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Old Acquaintance (1943)

By Alexander Inglis

An unexpectedly stylish comedy, underpinned by a hen-pecked husband and deliriously egomaniacal wife, Old Acquaintance (1943) zips along like a bubbly champagne slipping down the back of the throat, occasionally going the wrong way causing a serious cough or two. Vincent Sherman was relatively new to directing, having joined Warner Bros in 1939 directing, as… »

The Old Maid (1939)

By Alexander Inglis

The Old Maid isn’t just remarkable for being made in 1939 — the year of Gone With The Wind and The Wizard of Oz — but also for being the same year Bette Davis also starred in Dark Victory, one of her most indelibly famous films. Edmund Goulding, who would turn 50 during the filming… »