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This Time for Keeps (1947)
"This Time for Keeps" is an entertaining Esther Williams vehicle expertly directed by Richard Thorpe ("Thrill of a Romance" 1945) who organized the various characteristics of the film into one unit - Williams' signature water ballets, musical segments, comedy, romance, and drama. Gladys Lehman wrote the [..]
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a comedy film about an editor at a book publishing company who constantly daydreams that he is involved in exciting situations to escape his mundane job. Director Norman Z. McLeod ("The Kid from Brooklyn" 1946) put together a film with good [..]
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
"The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" is a fantasy drama film about a young widow who rents a seaside cottage in England which she soon discovers is haunted by the ghost of a crusty seaman, the previous owner. The thin premise of the movie is made somewhat believable due [..]
The Sea of Grass (1947)
"The Sea of Grass" is a Western drama film about a conflict between a cattle baron and homesteaders over a grasslands area in northeast New Mexico. Director Elia Kazan ("Gentlemen's Agreement" 1947) put together an excellent film with marvelous production values, memorable performances, and outstanding writing. [..]
Road to Rio (1947)
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby get into trouble in their employment in a New Orleans circus and must stow away on a cruise ship headed for Rio de Janeiro in "Road to Rio." They meet co-star Dorothy Lamour on the cruise. Expert direction by [..]
That Hagen Girl (1947)
Ronald Reagan and Shirley Temple star together in the melodrama "That Hagen Girl." She plays a small town girl whom the local gossips believe is the illegitimate daughter of Reagan's character. Things get nasty when he returns to town after a long absence. Peter Godfrey ("The Two Mrs. [..]
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple star in the screwball romantic comedy "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer." It is the story of a teenage girl's crush on a much older man. Her older sister disapproves, with the hilarity proceeding from there. Irving [..]
The Egg and I (1947)
Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert move from the big city to the country in "The Egg and I." It tells the comedic story of a woman who reluctantly follows her husband in his dream to become a chicken farmer. The loads of trials and [..]
Gentlemen’s Agreement (1947)
The Best Picture of 1947 is....."Gentlemen's Agreement." This is a drama film about a reporter's undercover investigation of antisemitism in New York City and its suburbs. Director Elia Kazan ("The Sea of Grass" 1947) superbly orchestrated a large and stellar cast and an outstanding [..]
The Paradine Case (1947)
"The Paradine Case" is a courtroom drama about a young Italian woman in London accused of murdering her older, English husband. The Master of Suspense, director Alfred Hitchcock, does it again with the help of an all-star cast and an excellent screenplay by Alma Reville [..]