicted to killing.
Man on the Eiffel Tower, The (1949)
- Dir. Burgess Meredith
Feat. Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith…
- Solid early outing for Inspector Maigret has Laughton in the iconic role pursuing a murderer against some splendid Parisian locales.
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong…
- Worthy successor to KING KONG, reunites many of the cast and crew, with a compellingly different slant on the 'Giant Ape' premise.
Here, Armstrong…
My Dear Secretary (1949)
- Dir. Charles Martin
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Laraine Day
- Underrated comedy concerning an aspiring young writer (Laraine Day) hired as the new secretary for a top author (Kirk Douglas) who is bitterly…