Dragonwyck 1946  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Glenn Langan, Anne Revere, Spring Byington, Harry Morgan, Jessica Tandy, Connie Marshall, Vivienne Osborne, Trudy Marshall, Trevor Bardette, Addison Richards, Grady Sutton, Jane Nigh
This film marks Joseph L. Mankiewicz's directorial debut and is based on Anya Seton's best-selling novel. The Gothic suspense story features Gene Tierney as Miranda, a governess who marries her rich cousin, Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price). After the wedding, young Dr. Jeff Turner (Glenn Langan) becomes suspicious that Nicholas murdered his first wife in order to marry Miranda. And the mystery deepens.
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 State Fair 1945 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
aka: It Happened One Summer
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Jeanne Crain, Dana Andrews, Dick Haymes, Vivian Blaine, Charles Winninger, Fay Bainter, Donald Meek, Frank McHugh, Percy Kilbride, Harry Morgan, Jane Nigh, William Marshall, Phil Brown, Paul Harvey, Paul E. Burns
The Frake family–father Abe (Charles Winninger), mother Melinda (Fay Bainter), and young adult children Wayne (Dick Haymes), and Margy (Jeanne Crain)–heads for the Iowa State Fair in this Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Adventures and romances abound as they spend their week at the fair. Songs include "It's a Grand Night for Singing," "State Fair," and the Academy Award winning song, "It Might as Well Be Spring." A good remake of the 1933 hit.
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Whistle Stop 1946  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leonide Moguy
Cast: George Raft, Ava Gardner, Victor McLaglen, Tom Conway, Jorja Curtright, Jane Nigh, Florence Bates, Charles Drake, Charles Judels, Carmel Myers, Jimmy Conlin, Jimmy Ames, Mack Gray, Charles Wagenheim, Robert Homans
Small-town girl Mary (Ava Gardner) returns home from Chicago and re-ignites her past romance with ne'er-do-well Kenny (George Raft)–until she becomes involved with a corrupt saloon owner, Lew (Tom Conway). Will Kenny clean-up his act and win Mary back?
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| 1. Dragonwyck (1946)
2. State Fair (1945)
aka: It Happened One Summer
3. Whistle Stop (1946)
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