Peter Bogdanovich's Movie of the Week

Introduction: A Year of Classics = 3 WEEK DATE MOVIE DIRECTOR 1 January 1-7 An American in Paris Vincente Minnelli = 13 2 January 8-14 The Lady Eve Preston Sturges = 18 3 January 15-21 The Awful Truth Leo McCarey = 21 4 January 22-28 To Have and Have Not Howard Hawks = 24 5 January 29- February 4 Anatomy of a Murder Otto Preminger= 29 6 February 5-11 White Heat Raoul Walsh = 32 7 February 12-18 Adam's Rib George Cukor = 35 8 February 19-25 Notorious Alfred Hitchcock = 39 9 February 26- March 4 The Blue Angel Josef von Sternberg = 43 10 March 5-11 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Preston Sturges = 47 11 March 12-18 The Quiet Man John Ford = 50 12 March 19-25 Heaven Can Wait Ernst Lubitsch = 54 13 March 26- April 1 The Kid Charles Chaplin = 57 14 April 2-8 Out of the Past Jacques Tourneur = 61 15 April 9-15 Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock = 64 16 April 16-22 Grand Illusion Jean Renoir = 68 17 April 23- May 1 Swing Time George Stevens = 72 18 May 2-8 Citizen Kane Orson Welles = 75 19 May 9-15 Breakfast at Tiffany's Blake Edwards = 78 20 May 16-22 Sweet Smell of Success Alexander Mackendrick = 82 21 May 23-29 Steamboat Bill, Jr. Buster Keaton = 85 22 May 30-June 5 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance John Ford = 89 23 June 6-12 Some Came Running Vincente Minnelli = 93 24 June 13-19 Only Angels Have Wings Howard Hawks = 97 25 June 20-26 Singin' in the Rain Gene Kelly/ Stanley Donen = 100 26 June 27-July 3 The Magnificent Ambersons Orson Wells = 104 27 July 4-10 Meet John Doe Frank Capra = 107 28 July 11-17 Ugetsu Kenji Mizoguchi = 110 29 July 18-24 Bringing Up Baby Howard Hawks = 113 30 July 25-31 The Third Man Carol Reed = 116 31 August 1-7 Open City Roberto Rossellini = 120 32 August 8-14 North by Northwest Alfred Hitchcock = 123 33 August 15-21 Robin Hood Allan Dwan = 126 34 August 22-28 Artists and Models Frank Tashlin = 130 35 August 29- September 4 Gaslight George Cuko = 135 36 September 5-11 A New Leaf Elaine MAY = 138 37 September 12-18 The Crime of Mr. Lange Jean Renoir = 141 38 September 19-25 Mogambo John Ford = 144 39 September 26- October 2 Othello Orson Welles = 148 40 October 3-9 The Palm Beach Story Preston = 151 41 October 10-16 Contempt Jean-Luc Godard = 154 42 October 17-23 Twentieth Century Howard Hawks = 157 43 October 24-30 Gloria John Cassavetes = 161 44 October 31- November 6 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Son Siegel = 165 45 November 7-13 Arsenic and Old Lace Frank Capra = 168 46 November 14-20 Laura Otto Preminger = 171 47 November 21-27 The Crowd King Vidor = 174 48 November 28- December 4 The Rules of the Game Jean Renoir = 179 49 December 5-11 The Merry Window Ernst Lubitsch = 182 50 December 12-18 How Green Was My Valley John Ford = 186 51 December 19-25 Holiday George Cukor = 189 52 December 26-31 The Shop Around the Corner Ernst Lubitsch = 192 Acknowledgments = 195 Index = 199

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