Author: reachesfar

Remember The Day

1941 Movie

Presidential candidate Dewey Roberts (John Sheppard) is about to address his supporters at a banquet in Washington, D.C. In the audience, Roberts’ childhood teacher, Nora Trinell (Claudette Colbert), is waiting to greet him and is reminiscing about her years educating the impressionable young Roberts. Nora reflects back on her marriage to fellow teacher Dan Hopkins (John Payne) and to his ill-fated decision to fight for the Canadian army in World War I.

Director Henry King

Writers Philip Dunning- Philo Higley- Tess Slesinger

Starring

Claudette Colbert

John Payne

Shepperd Strudwick

Douglas Croft

Ann E. Todd

Anne Revere

Jane Seymour

Frieda Inescort

Francis Picrlot

Harry Hayden

Marie Blake

Harry Tyler

Chick Chandle

r George Ernest

Selmer Jackson

A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

1945

Director Elia Kazan

Writers Tess Slesinger – Frank Davis- Betty Smith

This adaptation of the classic novel tells the story of young Francie Nolan (Peggy Ann Garner) who yearns for life beyond her Brooklyn apartment building. While her daily routine is difficult, she makes the best of her situation, living with her hard-working mother (Dorothy McGuire), alcoholic father (James Dunn) and tough little brother (Ted Donaldson). Encouraged by her kind but irresponsible dad, Francie struggles to keep her hopes up and persevere despite all the odds against her.

Starring

James Dunn

Doroty McGuire

Peggy Ann Garner

Joan Blondell

Ted Donaldson

James Gleason

Lloyd Nolan

Mickey Kuhn

Ruth Nelson

B.S. Pully

Adeline De Wall Reynold

Josph J. Greene

Lillian Bronson

Charles Halton

Sittting Pretty

1948

Overworked parents Tacey (Maureen O’Hara) and Harry King (Robert Young) have three rambunctious sons and no time for themselves. So they place an ad for a live-in nanny, which is answered by one Lynn Belvedere, who they assume is a woman. The Kings are soon shocked when they discover that Lynn is actually a man (Clifton Webb). Reluctantly, they hire him anyway and are pleased when he proves a success. Unfortunately, the addition of another adult man to the house troubles the neighbors.

Director Walter Lang

Writers F. Hugh Herbert – Gwen Davenport

Starring

Maureen O’Hara

Robert Young

Clifton Webb

Richard Haydn

Louise Stuart

Ed Begley

John Russell

Larry Olsen

William Robertson

Betty Lynn

Charles Arnt

Mary Field

Come To The Stable

1949

In this heartwarming 1949 film, Sister Margaret (Loretta Young) and Sister Scholastica (Celeste Holm) arrive unannounced and determined to build a children’s hospital in the small New England town of Bethlehem. They seek to fulfill a promise they made to God when he saved a similar infirmary in war-torn Normandy. To build it, the sisters recruit various townspeople, negotiate with a bookie (Thomas Gomez) for the land and contend with a songwriter (Hugh Marlowe) who’s set against the project.

Director Henry Koster

Writers Oscar Millard – Sally Benson – Clare Boothe Luce

Starring

Loretta Young

Celeste Holms

Elsa Lanchester

Hugh Marlowe

Tomas Gomez

Basil Ruysdarl

Dorthy Patrick

Dooly Wilson

Regis Toomey

Mike Mazurk