Elegant. Impish. Gamine. Audrey. This Saturday would be Audrey’s 90th birthday. Schedule a marathon with these classics from DVD Netflix. In each of these films, Audrey’s joy is infectious. She can dance, sing, make you laugh or feel wistful. And she has some killer dresses.
These sophisticated films of the 1950s highlight the noir sensibility and the femme fatale.
The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings… Essential baseball films
Lewton’s films are seen as prime examples of low budget horror that rely on simple lighting and strong storytelling.
Along with a slew of decadent musicals came a slate of fast-talking, raucous comedies. Divorce-remarriage plots, fish out of water stories, and fierce, funny women all figure in the genre.