Remember the Night (1940)

Remember the Night (1940)

[7] Before their classic pairing in 1944's noir classic Double Indemnity, Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray co-starred in this warm, Christmastime romance from director Mitchell Leisen (Death Takes a Holiday) and writer Preston Sturges (Sullivan's Travels). Stanwyck plays a shoplifter…
Thirty Day Princess (1934)

Thirty Day Princess (1934)

[6] Sylvia Sidney (Sabotage, Beetlejuice) plays two roles in this spin on the classic tale of The Prince and the Pauper. After a European princess (Sidney) comes down with the mumps on a good will tour of America, her political…
The Lady Eve (1941)

The Lady Eve (1941)

[7] Barbara Stanwyck's a card shark and Henry Fonda's a naive millionaire. They meet and fall in love aboard an Atlantic cruise in Preston Sturges's The Lady Eve, a romantic comedy made tolerable with its sizzling sexual teasing and moderate…
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

Sullivan’s Travels (1941)

[9] Hollywood director John Sullivan (Joel McCrea), known for making profitable comedies with titles like Ants in Your Plants, decides what he really wants to do is make an all-important 'message movie' called O Brother Where Art Thou, but feels…