Percival Vivian

A Double Life (1947)

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Signe Hasso  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Shelley Winters

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Cukor
CAST:  Ronald Colman  •  Signe Hasso  •  Edmond O'Brien  •  Shelley Winters

Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Joe Brown
CAST:  Nelson Eddy  •  Charles Coburn  •  Constance Dowling  •  Shelley Winters

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter Stuyvesant (Charles Coburn) arrives in New Amsterdam to assume his duties as governor. Stuyvesant is hardly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harry Joe Brown
CAST:  Nelson Eddy  •  Charles Coburn  •  Constance Dowling  •  Shelley Winters

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Kathryn Grayson  •  June Allyson  •  Lauritz Melchior  •  Jimmy Durante

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Koster
CAST:  Kathryn Grayson  •  June Allyson  •  Lauritz Melchior  •  Jimmy Durante

A Kiss in the Dark (1949)

Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  David Niven  •  Jane Wyman  •  Victor Moore  •  Wayne Morris

Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Delmer Daves
CAST:  David Niven  •  Jane Wyman  •  Victor Moore  •  Wayne Morris

Kitty (1945)

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Paulette Goddard  •  Ray Milland  •  Patric Knowles  •  Reginald Owen

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Paulette Goddard  •  Ray Milland  •  Patric Knowles  •  Reginald Owen

A Letter for Evie (1946)

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules Dassin
CAST:  Marsha Hunt  •  John Carroll  •  Hume Cronyn  •  Spring Byington

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jules Dassin
CAST:  Marsha Hunt  •  John Carroll  •  Hume Cronyn  •  Spring Byington

The Woman in Green (1945)

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Basil Rathbone  •  Nigel Bruce  •  Hillary Brooke  •  Henry Daniell

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy William Neill
CAST:  Basil Rathbone  •  Nigel Bruce  •  Hillary Brooke  •  Henry Daniell