Directed by René Clair • 1944 • United States
Starring Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie
One of a handful of films French director René Clair made in Hollywood, this delightful period comedy displays the elegant mix of fantasy and whimsy that so often graced his work. When he miraculously begins receiving copies of the next day’s newspaper in advance, it at first seems like the break of a lifetime for turn-of-the-century reporter Lawrence Stevens (Dick Powell). But knowing the future comes with its fair share of complications, as Stevens finds out when a headline foretells his own death!
Up Next in René Clair‘s Inventive Enchantments
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I Married a Witch
Directed by René Clair • 1942 • United States
Starring Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan HaywardVeronica Lake casts a seductive spell as a charmingly vengeful sorceress in this supernatural screwball classic. Many centuries after cursing the male descendants of the Salem puritan who sent her ...
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Under the Roofs of Paris
Directed by René Clair • 1930 • France
In Renè Clair's irrepressibly romantic portrait of the crowded tenements of Paris, a street singer and a gangster vie for the love of a beautiful young woman. This witty exploration of love and human foibles, told primarily through song, captures the flambo...
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À nous la liberté
Directed by René Clair • 1931 • France
One of the all-time comedy classics, René Clair's À Nous La Liberté tells the story of Louis, an escaped convict who becomes a wealthy industrialist. Unfortunately, his past returns (in the form of old jail pal Emile) to upset his carefully laid plans. Feat...
