6 May - The Philadelphia Story (U)
When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself. This much-loved masterpiece is considered one of the best examples of a comedy of remarriage, a genre popular in the 1930s and 1940s, in which a couple divorce, flirt with outsiders and then remarry — a useful story-telling ploy at a time when the depiction of extramarital affairs was blocked by the Production Code.
Starring Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart.
A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome, in this much-loved 1953 classic.
Starring Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert.
8 July - It Happened One Night (U)
A spoiled heiress running away from her family is helped by a man who is actually a reporter in need of a story in this 1934 classic, the first of only three films in history to win all five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay).
Starring Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert and Walter Connolly.
Nathan Detroit, a famous New York gambler, is short on funds to finance a big craps game. So, he accepts a bet that he can't get a straight-laced female missionary to go to Havana with him. But she's more than he bargained for...
Starring Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons.
