Melodramatics on a Saturday Night

The tell-tale buzz of a motor boat; Claude Rains's using a damning playbill as a coaster; the sweat on Ann Todd's brow as she contemplates suicide.  David Lean flushes us down the flashback.

The tell-tale buzz of a motor boat; cuckolded Claude Rains using a damning playbill as a coaster; the sweat on Ann Todd’s brow as she contemplates going under the Underground.  David Lean flushes us down the flashback in THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS (1948).

Why doesn't the head of the MPAA affix his signature to the bogus ratings they give American films?

Why doesn’t the head of the MPAA affix his signature to the bogus ratings they give American films?

NOW, VOYAGER lap dissolves.  Bette Davis helps teach us women what we've always suspected: a groomed eyebrow can change everything.

NOW, VOYAGER (1942) lap dissolves. Bette Davis confirms what we women have always suspected: a groomed eyebrow changes everything.

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