Auto engineer Sonny Tufts is schooled in Washington politics by–and falls for–savvy D.C. secretary Olivia de Havilland in Government Girl. Guest writer Rachel Stecher reviews the 1943 mix of screwball comedy and WWII homefront commentary.
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Jack Webb Goes to Press in -30-
TV cop Jack Webb traded in his police badge for a press pass, playing the hard-edged managing editor of a Los Angeles newspaper, in -30-. Guest writer Raquel Stecher reports on the taut 1959 drama, which Webb also directed.
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Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris and Eddie Albert played Virginia Military Institute pals in 1938’s Brother Rat, based on a popular Broadway play. Guest writer Raquel Stecher reviews the comedy and its 1940 follow-up, Brother Rat and a Baby.
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