 Casablanca 1942  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Peter Lorre, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, S.Z. Sakall, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, John Qualen, Leonid Kinskey, Madeleine LeBeau, Dooley Wilson, Joy Page, Curt Bois, Marcel Dalio
One of the best films ever, this Oscar winner for Best Picture stars Humphrey Bogart as Rick, the owner of a Moroccan bar during the German occupation of Northern Africa in WWII. When the love of his life, Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), shows up in his joint one night, their old romance is rekindled; but Nazi politics make strange bedfellows. Rick: "Here's looking at you, kid." Another major Academy Award went to Michael Curtiz for his directing. The film also won for Best Writing, and had several nominations, including Best Actor (Bogart) and Supporting Actor (Claude Rains).
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Come to the Stable 1949  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Loretta Young, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Elsa Lanchester, Thomas Gomez, Dorothy Patrick, Basil Ruysdael, Dooley Wilson, Regis Toomey, Mike Mazurki
Two French nuns, Sister Margaret (Loretta Young) and Sister Scholastica (Celeste Holm) come to New England with dreams of building a children's hospital and enlist the aid of some rather unsavory characters to obtain their magnificent goal. Seven Academy Award nominations were received.
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Higher and Higher 1943  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Tim Whelan
Cast: Michele Morgan, Jack Haley, Frank Sinatra, Leon Errol, Marcy McGuire, Victor Borge, Mary Wickes, Elisabeth Risdon, Barbara Hale, Mel Torme, Paul Hartman, Grace Hartman, Dooley Wilson, Ivy Scott, Rex Evans
Mr. Drake (Leon Errol) is bankrupt and has not paid his staff in months. Now, his valet Mike (Jack Haley) hatches a scheme to marry off the maid, Millie (Michele Morgan), to wealthy bachelor Frank (Frank Sinatra) who lives next door. Millie poses as Drake's debutante daughter to get the attention of Frank, and the fun begins. Songs include "I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night" and "This is a Lovely Way to Spend an Evening."
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Knock on Any Door 1949  N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready, Allene Roberts, Dooley Wilson, Mickey Knox, Barry Kelley, Cara Williams, Jimmy Conlin, Sid Melton
A lawyer, Andrew Morton (Humphrey Bogart), works hard to defend Nick Romano (John Derek) on a murder charge. Sequel: "Let No Man Write My Epitaph."
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My Favorite Blonde 1942 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sidney Lanfield
Cast: Bob Hope, Madeleine Carroll, Gale Sondergaard, George Zucco, Victor Varconi, Lionel Royce, Walter Kingsford, Edward Gargan, Charles Cane, Bing Crosby, Otto Reichow, Esther Howard, James Burke, Dooley Wilson, Milton Parsons
Vaudeville entertainer Larry Haines (Bob Hope) performs on the stage with his trained penguin. While on a train bound for Los Angeles, Larry meets Karen (Madeleine Carroll) who is a spy. She talks Larry into helping her escape from Nazi agents, and he agrees. Now both of them are on the lam trying to escape their pursuers while the penguin, unbeknownst to Larry, is used by Karen to carry secret documents. Watch for Bing Crosby in his cameo appearance as the man giving Larry and Karen directions.
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 Stormy Weather 1943  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Andrew L. Stone
Cast: Lena Horne, Bill Robinson, Cab Calloway, Katherine Dunham, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, Dooley Wilson, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Ernest Whitman, Fayard Nicholas
Romance is on again-off again for entertainers Selina Rogers (Lena Horne) and Bill Williamson (Bill Robinson) in this all-star musical featuring a cast of talented Black singers and dancers of the 1940s' era.
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Take a Letter, Darling 1942 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mitchell Leisen
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray, Constance Moore, Macdonald Carey, Robert Benchley, Dooley Wilson, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Arnt, Kathleen Howard, Margaret Seddon
Tom (Fred MacMurray) is hired by Mac (Rosalind Russell), a high-powered business executive, to act as her secretary and help deal with clients' female relatives.
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| 1. Casablanca (1942)
2. Come to the Stable (1949)
3. Higher and Higher (1943)
4. Knock on Any Door (1949)
5. My Favorite Blonde (1942)
6. Stormy Weather (1943)
7. Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
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