"Citizen Kane" is a film loosely based on the life story of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst, who at the time moved heaven and earth to ban, and even destroy Welles' project. It consequently did not do well at the box office due to its limited [..]

The Best Picture of 1941 is....."How Green Was My Valley." This is the story of a hard working coal-mining family in Wales during the late 1800's from the point of view of the youngest son. Director John Ford ("The Grapes of Wrath" 1940) and screenwriter Philip Dunne worked [..]

Roland Young returns once again as Cosmo Topper in the supernatural comedy thriller "Topper Returns." This third film in the "Topper" series has Topper trying to help out the ghost of Joan Blondell's character solve her murder. The fun and hijinks were well managed by director Roy Del [..]

Alfred Hitchcock reached the zenith of excellence and cinematic achievement with the production of "North by Northwest." This is a tale of mistaken identity, when an advertising executive is pursued across America by mysterious secret agents. They believe he possesses microfilm containing government secrets. [..]

"The Witches of Eastwick" is a supernatural comedy about three women in Eastwick, Rhode Island, who are unaware that they are witches. They receive a wakeup call when a devilish character comes to town and becomes involved with all three. The sparks fly when a [..]

Western fun abounds in "Rio Bravo," where John Wayne plays a county sheriff traveling to a neighboring county to help out his friend, another sheriff (Dean Martin), who happens to be an alcoholic, straighten out the mess there. He is assisted by a young gunfighter, played by Ricky [..]

"Pillow Talk" is a romantic comedy starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson as neighbors who share a telephone party line. Doris constantly overhears his breezy talk to his numerous girl friends, and is resistant when Hudson sets his sights on her. Sparks really fly when their mutual friend [..]

Doris Day experienced a rare box office failure back in 1959 with "It Happened to Jane." The film tells the story of her lobster business in Maine undermined by a railroad. Many come to her aid when her dilemma was reported on television, including celebrities and [..]

The talents of Peter Sellers are on full display in "The Mouse That Roared." He played three roles in this satirical comedy about a small European country whose only export, a special wine, begins to be produced in California, and their economy collapses. They declare war [..]

A serial killer called "The Bat" has claimed many lives in the small town where a successful novelist lives. The Bat murders one of her house guests, so she seeks help from the police and from her doctor. The thrills, chills, and spills proceeds from there in this [..]