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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…
Captain KiddCaptain Kidd (1945)
Dir. Rowland V Lee
Feat. Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton
Charles Laughton has a great time playing the 17th century English pirate, who swindles King William III. Rollicking production is a nicely comic…
Harvey Girls, TheHarvey Girls, The (1945)
Dir. George Sidney
Feat. Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger
A much–loved, if rather formless musical about the heyday of the railroad in the Old West and the Harvey House restaurants which sprang up…
I Know Where I'm Going!I Know Where I'm Going! (1945) Recommended
Dir. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Feat. Dame Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey, George Carney
A headstrong Wendy Hiller seeks marriage and wealth on the Scottish Hebrides, but is sidetracked by true romance. The powerful landscapes and lyrical…
Sherlock Holmes CollectionSherlock Holmes Collection (The Woman in Green, Terror by Night, Dressed To Kill) (1945-1946)
Feat. Basil Rathbone
Three of Basil Rathbone's classic renditions of the Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes.

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