Monthly Archives: November 1942
Review: William Keighley’s “George Washington Slept Here,” Starring Jack Benny
Jack Benny stars for Warner Brothers and director William Keighley in this adaptation of the hit George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart play.
Review: George B. Seitz’s “Andy Hardy’s Double Life,” Starring Mickey Rooney
Competitive swimmer Esther Williams teaches Mickey Rooney a lesson in love in George B. Seitz’s “Andy Hardy’s Double Life.”
Review: Leo McCarey’s “Once Upon a Honeymoon,” Starring Cary Grant and Ginger Rogers
Cary Grant and Gingers Rogers star in Leo McCarey’s questionable wartime comedy from RKO.
Review: Richard Thorpe’s “White Cargo,” Starring Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr plays a seductive African temptress in MGM’s laughably alarmist production “White Cargo,” based on the novel “Hell’s Playground.”
Review: Harold S. Bucquet’s “The War Against Mrs. Hadley,” Starring Fay Bainter
Following their smash hit “Mrs. Miniver,” MGM has brought us an American perspective on home front responsibility.
Review: Michael Curtiz’s “Casablanca,” Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman
The new Warner Brothers film pairs Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman to outstanding effect in this romantic wartime melodrama.
Review: William A. Wellman’s “Thunder Birds,” Starring Gene Tierney
Gorgeous Technicolor footage of airplanes isn’t enough to sustain this feature from director William A. Wellman and Fox.
Review: William A. Seiter’s “You Were Never Lovelier,” Starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth
Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth are back together again for a new musical at Columbia based on the Argentine film “Los martes, orquídeas.”
Review: Jack Hively’s “Street of Chance,” Starring Burgess Meredith
This twisty new crime thriller from Paramount stars Burgess Meredith and Claire Trevor in a premise very similar to that of MGM’s “Crossroads.”
Review: Raoul Walsh’s “Gentleman Jim,” Starring Errol Flynn
Errol Flynn fights his way to glory as James J. Corbett in the Warner Brothers boxing drama Gentleman Jim.