The Human Comedy 1943  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Ray Collins, Van Johnson, Donna Reed, Dorothy Morris, Henry O'Neill
Based on William Saroyan's novel about small-town America during World War II, this film won an Academy Award for Best Story and was nominated for Best Picture, Director, and Actor.
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Macabre 1958  N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: William Castle
Cast: William Prince, Jim Backus, Christine White, Jacqueline Scott, Susan Morrow, Ellen Corby, Dorothy Morris, Philip Tonge, Jonathan Kidd, Howard Hoffman
When this film was released, theaters used the gimmick of insuring its moviegoers for $1,000 against "death by fright." The story involves a diabolical plot by a father (William Prince) to fake his daughter Alice's (Dorothy Morris) kidnapping and bring on her grandfather's heart attack.
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Roy Rowland
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Margaret O'Brien, James Craig, Frances Gifford, Agnes Moorehead, Jackie "Butch" Jenkins, Morris Carnovsky, Sara Haden, Louis Jean Heydt, Arthur Space, Greta Granstedt, Dorothy Morris, Charles Middleton, Elizabeth Russell, Francis Pierlot
This family story is about a wise Scandinavian father Martinius Jacobson (Edward G. Robinson) who leads his morally upright family–wife Bruna (Agnes Moorehead), seven-year-old daughter Selma (Margaret O'Brien), and nephew Arnold (Jackie "Butch" Jenkins)–as they adapt to the Wisconsin farming region. The new schoolmarm Viola Johnson (Frances Gifford) arrives, and problems ensue when she finds life in the country to be boring. But, she changes her mind when unexpected events occur to the Jacobson family, and she learns the value of supporting one's friends and neighbors.
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| 1. The Human Comedy (1943)
2. Macabre (1958)
3. Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
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