Tag: Loretta Young

‘Key to the City’ From 1950: Gable Goes Back to San Francisco

Commentary In 1936, Clark Gable made a very successful film called “San Francisco.” Starring alongside Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy, he played a tough nightclub owner on the Barbary Coast around the turn of the century. His character runs for public office to clean things up in the low rent district. Fourteen years later, he…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘The Bishop’s Wife’: Lessons on the Spirit of the Season

G | 1h 49min | Romantic Comedy, Drama | 1947 Director Henry Koster’s film “The Bishop’s Wife” (1947) is based on American writer Robert Nathan’s eponymous 1928 novella. Starring Cary Grant, it tells a story that only children could possibly believe, but one that adults can try to embrace. It’s about how love helps us…