Samuel S. Hinds

It's a Wonderful Life -- An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.

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Academy Award-winner Greer Garson ("Mrs. Miniver") received her second Oscar nomination for her moving portrayal of a Texas woman who overcomes the losses of her husband and child and founds a state orphanage. Co-starring Oscar-nominee Walter Pidgeon ("Mrs. Miniver," "Forbidden Planet"). Nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture, this film won for Best Art Direction. Directed by Oscar-winner director/producer Mervyn LeRoy ("The Wizard of Oz," "Little Caesar").

This is the warm-hearted story of a wholesome Terry Moore, whose late uncle Willie (Jackie Gleason) is reincarnated as a thoroughbred horse. At least, as far as Ms. Moore is concerned, he is. The horse's name is October. Moore is tried for insanity, then becomes the subject of a book by a top psychologist (Glenn Ford), who falls in love with his subject.

Oscar-winner and screen legend Humphrey Bogart ("Casablanca," "The African Queen") stars as a disgruntled factory worker who is lured into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Powerful film received an Oscar-nomination for Original Story. Co-starring Ann Sheridan ("Angels with Dirty Faces").

Mystery about a powerful attorney who doesn't realize his wife has gotten herself into some trouble. Later remade as Stronger Than Desire.

This riveting wartime thriller stars Robert Cummings as Barry Kane, a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses a Nazi agent firebombing his plant. However, it is Barry who is accused of the fiery sabotage, and to clear his name he sets off on a desperate, action-packed cross-country chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall to the top of the Statue of Liberty. Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed toward its final heart-pounding confrontation and it remains a suspense classic.

This is the warm-hearted story of a wholesome Terry Moore, whose late uncle Willie (Jackie Gleason) is reincarnated as a thoroughbred horse. At least, as far as Ms. Moore is concerned, he is. The horse's name is October. Moore is tried for insanity, then becomes the subject of a book by a top psychologist (Glenn Ford), who falls in love with his subject.

George Bailey has so many problems he is thinking about ending it all – and it’s Christmas! As the angels discuss George, we see his life in flashback. As George is about to jump from a bridge, he ends up rescuing his guardian angel, Clarence. Clarence then shows George what his town would have looked like if it hadn’t been for all of his good deeds over the years. Will Clarence be able to convince George to return to his family and forget suicide?

A new bride (Claudette Colbert) reluctantly says "I do" to her husband's (Fred MacMurray) plan to leave their life in the city and raise chickens on a dilapidated farm located miles from civilization.

A new bride (Claudette Colbert) reluctantly says "I do" to her husband's (Fred MacMurray) plan to leave their life in the city and raise chickens on a dilapidated farm located miles from civilization.

Screen legends Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray star as newlyweds whose love is put to the test on their wedding day in the classic comedy The Egg and I. Just after she has said “I do,” Betty (Colbert) learns that her new husband, Bob (MacMurray), has left his white-collar job with plans to raise chickens on a rustic farm located miles away from civilization. Betty tries to make the best of her situation in their ramshackle house but never-ending repairs, a malevolent wood-burning stove, rain, ornery livestock and a seductive neighbor (Louise Allbritton) do not make it easy! There is never a dull moment in this heart-warming comedy that also introduced the beloved characters of Ma and Pa Kettle (Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride).