This remake of the Jean Webster novel of the same title was retooled to accommodate the specific talents of Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron. American millionaire Jervis Pendleton III  (Astaire) is the unknown benefactor of French orphan girl Julie Andre (Caron). He finances the girl’s education contingent that his identity never be revealed to her. […]

Merrily We Live is a pale imitation of My Man Godfrey, courtesy of producer Hal Roach. Brian Aherne plays Wade Rawlins,  the gentleman vagabond whom  flighty society matron Mrs. Emily Kilbourne  (Billie Burke, doing her specialty) hires as a butler. Rawlins’s pragmatic attitude stands in sharp contrast to the snobbery and phoniness of Burke’s wealthy […]

Directed by Ronald Neame, Meteor tells a silly and bizarre story about a killer meteor that dooms earth. Despie a superlative cast that includes Sean Connery, natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Henry Fonda, Trevor Howard, and Martin Landau, Meteor was both an artistic and commercial flop. Oscar Nominations: 1 Sound: William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Michael J. […]

Whit Stillman burst onto the indie scene in 1990 with "Metropolitan," a romantic comedy about young Manhattan debutantes in elegant Park Avenue apartments, which boasts a Preston Sturges sensibility, in sharp contrast to the quirky offbeat indies of the era.

Esther Williams, at the peak of her popularity, stars in this MGM romantic musical, well directed by Melvin LeRoy, and lavishly photographed by George J. Folsey (who was Oscar-nominated). Williams plays Annette Kellerman, a real-life Australian swimming star who took up the sport as a child to strengthen her legs, weakened by a birth defect. […]