Movie Recommendations

Wonderful Leo McCary comedy about a couple who discover after splitting up that they still love each other. Sophisticated humor and slapstick meld nicely in this romp. Ralph Bellamy plays the role he owned in the 1940s—the sincere rube and nominal romantic rival who is way, way over his head.

From William Gibson’s play (originally produced on TV), this powerful film tells the story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller (Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke, in Oscar-winning performances), the deaf-blind girl whom Sullivan rescues. It’s said that while performing this play on Broadway for more than a year and then during the filming, both were…

A study of greed and how it can wear down a man’s soul. Bogart is wonderful as Fred C. Dobbs (whom Nobody gets the better of); Walter Huston and Tim Holt are his partners in the search for gold. Contains the famous lines Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I…

Overly stagy Hitchcock still has enough classic moments to keep viewers entertained.

Engagingly theatrical feature has some wonderful characters and sparkling tunes.