Title:Â The Best Years of Our Lives
Year:Â 1946
Starring:Â Fredric March, Myrna Loy,
Director:Â William Wyler
Runtime:Â 2 hrs 52 mins
Is It Any Good?:Â It's very good despite it's dour undertones, and wartime sentimentality. It also might be a tad too long. Mind...
Title:Â The Lost Weekend
Year:Â 1945
Starring:Â Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Director:Â Billy Wilder
Runtime:Â 1 hr 41 mins
Is It Any Good?:Â This is a fantastic film. Milland won the Oscar for Best Picture and I really cannot imagine a better performance...
Title:Â Going My Way
Year:Â 1944
Starring:Â Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh
Director:Â Leo McCarey
Runtime:Â 2 hrs 6 mins
Is It Any Good?:Â It's flat. Boring and that's the worst thing a film can be. It doesn't hold up for a modern audience...
Title:Â Casablanca
Year:Â 1943
Starring:Â Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Director:Â Michael Curtiz
Runtime:Â 1 hr 42 mins
Is It Any Good?: It’s a damn masterpiece! Curtiz won Best Director this year, and it isn’t a wonder why. The Hungarian-born director keeps this meaty...
Title:Â Mrs. Miniver
Year:Â 1942
Starring:Â Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Director:Â William Wyler
Runtime:Â 2 hrs 14 mins
Is It Any Good?: It’s pretty mediocre. I suppose had this been 1942 that the blatant propaganda of it all wouldn’t be so intrusive, nor...
Title:Â How Green Was My Valley
Year: 1941
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Roddy McDowall
Director:Â John Ford
Runtime:Â 1 hr 58 mins
Is It Any Good?: It’s pretty good. With a steady hand John Ford walks the tightrope with the subject matter of...
Title:Â Rebecca
Year:Â 1940
Starring:Â Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine
Director:Â Alfred Hitchcock
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Is It Any Good?: Great! It’s classic Hitchcock! Twists and turns in every way. Joan Fontaine is coy enough as the new Mrs. De Winter, and Sir...
Title:Â Gone With the Wind
Year:Â 1939
Starring:Â Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Hattie McDaniel
Director:Â Victor Fleming
Runtime:Â 3 hrs 58 mins
Is It Any Good?: It’s one of the greatest cinematic experience you’ll ever witness! Truly an all-time great film, it’s digitally remastered version...