Directed by George Cukor • 1938 • United States
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan
Two years before stars Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant and director George Cukor would collaborate on THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, they brought their timeless talents to this delectable slice of 1930s romantic-comedy perfection, the second film adaptation of a hit 1928 play by Philip Barry. Grant is at his charismatic best as the acrobatically inclined free spirit who, following a whirlwind engagement, literally tumbles into the lives of his fiancée’s aristocratic family—setting up a clash of values with her staid father while firing the rebellious imagination of her brash, black-sheep sister (Hepburn). With a sparkling surface and an undercurrent of melancholy, HOLIDAY is an enchanting ode to nonconformists and pie-in-the-sky dreamers everywhere, as well as a thoughtful reflection on what it truly means to live well.
Directed by Howard Hawks • 1940 • United States
Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
One of the fastest, funniest, and most quotable films ever made, HIS GIRL FRIDAY stars Rosalind Russell as reporter Hildy Johnson, a standout among cinema’s powerful women. Hildy is matched in fo...
Directed by Howard Hawks • 1941 • United States
Starring Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper make sparks in this snappy screwball take on the Snow White tale. She’s a burlesque queen with a colorful vocabulary who needs to lay low for a while as the police close in on ...
Directed by Stephen Chow • 2001 • Hong Kong
Starring Stephen Chow, Zhao Wei, Ng Man-tat
Smashing box office records in Hong Kong, kung fu funnyman Stephen Chow’s dizzyingly daffy sports comedy follows a Buddhist martial-arts master (Chow) as he assembles a group of fellow monks to take on the ne...
