
July 27, 2022
HOLIDAY (1938) – AFI Movie Club
With HOLIDAY (1938), legendary director George Cukor reunited costars Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn – who’d starred previously together in SYLVIA SCARLETT (1935) and BRINGING UP BABY (1938), and would co-star subsequently in THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940) – for a story of an idealistic dreamer engaged to a wealthy socialite. Both Hepburn and Grant were...

March 8, 2022
ADAM’S RIB (1949) – AFI Movie Club
Ranking on the American Film Institute’s list of the funniest films of all time, director George Cukor’s ADAM’S RIB (1949) marked the sixth of nine collaborations between co-stars Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy – both of whom were ranked by AFI among the greatest screen legends in American cinema history. Close Close Close HOW TO...

January 31, 2022
AFI Movie Club: GASLIGHT
From director George Cukor, GASLIGHT (1944) tells the story of a woman whose husband makes her question her sanity in an attempt to steal from her – and the film’s title has since been culturally adopted as a term to describe the malicious act of making someone question their own reality. The film was celebrated...

September 10, 2021
AFI Movie Club: THE WOMEN
Directed by George Cukor from a script by Anita Loos and Jane Murfin, THE WOMEN is a comedy about love, infidelity and friendship – headlined by a bevy of Hollywood stars including Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Joan Fontaine and Paulette Goddard. Crawford was named by AFI among the greatest screen legends of all time. Close Close Close HOW TO WATCH Where to stream THE...

January 13, 2021
AFI Movie Club: A STAR IS BORN (1954)
A STAR IS BORN (1954) appears on four of AFI’s lists of the greatest America films – most notably ranked #7 on the AFI’s 100 YEARS OF MUSICALS. Judy Garland’s performances are honored 19 times in AFI’s lists of the greatest American films. MOVIE TRIVIA DID YOU KNOW? The screenwriters of the first A STAR IS BORN (1938) – Dorothy Parker, her husband Alan Campbell and Robert Carson – were nominated for...

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