Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Year: 1946
Starring: Fredric March, Myrna Loy,
Director: William Wyler
Runtime: 2 hrs 52 mins
Is It Any Good?: It's very good despite it's dour undertones, and wartime sentimentality. It also might be a tad too long. Mind...
Title: The Lost Weekend
Year: 1945
Starring: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Director: Billy Wilder
Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins
Is It Any Good?: This is a fantastic film. Milland won the Oscar for Best Picture and I really cannot imagine a better performance...
Title: Going My Way
Year: 1944
Starring: Bing Crosby, Barry Fitzgerald, Frank McHugh
Director: Leo McCarey
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Is It Any Good?: It's flat. Boring and that's the worst thing a film can be. It doesn't hold up for a modern audience...
Title: Casablanca
Year: 1943
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Director: Michael Curtiz
Runtime: 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: Mrs. Miniver
Year: 1942
Starring: Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Teresa Wright
Director: William Wyler
Runtime: 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: How Green Was My Valley
Year: 1941
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Roddy McDowall
Director: John Ford
Runtime: 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...
